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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Music Tastes Good
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 10, 2018
Music Tastes Good has always been one of the most underrated festivals Southern California has to offer with its marriage of gourmet eats and diverse live music. This year though, the lineup is above and beyond every year prior with New Order, Janelle Monae, James Blake, Parquet Courts, The Black Angels and the Based God, Lil B. MTG has finally arrived and hopefully you’ll be there to take in all the tasty sound. Janky Smooth is giving away two tickets to the festival weekend. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MUSIC TASTES GOOD SEPTEMBER 29th-30th AT MARINA GREEN PARK 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 Music Tastes Good Giveaway Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Magick Man: Killing Joke at the Regent
Rob Shepyer
September 7, 2018
Killing Joke is a band that cannot be pigeon-holed. The moment you call them a post-punk band, they put out an industrial album. But within either camp, they were always the misfits of the bunch. Their post-punk was more rhythmic and off-kilter than their peers and their industrial was more lyrical and poetic than the average black leather electro act. Then you have a lead singer like Jaz Coleman, a true enigma. Most singers paint pictures from their own personal experiences but often times with Killing Joke, their songs take on the perspective of eternity. And what I mean by that is, Jaz would step out of his shoes and trousers and into the shoes of time itself, watching human history and making connections we can’t see through his lyrics. related content: The Growlers Reclaim Castle Beach Goth And All Is Right With The World Again One of the rarest acts you could ever see play in America, these English gentleman of the dark arts came out with an album called Pylon in 2015, which they planned to tour in the US, playing the Regent. As fate would have it though, Illness befell the band and they cancelled all their American
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Lagwagon at El Rey
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 6, 2018
Lagwagon have been putting music in its place, playing punk the way it was meant to be played for nearly three decades. In that three decades, the album Lets Talk About Feelings has gone down as one of the band’s most beloved and celebrated recordings. As it’s singer, Joey Cape’s favorite album of the band’s, they will be performing it live in its entirety at El Rey theater on September 22nd. For those of you unfamiliar with the album, maybe you should pop Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 2 into your Playstation and listen to “May 16”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLySrcbbWjE Janky Smooth is honored to be giving you punks the chance to win two tickets to the show. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO LAGWAGON SEPTEMBER 22ND AT EL REY THEATRE 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 Lagwagon Giveaway Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Long Live The Funk: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the Observatory
Jessica Moncrief
September 6, 2018
George Clinton has come a long way since forming The Parliaments as a teenager in a barbershop in Plainfield. Since the beginning of his career, the legendary godfather of funk has been making music and inspiring young creatives for more than 6 generations. In April of this year, he announced that he would be bidding farewell to the stage with a world wide tour in 2018. While the news is saddening, hanging up his hat in style with around 50 golden years of touring seems more than appropriate. While walking up to The Observatory I heard a group of teenage girls chatting when one exclaimed, “This is the best ever, my heart is so full right now!” I’m sure it was the molly talking, but I couldn’t help but reminisce about my own first time seeing Parliament in 1998. Some shows change the course of your history much like Parliament has for the modern face of music, seeing George Clinton had a huge impact on my personal passion for live music as well and happened to actually be my very first show to be guest-listed. related content: Summertime In The LBC: Love Letter To A City That Doesn’t Always
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Groveling Before the Gods of Grind: Napalm Death at Teragram
Rob Shepyer
September 5, 2018
Of all the epic metal shows Church of the 8th Day has ever put on, Napalm Death at the Teragram has got to be my favorite. The creators and gods of Grindcore, Napalm Death, changed music forever by goofing on certain elements that other genres wouldn’t dare experiment with at the time in 1981. Partially a farce, Grindcore didn’t care about what lyrics their growls were actually belting out and whether they actually matched-up with what was written. They would also do something as absurd as write songs under 10 seconds long. This was so groundbreaking at the time that the band generated mainstream attention by people that were just curious about how such a strange and shocking art form could exist. related content: Satyricon’s Final Los Angeles Show At The Regent: A Night Too Blackened To Forget Underneath this musical insanity and humor, Napalm Death has always carried the most serious political messaging behind their extreme sound. Their first album Scum opens up just the same way their Teragram set did, with “Multinational Corporations” going into “Instinct of Survival” which is a very confrontational, diagnosis of the world’s disease. Greedy, self-serving, corporations making money off of people’s plight and dying.
