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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Geroge Clanton on NYE at Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
December 1, 2019
One of the brightest young stars in Los Angeles’ music scene has to be vapor wave innovator, George Clanton. I don’t know if you were lucky enough to see him at Desert Daze but his set was like nothing else at the festival, stealing the weekend just based on the energy he was able to capture in his performance. I’m not the biggest fan of going to concerts on New Year’s Eve but this is going to be special. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO GEORGE CLANTON DECEMBER 31ST AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK George Clanton Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 9TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Photo Recap: Baby Keem at the Roxy
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 30, 2019
Not even twenty years old yet, Baby Keem is already blowing up and making waves on the Soundcloud scene. Hip Hop ain’t ready for what this Las Vegas youth has to offer. Already, he’s had videos directed by Shia LaBeouf and been featured on the Black Panther soundtrack with songwriting credits. His latest project, Die For My Bitch has already been accumulating hype and brought him to The Roxy to perform a headlining show. We sent our official hip hop photographer to the show to get the scoop. Check out the pics below! Photos by: Rodney Campos
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Do Anything For Dethklok: Adult Swim Festival 2019
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 28, 2019
This year’s Adult Swim Festival saw one of the network’s flagship programs take center stage as Dethklok: Metalocalypse reformed to headline the festival’s first night. This Earth-shatteringly heavy event had fans of all kinds of music come together to go ape shit like no other metal band could do. This set, along with a day stacked with hip hop giants like Vince Staples and artists redefining of cool like Tierra Whack or Leikeli47. We sent one of our best ohotographers, Rodney Campos, to document the festival and damn, did he deliver the goods. Check out the photos below. Photos by: Rodney Campos Day 1 Dethklok Flying Lotus Day 2 2Chainz Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Jamie XX Leikeli47 Rapsody Tierra Whack Vince Staples
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Etherializer: Alessandro Cortini at the Lodge Room
Rob Shepyer
November 27, 2019
Noise shows might just become my favorite kind of shows. You have to go sparingly to keep the experience special but when you do attend, these sonic experiments have the ability to melt your consciousness into a putty then sculpt it however the artist sees fit, using only sound as their utensils. This is what I anticipated from Alessandro Cortini‘s Lodge Room show. A set that felt somewhat ambient, somewhat harsh, with sounds that would make the room vibrate with heaviness but also make the soul hum with lushness. I received every range of feeling on this night, from both what I brought to the music and what the music delivered to me. The one quality this music exhibited that I found most compelling was its etherial nature. Goth music’s gravitation toward the angelic and heavenly is a curiosity of sorts. You’d think people dressing in black all the time would want something less affirming of the divine, but as it so happens, sorrow might grant you a closer relationship to grace. related content: Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree At The Lodge Room The night began with Olive Kimoto stirring the souls in the holy Lodge Room with animated electronics and vocals like
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Tis the Season for Boston Alt-Rock: Letters to Cleo at the Hi Hat
Dave Unbuckled
November 27, 2019
Letters to Cleo returned to the Hi Hat last Saturday to a well-received crowd for what’s shaping to become their annual LA appearance. In addition to a career spanning twenty song showcase, the set contained new tracks from the group’s freshly released Christmas EP, OK Christmas including “Father Christmas” by the Kinks. related content: Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree at the Lodge Room Kat Hanley and crew’s set stayed hi-energy for its entirety, sprinkled with familiar alt-rock songs from their nearly thirty-year trek. Though at one time considered one of the East Coast’s most popular female fronted bands, Letters to Cleo have since slowed down their former heavy touring schedule, and now perform in Southern California once a year, so seeing the band keep the crowd of 300 singing and dancing for the entirety of the performance was impressive to say the least. There’s also something to be said about the band performing a smaller intimate show, solely to their fan base, opposed to joining the retro festival circus that comes around this time of year. Demon Rock kicked off the evening, which also featured two songs from the group’s breakout LP, “Big Star” and “Here and Now”, in addition to
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Monolord at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 25, 2019
