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Death Valley Girls in a Desert Daze Disneyland- Janky Smooth Sessions

Death Valley Girls front woman, Bonnie Bloomgarden aka Bonz Doomgarden is no stranger to the unexplained mysteries of what lay just beyond the logic of the material world.  Death Valley Girls axe man, Larry Schemel stands guard at the gates of sanity to guide his friend and artistic collaborator through

Primus at Desert Daze 2016

Watch Primus Perform Jerry Was a Race Car Driver at Desert Daze 2016

Primus.  Love em or hate em, if you are over 30 years old then you already know.  If you are under 30 then you probably associate Primus with South Park or Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver.  On Saturday night at Desert Daze 2016, Les, Tim and Larry convened on a stage,

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Why We’re Still Trippin on Desert Trip

Now that the dust has settled, and we’ve had a little time to reflect and recover from the epic assemblage of music called Desert Trip, the memories keep flooding into our consciousness. (“Epic” gets overused when it comes to music, but this event was the very definition of the word.)

The Hunters Moon at Desert Daze 2016

Desert Daze 2016: Quantifying the Physics Of A Good Time

It has been a common sentiment amongst those that I’ve questioned about their time at Desert Daze 2016, that it was the most meaningful festival experience they’ve ever had. Same question. Same answer. Young, old, audiophiles, casual music fans, frequent festival attendees and those that loathe the format. Almost every person I spoke

2 Nights of The Julie Ruin at The Roxy: All Girls To… The Back Bar

The mood was light and the crowd was heavy on Friday night for the first of the two sold-out the Julie Ruin shows at the Roxy. Gender-bending, NYC comedian Murray Hill intro’d the band with his silly, old-school showbiz banter (as he has for Le Tigre, the Gossip, and the

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on Moshcam

Watch King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard LIVE on Moshcam From Sydney

As a part of the buildup to Desert Daze 2016, we wanted to share a link to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s performance caught by Moshcam from last night in Sydney Australia.  It’s impossible to say which one band we’re most excited to see at Desert Daze but King

Cosmonauts Interview with Paige Vreede of Janky Smooth

Janky Smooth Sessions: Cosmonauts Interview By The Lake

  It’s 4pm on a sunny Saturday afternoon and I’m running amuck at Echo Park Lake trying to track down Cosmonauts, Derek Cowart and Alex Ahmadi after all of our phones died at the exact same time. I saw the boys at a gig the night before so I figured

Dirty Laundry TV Only In L.A. Flyer

Take This: 2 Tix to Dirty Laundry TV’s Mix Tape Release Show at Hi Hat

Our friends at Dirty Laundry TV are dropping yet another tasty mix tape called “Best of L.A.”. Janky Smooth is giving away one copy of the “Only In L.A.: Best of L.A.” compilation and two tickets to the release party at The Hi Hat on Oct 8th. Playing the party

Echo and the Bunnymen shot by Jessica Moncrief

Echo and the Bunnymen Mesmerize Suburbia at The Observatory

September 30, 2016 not only marked a rare black moon, but a “Killing Moon” as well for the fans that had the honor to see new romantic icons Echo and the Bunnymen grace the stage that evening at The Observatory in Orange County. From my experience, sometimes seeing older bands

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