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Punx With Junk: Club Scum 3 Year Anniversary at the Regent
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 6, 2019
Photos by: Anthony Mehlhaff Club Scum turned 3 years old last week and we couldn’t be more proud of Los Angeles’ Latinx baby because with each year, every anniversary seems to be more epic, filthy, and unforgettable than the last. This year’s featured a special Hunx and his Punx reunion show and all the drag and punk rock you could swallow. related content: Fierce Fiesta: Club Scum’s 2 Year Anniversary W/Limp Wrist At The Echoplex Check out all the pix below: Club Scum Hunx and his Punx Drag Queens Trap Girl Remorseless Argument? Cremalleras
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Two Times the Biscuit Power: Gorilla Biscuits at the Roxy
Rob Shepyer
April 6, 2019
This was it. The big show. The one Los Angeles hardcore kids and old school punk mother fuckers had been seething, waiting for. Gorilla Biscuits in LA. Gorilla Biscuits in OC. Gorilla Biscuits from New York fucking City, who only come here once in a blue moon. And they didn’t come to the Roxy play a show and bounce, they stayed the day did an early and a late show and I had the pleasure of attending both. I could’ve seen them five more times before getting tired, because I know it’ll be a while until GB returns to the concrete jungle on this side of the country to stomp all over Sunset with those big ass Gorilla feet. related content: The Hardest So-Cal Has To Offer, Strife Plays “In This Defiance” At The Roxy GB played the night before in Orange County at Garden Amp and everybody who saw pics and videos from that show knew there’s nothing we could’ve done to top their insanity. The audience completely covered the stage until Civ had to sing standing on the drum riser. Why was the OC show substantially more hardcore? Was it the size of the venue and stage? Probably.
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L.A. Buffs Up: Angel Du$t at the Lodge Room
Rob Shepyer
April 4, 2019
This was one of the concerts I was anticipating most in 2019. As soon as the first couple singles off Angel Du$t‘s latest album dropped at the end of 2018, I knew this band would climb to new peaks while also changing the game around them. Once we entered 2019, the band released a four track preview of the album with Lil Buff, further forming this new image of what the band could transform into. Once “Bang my Drum” and Pretty Buff finally came out, Angel Du$t became my favorite band of 2019 and Pretty Buff my favorite album of 2019. related content: Nature World Night Out At The Regent: Building Bridges Between Hardcore And Hip Hop Since their inception, Angel Du$t was a hardcore band that had an affinity for melody, hooks, and clean vocals that other bands didn’t dare play with but because their hardcore cred was unquestionable, the hardcore kids fell in love with the songs. This was every hardcore kid’s outlet for enjoying music about fun and love while staying in this scene. Now, the band made what is basically a pop punk album but with more authentic feeling and style than any of the 90’s pop punk
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PCW Ultra Wrestle Summit was Like Summer Camp for Wrestlers and Wrestling Fans
Jonathan Reyes
April 3, 2019
PCW Ultra Wrestle Summit was like summer camp for wrestlers and wrestling fans. Greasy food, a guy carrying a gigantic foam hammer, beer, and sweaty men. This was something really unique that I truly hope people pick up on. So many different companies and independent wrestlers in one ring for one night. From the opening bell, there wasn’t a moment of insignificance. Storyline wise and behind the curtain, a lot of questions were answered that night. Wrestle Summit started with everyone’s new problematic bae Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, I looked around like are we all cool with this? Did you see Leaving Neverland? It looks like I’m the only one who saw it. related content: Rebels of Wrestling: PCW Ultra 3 Year Anniversary Trey Miguel vs Adam Brooks Taking the bullet are Impact Wrestling’s Trey Miguel and Defy Wrestling’s Adam Brooks. Sometimes you see a move you wish you could describe but how do you explain a backflip over a downed opponent that lands in a surgically precise drop kick to the back of Adam Brooks head. This was a great start to the night. Fast and to the point. Trey won a future shot at the ULW championship. For this
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Gothboiclique Represent: Lil Tracy at the OC Observatory
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 3, 2019
Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas On Friday night, March 29th, in the Constellation Room at The Observatory in Santa Ana, rap artists Lil’ Raven and Lil’ Tracy headlined the much-anticipated show. Lil’ Raven, a rapper from Virginia, included “Channel Drip”, “You Might”, and “5 Bands” in his set. He was fun, alive, and gave lots of love to his fans –whether it was taking photographs with everyone after the show or shaking hands and giving love to the crowd while on stage during his set. After Lil’ Raven performed, Lil’ Tracy was introduced to a packed venue with everyone’s flashlights on their phones shining from the crowd. The stage was packed with Lil’ Tracy peeps and fans alike throughout his entire set. He opened up with “Your Favorite Dress”, which caused immediate frenzy among the entire crowd, and then went into “Pictures”. “Hands up, Everybody! Hands up!” he shouted as he hyped the entire crowd. He honored the memory of his late counterpart and friend, Lil’ Peep, whom he once shared that very stage with. Then, after kicking the DJ booth and slamming his microphone on the mixing table, he covered a few of Lil’ Peep’s songs, including “Witchblades”, and ended the night performing
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Down Home Ho Down: Roots Roadhouse 2019
Rob Shepyer
April 2, 2019
Within moments of walking into Roots Roadhouse at the Echoplex and seeing BBQ pits, haystacks, cowboy hats and boots, I realized that this is one of the best festivals in Los Angeles, it’s a hidden gem. If you follow Janky Smooth, you certainly won’t see much country on our blog but for some reason, even though I was moshing at Gorilla Biscuits the night before, this music felt more like home than metal, punk, hardcore, or industrial to me. After listening to a few acts and thinking about why this is, I realized that the soundtrack to being a rocker would have plenty of country in it. The way outlaw country tales about being broke, losing love, chasing love, doing drugs, and getting drunk, relates to me more than other kinds of music. Part of the reason for this lack of country coverage is simply awareness. In Los Angeles, no one knows these artists but across the rest of the country, they all have huge followings, mostly because of relentless touring. With Roots Roadhouse, Los Angeles gets a taste of how the rest of America listens to music, whether it be Nashville, Texas, or Louisiana, the heart of America was
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Horrendous at the Echo
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 2, 2019
84 is the new promoter on the block and so far their booking has been flawless. Bringing some of the gnarliest bands in underground music to the right venues, their latest show is Horrendous and Feather and Bone playing the Echo. Hailing from Philadelphia, Horrendous makes some of the most brutal, gnarliest extreme metal bands bringing together grind, prog, and doom into one blackened musical abomination. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO HORRENDOUS APRIL 17TH AT THE ECHO 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 Horrendous Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY APRIL 8TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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R.I.P. Nipsey Hussle 8/15/85 – 3/31/19
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 1, 2019
Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas I arrived at Nipsey Hussle‘s vigil shortly after 9pm, and miraculously found parking just a block away. Fans gathered to honor and show respect to their fatally lost loved one with dance, blunts, and blue drinking cups outside the Marathon Store parking lot and Shell Gas station on the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson. “Last Time That I Checc’d” was bumping loud in the parking lot, it was a full dance party going down. “We in mourning, this is our loved one please give us our respect,” one fan stated as LAPD kept asking everyone to get back while they called for additional back up and as a helicopter circled above with the spotlight on the parking lot. The late Nipsey’s brother, Black Sam, stood behind the yellow caution tape and told fans “when they clear this tape you’re all welcome to bring your candles, do whatever ya’ll wanna do. We about keeping it peaceful and showing support my brother cause rest in peace.” Slamming his fist to his chest, “we know who the killer is, we know everything. Don’t take your anger out on the Police you feel me this time they with us
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Charlotte Gainsbourg at El Rey
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 1, 2019
