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Janky Smooth Top 10 SHOWS of 2019 Rated by Contributors
This decade saw numerous paradigm shifts that laid the groundwork for a future where people basically become some form of android. That’s nothing to fear, though…we’re still safe….Many predict we’re seeing the fall of the American empire or some kind of apocalypse…hopefully they only mean in the sense that we’re entering a new chapter in humanity’s being….Still, no sweat, right?…We can handle this….In 2019 Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” become the most successful song of all time….Code red! Abandon ship! Get your kicks in before the whole shit house goes down in flames! related content: Janky Smooth Top 10 Shows of 2018 Rated by Contributors Every genre of music saw scene defining moments but I guess that ought to happen every year. What was special about 2019 though, was all the reunions that went down. It’s as if when a band decides to get back together, Los Angeles is the first place they think to play just so all their artist friends can attend the show. A few examples of such reunions were: Bauhaus at the Hollywood Palladium, Heart to Heart at Sound and Fury, Stereolab at Desert Daze, The Locust at Desert Daze, Limp Bizkit at the Troubadour

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Horse the Band at the Regent
Nintendo-core never sounded so sweet as when coming out the holes and fingers of one, Horse The Band. I can’t sing the praises of these fellows enough. I truly think they’re brilliant. I’ve thought so ever since I saw them get boo’d off stage opening for Dragonforce all those years ago. Who would have thought it would be H The B that would go down in history as a band so influential and beloved by so many people. We’re all going to have a great ol’ time at the Regent and I want you to be there with me. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO HORSE THE BAND DECEMBER 26TH 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK George Clanton Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 24TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

The Evolution of the Trust Fall: La Dispute at the Belasco
When I saw the salt lamps being put on stage I thought I had made a mistake. Post-hardcore like At The Drive-In I was told. Latin Danzig this was not. This was hardcore with Michigan undertones. There’s a fight club aspect to the group. They look like they work in your office, the ones that guard you while you sleep, don’t fuck with them. One brought a tambourine to a hardcore show, another person in the back who’s job it is to clap into a microphone. The bass player looks like he’s going to start playing “China Cat Sunflower”. Los Angeles Latinos love La Dispute, I was like is it Sound And Fury already? I’m envious of the passion a person who vibes with hardcore can produce. There was a pit for someone playing a tambourine. The only other place that occurs is at state fairs. So how could this be, I told a handful of people I was going so I could flex a little and people who I told were like “that’s cool” and “you listen to La Dispute” related content: Boston Calling: Sound And Fury 2019 “Will I still go to heaven if I commit suicide?” Asks

Photo Recap: She Past Away at 1720
Turkish darkwave duo, She Past Away returned to Los Angeles for their 2nd performance ever. Hosted by 1720, they sold out the place just like they did last time, filling the venue with the dark, sometimes somber, sometimes explosive tones of Middle-Eastern inspired electro-goth. The phenomenon of this band is a testament to the open mind and heart the underground has for music, no matter what shade of black that heart is. Opening for the band was Twin Tribes. Photos by: Abraham Preciado She Past Away Twin Tribes

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Sloppy Jane at the Bootleg Theatre
Sloppy Jane returns to The Bootleg for one last LA gig before the year closes out and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show. This is your chance to see the awe-inspiring and outside the box, free form, punk rock insanity of Haley Dahl’s mind splattered all over the stage in blue. ENTER TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO SLOPPY JANE DECEMBER 21ST AT THE BOOTLEG THEATER 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Sloppy Jane Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 19TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Career Suicide at Five Star Bar
Eighty-Four Booking has tapped the punk rock underground for yet another stellar show, bringing the great white North’s hardcore punk terror, Career Suicide, to Five Star Bar. Seeing as they’re one of our favorite live bands, we had to do a giveaway. ENTER TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO CAREER SUICIDE DECEMBER 20TH AT FIVE STAR BAR 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Career Suicide Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 16TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Day 1 of Decibel Magazines Metal and Beer Fest
Decibel Magazine’s Metal and Beer Fest returns this year with a hostile takeover of the Observatory and we’re giving away two tickets to the first day. Get sloshed while seeing death metal originators Possessed. See if your brain can handle the hardcore onslaught of Nails. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DAY 1 OF DECIBEL MAGAZINE METAL & BEER FEST DECEMBER 13th AT THE OBSERVATORY 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Metal and Beer Fest Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 11TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Battles at Lodge Room
Experimental rock duo Battles are returning to Los Angeles to warp the Lodge Room into a frenzy. Math rock never sounds as crazy as when these New Yorkers get on a stage. We’re giving away two tickets to the show so you can be blown the fuck away. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO BATTLES DECEMBER 4TH AT THE 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Battles Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 3RD AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Geroge Clanton on NYE at Lodge Room
One of the brightest young stars in Los Angeles’ music scene has to be vapor wave innovator, George Clanton. I don’t know if you were lucky enough to see him at Desert Daze but his set was like nothing else at the festival, stealing the weekend just based on the energy he was able to capture in his performance. I’m not the biggest fan of going to concerts on New Year’s Eve but this is going to be special. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO GEORGE CLANTON DECEMBER 31ST AT THE 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK George Clanton Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON DECEMBER 9TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Photo Recap: Baby Keem at the Roxy
Not even twenty years old yet, Baby Keem is already blowing up and making waves on the Soundcloud scene. Hip Hop ain’t ready for what this Las Vegas youth has to offer. Already, he’s had videos directed by Shia LaBeouf and been featured on the Black Panther soundtrack with songwriting credits. His latest project, Die For My Bitch has already been accumulating hype and brought him to The Roxy to perform a headlining show. We sent our official hip hop photographer to the show to get the scoop. Check out the pics below! Photos by: Rodney Campos

Do Anything For Dethklok: Adult Swim Festival 2019
This year’s Adult Swim Festival saw one of the network’s flagship programs take center stage as Dethklok: Metalocalypse reformed to headline the festival’s first night. This Earth-shatteringly heavy event had fans of all kinds of music come together to go ape shit like no other metal band could do. This set, along with a day stacked with hip hop giants like Vince Staples and artists redefining of cool like Tierra Whack or Leikeli47. We sent one of our best ohotographers, Rodney Campos, to document the festival and damn, did he deliver the goods. Check out the photos below. Photos by: Rodney Campos Day 1 Dethklok Flying Lotus Day 2 2Chainz Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Jamie XX Leikeli47 Rapsody Tierra Whack Vince Staples

Etherializer: Alessandro Cortini at the Lodge Room
Noise shows might just become my favorite kind of shows. You have to go sparingly to keep the experience special but when you do attend, these sonic experiments have the ability to melt your consciousness into a putty then sculpt it however the artist sees fit, using only sound as their utensils. This is what I anticipated from Alessandro Cortini‘s Lodge Room show. A set that felt somewhat ambient, somewhat harsh, with sounds that would make the room vibrate with heaviness but also make the soul hum with lushness. I received every range of feeling on this night, from both what I brought to the music and what the music delivered to me. The one quality this music exhibited that I found most compelling was its etherial nature. Goth music’s gravitation toward the angelic and heavenly is a curiosity of sorts. You’d think people dressing in black all the time would want something less affirming of the divine, but as it so happens, sorrow might grant you a closer relationship to grace. related content: Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree At The Lodge Room The night began with Olive Kimoto stirring the souls in the holy Lodge Room with animated electronics and vocals like

