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The Mother Dome Connection: Funk Legends at Wisdome.LA
Rob Shepyer
January 22, 2020
As hard as people try to make sure the funk never dies, it is often hard to find in Los Angeles. Yet, one evening under Wisdome.LA‘s “Mother Dome” brought together numerous legends of the genre to jam and pay tribute to Funk history. No other form of music brings people
When Quaint Gets Core: Home Sick 3 at the Glass House Pomona
Rob Shepyer
January 21, 2020
I remember the long drive from Los Angeles to Petaluma I took for Home Sick 1 in 2018. I wasn’t sure what to expect from a small Northern California town and wondered why it was chosen to host a hardcore/goth rock festival like Home Sick. After a stroll around town,
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Bad Rabbits at the Echo
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 20, 2020
Bad Rabbits are an incredible band. Their mix of funk, R&B and hardcore make for some of the most passionate performances you could ever see. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their EP Stick Up Kids, the Band is playing only a few select dates including The Echo with
Rock and Roll Shit Show: King Khan & BBQ Show at the Teragram Ballroom
Rob Shepyer
January 16, 2020
Rock and roll still reigns supreme as the wildest, most fun form of music you can make when you plug in an electric guitar. The father of so many subgenres, true rock and roll, in the vein of Chuck Berry and Little Richard, is the real punk rock. You realize
100% Banger: George Clanton’s NYE Spectacular at the Lodge Room
Dillon Vaughn
January 16, 2020
New Years Eve is both a blessing and a curse for anyone looking for a good time in the city: most people opt for overpriced cover charges to enter the same shitty bars they frequent every other night of the year while a significant group of others gather for house
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Funk Legends feat. Bootsy Collins at Wisdome.LA
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 15, 2020
Legendary bassist and funk icon, Bootsy Collins is turning Wisdome.LA into the funk thunder-dome on January 19th for a special evening that will blow your mind and shake your ass. Whether it be with James Brown or Parliament Funkadelic, Bootsy’s career will be on full flex at this show as
Take This: Win Two Tickets to Home Sick at the Glass House
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 13, 2020
For the last two years, Ceremony’s Anthony Anzaldo has been putting on one of the Bay Area’s most unique festivals with Home Sick. Originally taking place at Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater, I roadtripped out for the festival’s first installment. Because of its popularity, Home Sick has now grown and evolved into two
Lets go do Some Crimes!: Career Suicide at Five Star Bar
Rob Shepyer
December 29, 2019
The most important ingredient in a good hardcore punk band is live energy. There has to be something special about how the band stirs up a raw, chaotic, spontaneous feeling in the venue that makes every punk one inch away from committing a crime, from vandalism to violence, whatever your
Janky Smooth Top 25 Artists to Watch in 2020
Janky Smooth Central Command
December 28, 2019
We have reached the end of the decade and to usher in this new epoch, we have chosen 25 artists that can be your guiding light through the darkness and confusion. We might reach catastrophe but with this soundtrack, we can at least ease your nerves to make the trip
