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Dream Jams: Arooj Aftab at Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
October 1, 2021
I don’t know what first compelled me to attend Arooj Aftab‘s show. I had no idea how her music sounded, I just knew I would like it somehow. It must’ve been some urge to be unique, to prove to myself my taste wasn’t basic. I always loved “world music”, whether it was old world or new but when you think about it, that genre-classification is rather reductive and othering of whole slews of artists that don’t fall under the umbrella of western music. Is the west not a part of the world? I can say though, I’m becoming a fan of Pakisani musicians because there seems to be a trend happening right now, not just with Arooj Aftab’s more classical approach but also bands like Aurat who I saw opening for King Woman at the Lodge Room in August. related content: Morning Stars Over Lodge Room: King Woman’s “Celestial Blues” Release Party There was some dreamy quality to the evening, even before the music started, the streets in Highland Park were empty and many of the most popular shops were closed. Usually, when I go to the Lodge Room, all these places are bumping with music and chatter. The Lodge
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Bob Mould at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
October 1, 2021
Alternative rock and hardcore legend Bob Mould of the one and only Husker Du returns to Los Angeles to perform songs off his 2020 album, Blue Hearts! and his most recent release, Distortion. Mould is not staying quiet and has plenty left to say as an elder-statesman of punk. This is a must see show for all the real ones out there so we’re giving away two tickets hoping you can win them and become a real one too. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE or ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO BOB MOULD OCTOBER 2ND AT THE TERAGRAM BALLROOM 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 BOB MOULD Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 1PM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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The Sound of Summer, the Fury of Fall: Fiddlehead at 1720
Rob Shepyer
September 30, 2021
It’s been two years since the last Sound and Fury festival and without it, the Los Angeles hardcore scene lost its vital summer summit. The scene is still alive and strong but without Sound and Fury, it seems to be less alive, less self-aware. LAHC’s growth was stunted in a sense but now with the first Sound and Fury show since 2019 happening at 1720, the scene picked up right where it left off, with bands like Fiddlehead and Spiritual Cramp killing it as if we didn’t just lose two years of our youth. Sound and Fury was always the perfect encapsulation of youth culture and music. It illustrated the peak of summer–the sun’s heat against the downtown concrete–youthful style combinations of shorts, tattoos and band tees–easily healed bodies being destroyed in the pit only to stride out and rejoin the party as if nothing happened. So, with all these things missing for two years, it was only right that Sound and Fury returned with the catharsis of melodic post-hardcore. related content: Boston Calling: Sound And Fury 2019 I entered the building as Object of Affection was wrapping up but the tail end of their set I witnessed was riveting
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Japanese Breakfast at The Regent on 10/2
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 30, 2021
One of the biggest underground sensations in all modern music is Japanese Breakfast. Michaell Zauner’s music is autobiographical, touching, and beautiful. And mostly everyone seems to agree and finds something to connect with. We got two tickets from our underground connection for the first of her two night stint at the Regent on October 2nd. And we are going to give them away because we want others to party just as hard as we do. THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO JAPANESE BREAKFAST OCTOBER 2nD AT THE REGENT 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 JAPANESE BREAKFAST Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Overdose on Dance: Kelly Lee Owens at Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 29, 2021
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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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Mdou Moctar at Lodge Room 10/2
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 29, 2021
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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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Halloween Meltdown
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 28, 2021
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
Danny Baraz
September 24, 2021
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
Danny Baraz
September 22, 2021
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
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 21, 2021
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
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 21, 2021
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
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 17, 2021
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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