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Overdose on Dance: Kelly Lee Owens at Lodge Room

Words by: Rebecca Cuellar Photos by: Manuel Arredondo Listening to Kelly Lee Owens on record, I put her in this box of minimalist, electronica that borders on ambient. Yet, I got this vague sense that I was only hearing half the picture, that there’s much more to KLO I could only know seeing her perform. This turned out to be true because in-concert, her music tickles every serotonin receptor in your brain to send all that joy juice shooting into every limb so you can dance with complete abandon. This is exactly the phenomenon I witnessed and took part in during her first of two sold out shows at the Lodge Room. The night hosted two ambient openers to center everyone and tranquilize them enough that their third eyes could voluntarily blossom, instead of pry, open. The first of these artists was Olive Kimoto, a genius who’s neon hair complements the vibrant life inside her heavenly vocals and music. The tones she summoned from the direct connection she fosters between heart and voice held within them a deep emotional range that spoke to the audience in various vague hints of love, passion, joy and reverie. This coupled with the trippiest

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Mdou Moctar

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Mdou Moctar at Lodge Room 10/2

One of the most anticipated shows of the year is gonna go off without a hitch, a lot of other artists are having trouble getting into the Stares from abroad right now but Mdou Moctar is on his merry way. We have two pairs of tickets to giveaway for his first night of two at the Lodge Room and this is probably your only chance to get in since they’re both sold out twice over. THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MDOU MOCTAR OCTOBER 2ND AT LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK MDOU MOCTAR Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION    

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John Waters

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Halloween Meltdown

From the ashes of one of NorCal’s greatest festival’s comes the spookiest two days of music Oakland has ever known: Halloween Metldown. John Waters to returns to his old stomping ground of Mosswood Park and he’s bringing his familiar compadres The Mummies with him. That’s not all though, just the fact you can see The Gories and OSees at this fest should be enough to get your ass to Oakland. As always, we are devoted to Total Trash productions, so Janky Smooth will be present and hopefully so will you because we’re giving away two tickets to the festival. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO HALLOWEEN MELTDOWN OCTOBER 16-17 AT MOSSWOOD PARK, OAKLAND Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK HALLOWEEN MELTDOWN Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON OCTOBER 8TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION  

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Love in the Time of Covid: Baltra at Don Quixote

It seems like nothing can stop humanity’s innate compulsion to connect, to converge, to coalesce.  Nothing has solidified this to me more than those of us that did so the Friday night of August 6th 2021 at Don Quixote to do the Delta variant dance for Minty Boi’s presentation of Baltra. The masked, unmasked, vaxxed and un-vaxxed came together as one writhing, collective consciousness in the midst of the polarization found on any platform that sends and/or receives a signal.  This “new normal” gives people watching an entire pre-programmed context that has taken on new dimensions since the global pandemic began.    One thing was clear the moment I walked into the missionary-esque celebration hall known as Don Quixote while Miley Serious were throwing down her set: People were ready to de-program, de-contextualize and connect with others or even better still, with themselves.  With the lockdown of live, non-streaming music looming on the horizon once again, people hurled themselves onto the dance floor with reckless abandon- and at each other. French DJ and 99cts Records label owner, Miley Serious threw down a high energy, set of electro-magnetic music that moved the collective.  Breakdowns were aplenty and beat drops were always

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Ty in Morning, Ty in the Evening: Ty Segall at Teragram Ballroom

Words by: Danny Baraz Photos by: Albert Licano On Monday night, Sept 13th, I went to see night 3 of 4 of Ty Segall’s stand at The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles.  Monday day I skated up to the Venice Skatepark, blasting Ty Segall on my Bluetooth speaker, and ran into… Ty Segall. WTF? What can we at Janky Smooth say about Ty Segall that myself and many other contributors haven’t said before?  How about this- Ty Segall and his incredible band of wizards spanned their entire, lengthy set list, didn’t play one song that I absolutely “had to hear” and it was still one of the best shows I’ve seen in while. Forget the songs- just the intro to songs, the spatial feedback vibrating the perfect acoustics of the Teragram Ballroom and everyone in it were enough of a show on their own.  No small feat for a song writer. But Ty Segall dispels the myth that I’ve heard many espouse, that good song writers aren’t usually prodigious musicians, into the recycle bin of conventional wisdom. Ty’s latest studio effort, “Harmonizer” was touted as a surprise album but how could it surprise anyone who has followed his massive catalog

