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Take This: Win 2 Tickets To See the mighty FISHBONE at The Echoplex

It is the position of Janky Smooth that Fishbone is the greatest live band of the past 3 decades.  In any measurable way, Fishbone plays, connects with their audience, records their material and of most importance recently, ages better than any band that typically has people slam dancing to their

The Obsessed in the 80's

Weedeater and The Obsessed at The Regent: Blaze It Up, Fool

Doom metal is on such a comeback that I might have to become a pothead again. Until a few months ago, I had the hunch that thrash was going to have a second coming and be the biggest rage in underground metal, but at a time when Saint Vitus and

Ho99o9- United States of Horror

Børn in the U.S.H.-United States of Horror

Last night in a back yard on Echo Park Ave, there was a call to arms.  Last night, Jean Lebrun and Eaddy Lawrz aka HO99O9 launched a movement and moved forward in spreading the spores of the United States of Horror.  Oh, you thought it was just music? The new

Cool Tite party

Bullies or Buddies: Los Angeles Music Blogs and the Scenes They Cover

A solid three years into the game, COOL TITE bring it fresher and bigger than ever. Crystal, Mat, and Sergio are all about keeping it D.I.Y. and Janky Smooth wants to acknowledge and participate in how local music blogs in LA, like CT, contribute to and enrich the community, stay

Larry and His Flask at The Echo

Folk Sensibilities w/ Larry and His Flask & Flatfoot 56 at The Echo

Larry and His Flask recently embarked on a tour with Chicago natives Flatfoot 56.  While both bands differ stylistically, the light-hearted attitudes and instrumental diversity of both bands have served as key components in their compatibility. This is one of those line-ups where you aren’t sure who should be headlining

Shawn and Mark Stern

Punk Rock Bowling Transforms BYO Boys Into Wisdom Brigade

This past Monday, April 24th I interviewed members of an iconic, first wave California skate punk band, the owners of a record label and the brain trust of a popular annual cultural event that completely consumes every hotel room, a dozen bars and music venues and every beer coozy in Downtown

Keith Morris shot by Taylor Wong

Keith Morris Speaks Freely On Lawsuits, Politics & Punk Rock

Not a lot needs to be said about Keith Morris and his contributions, not only to punk rock music but to the entire culture of “art” itself. I could easily get too wordy in this intro, to this transcript, of a bucket list interview with Morris for the temporarily defunct

Silver Apples at The Acid Test 2017

A Psych & Synth History w/ Silver Apples For The New Acid Test in SF

For all the hate and bad press that San Francisco gets about the infiltration of tech-bro-douchebags ruining its wacky culture and alternative nightlife, its still the only city in the world that can throw a “psychedelic freak-out party” as authentic and trippy as The Acid Test SF’s most recent party

King Gizzard by Jessica Alexander

Fear and Loathing With King Gizzard and Pond at The Hard Rock

There’s not much about Las Vegas that ever really appealed to me. Even one with a deep appreciation for the book/film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has to remember that Hunter S. Thompson himself acknowledged the city’s role in the abrupt shift during the spread of the 1960’s San

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