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So Close Yet So Far: Bring Me The Horizon at the Forum
Dave Unbuckled
March 5, 2019
Let me start by stating the obvious: I’ve never voluntarily listened to Bring Me the Horizon. I’ve seen them three or four times throughout their notorious career, and I’ve never been sold on their batch of melodic metalcore, though I recognize musicianship when I see it, and they have it. After revisiting the band’s back catalog for hours in the days preceding the show, a shifting trend in production quality and attention is immediately noticeable. This is no more so obvious than on Bring Me the Horizon’s most recent album, AMO, that at the time of the performance, was ranked at the top of the UK album charts. I can no way discredit the band’s achievement in charting at the peak — it’s a magnificent feat for any rock band regardless of genre, but from a subgenre of metal and hardcore, it’s nearly unheard of. I’d also like to note how at the time of publishing this, the album has completely fallen off the charts. Though the band is currently experiencing a large deal of attention and success typically reserved for Pop stars, their stage show has transitioned, as it has grown, and the band’s performance has literally shifted to
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to California Flashback at the Lodge Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 5, 2019
California Flashback is bringing some epic psych rock to Los Angeles for two nights. Like a flying saucer, the temple flashes across the night sky on its journey to the Highland Park Lodge Room for a rare performance of psychedelic mad scientists, Acid Mother’s Temple. On the second night, Oakland’s psychedelic supergroup Heron Oblivion brings their super psych to the Lodge Room. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO CALIFORNIA FLASH BACK W/ACID MOTHER’S TEMPLE & HERON OBLIVION MARCH 26TH & 27TH 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook California Flash Back Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 18TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Illegal Civilization’s Movie Motel at The Pink Motel for Red Bull Music Festival
Rob Shepyer
March 4, 2019
Whether you’re into doo-wop or David Lynch, those with a taste for all things vintage and pink in Los Angeles, would see Sun Valley’s treasured Pink Motel as perhaps the best untapped resource to host a music festival. Leave it to fashion and skateboarding collective Illegal Civilization to tap the vein first, hosting their “Movie Motel” there as part of the Red Bull music festival. related content: Red Bull Music Festival Begins With San Cha’s Epic Tragedy At Vibiana It was a cold evening that February night, two moons after Valentine’s. By then the love had already faded away and in its place we needed entertainment to numb the pain and forget. Bright colors, pinks and neons abound, I arrived in Sun Valley, treading against the breeze toward a drained swimming pool. Having this vintage and historic motel fall into the hands of skaters could’ve proved to be a fatal mistake but none of this punk or hip hop would be here in the first place if we weren’t frivolous. The music was one thing to see but guys and girls zooming through the pool on four wheels and breaking invisible waves as they stunted on every inch of that
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Take This: Win Two Tickets to Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at Teragram
Janky Smooth Central Command
March 4, 2019
Australian psych rock seems to have swept Los Angeles and the latest band to create a buzz, the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are playing the Teragram with Frankie and the Witch Fingers. We are giving away five pairs of tickets to the show, so get ready from the Gods of thunder from down under to liquify light and faces before your very eyes. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS MARCH 20TH 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 11TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Photo Recap: Decibel Magazine Tour with Cannibal Corpse at the Fonda
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 28, 2019
Decibel Magazine assembled a lineup of heavyweight death metal bands to crush the Fonda Theatre on the Los Angeles date of the annual Decibel Magazine tour. This year’s tour featured the most successful OG Florida death metal band of all time, Cannibal Corpse, headlining with Morbid Angel as their direct support. Two classic, iconic, genre-defining bands of death metal on the same bill. Then to round out the lineup, Necrot and Blood Incantation were also on the show, two bands with such a bright future that they deserve to share a stage with any OG group. Photos by: Anthony Mehlhaff Cannibal Corpse Morbid Angel Necrot Blood Incantation
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Sane Clown Posse: ICP’s Album Release at the Regent
Dillon Vaughn
February 28, 2019
The Regent Theater in Downtown LA was recently graced by the gods of Psychopathic Records themselves: Insane Clown Posse. Making an appearance as the hosts of one of their many album release events nationwide on the night Fearless Fred Fury hit shelves, the most wicked clowns took the stage to show some love to the often neglected west coast legion of Juggalos. related content: Whoop Whoop! ICP’s Slam Fest At The Regent: A Family Affair Of the many performances from various regional acts the most striking was theatrical industrial/synth duo Luna 13 who equally enchanted and bored the audience to tears. The edgy theatrical elements quickly wore themselves thin and all that was left was a series of monotone tracks that fell somewhere between Author and Punisher, Otep, and the clearance bin at Hot Topic. This was definitely not the show/audience for this band, but even if it were somewhere else a striptease isn’t a substitution for inventive or soulful music in any situation. related content: Children Of The Night: Doyle At The Whisky With the last minute announcement of the one off show and minimal promotion, most fans weren’t even sure if ICP were actually performing or just showing up to