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Helloween: Pumpkins United at the Palladium
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 5, 2018
Of all the giveaways we do and shows we cover, I’m probably most excited for this one. Helloween: Pumpkins United at the Hollywood Palladium. The creators of power metal, straight from Germany and with all the seminal members of the band, from every era, sharing the stage at once to celebrate the music that they all took part in making famous the world-round. Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske are back, playing the songs that metalheads listened to to get through high school with fantasies of worlds far beyond this one. Finally, we get to hear the players that created the classic albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys 1&2. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO HELLOWEEN: PUMPKINS UNITED SEPTEMBER 8TH AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM 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 Helloween Giveaway Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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The Daytona Experience: Pusha T at the Observatory
Rob Shepyer
September 4, 2018
2018 has been an amazing year for rap. We’ve seen the return of Slim Shady, five Kanye West produced albums, and one of the most volatile rap beefs to ever occur in the game with Pusha T completely destroying Drake. Along with making a star fall, Pusha T created my favorite album of the year, the first of the five Kanye produced albums of 2018, Daytona. related content: Summertime In The LBC: This Is Your Dad’s Hip Hop From the very beginning, when the album cover was released and we saw Whitney Houston’s addiction exploited for art with a photograph of her drug strewn bathroom as the cover, Daytona garnered controversy and hype. Then with “Infared”, the last track on the short, seven song album taking shots at Drake, nucleur heat was generated between the two rap Gods. For the first time in a long while, traditional rap stabbed through trap’s control of hip hop media. Finally, there was a ray of hope that hip hop could rekindle its golden years when the metric of quality was lyricism and beef elevated everyone in the game. So Pusha took shots at Drake with “Infared” then Drake came back with “Duppy Freestyle” and Pusha
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The Olive Branch Extends to Irvine: The Scorpions at FivePoint Amphitheatre
Rob Shepyer
September 4, 2018
The Scorpions play everywhere, from Israel to Beirut, to Siberia to their Irvine show at FivePoint Amphitheatre for the Crazy World tour. And what an aptly named tour it is, having seen so much of the world’s diversity and political strife, what is unique to The Scorpions is that they are loved and respected as the hard rock ambassadors of world peace. This band represents the chance that we could all get along some day. related content: Slayer’s Final So-Cal Show At Five Point Amphitheater: The Most Insane Review I’ll Ever Write This string of North American dates were makeup shows from a tour the band had to cancel last year while touring with support from Megadeth. On this tour, they brought along classic prog-metal kings Queensryche to open. The band played every song you’d expect but “I Don’t Believe In Love” off their seminal concept album and sonic-action experience Operation: Mindcrime. Instrumentally, they had incredible precision and a soaring epic quality. Todd La Torre sings with a powerful, booming voice that makes the 80’s fucking cool again and honestly sounds just like original singer, Geoffe Tate. Original guitarist Michael Wilton is a powerhouse and you can hear that power in
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A Super Rad Super Kickstarter for The Aquabats Super Show at El Rey
Rob Shepyer
September 3, 2018
Saving the world is often a thankless job but for over twenty years this has not been the case for The Aquabats. This is a band of superheroes/musicians with a fan base so die hard they not only have their own uniform and vernacular but they pass down their love and admiration for the band to their children. For many kids, those who attend the shows with their parents and those that watch The Aquabats Super Show on television, this band is their introduction not only to punk rock, but to music in general. So how does this fan base show their appreciation to the band? The attendance numbers and longevity speak for themselves but if that’s not enough, the Super Kickstarter seems to be a good metric. Trying to crowd fund new episodes of the Super Show, The Aquabats threw a three hour party at El Rey Theatre that included a slew of amazing guests and bands. Before they even played, The Aquabats announced they had raised enough money to record a new album, so I set my hopes high for new episodes of the Super Show to be on their way. related content: The De-Evolution of Burger Boogaloo
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets To Desert Daze 2018
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 3, 2018
You read right… we’re giving away a pair of the hottest tickets in town. Desert Daze 2018 is by far the most anticipated and talked about festival of the year and if you’re short on change and been dying to go, all hope is not lost. Headliners for the festival include Tame Impala on Friday, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on Saturday, and My Bloody Valentine and Death Grips on Sunday. Having moved the festival to Lake Perris, you will now be able to enjoy the festivities with a shorter drive and yes, even on-site swimming. It’s going to get weird, it’s going to be spiritual, and this is your chance to be there. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DESERT DAZE OCTOBER 12th-14th AT MORENO BEACH, LAKE PERRIS, CALIFORNIA Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2- Share or RT this giveaway post or Tag a Friend in the comment section of any of our INSTAGRAM Desert Daze Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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A Calling for Club Shows: X at Marty’s on Newport
Maggie St. Thomas
September 2, 2018
Word and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas It was standing room only for punk rock legends X, featuring an all star line up of all original members Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebreak, and with Craig Packham on drums for two songs, allowing Billy Zoom to serenade us with his saxophone with DJ Bonebreak’s primal percussion and vibrating bars. related content: OC’s Alright If You Like Saxophones: Psychedelic Furs and X At The Pacific Amphitheatre Celebrating their 40th anniversary and wrapping up a tour with The Psychedelic Furs, X packed Marty’s Cocktails in Tustin to maximum capacity. Quite the change of scenery from when I last saw X at OC Fairgrounds. X seemed to be full of delight at being back in a packed small club. Their powerhouse performance, commanding power beats, and vocals blasted out of the amplifiers at an unapologetic volume while they belted out their hits like ‘Must Not Think Bad Thoughts,’ ‘Los Angeles,’ and ‘New World.’ John and Exene shared the spotlight while their harmonizing vocals playfully complimented each other and intensified the energy just as well as any of their studio albums. Billy Zoom shredded the chords of his guitar with his signature ear to
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Photo Recap: The Smashing Pumpkins Oh So Shiny And Bright Tour at the Forum
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 2, 2018
The Smashing Pumpkins have reformed with three of their original members (Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlain) for their Oh So Shiny and Bright Tour which took The Forum by storm for two consecutive nights. Metric opened for the legendary band and along with the classics, The Pumpkins played a set filled with oddities and covers like “Space Oddity” and “Stairway to Heaven”. With The Forum’s usual brand of epic stage production, The Pumpkins pulled out all the stops visually, to do something people have never seen before and can never forget. Photos by: Jessica Moncrief The Forum Metric The Smashing Pumpkins
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