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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Suburban Fight & Sound and Fury Present Bar Wrestling at The Hi Hat
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 10, 2019
Suburban Fight are the kings of underground wrestling in Los Angeles proper. Whether in a bar or a ring, whether paired with hardcore music or just straight fights from top to bottom, no one else has an aesthetic and matches that fans connect with more. Last year’s Sound and Fury festival concluded with their first partnership with Suburban Fight in a Hi Hat hardcore ho-down with Darby Allin jumping off the venue’s ceiling to deliver an insane elbow drop onto Joey Janela. This year, Allin returns to take on the mysterious underground wrestling legend Ultra Mantis Black in a match that you won’t soon forget. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO GCW PRESENTS SUBURBAN FIGHT x SOUND AND FURY JULY 14TH AT THE HI HAT 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 Suburban Fight Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 12TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to GCW Presents Joey Janela’s Escape From L.A.
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 9, 2019
The bad boy is coming back to Los Angeles just so he can get the fuck out! I’m talking about Joey Janela and the unique, action-packed, and infamous wrestling promotion, GCW (Game Changer Wrestling), is brining Joey Janela’s Escape From L.A. to the Ukrainian Cultural Center, which may be the the craziest place in Los Angeles to hold this show. Expect plenty of hardcore moments and that kind of wild energy that makes indie wrestling so wonderful. No one knows how to please a crowd like Joey Janela and though you couldn’t possibly know what to expect, surely it’s going to be a show everyone will remember. Also appearing at the show will be hardcore and ECW legend Masato Tanaka as well as AEW’s Jungle Boy. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO GCW PRESENTS JOEY JANELA’S ESCAPE FROM L.A. AUGUST 9TH AT THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL CENTER 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 Joey Janela’s Escape From L.A. Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 29TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL
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A Tsunami of Hardcore Kids: Fury’s “Failed Entertainment” Record Release at the Observatory
Rob Shepyer
July 8, 2019
Any time Ceremony make their way through Southern California, you can expect me to be there. On this Observatory date though, the band stepped down as the headliners of their tour for one night and let hometown heroes, Fury, close the show for their highly anticipated Failed Entertainment record release show. Both bands had new material to share and are on the edge of transitioning beyond fans’ expectations. Ceremony had released word of their next album Into The Spirit World Now only days before the show and Fury, who’s previous album Paramount cemented them as some of the scene’s brightest prospects, released an album that really showed their range and complexity. related content: Two Times The Biscuit Power: Gorilla Biscuits At The Roxy The entire bill was stacked with diverse genres clumped together to make for a memorable evening every stripe of rock fan could enjoy. Huntington Beach’s Diztort opened up the pit early with traditional, jagged, and pummeling hardcore that really hit that stormtrooper pace and rhythm hard for all the kids to slam to. Next, alternative rockers, Bugg, were matched with hardcore bands yet again, establishing them as the perfect breath to take between heavy noise. They too had new
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Revolver’s Pure Noise Tour With Stick To Your Guns at 1720
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 8, 2019
Revolver Magazine is bringing one of the best hardcore tour lineups of the year to 1720 warehouse with the Pure Noise tour, topping off July as one of the best months for this scene in too long. Headlining the tour is Stick to Your Guns along with Counterparts, Terror, Sanction, and Year of the Knife. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE PURE NOISE TOUR WITH STICK TO YOUR GUNS JULY 18TH 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 Pure Noise Tour Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 15TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Ming River Drunken Punk Rock LBC Matinee: The Spits and Surfbort at Alex’s Bar
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 4, 2019
Matinee show crowds can be a gamble. Even if the bill is solid, you never know if the allure of the lazy Sunday will win over the show. Even if people attend, will they have the energy needed to make it a show to remember? At this particular matinee show, you needn’t worry. On one hand, because the lineup of Die Group, Surfbort, and the Spits is a right-left-right combo of ferocious rock n’ roll. On the other, because the show was sponsored by Ming River Baijiu liquor company. Ming River was offering free shot samples of their different flavors as well as fantastic drink specials. The crowd was at the venue getting well lubricated two hours before the first band even took stage. Most opening bands need to start playing in order to get people to crowd the stage. Most bands with drummers on lead vocals are boring to watch. Die Group is not most bands. Clad in all black and in leather motorcycle jackets no matter how bikram yoga hot the stage gets, the trio deliver monstrous fuzz guitar over solid garage grooves. Eric Big Arm uses every inch of his side of the stage while drummer and
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Unheavenly Skies Above Los Feliz: Coheed & Cambria and Mastodon at the Greek
Rob Shepyer
July 3, 2019
I could’ve gone to see the Misfits but seeing how it would’ve been my fourth time, I felt like I had a pass to miss a fiend club meet up for the chance to catch Coheed and Cambria’s Unheavenly Skye tour with Mastodon and Every Time I Die at the Greek Theatre. The sweeping, virtuosic, narrative-driven, poppy, metallic music of Coheed and Cambria has always intrigued me. They captured a different sound and concept than any other band within the progressive genre, which I suppose is the only one you can fit them into. And so, this sweet summer night saw the clouds gather over Los Feliz to rumble with thunder and lightning because tonight, the Rock Gods were out to play. Every Time I Die began the night with some of the best metalcore on the market today. I had been trying to catch them for awhile and was blown away by their intensity, fun, catchiness, and just how jagged their riffs were. Following them was one of the most important progressive metal bands of all time, Mastodon. I wouldn’t leave their accolades at prog metal though, they will have a lasting impact on all heavy music. It’s amazing
