Spooky Psych Sounds: Levitation 2021
Words by: Scott Urian and Grace Dunn Photos by: Grace Dunn I had no idea what to expect on my way to Levitation 2021. It was my first Levitation experience.
Squid, it’s Whats for Dinner at Moroccan Lounge
I can’t recall the last time I was shocked at how good a band was live. I had high expectations for Squid after listening to their new record, Bright Green
Alien Boys and Girls: George Clanton and Magdalena Bay at 1720
I’ve been waiting to see George Clanton in concert again since Desert Daze 2019. During that weekend, I remember being a little hesitant, maybe even prejudice against, seeing any artist
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Substance Festival at the Belasco Theatre
Restless Nites are bringing the most stacked post-punk and goth lineup Los Angeles has to offer to the Belasco Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles for what is sure to be
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Squid at Moroccan Lounge on 11/17
Brighton, England’s Squid seems to have exploded onto the scene and made a huge impact on Los Angeles with two sold out shows at the Moroccan Lounge and an upcoming
Heavy on the Cool: Dry Cleaning at Teragram Ballroom
Raybans, iced coffee, and cigarettes high atop Manhattan on a gloomy day spent people watching on a fire escape. A Jim Jarmusch movie plays on mute in the living room
Chicano Batman Bring a Crumb Home to the Shrine
Chicano Batman must’ve hit such an intense crescendo on their current tour when they reached the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov 10th to play night 1 of
Photo Recap: Gipsy Kings at City National Grove of Anaheim
Their story begins in the south of France, where a family of Gitanos, Spanish Romani, formed a band that sang Spanish songs with French dialects to create some of the
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Satsang at Moroccan Lounge
Creating music that sounds like the perfect blend of American Western folk and Far Eastern philosophy, Satsang imbue their down home maladies with tranquility and enlightenment inspired by Hindu and
Photo Recap: Khruangbin at the Greek Theatre
Photos by: Manuel Arredondo Khruangbin has been a topic of contention at Jankysmooth. Most contributors love them, some just don’t get it. Some just don’t know how to dance. Regardless
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Nothing Fest III at Garden Amp
Young love is in the air anytime Nothing Mag presents us with another installment of their annual Nothing Fest. They’ve had such acts as Banes World and Tijuana Panthers grace
Photo Recap: Idles at the Fonda Theatre
Every few years, there seems to be new, incoming waves and incarnations of what American’s call The UK Invasion. I don’t think any invasion in military history has lasted this