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Photo Recap: Rotting Out at 1720

Photos by: Albert Licano Rotting Out held their highly-anticipated album release party for Ronin at Chain Reaction but a few days later, they stopped by 1720 to bring the party to Los Angeles. This wasn’t just about celebrating Ronin though, this was a tribute to Power Trip singer Riley Gale, who never got a proper live goodbye in Los Angeles after tragically losing his life in 2020. Rotting Out brought so much power and excitement along with Dead Heat and the rest of the openers. These photos are completely off the wall. Rotting Out Dead Heat Section H8 Frostbite Pull Your Card Law of Power

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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Arooj Aftab at Lodge Room

Arooj Aftab is one of a few Pakistani female musicians making a splash in the current musical landscape. Her moody poetry brings to together all the elements of the external world and internal soul to create a sound rich with mythos, culture, and romance. We are proud to be giving away two tickets to see this incredible artist at Lodge Room. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO AROOJ AFTAB SEPTEMBER 27TH AT LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK AROOJ AFTAB Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION  

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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Kelly Lee Owens at Lodge Room on 9/24

We are living in the eon of ambient music and Kelly Lee Owens is going to bring this golden age of electronics to new heights with her show at the Lodge Room. Her music is all the buzz and that pun is very intended because your body is going to be buzzing with the sounds she musters out of her machines. Opening for her is Body/Negative, an artist we champion from here to the moon, as well as the enchanting Olive Kimoto. So get your tickets and enter our giveaway. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO KELLY LEE OWENS SEPTEMBER 24TH AT LODGE ROOM Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK KELLY LEE OWENS Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION  

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Death From Above 1979

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Death From Above 1979 at Garden Amp

One of the most bombastic and grooviest noise rock duo’s ever, DFA 1979 are returning to southern California for an epic show at Garden Amp. This is going to be one for the history books, because Garden Grove is going to bounce and shake. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 SEPTEMBER 21ST AT GARDEN AMP Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK DFA 1979 Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

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Spiritual Cramp

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Spiritual Cramp at Zebulon

One of our favorite artists, Spiritual Cramp are returning to Los Angeles to tear up the stage at Zebulon, with new material ready to go, this show is sure to be a banger. Along with the boys in SC, are Spice, Dais records’ own band comprised of members of Ceremony. Punk, poetry, and spiritual rebellion all converge in the music of this night at Zebulon. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO SPIRITUAL CRAMP SEPTEMBER 17TH AT ZEBULON Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK SPIRITUAL CRAMP Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION  

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Theophilus London

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Theophilus London at 1720

The smoothest of the suave, one of modern R&B’s biggest badasses, Theophilus London is coming to 1720. This dude collabs with everyone from Kanye to Tame Impala. This dude’s drip is thick, everyone is going to dancing and letting loose at 1720. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THEOPHILUS LONDON SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 1720 Step 1- Join Our Newsletter (look for pop up every time you arrive at jankysmooth.com) Step 2 – Tag a Friend in the comment section of our INSTAGRAM or FACEBOOK THEOPHILUS LONDON Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

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Circle Jerks

Time is an Illusion: The Circle Jerks at Pappy and Harriet’s

When you think of punk rock you don’t automatically think of Pioneertown, California or Pappy and Harriet’s–at least, you didn’t until Sunday night when the Circle Jerks played their first gig in over a decade, supported by Negative Approach. related content: Keith Morris Speaks Freely On Lawsuits, Politics & Punk Rock It was a new moon in the Yucca Valley. There was a translucent, blue glow on the edges of the horizon when I pulled up to Pappy and Harriet’s at dusk.  Seemingly a few moments later, the sky was dark and you could see the edges of the galaxy in the night sky. I could almost make out the ghosts of Darby Crash and GG Allin in the distance, floating up above us like Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.  What a setting for Keith Morris, Greg Hetson, Zander Schloss and the latest addition to The Circle Jerks-the hard hitting, perfectly metered percussive Jedi Master, Joey Castillo. The buildup to this show was palpable. Not only had it been over 10 years since the Circle Jerks played a show but up until recently, it had been awhile since ANYONE had played a show. This reunion was scheduled for 2020 but

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