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Lolipalooza Reloads for it’s Second Year at The Echo
Danny Baraz
June 30, 2015
This time last year, I attended the first annual Lolipalooza at The Echo and The Echoplex. I was blown away by the amount of cool, young bands that are coming to and out of L.A. It’s the most amount of fresh, young new music I’ve seen in this city in
New Album Review: Jacco Gardner- Hypnophobia
Brent Smith
June 30, 2015
I could talk about the baroque baroqueness of the Jacco Gardner electro-prog aesthetic. I could talk about how his sound puts you in Kubrick’s psychedelic record store scene from A Clockwork Orange. I could talk about how his near-prodigious use of retro, ornate, and esoteric instruments like Wurlitzer electric/Steinway upright
FYF Presents Head Wound City at The Echoplex: Pretty Boy Hardcore
Danny Baraz
June 29, 2015
When I think of metal bands I have loved throughout history, I think of mullets, Dungeons and Dragons, short busses, bad hygiene and full rooms, void of any feminine presence. My how times have changed. On Friday night, FYF Presents continued to display why they are one of the most
Cayucas Record Release Party for “Dancing at the Blue Lagoon”
Janky Smooth Central Command
June 26, 2015
With the June 23rd release of their sophomore album, “Dancing at the Blue Lagoon,” Los Angeles natives, Cayucas, threw a private, invite-only album release party and Janky Smooth was fortunate enough to get the invite. Head North up Fairfax Avenue and there, sandwiched somewhere between the multiple bars and restaurants
Mikal Cronin Pops Into The Griffin: The New Clubhouse for Rockers in L.A.
Danny Baraz
June 25, 2015
Monday nights at The Griffin are becoming a “thing” but it’s definitely not a thing that “they” want “people” to know about. Hopefully Janky Smooth writing about it doesn’t ruin it but it needs to be mentioned since it’s becoming one of the most interesting days of the week for
California Surf Rock Summer Night: Corners,The Abigails & The Pesos
Janky Smooth Central Command
June 24, 2015
There is a distinct sound to Southern California’s Beach Goth/Surf Rock scene that you will not find or hear as authentically anywhere else but here and especially in the Constellation Room at the Observatory in Orange County. Nothing can quite compare to the strung out guitar strokes that resemble and
“It’s Important To Be Sincere”- Jonathan Richman at The Monday Club
Lawrence Rengert
June 23, 2015
There is something simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring about seeing a broke legend like Jonathan Richman. I remember years ago getting a call from our friend Hollis (the drummer from Boss Hog) about a secret show. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion would be the surprise opener for Ike Turner in Manhattan.
Ticket Giveaway: Runaway at Jewels Catch One 7/11/2015
Danny Baraz
June 22, 2015
Dudes. Did you see the lineup for Runaway at Jewels Catch One on Saturday, July 11th? It seems like a new “micro festival” is popping up weekly but this lineup made us sit up and take notice. Runaway at Jewels Catch One is presented as an ALL AGES collaboration by
Ho99o9 EP Release Party at Mystery Box: An Initiation
Brent Smith
June 20, 2015
What began as a harmless Ho99o9 show at Mystery Box in the outskirt bowels of DTLA ended in orgiastic ritual sacrifice, which will ensure ultimate hegemony of their newly-dropped EP Horrors of 1999. (free download) Okay, nothing about Ho99o9 is really harmless to begin with—the experimental punk rap group who have
Jaga Jazzist at Teragram Ballroom: An All Out Assault on the Senses
Danny Baraz
June 18, 2015
Jaga Jazzist are not a normal band. Teragram Ballroom is not a normal venue. Last night at the newly opened and renovated venue on the outskirts of Downtown Los Angeles, I heard sounds I’ve never heard before. I’m still not quite sure if it was the band or the venue
