Best Coast, HEALTH, No Age, Ty & Bleached Help To Save The Smell
As yet another one of 4,397th “Save the Smell” benefits is in the books and we prepare to present to you the review of all the extraordinary talent that agreed
Janky Smooth Top 25 Bands & Artists To Watch in 2017
We take a fanboy/girl approach to music journalism in that most of us will gush over the artists we love and speak with a jaded cynicism about everyone else. That
Ty Segall & The Freedom Band Blow Minds at Secret Show at The Griffin
Wednesday night was standing-room only at The Griffin in Los Feliz, an unusual bar scene for a weeknight but a flyer posted to @grifinbarla on instagram yielded heavy traffic for
Reverend Horton Heat & Jello Biafra: A Punk Rockabilly Freakout
Last Saturday, The Reverend Horton Heat hosted the 2nd of a two night event at The Observatory. Friday night was “Psychobilly Night” and Saturday was dubbed “The Punk Night”. As
Thee Oh Sees & Wand Back For Annual Holiday Food Drive at Teragram
Thee Oh Sees- AKA, the hardest working band in the global music underground in the past decade. I swear to punk rock gods that these guys are on a world tour 365
Redd Kross, OFF! & Melvins Commemorate Teen Babes From Monsanto
Even though I’ve been averaging 3 or 4 shows a week, every week of every month since November of 2014, I still get jacked up on performances more often than
Santoros Record Release w/ Cutty Flam, Cigarette Bums & Solar Sons
The Echo was decorated with pinatas and streamers with the words “El Perdedor” in metallic mylar balloon across the top of the stage for the release party for Santoros 3rd
The Janky New Year Top 10 SONGS of 2016 Rated by Contributors
We don’t care what people say about you, 2016; Janky Smooth loves you. Sure, you skull fucked the country with a culturally divisive presidential election that scrambled our brains, pitted
Fishbone at The Observatory: The Return of Philip “Fish” Fisher, OG
2016 was coming to a close and I was finally getting a chance to check out a show at The Observatory in Santa Ana. As curious as I was, who
The Janky New Year Top 10 Albums of 2016 Rated by Contributors
What the fuck is up with publications that post their best of, year end lists of favorite records, songs and shows at the beginning of December? What’s more important- getting
Metallica At The Fonda: Best Thrash Band of All Time or CIA Asset?
I got the text from Taylor Wong about a week prior. A text that would’ve gone without a shred of excitement or so much as a double take for as
Day For Night Fest: Futurists Of Audio & Visual Converge In Houston
Shadowy figures traverse dimly lit concrete walkways, gliding past “High Voltage” warning signs that adorn massive steel boxes hanging from the ceiling. A chain link-fence houses what appears to be