Call it doom, call it stoner, or call it sludge, Monolord is one of Metal’s most brutal and crushing bands. When those walls of fuzz hit that Teragram sound system, mother fuckers are bound to come away with tinnitus. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MONOLORD NOVEMBER 27TH AT THE TERAGRAM BALLROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Monolord Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 26TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree at the Lodge Room
Rob Shepyer
November 21, 2019
Just because your phone isn’t attached to you at the hip doesn’t make it not a part of you. Humans aren’t full-on androids quite yet but the widespread fusion of man and machine has definitely begun to take shape. So, what does art look like in the Android Age? Perhaps a bit like Jonathan Bree‘s stage show. I could talk about how Jonathan Bree and his whole band wear masks, it’s the first thing anyone notices once you catch them live but after seeing them be the first act to dazzle Desert Daze this year, I began looking for less obvious characteristics in Bree and Co.’s performance. When Bree takes a step back to let one of the women in his band sing, his microphone dangles limply by the cord from his hand as he stands, almost as if in sleep mode. Then when the song requests him to return to vocals, he reboots in what makes for a methodically choreographed and unique show. related content: Silver Lake Perris: Desert Daze 2019 Bree’s night at the Lodge Room began with two openers that shared a similar thread. A certain coolness and No Wave vibe was felt in each performance beginning
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Moon Duo at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 20, 2019
The San Franciscan psychedelic post punk duo known as Moon Duo take audiences to the moon and back with saturated guitars and sacred repetition. They’re playing the Lodge Room Highland Park for what will surely be an unforgettable evening. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MOON DUO NOVEMBER 22ND AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Moon Duo Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 21ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: Camp Flog Gnaw 2019
Rob Shepyer
November 15, 2019
IMAGES COURTSEY OF GOLDENVOICE The Good: Camp Flog Gnaw 2019 was curated with artists that challenged everyone’s concept of what a live performance could be. Boundary expansion is what this festival and crowd have always been about and this year was not only no different from the past but an outlier after such stellar performances like that of FKA Twigs, Tyler, the Creator, and Thundercat. Also, with the festival at Dodger Stadium, the view of the downtown skyline is a constant reminder of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful city as Los Angeles. The Bad: Many of the artists who were billed high atop the lineup were actually unimpressive live. Listening to their sets felt like slogging through the minutes in anticipation of the few acts people truly cared about. So, this year the lineup was under-billed and a few of the names it did have were nothing special. The Ugly: Generation’s Z and their reaction to Drake being revealed as the surprise guest are ugly. It was a moment that validated many bad conclusions drawn about young people in 2019. Entitlement and bad manners mainly. I wanted to see Frank Ocean too but I’ll be damned
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Alessandro Cortini at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 15, 2019
Italian keyboardist and Nine Inch Nails alumni Alessandro Cortini is playing a special show at Lodge Room that will surely be a fever dream for anyone that’s a fan of electronic noises as music. I have a feeling the Lodge Room is going to shake for this one. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO ALESSANDRO CORTINI NOVEMBER 18TH AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Alessandro Cortini Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 17TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Jonathan Bree at Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 14, 2019
Mysterious and faceless singer, songwriter and all around odd-ball, Jonathan Bree, is bringing his blank faced band out to Lodge Room for a night of cinematic and intriguing music. In 2019 it’s not so easy to think of an original idea in music but perhaps Jonathan’s take on minimalism might just be something wholly new. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO JONATHAN BREE NOVEMBER 16TH AT THE LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Jonathan Bree Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 15TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Frankie Cosmos at 1720
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 13, 2019
New York Anti-Folk artist Frankie Cosmos is coming to 1720 warehouse to give Los Angeles a taste of that sweet, melancholy coolness that only she can deliver and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to a pair of love birds out there. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO FRANKIE COSMOS NOVEMBER 15TH AT 1720 Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Frankie Cosmos Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 14TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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