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Noah’s Arkestra: Panda Bear at the Lodge Room
Dillon Vaughn
February 27, 2019
Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) recently brought the Buoys Tour to the Lodge Room in Highland Park with support from Flaccid Mojo for two sold out nights of pink tinted audiovisual insanity. related content: A Return Full Of Firsts: Deerhunter At The Lodge Room Highland Park Flaccid Mojo are a strange compliment to AnCo; they recently opened for the group (minus Panda Bear) at the Vista Theater with a massively disorienting set at a volume loud enough to shake material loose from the ceiling. What seemed like an odd choice as an opener for a night focused on the reflective and spacy Tangerine Reef became much more understandable when paired with the live presentation of Lennox’s chaotic solo act. Accented with minimal stage lighting and projections of texturally grotesque collected footage, the sounds emanating from the experimental electronic duo (consisting of members of Black Dice) formed an enticingly abrasive foundation commanding the crowd to move. This is an act I’d love to see in the seediest after hours spot in LA: some place with décor and an audience as primitive and brutish as the music and willing to be completely receptive to it. related content: Animal Collective Drip Sound And Color On
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Albert Hammond Jr. at the Fonda
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 27, 2019
We know you guys love the Strokes, so the best we can do is give you Albert Hammond Jr. He’s playing the Fonda and always puts on a rip-roaring rock and roll show. This guy’s a dynasty artist, he’s got rock in his blood. We are giving away a pair and damn it, you want to get in on these tickets. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO ALBERT HAMMOND Jr. MARCH 8TH AT THE FONDA 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Albert Hammond Jr. Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Power Chords and Heart Break: Mike Krol at the Bootleg Theatre
Todd Anderson
February 26, 2019
Mike Krol is never dead… but that’s a different story. His Bootleg theatre show was the second show of his tour promoting his newest album Power Chords (Merge Records 2019). He cranked out his own brand of fuzzy melodic power pop to a packed house in Los Angeles with the crowd singing along as he belted out his own special blend of garage influenced pop punk melodies bleeding out with the charming intoxication of the obsessively heartbroken. Power Chords is technically the fifth album from this Milwaukee born musician/(sometimes) graphic designer if you want to count the compilation of his first two recordings called Mike Krol is never dead on merge records 2017. He has consistently pumping out the heart break since 2011. Words and Photos by: Todd Anderson
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft/DAF at the Regent
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 26, 2019
Legends of German industrial music DAF were supposed to play this year’s Cloak and Dagger festival but had to reschedule due to visa issues. Having bested Trump’s foreign policy goons that act as a road block to any band with dangerous music, they have set a date in stone and that’s coming up real soon. We are so stoked to be giving away two pairs of tickets to this once in a lifetime show, the first time this band has ever played in America. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO DAF MARCH 9TH AT THE REGNT 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook DAF Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY MARCH 4TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Photo Recap: Viza at the Roxy
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 25, 2019
Hometown heroes, Viza, headlined the Roxy for a beautiful and mesmerizing rock show. The band incorporates Greek and Armenian styles of music into their rock and roll and this unique approach garnered them the attention of fellow Armenian icons System of a Down. As you can see by their performance, not only does the band play with passion but they bust out traditional instruments to incorporate the old world into this new rock. Viza is music to make you dance, think, and head bang to. You will certainly be hearing more of them in 2019 as 2018 saw them releasing two EPs, The Unorthodox Revival I and II. Photos by: Travis Prow
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Scars on Broadway at the Observatory OC
Janky Smooth Central Command
February 25, 2019
Daron Malakian is a genius. Whatever the artistic endeavor, you know it’s going to be crazy, unique, twisted, and mind-blowing. That certainly goes for System of a Down, but his other band, Scars on Broadway delivers just as regularly. The band performs once every blue moon so this is a treat for anyone in the Orange County area. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO SCARS ON BROADWAY MARCH 7TH AT THE OBSERVATORY OC 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 Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook Scars on Broadway Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON FRIDAY MARCH 1ST AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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