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Tis the Season for Boston Alt-Rock: Letters to Cleo at the Hi Hat
Dave Unbuckled
November 27, 2019
Letters to Cleo returned to the Hi Hat last Saturday to a well-received crowd for what’s shaping to become their annual LA appearance. In addition to a career spanning twenty song showcase, the set contained new tracks from the group’s freshly released Christmas EP, OK Christmas including “Father Christmas” by the Kinks. related content: Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree at the Lodge Room Kat Hanley and crew’s set stayed hi-energy for its entirety, sprinkled with familiar alt-rock songs from their nearly thirty-year trek. Though at one time considered one of the East Coast’s most popular female fronted bands, Letters to Cleo have since slowed down their former heavy touring schedule, and now perform in Southern California once a year, so seeing the band keep the crowd of 300 singing and dancing for the entirety of the performance was impressive to say the least. There’s also something to be said about the band performing a smaller intimate show, solely to their fan base, opposed to joining the retro festival circus that comes around this time of year. Demon Rock kicked off the evening, which also featured two songs from the group’s breakout LP, “Big Star” and “Here and Now”, in addition to
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Monolord at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 25, 2019
Call it doom, call it stoner, or call it sludge, Monolord is one of Metal’s most brutal and crushing bands. When those walls of fuzz hit that Teragram sound system, mother fuckers are bound to come away with tinnitus. ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MONOLORD NOVEMBER 27TH 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, TWITTER, or FACEBOOK Monolord Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 26TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Bot Pop: Jonathan Bree at the Lodge Room
Rob Shepyer
November 21, 2019
Just because your phone isn’t attached to you at the hip doesn’t make it not a part of you. Humans aren’t full-on androids quite yet but the widespread fusion of man and machine has definitely begun to take shape. So, what does art look like in the Android Age? Perhaps a bit like Jonathan Bree‘s stage show. I could talk about how Jonathan Bree and his whole band wear masks, it’s the first thing anyone notices once you catch them live but after seeing them be the first act to dazzle Desert Daze this year, I began looking for less obvious characteristics in Bree and Co.’s performance. When Bree takes a step back to let one of the women in his band sing, his microphone dangles limply by the cord from his hand as he stands, almost as if in sleep mode. Then when the song requests him to return to vocals, he reboots in what makes for a methodically choreographed and unique show. related content: Silver Lake Perris: Desert Daze 2019 Bree’s night at the Lodge Room began with two openers that shared a similar thread. A certain coolness and No Wave vibe was felt in each performance beginning
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Moon Duo at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
November 20, 2019
The San Franciscan psychedelic post punk duo known as Moon Duo take audiences to the moon and back with saturated guitars and sacred repetition. They’re playing the Lodge Room Highland Park for what will surely be an unforgettable evening. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR: ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MOON DUO NOVEMBER 22ND 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 Moon Duo Ticket Giveaway Post WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 21ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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