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Anarcho Surf: Osees at 1720

Danny Ryan September 2, 2022

Words by: Danny Ryan Black and White Photos by: Erika Reinsel Color Photos by: Manuel Arredondo Osees’ recent show at 1720 Warehouse embodied the rowdier side of California’s alternative music scene in its purest form. Their signature mixture of garage rock, prog-rock, surf music, punk, and noise rock is brilliantly

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Heilung at the Greek Theatre

Janky Smooth Central Command September 1, 2022

There are greater horrors, darker sounds and more mysterious images than anything heavy metal has ever had to offer. Heilung is more than just a black metal inspired musician, she is an artistic experience that connects us with the ancient. The sounds of spirits, tradition, bloodline, sorcery and evil all

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Nouvelle Vague at the Fonda

Janky Smooth Central Command August 31, 2022

Jankysmooth has a taste for the finer things in life and France is often responsible for those finer things. Nouvelle Vague are a band that makes French jazz and bossanova covers of your favorite punk and new wave songs with an unimaginably cool and sexy style. If the French are

Photo Recap: Rob Zombie at Fivepoint Amp

Janky Smooth Central Command August 30, 2022

Rob Zombie is a national treasure. Over the course of decades, he’s cemented himself as the king of shock and horror rock, capturing the imaginations of millions around the world with a show filled with all sorts of oddities and spectacles. Whether it’s giant monsters taking the stage or sticking

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Vein.FM at The Echoplex

Janky Smooth Central Command August 30, 2022

Vein.FM returns to Los Angeles to rip things up with the most jagged, visceral, noisy hardcore music you’ve ever heard. Joining them will be Candy, who know all about raising the stakes of heaviness in hardcore. We’ve got two tickets to their show at Echoplex and want you there to

Dissecting Slaughter of the Soul: At The Gates at the Fonda

Danny Ryan August 26, 2022

It’s not every day that you see an artist play two different sets within the same evening, especially when one of those sets is their magnum opus album being played from start to finish. At The Gates’ kick-off show of their Slaughter of the Soul 20 Year Anniversary tour at

The Outsider Scoop: Outside Lands 2022

Janky Smooth Central Command August 23, 2022

Words by: Isabella Harding Photos by: Sophie Weil Every year, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is turned into the Outside Lands Music and Art Festival, a monumental event that is celebrated by the Northern California community. As you walk into the park, you are immediately transported to another world. From

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Carpenter Brut at The Fonda

Janky Smooth Central Command August 15, 2022

Enter the retro exploitation cinescape of Carpenter Brut’s nightmarish synthwave dungeon dance as the dagger draws closer with every beat that drops. We’re giving away two tickets to his show at The Fonda and it’s going to be absolute banger. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS‍ HERE or ENTER TO WIN 2

Take This: Win Two Tickets to At The Gates at The Fonda

Janky Smooth Central Command August 14, 2022

Pound for pound, you could argue that At The Gates is the most influential metal band of all time. Beyond creating melodic death metal with their seminal all in, Slaughter of the Soul, which the band intends to play in full at this show, they also inspired loads of metalcore

Loud, Sad and Weird: Telefon Tel Aviv at the Lodge Room

Alfredo Luna August 12, 2022

Words by: Alfredo Luna Photos by: Chris Molina After various rescheduled dates from the last two years, Telefon Tel Aviv was finally able to bring the “Dreams” era to a haunting close in Highland Park. An IDM icon in his own right, Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv has made