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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Death Side at the Regent

Janky Smooth Central Command April 22, 2019

Manic Relapse, Suburban Fight, and 84 have joined forces to bring the beast from the East, the legendary Death Side to Los Angeles from Japan before they play Manic Relapse in Oakland. This is going to be an insane show, only the real punks will survive. Along with Death Side, Boston’s Exit Order will be playing making this bill, one of the most punk you have the chance to treat yourself to. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DEATH SIDE APRIL 25TH AT THE REGENT 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Death Side Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 24TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

It’s Flipper, Faster than Lightning at the Regent

Rob Shepyer April 18, 2019

Of all the great punk bands to dance your drunk ass off to, of all the great punk bands for Dads to come out the woodwork and leave their kids with Mom for the night so that they may take off their shirts, boast their hairy chests and muffin tops to, Flipper is the be all, end all. related content: Riot Fest 2018: The Riot Still Rages Celebrating 40 years since the band’s inception as one of San Francisco’s grooviest, grimiest bands, the two remaining original members employed the likes of David Yow (of the Jesus Lizard) to take the microphone and embark on a tour that would reprint the band in every punk’s toxified mind. I arrived at the Regent theater to see veteran San Pedro punk guru Mike Watt and the Missing Men take the stage and wreck it to pieces with some free-form, groovy poetry punk that is still avant-garde a few decades since those cats began playing. They sounded different since the last time I saw them play for Gates to West, the Joe Strummer tribute show, with keyboards instead of guitars, but this off-beat instrumentation served them well to make this set looser and able

Photo Recap: Patriarchy at the Echoplex

Janky Smooth Central Command April 17, 2019

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve been seeing Patriarchy coming up from the underground and making the beginnings of what might become a huge splash in Los Angeles. Patriarchy, the musical brain-child of avant-garde filmmaker and fashionista, Actually Huizenga, is one of the most symbolically powerful acts hitting the clubs right now. Playing with gender roles, Actually takes many forms from princess to warrior and combines their animus in every artistic breath. You’ll be seeing and hearing a lot more from Patriarchy in the near future, so we thought it would be wise to catch her recent Echoplex display of power. Also, check out her films, this artist is part of some new wave of which she is at the forefront. Pics by: Lindsay Arth

JPEGMAFIA, Vince Staples, the Novo, the music blogger, liberals and the CIA ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Danny Baraz April 17, 2019

I’m worried about JPEGMAFIA. Not as a person but more as a concept. See, I’ve spent the last 2 years obsessing on the Black Ben Carson album, almost exclusively. His beats are terrifyingly delicious with almost never a single one of them achieving “banger” status. That would be too cute. No, his sound is one of political and social homicide, with techno kick drums that devour 808’s with distorted resonance, with even bigger promises than that of Bernie Sanders in both the horrifically ambient intros and outros, to single handedly promising to be the pied piper that leads hip hop out of the Drake era. The level of shit talking Peggy achieves on this album is unrivaled in any genre and any medium and even by other JPEGMAFIA albums EP’s or singles. Some have come close or even peaked somewhere near the same point but using his latest and most widely ingested release as an example, the first 4 tracks are straight throwaways that would’ve been better served being used hidden tracks or some other gimmick that allows the listener to focus on a message that seems to be contradicting what both he and critics claim is the meat of

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Failure and Swervedriver at the Fonda

Janky Smooth Central Command April 16, 2019

Two amazing alternative rock bands are sharing a single bill at the Fonda and we have your chance of going to the show for free. We’re giving away two tickets to Failure and Swervedriver at the Fonda, so get ready to be inspired by music that inspired the likes of Tool. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO FAILURE AND SWERVEDRIVER APRIL 24TH AT THE FONDA 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Failure x Swervedriver Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Ski Mask The Slump God at the OC Observatory

Janky Smooth Central Command April 15, 2019

We’re dishing out two tickets to a night of hot trap in Orange County for Ski Mask the Slump God‘s show. I don’t know if you ever been to a trap night at the Observatory but it pops off harder than most events in either Los Angeles or Orange County. So, if you want to bounce, sing, mosh, and get some dope IG video along with the Observatory, hit our line! YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO SKI MASK THE SLUMP GOD APRIL 20TH AT THE OBSERVATORY 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Ski Mask The Slump God Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 17TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Hell is a Laughing Matter: The Manx at the Hi Hat

Rob Shepyer April 12, 2019

If you remember the classic 80’s film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, you’ll know what it feels like to see cartoon characters walking among actual, real life people. That’s what seeing The Manx feels like, like an extreme band all the toons would go see and mosh to. They’re wacky, spontaneous, funny, and deliver a sound and performance like nothing else you could see in Los Angeles or otherwise. Only those versed in cartoon logic will understand the concept of the Manx and luckily every child worth a damn was raised on cartoons. related content: Janky Smooth Top 25 Artists To Watch In 2019 Opening this first night of The Manx’s Tuesday Hi Hat April residency was Drac and the Swamp Rats a band that portrays famous horror movie monsters onstage while playing powerful, groovy rock and roll. They have a garage rock sound and sensibility that the body cannot deny. Even the most cynical hipsters who might scoff at theatrics couldn’t deny music this good. This band doesn’t need to dress up but it definitely adds to the fun and Dracula, the band’s lead singer, plays his character with plenty of sass and irony. Drac’s eyes have witnessed an eternity

