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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Blackberry Smoke at the Fonda
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 31, 2019
Blackberry Smoke are one of the greatest modern country rock bands with bluesy guitars and southern style. Hailing from Scottsdale, Georgia, this is a band too good to belong to the modern era. Nothing about this band is watered down, nothing about them is corporate, soft, compromised, or packaged. This is good ol’ fashioned muddy bayou rock that just so happened to be good enough to make it to an arena level. Supporting the band at this Fonda Theatre show is outlaw country’s young, heartbreaker, two punch princess, Nikki Lane. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO BLACKBERRY SMOKE FEBRAURY 6TH AT THE FONDA THEATRE 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 Blackberry Smoke Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 4TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Punx Not Dead in Petaluma – Home Sick 2 at the Pheonix Theater
Nicole Verto
January 30, 2019
“Is punk dead?” I’ve typically found this refrain loathsome and lazy. Despite my ongoing aversion to the utterance, it was front and center in my own (traitor) brain during the week leading up to Home Sick 2. You see, after almost forty years, the punk institution known as Maximum Rocknroll announced that the zine would cease printing in 2019. The notion hit me hard. I recalled being fourteen and seeing MRR for the first time as a young teenager and traced from there to the first time I saw the rows and rows of green-taped records myself. It felt like a death. I went to three other shows in the days between the announcement and attending Home Sick 2 but HS2 was the one that really shook me out of my cynicism. Of course punk is not dead. Of course the community is still growing and reaching folks of all ages. Even better: those of us already in too deep seem to be better than ever at welcoming other sounds into our spaces. The curators behind Home Sick (none other than headliners Ceremony) managed to again create a space both familiar and refreshingly representative of this constant evolution happening within
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Heart to Mouth with LP at the Observatory
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 29, 2019
Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas While promoting her 5th studio release Heart To Mouth, singer Laura Pergolizzi better known across the globe as LP kicked off the first night of her much anticipated and heavily sold out North American Heart To Mouth 2019 Tour at the Observatory in Santa Ana. Playing in support for this critically acclaimed recording artist and songwriter on a vast stretch of the tour is LP’s fiancé’ Lauren Ruth Ward, another high energy performer with an exceptional vocal range, and with instruments that compliment her free spirit including a star shaped tambourine, and red and white polka dotted mushroom maracas. related content: The Queens Converge At Outside Lands 2018 The sold out venue goes dark and the crowd screams in anticipation. It was a sight to behold and everyone in attendance was immediately transfixed the second LP’s boots hit the stage. LP’s voice is powerful and euphoric, creating an expansive dreamlike state that becomes a high all in itself. Her stage presence is magnetic from any angle, unique and unforgettable. Accenting her strikingly sharp androgynous look with her signature wild brown curls, tonight she sported a teal colored long sleeve pirate shirt, a dark vest, pencil think black
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to So-Cal Psycheout
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 28, 2019
Los Angeles’ best psych rock bands are congregating in the desert for this year’s installment of the So-Cal Psycheout presented by SkyShip Records. See some mind-benders like Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Dream Phases, Blank Tapes, and more! Camping and parking are included in the package so enjoy the weekend braving the elements of your mind, man! YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE SO-CAL PSYCHEOUT MARCH 29TH, 30TH, AND APRIL 1ST AT GARTH’S BOULDER GARDEN’S IN PIONEERTOWN 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 So-Cal Psycheout Posts WINNER WILL BE WILL BE SELECTED ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14TH AT 11AM PST VIA EMAIL CONFIRMATION
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Photo Recap: Parquet Courts and Snail Mail at the Constellation Room
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 27, 2019
Parquet Courts and Snail Mail took their tour to the Constellation Room and brought down the house with their funk inspired art punk. People felt the rhythm and the groove, dancing around to all the hits that made Parquet Courts one of the breakout bands of 2018. Photos by: Albert Licano Parquet Courts Snail Mail
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Photo Recap: Judas Priestess at Catch One
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 27, 2019
Psycho Entertainment brought a night of female-led cover bands to Catch One with Judas Priestess and Cowgirls From Hell. Both bands delivered a new, heavy, and fun take on classic metal songs. Photos by: Anthony Mehlhaff Judas Priestess Cowgirls From Hell
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Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave Interview: Love & Pain One & the Same
Rob Shepyer
January 26, 2019
Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave and American Nightmare has proven to be a significant artist in my life as someone I’m inspired by and whose music finds its way into real moments of my life. With his focus on the gothic dance music he makes as Cold Cave, he’s playing two sold out shows at Hollywood Forever for Valentine’s Day and his birthday the following night then embarking on a tour with Adult. and Sextile ending with their Los Angeles date at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel. There was so much I wanted to ask Wesley because he represents two genres of music and thus two states of mind to make art from. Of all the interviews I’ve done, Wesley’s experience as a writer and avid reader made his answers precise, articulate, powerful, and deep. related content: Cloak & Dagger Fest: The Heart Of Los Angeles Bled From Dusk Till Dawn RS: Your two upcoming sold out Los Angeles shows fall on Valentine’s Day then your birthday. What’s it been like having to celebrate those holidays consecutively? WE: Not to sound overdramatic but I always had a negative connotation with Valentine’s Day. I was expecting to experience this high in
