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Take THIS- Win 2 Tickets To See Face To Face At The Novo 4/24
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 6, 2026
Face to Face are playing The Novo on Thursday April 24 2026 in what is shaping up to be one of the most essential punk nights Los Angeles has seen this year. With Unwritten Law and Home Grown providing the O.G. main support and new comers, Ways Away representing a new generation of punks. It’s pretty stacked bill. Buy tickets here or if your wallet is as beat up as your old copy of Don’t Turn Away- enter our giveaway below Face to Face don’t need an introduction- but they deserve one anyway. Since emerging from Victorville in the early ‘90s, the band has been a cornerstone of melodic hardcore, delivering tight, hook-driven punk that refuses to age poorly. Vocalist Trever Keith’s delivery still hits hard and as always, he backs them up with classic riffs that sound as good today as they did in the 90’s. related: St. Patricks Day w/ Flogging Molly and Face To Face The Novo is a room built for moments, and Face to Face are a band that makes them. It’s hard to call this a nostalgia show. It’s hard to call any show a nostalgia show anymore with new generations harvesting old music
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Photo Recap: Jawbreaker Celebrates 25 Years of Dear You at The Wiltern
Janky Smooth Central Command
April 10, 2022
For three nights, punk legends Jawbreaker celebrated the 25th anniversary of their album, Dear You. Jankysmooth sent our photographer to capture the emotional evening of music which featured opening performances of The Linda Lindas and Face to Face. From the youngest punk band on the scene to icons of the genre, this string of shows will go down in LA punk history. Jawbreaker Face to Face The Linda Lindas
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Saint Patrick’s Day With Flogging Molly at the Hollywood Palladium
Rob Shepyer
March 21, 2019
I love Saint Patrick’s Day. There’s no other holiday like it. For a day, booze culture is king and the streets are filled with drunk, pinching masses, green oozing down the streets of Hollywood toward the Palladium which hosts the Saint Paddy’s party of the year every year with Flogging Molly. Of all the Celtic punk bands, Dropkick Murphy’s and the Pogues included, none know how to celebrate like Molly. It’s a party of epic proportion that would make James Joyce proud, the kind of stuff Finnegan’s Wake was made of. related content: It’s Not Dead Fest 2: New Hope For Punks w/Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Off My tailgate began in the Palladium parking lot watching a line of bagpipers toot that sweet Scottish sound. It may not be Irish, but after a few stouts, shit was close enough. World War 2 veteran Sidney Walton was celebrating his 100th birthday on stage and was praised by the crowd. With the kind of wild cheers that only a few drinks could inspire. Heading to the Guinness tent to make sure I wouldn’t get thirsty, I saw Sidney being treated to a very special birthday brewski as we all sung happy birthday for the guy
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