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Habak Find Beauty In The Horrors Of Humanity At The Roxy

Rob Shepyer December 5, 2025

The Habak show at the Roxy on November 29th, presented by Viva! was more than your typical winter punk rock invading West Hollywood. I first heard of Habak after seeing Lagrimas open for Soul Glo at Zebulon in 2022 and then following the band until their Teragram takeover with Habak- I knew Los Angeles was witnessing the formation of a new scene, subgenre, and phenomenon in punk music. Both Habak and Lagrimas represent a style known as melodic crust. related: Earth’s Crust- CY Fest 2024 at Belasco Sonically akin to a lovechild between Deafheaven and Doom, Habak represents the emotional interior of anarchism. With so much political activity both in underground and mainstream circles, we often get exposed to the surface of rebellion but never the glacier of emotionality underlying the action. We see the rallies, the chanting, the rioting, the rhetoric, but when anarchists go home, we rarely see the pain to empathize with. Habak gives the world a sonic synthesis of that pain so we don’t have to venture into every anarchist’s home to see it for ourselves. How does that pain feel? Like suffered screaming over the most beautiful, dissociative harmony. related: Avant Garde Headbanging w/ The

Take This! Win Tickets to See Teen Mortage at The Roxy

Janky Smooth Central Command December 1, 2025

Teenage Mortgage and The Mainliners are playing The Roxy on Tuesday December 10 2025 in a benefit for the Union Rescue Mission This is a benefit for the Union Rescue Mission so please buy tickets here or enter our giveaway below if you too are in need this holiday season The Teenage Mortgage sound pairs blown out garage rock guitars with confrontational vocals and a tightly wound rhythm section that hits with both grit and adrenaline. The Roxy is the perfect place to feel that intensity up close. The Mainliners will be supporting Teenage Mortgage for a raucous night on Sunset Blvd. related: Teen Mortgage and Spoon Benders Tear Zebulon Apart!- Night 1 Recap The December 10 show marks another milestone for the band as they continue their climb from DIY chaos to national attention. How to Enter the Teenage Mortgage Giveaway Tag a friend on our Teenage Mortgage Ticket Giveaway post on our socials @jankysmooth and make sure you both like the post. Make sure you are both following us @jankysmooth Winner will be announced on Sunday December 8 at noon Pacific time. One lucky winner will score two tickets so bring a friend and get ready for a

Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Habak at The Roxy on Nov 29

Janky Smooth Central Command November 25, 2025

November 29th at The Roxy marks a powerful opportunity for Tijuana’s own, Habak to bring their intense, tightly wound sound back across the border to Los Angeles. The Roxy’s intimate room is built for the kind of catharsis they traffic in — every shout, every tremolo line, every hit landing right in your chest. Limited tickets still available to buy now at The Roxy- or to enter our Ticket Giveaway, see details below. related: Powerviolence is BACK- Nothing Less Mini Fest w/ Hong Kong Fuck You at 1720 Habak has carved out a fierce, emotional space in modern screamo and post-hardcore, weaving melodic chaos with raw political conviction. Their recent work finds them sharpening their sound into something both crushing and cathartic — layered guitars, shouted confessionals, and explosive dynamic shifts. Expect a mix of fan favorites and new material to erupt inside the Roxy’s walls. Supporting acts include Barrio Slam, Quiet Fear and Futura 1 lucky winner will score two tickets — pair up, bring someone who can scream along with you or that you can turn onto Habak’s music, and let the riffs, breakdowns, and emotional fire carry the night. How to Enter the Habak Giveaway 1. Tag a

Gang of Four at The Roxy by Lindsay Arth

Photo Recap: Gang of Four at the Roxy

Janky Smooth Central Command February 14, 2019

70’s English post punk legends Gang of Four have returned to play a slew of shows, climaxing with their Los Angeles performance at The Roxy. Although guitarist Gill Sterry is the only original member the band still plays their classic songs with youthful power and swagger. In April of 2018 the band released an EP entitled Complicit featuring this lineup. Photos by: Lindsay Arth

Songs of Freedom: Jesse Malin’s Gates of the West at the Roxy

Rob Shepyer February 2, 2019

The damage done by the last string of California wildfires is still being felt and so relief is still needed to rebuild all the lives that were changed forever. Music, which always seems to be the source of spiritual refuge for those in need, came to the rescue in the form of Gates of the West, an all-star celebration of the life of Joe Strummer hosted by D-Generation’s Jesse Malin. related content: Jesse Malin And All Star Rockers Raise Money For A Friend At The Roxy The night began with a musical collaborator of Joe Strummer’s, Zander Schloss who took the stage solo with an acoustic guitar to play three songs including “Redemption Song” and “Go Straight to Hell”. Following him, Jesse Malin and his house band took the stage to play a set of originals that harkened back to rock and roll’s heyday of coolness, swagger and nonchalance. Jesse was on the guitar, in the crowd, jumping and jiving, and singing his guts out with more New York attitude than Los Angeles is used to. One special moment was when the band covered a Pogues song because Shane McGowan called the Cat and Fiddle bar in Los Angeles to

Photo Recap: Generation Sex at the Roxy

Janky Smooth Central Command November 5, 2018

Fans of 70’s British punk were given a real treat last week when Billy Idol decided to return to his original punk rock outfit, Generation X, only with the addition of Sex Pistols guitarist and radio God Steve Jones. I fondly recall loads of punks near and far expressing how much they wish they could’ve seen Generation X and this show seemed to answer all those prayers. With Billy Idol on vocals, Tony James on bass, and Paul Cook on drums rounding out the original members of the band, Generation Sex marked yet another iconic performance to grace the Roxy Theatre stage. Photos by : Jessica Moncrief

The Hardest So-Cal Has to Offer, Strife Plays “In This Defiance” at The Roxy

Rob Shepyer August 27, 2018

Southern California has always been a hotbed for hardcore punk from Black Flag to The Circle Jerks but carrying on the torch into the 90’s was a band from Thousand Oaks, California called Strife. Exhibiting that classic straight edge, beat down character, Strife was a band that from the get go, had the feel like they belonged on a stage with a pit belonging right in front of them. Their second album, In This Defiance, with its many guest appearances by Dino Cazares, Chino Mareno, and Igor Cavalera, became the band’s definitive album. They were a band that could get hardcore kids to dog-pile and sing together songs so undeniably powerful and demanding of an audience, that they became essential to the Southern California hardcore canon. related content: For The Children 2017 At The Echoplex: Hardcore Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving Strife’s impact resonated beyond their sound though. Each band that would perform on this evening at The Roxy had a connection to the band. Beginning first with Fixation from Philadelphia, who even though are in the early stages of their career, played a set that was cohesive and powerful enough to make you envision a long and