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Salad Days: The DC Punk Revolution Documentary

Salad Days Punk Doc is a Deep Dive on Dischord Records

  For decades, the music industry has found ways to exploit and capitalize on homegrown music scenes. Organic movements of pubescent and pre pubescent children, finding their voice and by proxy, the voice of the other kids in their neighborhood. Whether it was grunge in Seattle, hip hop in Brooklyn

How To Dress Well at The Sayers Club

How To Dress Well in Gym Shorts and a Tank Top at The Sayers Club

On Wednesday night, Red Bull Sound Select returned to the Sayers Club for a night of music with How To Dress Well. This is not the type of show Janky Smooth would usually cover but we are always interested in what Red Bull is doing on the music scene. Their

The Birth Defects- First 8 Mistakes

New Album Review: The Birth Defects- First 8 Mistakes

I’m having a hard time remembering the last time I’ve been this stoked about a debut album. The Birth Defects first release, “First 8 Mistakes” is an abrasive, in your face, drink till you puke, punk rock masterpiece. It’s the perfect soundtrack to a bar fight and the type of

Isaac Rother and the Phantoms

Friends & Fans Pack Isaac Rother Release Party at Cretin Hop

There are very few respectable Rock N’ Roll nights in LA these days. I’m not talking about just booked bands, playing around town but a nightly, weekly or monthly party dedicated to the devils music.  One of the few good nights out there goes by the name of Cretin Hop

Salad Days Promo

Salad Days DC Punk Doc Ticket Giveaway at The Regent Theater

If you love hardcore punk rock then chances are that one of your favorite bands came out of the Washington D.C. Punk Scene.  Bands like Bad Brains and Minor Threat not only changed music but also made social and political ripples all throughout the world. Get an inside look at

Air + Style Saved by Hard Rain Washing Away the Crowds

Air + Style, the Austrian based travelling snowboard and ski competition/ music festival made it’s first ever stop stateside at The Rose Bowl in Los Angeles this past weekend. The event came off like a karmic disaster for event organizers and attendees alike. Maybe it was the $6 bottles of

Cursive

Staying Alive with Cursive at The Echoplex

The genres of 90s emo, post-hardcore and screamo never appealed to me, however, Cursive stood out more than any other band from that era. The Saddle Creek Records darlings from Omaha, Nebraska are one of those rare bands that transcended any genre they were associated with. On February 20th, 2015,

The Dickies

The Dickies Dry Hump The Roxy

“There is no better place to be on a Saturday night than Hollywood.” These were the words mumbled by my Uber driver. All while the lunatic stranger from our Uberpool ride-share aggressively barked lyrics from Sublime’s 40 oz of Freedom to an audience of one. My Saturday night was already

Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel

Vissla premiers Palmera Express surf flick in Culver City

Ahh there is nothing quite like an industry party; the drinks are free, morals are low, and there is entertainment for all! The weekend has finally landed last night at the Byrd’s Nest in Culver City. Vissla, a recently launched surf brand via action sports conglomerate Stokehouse Unlimited, premiered their

Girl Band EP The Early Years

Girl Band: Noise Rock Outfit Release A Video And First US Dates

Noise Rock has made quite the evolution over the decades and nowhere is that more apparent than with emerging, Irish Noise Rock outfit, Girl Band.  Girl Band take all the chaos and aggression of it’s predecessors and turn that foundation into a highly groovable and danceable expression of rage and

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