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Rebels of Wrestling: PCW Ultra 3 Year Anniversary
Jonathan Reyes
January 25, 2019
For how popular independent wrestling has become, it’s still at the edge of the map, on the outskirts of the mainstream, that’s where PCW Ultra grows. In the dark, like a mushroom, unsuspecting and complex. Outcasts and rebels with a super chill attitude. Cultivated in the San Pedro bay, to describe the organization as such is to describe the city. While I mean it romantically, if you ask Johnny Ultra who grew up on the other side of the hill in Palo Verdes he’d call it “the place where he throws his trash” and “people with cars who can’t make it up the hill”. Right from the start this felt different. To start PCW ULTRA’s third year anniversary show Shane “Swerve” Strickland the first person to carry the PCW Ultra LHW champion and PCW Ultra Heavyweight championship came out to address the crowd. To let them know to ignore what the internet might say. To let them know that there is nothing, not contracts, not rumors, not weight class stopping him from achieving his goals. He is the newly designated PCW ULTRA champion as he relinquishes the PCW ULTRA light championship with a challenge to the ULTRA light division, try
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A Return Full of Firsts: Deerhunter at The Lodge Room Highland Park
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 23, 2019
Words by: Krista Anderson Photos by: Dillon Vaughn On a cold Thursday night when January’s torrential flood had finally let up over Los Angeles, the band, Deerhunter brought in the eve of their newest album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? Deerhunter’s atmospheric presence mesmerized the excitable, full house at The Lodge Room in Highland Park. related content: The Universe Smiles Upon Khruangbin At The Lodge Room Opened by Confusing Mix of Nations, a New York and Los Angeles based duo with spacey vocal melodies and harsh, analog dance beats, the night was an exploration into sounds both vast and aggressive. Listeners anticipating the album’s midnight release swayed and bobbed while bathed in swirling guitar melodies and whimsical rhythms. Deerhunter’s unpredictable and provocative performance spoke to the experimental nature of the Atlanta based group. Among the haziness of several esteemed favorites such as Halcyon Digest’s “Helicopter” and “Desire Lines” (2010), the band launched two new songs for the very first time before the keen, Los Angeles audience. related content: Creep Or Charmer: Alex Cameron At The Lodge Room The penultimate track of the new album, “Plains,” was revealed mid-set. Synthesizing the cutting rage of Monomania (2013)
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Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Musink Music Festival & Tattoo Convention
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 21, 2019
Holy shit… Oh, man… we got two tickets to Musink Music Festival & Tattoo Convention to giveaway… So stoked. Who will be the lucky winner to see Limp Bizkit for free??? It’s killing me just thinking about it. I’m dying from the anticipation. The nookie is not the only reason for attending this festival though. On night 1 we get a slew of hardcore bands playing from Bleeding Through, to Sick of it All, Hatebreed, and closing out with Suicidal Tendencies, the crossover band of our time. Night 2 has LB headlining but all the bands supporting are sure to have killer sets like Travis Barker, Ho99o9, and special guests which I can only guess will be filled with exciting surprises of the year. I have no idea who to expect and I love it. The final day closes with punk from start to finish. I can’t wait to see Flag and the Dead Kennedys, I’m over the Jello elitism. TSOL will be amazing too especially if they play anything off Change Today. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS HERE OR ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO MUSINK FESTIVAL MARCH 8TH, 9TH, AND 10TH AT OC FAIR AND EVENTS CENTER Step 1- Join Our
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Satan’s First Born: Possessed at the Whisky
Rob Shepyer
January 18, 2019
Anton Lavey’s church of Satan could’ve only happened in San Francisco. They have a certain way of playing with ideas in Northern California that they can deal in evil and sin while not taking themselves too seriously but also not being perceived as jokes. Anton Lavey’s dream of a new world based on humanist principals was so unapologetic that it could invert any cross. It’s no wonder, that these two forces, satanism and good ol’ fashioned San Franciscan California dreaming, contributed to the birth of death metal in a band called Possessed. related content: The Battle Of The Bays: Obituary & Exodus Clash At Teragram Ballroom Whether you debate death metal crawled out of the San Francisco bay or Tampa bay, we are all in agreement that Possessed’s singer, Jeff Becerra is an icon of the genre. You feel power and wisdom emanating from him when he’s working a stage. His vocals shoot out in bolts, they’re not quite guttural but it’s certainly signature death. It delivers the satanic, thought-provoking, and ominous lyrics home, as if a dark wizard were singing. related content: Morbid Angel At The Regent: A Lesson In Death Possessed began in 1983 and after breakups, reformations, lineup
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Photo Recap: Mick Jenkins and Stock Marley at El Rey Theatre
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 17, 2019
Chicago hip hop sensation, Mick Jenkins, brought his Pieces of a Man tour to the El Rey theatre for a sold out show with support from Stock Marley. The album of the same name as the tour was released in October 2018 so the city came out in force having anticipated this show for awhile. With old school, underground beats that highlight Jenkins’ loose, free, lucid lyrical flow, the fog and vibe at El Rey were of legendary thickness. Photos by: Rodney Campos Mick Jenkins Stock Marley
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