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Old Firm Casuals at 1720
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 3, 2019
Lars Frederiksen of Rancid’s other band Old Firm Casuals are fucking amazing. Throwing back to Oi! and various older forms of punk rock, the Old Firm Casuals put on thrilling performances and this 1720 show will be no exception. Especially with the likes of Section H8 and Spiritual Cramp opening up for them. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO OLD FIRM CASUALS JULY 7TH 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 Old Firm Casuals Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 5TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Dirty Penni Fest IV at the Echo/Echoplex
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 2, 2019
Dirty Penni Fest is back for it’s fourth installment and Dirty Laundry TV and Penniback Records are collaborating once against o bring you one of the best garage punk lineups your young bodies can pogo to. This year, legendary surf guitarist and rock and roll innovator, Dick Dale, will be commemorated with a tribute by the Buttertones. Make sure to catch Perfection too! YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DIRTY PENNI FEST IV JULY 6TH AT THE ECHO/ECHOPLEX 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 Dirty Penni Fest IV Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 4TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Amyl and the Sniffers at Teragram Ballroom
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 1, 2019
One of the hottest punk bands on the scene right now is playing a special performance at Teragram Ballroom and it’s sure to kick plenty of ass. We’re talking about Amyl and the Sniffers, perhaps Australia’s current most wildest, fun import. We’ve got to tickets to giveaway for their show with Alice Bag and damn it, you know you can’t miss this one. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS JULY 7TH 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 Amyl and the Sniffers Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON JULY 5TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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I Got the Mic, So Shut the Fuck Up: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib at the Roxy
Jonathan Reyes
June 30, 2019
If there’s anything to take from Tuesday night’s preview of Bandana, the latest release from Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, it’s just shut it and enjoy what could possibly be the best Gangster Rap artist of the last ten years. Counter to that claim, Gibbs would have to care about accolades and “best of” lists, from his yearly revitalization and inability to create anything unoriginal, he couldn’t be bothered, the only thing that seems to matter to him is being the best version of himself. related content: The Music Millennials Make Love To: Smokin’ Grooves 2019 At The Queen Mary If Freddie has all the ingredients, Madlib is the chef preparing the courses. Their second album is Mexican candy, it’s a burger, its caviar, it’s one part Hennessy one part Freddie one part Madlib, and like a basket on Chopped it all works out into an unconventional but complete meal. Imagine being so good that you don’t need gimmicks in a genre populated by them. Think about making best rap album of the year and deciding to put a teddy bear riding a zebra on the cover. The confidence in skill to freestyle multiple times a night, I’ve seen plenty headliners
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Haley Dahl, Queen of Rock in 2019: Sloppy Jane at the Bootleg Theater
Rob Shepyer
June 29, 2019
Have you ever felt proud of someone you’ve never met but who’s art you know? That’s how I feel about Sloppy Jane and Haley Dahl after seeing her show at the Bootleg Theater. I feel incredibly proud and inspired by the journey she’s taken as an artist. It was only a few years ago that Sloppy Jane was a small band playing small clubs if not being relegated to ugly, claustrophobic dungeons, attics, and backrooms. In those spaces, she used to have wild, unchained performances, where often times she wound up naked, covered only in blue drool all over her naked, natural body. People would dismiss her as a shock artist even though one could make the GG comparison. Women would get offended and disgusted, men would gaze creepily at her, children would cry, asking mother what she did with all her clothes. She wasn’t getting naked as an empty gesture though. Looking back on it, it wasn’t about us, it was about Haley preparing herself as an artist by bracing all the embarrassment and awkwardness of public nudity to develop her stage power until she was beyond comfortable on any stage with any kind of instruments handy. related content:
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Ya’ll Mother Fuckers Need Jesus: Twin Temple at the Roxy
Rob Shepyer
June 29, 2019
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” My opinion of Twin Temple is complicated. Before I clarify how, know despite the hilarious title, this is certainly not an endorsement of Christianity. I think worshipping a human being is just as whack as worshipping satan (or perhaps is slightly less) whether it’s for show or not. Twin Temple, Alexandra and Zachary James, are a band with all the talent in the world that thought of a brilliant concept and materialized it into a package perfectly knit together with all its working parts contributing to something that is powerful and magnetic. Musically and theatrically, the members of this band were born to make and perform music. Removing the satanic component from their sound, they’re single handedly bringing back doo-wop with a sweet vengeance. Their latest banger “Satan’s a Woman” and a sold out Roxy performance are only two examples of how. related content: Echo Part Rising (Five Pointed) Stars: Twin Temple The rub lies in satanism, for me at least. I have so much to say about satanism and satan in music and how it relates to this band and cultural moment that I’m just
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