Take This: Win 2 Tickets to The The at the Hollywood Palladium
The UK’s legendary post punk band The The has reunited for a tour across the states and they’ll be hitting Los Angeles on September 25th for what is sure to
Song Premiere: Microwaves “Via Weightlessness” Janky Smooth Exclusive
Are you a fan of spazzcore? Do you like instrumentation and arrangements that are as obscure and wildly creative as they are musically brilliant? Well, do we at Janky Smooth
The Industrial Virus is Spreading: Das Bunker Presents Kanga at Resident
Das Bunker has returned, this time out of the post-apocalyptic brick humidifier that is Los Globos’ crumbling upstairs bomb shelter to the posh but mosh-approved Resident for a Kanga and Cyanotic
Cinema of Sound: Timber Timbre at The Moroccan Lounge
Timber Timbre‘s unbelievably cinematic sound conjures some of the most distinct imagery with ease; thankfully they were able to bring that experience to fans at the Moroccan Lounge in DTLA
The Hardest So-Cal Has to Offer, Strife Plays “In This Defiance” at The Roxy
Southern California has always been a hotbed for hardcore punk from Black Flag to The Circle Jerks but carrying on the torch into the 90’s was a band from Thousand
New Name, New Video – ZOOLUXX (Formerly Solar Sons) Release “Finally Be”
For years, ZOOLUXX, formerly known as Solar Sons, has been the quintessential soundtrack for night’s out in Los Angeles. From their residency at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s to being
Too Heavy to Die: Boris’ 25th Anniversary with Melvins at Echoplex
Boris celebrated their 25th anniversary of being a band at The Echoplex opening for the band that they take their name from, Melvins. Both classic sludge rock staples played incredibly
How to Trip Off Volume: Elder at The Roxy
How do you get high? Flower? Shrooms? Synthetics? Running? There are many ways. Some of them led me to this style of stoner/doom metal in the first place but once
Bastard Rap: Lil Ugly Mane and Bastard Noise at The Locker Room
Well what do ya know… it looks like Garden Grove has a lot more going for it than forever being relegated to Sublime references. The quaint Orange County town has
The Queens Converge at Outside Lands 2018
Admittedly, what brought me to Outside Lands Music Festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco this year was LP, Florence + The Machine, and legendary pop star Janet Jackson. A first in the
New Song Premiere: The Dividing Line – “Deadbeat”
We all know that special someone that drags down the group and sometimes those people need to learn their lesson the hard way, or rather in this case, the hardcore
Alison Wonderland Uplifts L.A. at the Shrine
Every EDM festival lineup, every mainstream festival EDM selection, year after year is an exhausting shirtless sausage fest. It’s totally true, look it up. Prior to 2014-ish, very few female