Tag: No Age
Freak Parade: Halloween Freakout at Lodge Room
Alfredo Luna
November 10, 2022
Seattle based Freakout Records brought down the house with an eclectic lineup to help kick off the holiday festivities with the carefully curated Halloween Freakout that featured LA noise duo No Age and the legendary Melvins. Night 1 brought an eccentric mix of artists that ranged from old fashioned punk and rock and roll, an interstellar lounge act and an all out pysch-inspired meltdown to end the night. This felt like a can’t miss lineup from it’s inception, personally just seeing No Age on the bill made this a must-go event for me. With the crowd roaring in dressed in their best costumes and the bands matching the energy, all the keys were there to make this a great night. Leading off the night were The Pistols who I feel are the living embodiment of old school rock n roll that aren’t afraid to show this off in spirit. With guitarist Mickey paying homage to Mick Jagger’s 1969 performance at Madison Square Garden and the rest of the band looking like they were plucked straight out of a venue from the same era, the look really set the stage for the energy they gave off from their performance. With a
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Take This: 2 VIP Tickets & VIP Swag Bag For Dirty Penni Fest 3 At The Echo & Echoplex
Janky Smooth Central Command
May 14, 2018
Dirty Laundry TV and Penniback records are joining forces once again to bring you the gnarliest, dirtiest, most insanely fun festival this side of Sunset Blvd, that’s right boys and girls, Dirty Penni Fest is back with its 3rd installment on July 1st and it’s taking over the Echo and the Echoplex again for you animals to crawl up and down between sets. related content: Dirty Penni Fest: A Rock And Roll Romper For Young And Old This year’s lineup hosts none other than LA noise rock hooligans No Age, surf punk trio Sad Girl, Oakland’s own Mt. Eddy, kings of LA psyche rock Frankie And The Witch Fingers, garage rock from the future: Feels, and much, much more including a special guest >_>. Underground legends get made at Dirty Penni Fest, so here’s your chance. Janky Smooth, Penniback Records, and Dirty Laundry TV are giving away 2 VIP tickets to Dirty Penni Fest 3 and a VIP swag bag that includes shirts, CD’s and cassettes to one winner. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 VIP TICKETS AND SWAG BAG FOR DIRTY PENNI FEST 3 July 1st 2018, The Echo + Echoplex Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up everytime
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Freak Style Booking and KXLU Throw Mexico Earthquake Relief Show At Top Space 2.0
Aria Silva-Espinosa
December 8, 2017
Consistently delivering stacked lineups and solid venues, Freak Style Booking in cooperating with KXLU, organized a benefit show with all proceeds going to earthquake relief efforts in Mexico. At a minimum donation of $7 at the door, the show generated over $1000 for Topo Brigada de Rescate. According to the organization’s website, they are a volunteer organization founded with the purpose of responding to disasters created in response to the 1985 earthquake that registered an 8.1 on the Richter scale. The immense damage pictured next to the ‘Historia’ article bears striking resemblance to recently circulating photos of the damage in Mexico after a 7.1 magnitude hit just northeast of San Juan Roboso in the state of Puebla, Mexico in September of this year. The quake claimed over 200 lives and caused immense destruction and chaos yet went largely unreported by mainstream U.S. media which caused concerned citizens to put pressure on Trump to offer aid. He eventually did but the aid can’t come soon enough for the people of Mexico who have been affected by this natural disaster. Doing our part, we went to check out the show at Top Space 2.0, located in the bowels of South Central. A
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Best Coast, HEALTH, No Age, Ty & Bleached Help To Save The Smell
Danny Baraz
January 20, 2017
As yet another one of 4,397th “Save the Smell” benefits is in the books and we prepare to present to you the review of all the extraordinary talent that agreed to perform at the cavernous Belasco Theater, the throwback Los Angeles venue that cost more to restore and renovate than even the $1.4 million The Smell custodian, Jim Smith is trying to raise to secure a permanent location for the iconic, All Ages L.A. clubhouse for music. We wanted to remind The Smell cynics that Smith has run the multi generational art incubator for 19 years without any apparent profit motive in sight. So as the hum of jaded hipster whispers asking rhetorical questions about where all the money is going grows louder, it’s important to remember what the Smell has given 4 generations of burgeoning, pre-ID, DIY kids whose parents felt curiously comfortable dropping off at a location that 19 years ago was surrounded by the swarming transient citizen population of the Downtown L.A. hopeless and the homeless. Some of the most iconic cult music heroes that were born within the very walls that make what the kids of today would refer to as a “safe space”… The Smell.
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Runaway Festival Rewind and Music Video w/ Death Hymn Number 9
Danny Baraz
July 21, 2015
Left in the wake and aftermath of the first installment of the Runaway Festival at Los Globos is a slue of sound and imagery. While it would’ve been impossible to capture the entire vibe of the festival, Sunshine Mind drummer and Janky Smooth’s very own, Travis Moore has put together this edit which features a live track of the Death Hymn Number 9 performance of their song “Swamp $”. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more exclusive content. Cut together with performances by Retox, The Garden, Part Time and No Age, Death Hymn Number 9’s song “Swamp $” is the perfect, psychedelic soundtrack to capture the high energy of the Runaway Festival. Did you see yourself in the pit? Did you see Kim House throwing elbows and spinning around the circle with glamorous aggression? Our entire recap of the day features two reviews and an incredible photo gallery. Are you in any of the photos? Full Review and Photo Gallery of Runaway Festival 2015
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Runaway Fest: Double Reviewed & Fiercely Photographed
Janky Smooth Central Command
July 14, 2015
Runaway Fest Review 1: Paige Vreede When I was 18 years old I thought I was cool drinking cheap vodka out of a plastic bottle at a friends house whose parents were out of town. However, the dudes at Danger Collective Records are actually the epitome of “cool kids.” This past weekend I faced a sad reality upon realizing I have now become “old as fuck,” among the new emerging music scene stemming from teenagers in Los Angeles. In collaboration with Michael Morin of &? Productions, Danger Collective hosted Runaway 2015. Even after being plagued with a last minute venue change at Los Globos, this group of High schoolers presented a show with over 35 acts including some of L.A.’s most impressive bands. Though I saw more “Xs’” on hands here than I would have at a vegan hardcore show; half a personal pizza and 17 shots of tequila later, I felt cool enough to hang with the kiddos. As I sat in a corner completely exhausted, I felt a very confrontational moment of “you look like a fucking chaperone” and realized, given the contagiously rousing environment, I needed to get my ass up. While there were many noteworthy acts
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