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Band of Horses at The Observatory: This is personal
Danny Baraz
January 29, 2015
When Band of Horses released “Everything All the Time” in 2006, I was in the midst of a transformation. I was going to use the word “mourning” to describe my state of mind at the time but that might lead to the use of a cheap pun related to a
New ho99o9 video: Casey Jones/Cum Rag
Danny Baraz
January 29, 2015
Very few bands encapsulate all the different music we love at Janky Smooth into one band more than the band ho99o9. It’s not everything we love but it’s most of what we love, all in one band. We’ve been hyped on them since the first rumblings of their existence. Ho99o9
New Album Review: Calabrese – Lust for Sacrilege
Danny Baraz
January 28, 2015
Horror Punk fans are insatiable. Like the unending hunger and thirst for brains and blood, the more the better. After 5 full length albums and an EP, Calabrese has released their 6th LP titled, “Lust for Sacrilege” on January 13 2015. I am here to report that Calabrese have pretty
BABES Video Premier: “You and Me” Featuring Vice founder Gavin McInnis
Danny Baraz
January 27, 2015
The band, Babes is taking Los Angeles by storm with their sexually charged, beautifully arranged, swooning, sad bastard music. Singer/Keyboardist, Sarah Rayne has stars in her eyes as she explains, “We’re Horny and we’re sad”. Babes released their self titled EP on Harvest Records in May 2014. The song You
Twin Shadow at The Troubadour: New songs and awkward banter
Amir Kashani
January 26, 2015
Most people who know me know I have a bit of a soft spot for Twin Shadow, so it was no surprise when I asked Janky Smooth if I could cover their first live LA show this year. For those of you living under a large solid mass formation, Twin
An insane lineup for another Moon Block event at the Echo
Taylor Wong
January 25, 2015
The Echo is on a fuckin roll these days. Friday January 23, Moon Block put on one of the most amazing shows I have seen in a long time. Even though they were competing with the FIDLAR show at the Regent Theater, It seems Mitchell Frank is only competing against
FIDLAR return and play one of their best shows ever at The Regent
Danny Baraz
January 25, 2015
We all know FIDLAR as the beer swilling, vagina drilling, fun poking, nose coking blacked out voice of this generation. Proof that art imitates life and not the other way around. They are history repeating itself without being boring or predictable but rather, a reinforcement that the youth of today
Janky Smooth Archives: FIDLAR *Cheap Beer* at the Observatory 9/19/13
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 23, 2015
In honor of FIDLAR playing their first show in a year at the Regent Theater in Downtown L.A. tonight, we dug in our archives to find this video of FIDLAR kicking off their first headlining tour at The Observatory in Santa Ana. They were supported by The Orwells, Meat Market and
Dead Kennedys- There’s no room for Jello at the Roxy
Taylor Wong
January 20, 2015
West Hollywood was invaded by a variety of West Side punks, from young skin heads to old Venice Suicidals. From the sounds of it you would think this show head lined by the Dead Kennedys was an all out blood bath, but every one other than the Suicidals were on
Dilated Peoples at The Fremont Country Club in Vegas
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 18, 2015
I’m in Vegas. I’m hungover. Dilated Peoples rocked the fucking house. They are the real deal in hip hop. True B-boys forever. Evidence, Rakaa and Babu know how to do live hip hop and work the crowd. Check out our pictures and make sure you check out these amazing venues
