Creep or Charmer?: Alex Cameron at The Lodge Room
The discovery of Alex Cameron‘s Forced Witness was a musical ray of hope for me last year. In a time where music is about the “vibe” or “feel“, Cameron reverted
When Words Fail To Describe A Band: Igorrr at the Echoplex
Intrigue is the best motivation to get your ass out and to a concert. Seeing a band you’ve been dying to see forever or being a super-fan and seeing your
Take This: Nature World Night Out Ticket Giveaway
Like hardcore? Like hip hop? If you said yes to both then boy, do I have a giveaway for you! Nature World Night Out rolls out to the Regent Theater
Enter Freedom’s Goblin- Has Ty Segall Finally Jumped the Shark?
In 2017, Ty Segall dropped his 9th solo album which was the second album in his catalog to be self titled and a continuation of what I first felt when
The Sound of Sex: Boy Harsher Seduces The Echoplex
If you were to cross Jae Matthews, vocalist of Boy Harsher, on the sidewalk you may not have any idea you were just in the presence of an industrial dance
No Such Thing As A Bad Pinback Song At The Glass House
Pinback has always held a special place in my heart. Something about those mathy lullabies always reminds me of my college days and so, to see them at Pomona’s Glass House,
Dusk At Midnight: Converge At The Regent Theater
Converge is not just a band to me, Converge is a concept. Fresh off the heels of one of 2017’s best releases in extreme music, the band embarked on a
The Janky Smooth Top 10 Shows of 2017 Rated by Contributors
Above any album or single releases, CONCERTS had to be the best thing about music in 2017. It wasn’t necessarily the dissidence in the air but rather the acts that
If Ever A Band Was My Home: Ceremony’s HOME SICK Festival At The Phoenix Theater
I have been waiting for so long to write about Ceremony that referencing their performances in completely unrelated articles just became a habit of mine. If I was writing about
The Janky Smooth Top 10 SONGS of 2017 Rated by Contributors
Low expectations for politics in 2017 made for high expectations in music and though this year saw revolution and protest turned into memes with albums like Eminen’s Revival, if you look
Janky Smooth Top 10 ALBUMS of 2017 Rated By Contributors
Year end album reviews remind us at Janky Smooth why we’re so lucky to be covering the underground music scene in Los Angeles. Maybe, if there was no underground and
Rolling Loud SoCal 2017 Doses the Youth with the Latest Opiate of the Masses
Whether you follow and enjoy hip hop or not, you cannot live in 2017 without encountering the sounds of “Trap”, hip hop’s newest anarchist misfit offspring and perhaps its most polarizing subgenre. As