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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: Camp Flog Gnaw 2019

Rob Shepyer November 15, 2019

IMAGES COURTSEY OF GOLDENVOICE The Good: Camp Flog Gnaw 2019 was curated with artists that challenged everyone’s concept of what a live performance could be. Boundary expansion is what this festival and crowd have always been about and this year was not only no different from the past but an outlier after such stellar performances like that of FKA Twigs, Tyler, the Creator, and Thundercat. Also, with the festival at Dodger Stadium, the view of the downtown skyline is a constant reminder of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful city as Los Angeles. The Bad: Many of the artists who were billed high atop the lineup were actually unimpressive live. Listening to their sets felt like slogging through the minutes in anticipation of the few acts people truly cared about. So, this year the lineup was under-billed and a few of the names it did have were nothing special. The Ugly: Generation’s Z and their reaction to Drake being revealed as the surprise guest are ugly. It was a moment that validated many bad conclusions drawn about young people in 2019. Entitlement and bad manners mainly. I wanted to see Frank Ocean too but I’ll be damned

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Alessandro Cortini at the Lodge Room

Janky Smooth Central Command November 15, 2019

Italian keyboardist and Nine Inch Nails alumni Alessandro Cortini is playing a special show at Lodge Room that will surely be a fever dream for anyone that’s a fan of electronic noises as music. I have a feeling the Lodge Room is going to shake for this one. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO ALESSANDRO CORTINI NOVEMBER 18TH 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 Alessandro Cortini Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 17TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Jonathan Bree at Lodge Room

Janky Smooth Central Command November 14, 2019

Mysterious and faceless singer, songwriter and all around odd-ball, Jonathan Bree, is bringing his blank faced band out to Lodge Room for a night of cinematic and intriguing music. In 2019 it’s not so easy to think of an original idea in music but perhaps Jonathan’s take on minimalism might just be something wholly new. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO JONATHAN BREE NOVEMBER 16TH 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 Jonathan Bree Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 15TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Frankie Cosmos at 1720

Janky Smooth Central Command November 13, 2019

New York Anti-Folk artist Frankie Cosmos is coming to 1720 warehouse to give Los Angeles a taste of that sweet, melancholy coolness that only she can deliver and we’re giving away a pair of tickets to a pair of love birds out there. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO FRANKIE COSMOS NOVEMBER 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Frankie Cosmos Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 14TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Hip Hop Oasis: Day N Vegas 2019

Janky Smooth Central Command November 12, 2019

Words by: Mario Chavez Photos by: Rodney Campos “In the desert you can remember your name cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain…” “A Horse with No Name” by AMERICA was the soundtrack on repeat in the back of my mind as we made the trek towards the Las Vegas desert oasis, on our way to the rookie music festival, Day n Vegas. This was a first of its kind gathering on the northern part of the strip, where Hip Hop and R&B can live & breathe as one in one of the entertainment capitals of the world. related content: Rolling Loud SoCal 2017 Doses The Youth With The Latest Opiate Of The Masses Day 1 On its inaugural day, we entered knowing only that it was a Dreamville takeover line up, but all that was yet to be seen. Later, a long-awaited set by Lil Uzi Vert was about to commence. He began his set with his hit “XO Tour Life” and it was off to the races. In true Lil Uzi Vert fashion, he became a tangible part of the show, jumping in to the crowd while performing songs amongst his fans. The Philly

Gore Obsessed: Exhumed at the Hi Hat

Rob Shepyer November 10, 2019

This Halloween concert season was remarkable. There were incredible shows to go to form metal to punk to goth within the two week late October/early November span that saw people partying all over Los Angeles. Upon this chosen Sunday, I had numerous options as to where I should bleed my ears but if I wanted to capture the true spirit of halloween, it was going to be with gore and the goriest there is is a little death metal band called Exhumed. They quite literally rip, both on the guitar and on the chainsaw. I arrived at the Hi Hat to see BrucexCampbell, a brutal and crusty grindcore band that absolutely crushed with every belching lyric. This hulking sort of core could’ve only been produced by Angelinos that came from a tough upbringing with a true connection to the underground. Posers beware, this band will bite your fucking head off. Next up was a band I feel will one day be as spoken of in the same ranks as legendary bands like Sepultura and that’s Necrot, a blackened death metal band from Oakland, California. The songs absolutely ripped the Hi Hat to shreds and indispersed with the musical brutality, the singer would tell

Take This: Win Two Tickets to The KVB at the Constellation Room

Janky Smooth Central Command November 10, 2019

English post punk duo, The KVB, wow’d the crowd at Desert Daze and now their bringing their nocturnal sounds to Orange County for a show at the Constellation Room. We’re giving away two tickets to the show so you can experience the glory. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE KVB NOVEMBER 13TH AT THE CONSTELLASTION 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 THE KVB Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