Featured Festival: Northwest Terror Fest 2019

Janky Smooth Central Command April 11, 2019

Whatever part of the country chooses to host a Terror Fest, flocks of metalheads will follow. These lineups always feature diverse lineups of some of the most extreme bands ranging from grind to doom to death to power metal. Such is the case with Terror Fest’s North Western incarnation, Northwest Terror fest, presented by No Clean Singing, which will host four nights of heavy metal madness with the likes of American power metal legends Cirith Ungol, hailing from Ventura County, one of the best classic metal scenes this country, let alone Southern California has to offer; Pig Destroyer, one of the most socially conscious and unrelenting grind bands for the last decade, and also a pick on our publisher Danny B’s top albums of 2018 with Head Cage; Last of the headliners, legendary Swedish hardcore/crust punks Wolfbrigade are howling into the USA and rounding out this lineup to represent of every kind of extreme music. Northwest Terror Fest takes place May 30th, 31st, and June 1st at three different venues, Neumos, Barboza, and Highline in Seattle, Washington. Tickets for shows at Neumos and Barboza are available here and tickets for after shows at Highline are available for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and Wedensday‘s

This too Shall Pass: Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Observatory

Dillon Vaughn April 10, 2019

There’s an emotional rollercoaster interwoven throughout the textures of Tom Fec’s musical output: Black Moth Super Rainbow and Tobacco are two vastly different entities with approaches to music that manage a balance between melancholic nostalgia and aggressive experimentation, all while composing a distinct musical language entirely unique to it’s creator. As the Panic Blooms tour cycle nears it’s end, Tobacco has revealed he’ll be shelving BMSR once again (at least until he feels compelled to revive the project once more.) With that news I knew I had to attend one of the final California dates at the Observatory in Santa Ana. related content: UFOs From Tokyo California Flashback At The Lodge Room With studio material so gently nuanced it’s hard to imagine how a band could translate the material in an amplified setting. Thankfully the group has always managed to present the material live in new ways with a sense of renewed energy – all while maintaining the sense of intimacy that is so crucial to these compositions. The setlist in rotation this time pulls from songs throughout their entire catalog and gives enough new material to keep anyone that saw them on the first leg of the tour last year entertained. One

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Movements at El Rey

Janky Smooth Central Command April 9, 2019

Another sold out show we have two tickets to give away to and if you like Turnover and Turnstile, you’ll probably like Movements as well. They’re the best damn emo band going at the moment. In fact, I hate to admit it but when I first saw the final Vans Warped tour with Movements’ “Daylily”, I teared up like a baby. Opening for the band on this stellar bill are Boston Manor, Trash Boat, and Drug Church. This Show is Sold Out! ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MOVEMENTS APRIL 18TH AT EL REY 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Movements Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY APRIL 15TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

UFOs From Tokyo: California Flashback at the Lodge Room

Dillon Vaughn April 8, 2019

Years ago while searching the web for specific sounds from mostly undiscovered bands (to me, at least) from places I’ve never been lead me to a treasure trove of material that’s remained unmatched: PSF records. A very finely curated label operating in Tokyo under direction of the late Hideo Ikeezumi, PSF amassed a catalog of Japan’s underground legends since the mid 80s and continued providing a home for psychedelic and experimental works until Ikeezumi’s death in 2017. Black Editions, a somewhat recently formed boutique label based in LA, began reissuing classic selections from this catalog just before Ikeezumi passed. Operating as a magnet for some of these performers that very rarely (if ever) perform outside of Japan, it feels as if Black Editions has been building toward a perfect show highlighting PSF and it’s contributions to the underground. With the recent reissue of the definitive compilation TOKYO FLASHBACK, it made perfect sense for the label to host a two city festival (appropriately titled) California Flashback. related content: L.A. Buffs Up: Angel Du$t At The Lodge Room With a lineup populated by PSF alumni and associates alike, the two nights occurring in LA at the Lodge Room guaranteed a face melting

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Turnstile and Turnover at El Rey

Janky Smooth Central Command April 8, 2019

For everything (turn, turn, turn) there is a season (turn, turn, turn). We are giving away two tickets to the sold out Turnstile and Turnover at El Rey. Two bands that seemingly have little in common, sonically but who’s audiences are similar enough that they can come together and play a show and everyone is stoked. The heavy and the soft, hardcore and emotional, these two attributes simultaneously exist within the soul of the hardcore kid. This Show is Sold Out! ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO TURNSTILE & TURNOVER APRIL 18TH AT EL REY 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Turnstile/Turnover Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY APRIL 15TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

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