Pentagram- Doom Ages Like Fine Wine At Ventura Music Hall
Something about old age injects more gravitas into a doom metal musician’s art. Perhaps its being closer to the great beyond, that dark place from which inspiration comes from that
Top Ten SHOWS of 2024 Rated by Contributors
Shows have always been Janky Smooth’s bread and butter. Our contributors are willing travel far and wide for the right show, willing to abandon their families and face every obstacle
Janky Smooth Top 10 ALBUMS of 2024 Rated by Contributors
2024 came and went with some of the most dramatic and tense moments in the country’s political and cultural history. As any true music head knows, great shifts are predicted
Devastation on the Nation w/ I AM Morbid at Belasco
When someone tells me there’s a death metal show tonight, I usually ask them what kind of death metal. If they tell me Morbid Angel is playing, I’ll definitely think
Tyler’s Camp Flog Gnaw Year 10 Intersects w/ Chromakopia Number 1
A long hike up the hills of Elysian Park is a small price to pay for the view from the top. Three massive stages situated in the parking lot of
Earth’s Crust: CY Fest 2024 at the Belasco
What does a typical LA punk want out of a festival? Given that Los Angeles is the most prominent live music hub in the USA, and the world, the average
Partying Like It’s 2004: IHEARTCOMIX 20th Anniversary
IHEARTCOMIX have established themselves as one of the most forward-thinking and distinct promoters in recent LA history over the past two decades; dipping their toes into events celebrating nearly every
Music for Trees: PJ Harvey at the Greek Theatre
PJ Harvey’s return to North America saw her playing songs off 2023’s I Inside The Old Year Dying, her most recent album, which for those expecting the heavy, knock around
HEALTH at The Grammy Museum- Making It In The New Music Industry
So here I am for the first time at the Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles to see HEALTH perform a half set in a small 200 person theater with
Dangerously Artsy: Geneva Jacuzzi at the Lodge Room
Geneva Jacuzzi‘s “Art is Dangerous” isn’t just the banger single from her most recent Dais Records full length album, Triple Fire, “Art is Dangerous” is both an affirmation of the
Featured Song: Phantom Hound’s “From Boom Town To Ghost Town”
If you like your music equal parts moody and crushing, Phantom Hound’s latest release, “From Boom Town To Ghost Town” is just the jam you’ve been looking for. Hailing from
Stone Age Swagger: Queens of the Stone Age at SB Bowl
This review is being written by a metalhead and punk. This review is not being written by a psych or stoner rocker. I was not a part of the Kyuss