The Preacher Man Cometh: Wovenhand at the Echo

Rob Shepyer November 9, 2019

David Eugene Edwards has always struck me as a maverick in the current musical landscape. Not just in his current band, Wovenhand, but in every project he’s been a part of. I first discovered him from watching a 16 Horsepower video where I saw him play the accordion with more soul stirring spirit than I’ve ever seen anyone. With that band and with Wovenhand, he’s found a way to make music that incorporates so many different sounds and ideas from across the world and across time periods while maintaining a quality that is positively American. His music and presence is ripe with beautiful contradiction, the good kind, symbols that are often considered in conflict find harmony within Wovenhand. Americana and Native American imagery and culture, East vs West, Christianity and glam, David Eugene Edwards paints his face and nails like a Native American warrior but with silvery colors as if he’s also the reincarnation of David Bowie. related content: A High And Beautiful Wave: Psycho Las Vegas 2019 Perhaps the strangest thing about Wovenhand is David’s stage presence. If he wasn’t onstage, perhaps you’d think he was schizophrenic with his wild gestures to invisible characters and his speaking in tongues. What

Take This: Win Two Tickets to Sleater-Kinney at the Observatory

Janky Smooth Central Command November 9, 2019

Sleater-Kinney is one of those bands that only needs the bare bones requirements to absolutely wow a crowd. Pure rock fury, that’s what they are, with more heart than just about anyone. I hate to compare them this way but of all the bands that empower women, the riot girl bands, this is by far the best in this humble editor’s opinion. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO SLEATER-KINNEY NOVEMBER 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 Sleater Kinney Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION

Spontaneous Combustion of the Soul: Dinosaur Jr. at the Fonda

Jonathan Reyes November 8, 2019

There’s a call to the rocks. The siren isn’t calling you your doom. It’s calling you to feel the pain of everyone and then feel nothing. The silvery wizard inside the Fonda, inside his tower built with Marshall Amplifiers, his spellbook is prolific, his voice…his voice tells you it’s suffered, it’s telling you it knows you have too, despite the suffering and loss you too can wear a Mishka tee and baseball cap while shaking the rust off the bones of what seems to be everyone who didn’t die in the 90’s alt-rock scene that has gathered inside the theater made by Morgan, Walls & Clements. related content: Silver Lake Perris: Desert Daze 2019 The fall brought the Mount Rushmore of sad bastard music to Los Angeles. Rob Smith claimed Pasadena, Nick Cave DTLA, J Mascis Hollywood, Billy Corgan Highland Park, Moz was here too but we pretend he wasn’t. It’s something in the air. Santa Ana’s, with the help of PG&E, lit forests like candles in a vigil. The days when the only crises you had to worry about were existential are gone. All that remains is the music and the people who don’t seem to mind. Myself included.

The Three Night Cotillion: William Patrick Corgan at the Lodge Room

Rob Shepyer November 8, 2019

Traditionally Southern, a cotillion is a right of passage for young people to display their manners, discipline, and maturity. Now a veteran, legend, and elder statesman of rock and roll, William Patrick Corgan‘s 3 night stint at the Lodge Room in Highland Park showed just how much he’s matured as an artist in his three decades of making music. His upcoming solo album, Cotillions includes songs inspired by his children, songs about social hardship, and good ol’ fashioned artsy songs done acoustic. Any of the three nights was an exclusive and special event. The first of which I missed to see Bauhaus at the Palladium, meaning I missed out on hearing “Tonight, Tonight” and “Disarm”, but still, I was blessed to have made it the second night to see James Iha join William on stage to perform “Blew Away” (which Iha sang), “1979”, and “Blue Skies Bring Tears”. The third night had William pulling from a different bag of treats with a totally different setlist. I think that’s the sign of a true master at their craft, William has such a large catalogue to choose from but it almost feels like he could pick any song and perform it on

Dark Entries: Bauhaus at the Hollywood Palladium

Rob Shepyer November 8, 2019

Entire schools of music, fashion, art, and world views owe themselves to a single English band known as Bauhaus. The music of which is noisy, wild, sexual, raw, bleak, and upsetting to any status quo the world over. So, it should be remarkable that a band like this, and the music they created, is so beloved that upon the band’s reunion, they sold out two shows at the Hollywood Palladium with fans flying across oceans to see it. Those who have been playing close attention might’ve had the feeling that Bauhaus would come together once again. Peter Murphy’s last tour was an ode to his old band and featured former bassist David J. Haskins. So, perhaps bad blood wasn’t the reason this took so long. Fellow art world nightcrawlers would see Kevin Haskins and Daniel Ash out and about in Los Angeles from time to time, whether it was onstage as Poptone or just enjoying the Los Angeles night. Who knows exactly what was the catalyst for these two shows taking place, perhaps Peter Murphy’s heart attack forced him to look into the abyss and rather than just see himself staring back at him, he saw his band. related content: Becoming

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