Savages at FYF 2015 by Taylor Wong-Top 10 Concerts of 2015
Since the beginning of time, mankind grabbed whatever it could find to tap out and amplify the rhythm in our souls. From the most tribal roots of humanity, those rhythms brought us to our feet and inspired us into spastic soliloquies and baby making motions. Before the advent of the recording studio, there was only one way to hear music- LIVE. For true music snobs and purists, if you can’t do it live, you can’t do it. That is my segway into Janky Smooth’s Top 10 Concerts of 2015.
Janky Smooth contributors attended 100’s of shows this year. Selecting the top 10 concerts of 2015 was quite a challenge. Most of the concerts we attended were in Los Angeles so while new labels, venues and promoters are taking advantage of the music explosion taking place all over the globe, Los Angeles continues to be it’s music capital. I often complain about the low energy of concert attendees in the city of my birth and while a handful of bands have been skipping Los Angeles on their tour schedules for this reason and opt for Pomona or Orange County, there’s no denying that if you hype up a Los Angeles crowd, you can hype up any crowd.
Top 10 Concerts of 2015
Brent Smith- Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Ho99o9 EP Release Party at Mystery Box
- Savages at The Roxy
- Lydia Lunch at Teragram Ballroom
- Fuzz and Birth Defects at The Roxy
- Kim and the Created and Deap Vally at The Echo
- Destruction Unit Record Release at Teragram Ballroom
- The Replacements at The Palladium
- L.A. Psych Fest at The Regent Theater and The Echo
- Veronica Bianqui at Harvard and Stone
- Le Butcherettes in store performance at Amoeba Records
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Taylor Wong- Photographer/Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Every Ho99o9 Show
- Dead Milkmen at The Troubadour
- Beach Goth 4 at The Observatory
- Punk Rock Bowling in Downtown Las Vegas
- Beach Boys- Civic Arts Center Thousand Oaks
- Band of Horses at The Observatory
- FYF at Exposition Park/LA Sports Arena
- Trash Talk, together Pangea and Rat King at The Echoplex
- Desert Daze- Sunset Ranch Oasis, Mecca California
- Burgerama 4 at The Observatory
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David Evanko- Photographer: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Thee Oh Sees at Hotel Vegas SXSW
- Ty Segall- Burgerama 4
- Wand at The Echo
- Ho99o9 EP Release Party at Mystery Box
- Television at Teragram Ballroom
- Fuzz at The Continental Room
- Feels at Burger a go go
- Corners at The Echoplex
- Drinks at The Echo
- Warpaint at Desert Daze
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Travis Moore- Videographer: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Desert Daze 2015 at Sunset Ranch Oasis
- Kim and The Created and Deap Vally at The Echo
- Retox at Runaway Fest
- No Parents at Beach Goth 4
- Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel at Beach Goth 4
- Chicano Batman at Coachella
- Birth Defects at Summer Fest/The Satellite
- Santoros at Echo Park Rising
- Run the Jewels at Coachella
- Aquabats at Beach Goth 4
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Jai Chebaia- Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Cherry Glazerr/Slow Hollows/N0-Fi/Honeydrip at “Spencer’s Birthday Party”
- Tame Impala at Hollywood Forever Cemetary
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra at FYF
- Savages at FYF
- Shannon and the Clams at El Rey Theater
- Meatbodies at The Echo
- SXSW
- Desert Daze at Sunset Ranch Oasis
- Broncho at The Teragram Ballroom
- Ty Segall and Feels acoustic set at The Smell
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Julien Kelly- Photographer: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- FIDLAR record release show at Amoeba Records
- Ty Segall and Feels acoustic set at The Smell
- Shannon and the Clams at El Rey Theater
- Fuzz at The Smell
- Chastity Belt/Meat Market/Guantanamo Baywatch at The Smell
- Burgerama 4 at The Observatory
- Desert Daze at Sunset Ranch Oasis
- Meatbodies at The Echo
- Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel at The Troubadour
- Jacco Gardner/Mild High Club at The Echo
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Lawrence Rengert- Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Little Big Here at Folk Steady, Ojai
- Guy Blakeslee at Good Time Davey Waynes
- Mike Blanchard and the Californios at Twang and Bang X Fest, San Luis Obispo
- Jonathan Richman at The Monday Club, San Luis Obispo
- The Miseries at Garage Bar
- Blake Mills at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam
- Melvins acoustic set at Permanent Records
- Dan Deacon at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam
- Little Wings at Pehrspace
- Goldy at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara
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Justin Cornwall-Author: Top Concerts of 2015
- Sufjan Stevens at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
- Caribou at Pappy and Harriet’s
- RATATAT at The Mayan
- Foo Fighters for Grohl’s birthday at The Forum
- Robert DeLong at CRSSD fest San Diego
- Tod Terje at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetary
- Mac Demarco at FYF
- Skrillex at L.A. Coliseum
- Of Montreal and Diane Coffee at The Regent Theater
- Death Cab for Cutie at The Hollywood Bowl
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Paige Vreede- Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- FIDLAR/Dune Rats- Halloween Show at The Regent Theater
- Built to Spill at The Troubadour
- Shannon and the Clams at The Griffin
- Twin Peaks at some sketchy Downtown LA Warehouse
- Corners at The Echoplex
- War on Drugs at The Hollywood Bowl
- Beach Party and The Buttertones at The Echoplex
- La Luz at The Echoplex
- Sad Girl and Colleen Green at Atwater Village Warehouse party
- Beach Goth 4 at The Observatory
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Danny Baraz- Publisher/Author: Top 10 Concerts of 2015
- Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punks 10 Year Anniversary at The Wiltern
- Ho99o9, Mykki Blanco at The Church of Fun
- Beach Goth 4 at The Observatory
- Riot Fest Chicago
- Fuzz, Thee Oh Sees, Wand at The Teragram Ballroom
- Tame Impala at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- L7 reunion show at The Echo
- Trash Talk, together Pangea and Ratking at The Echoplex
- Joey Bada$$ at The Belasco Theater
- The Flesheaters and Skating Polly at The Echoplex
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