Charlotte Gainsbroug was cut from one of the most talented cloths in music history. From childhood, her artistic career stirred controversy and compelled people to listen to her like flies to a moth. As an actress, she’s one of my favorites, shocking just as many fans with her work with filmmaker Lars Von Trier. Performing a rare show at the El Rey, Charlotte is going to bring cinephiles and francophiles out to the show. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DAMO SUZUKI’S NETWORK APRIL 17TH 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 Charlotte Gainsbourg Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY APRIL 8TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Mr. & Ms. Machine: The Black Queen at the Regent
Rob Shepyer
March 31, 2019
If you let yourself be vulnerable, close your eyes and hone in on a sound then take your time to interpret how that sound resonates in your soul and makes you feel, I think you can actually gender the sound. Whether you think gender is a social construction or natural state, there are abstract and physical attributes to maleness and femaleness. There are masculine elements to The Black Queen‘s music, a sort of epic, peaking feel to their hooks that give you the sense of a heroic narrative at play. There are feminine elements as well, a sensuality, vulnerability, and warmth to the music and delivery. Certainly, The Black Queen’s sound is a more feminine departure from Greg Puciato’s last band, the Dillinger Escape Plan but this new electronic three piece still retain some of the qualities that made Dillinger transcend metal. related content: Cold Waves LA: Heaven For Industrial Kids Beginning this diversified bill at the Regent was SRSQ, aka Kennedy Ashlyn, who has already been ingrained as an icon in my mind for how soul-stirring her voice is. The last time I spoke to Kennedy, I told her how spiritual her music made me feel. That’s not exactly
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Salute The Troops Festival – A Hip Hop and Comedy Event for America’s Veterans
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 29, 2019
Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas Salute the Troops Festival was like a three-day party honoring active military and veterans. Hip-hop and comedy lovers came together at the dual-venue event at both The Glass House and the Fox Theatre in Pomona March 22-24. The weekend was filled with music, laughter, and lots of love acknowledging the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans. Snoop Dogg headlined the weekend’s events on Saturday, and all other artists on Friday and Sunday gave peak performances, whether they were standing before an audience of 40 or 400. This definitely made for Friday and Sunday nights’ vibes being more intimate between the artists and the crowd. Various artists included Cold War Kids, Capital Cities, The Dan Band, and Andre Cymone who plays a key part in contributing to the infamous Minnesota rock’n’roll-funkadelic-soul sound and is the former bass guitarist of Prince’s touring band pre-Revolution. related content: Smokin’ In The Rain: One Love Cali Reggae Fest At The Queen Mary Commanding a band of musicians behind him from center stage (like a pro), including tambourine and female backup vocals, Cymone took his audience on board an intergalactic journey of time and sound. “I was driving up the coast one day and heard Jeff Buckley’s version of Leonard Cohen’s
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South Gate Superstars: Cypress Hill at the Wiltern
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 29, 2019
Words and Photos by: Abraham Preciado The West Coast High Tour rolled through the largest and one the most spectacular theater in Los Angeles, The Wiltern, last weekend. Headlining the tour were rap icons from South Gate, Cypress Hill. The legends were accompanied on tour by Demrick, Xzibit, and Hollywood Undead. related content: Make America Green Again: The Great American Smoke Out Demrick and Xzibit took the stage first and ignited the crowd with their respective hits. The artist’s also dropped songs from their collaborative project, Serial Killers, which were definite hits with everyone in attendance. It was exciting to see Xzibit live and still be at the top of his game. LA’s rap/rock band Hollywood Undead also brought their “A” game to The Wiltern and performed hits from their entire catalog of music. Hollywood Undead’s set was an adrenaline rush to the crowd. related content: Black Baptism: Prayers At The Fonda In anticipation to Cypress Hill’s set, smoke filled the Wiltern as the crowd prepared for the group’s entry on stage. As soon as the intro to “Band of Gypsies” played the crowd erupted. It was lit! Cypress Hill came ready to blaze with their fans and we were ready!
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