At Henotic, a sparse crowd took in a video shoot for the JPS Trio, aka Kyle Harmon, Dino Scavo and John Paul Smith. They showed they could play anything from reggae to tripped out psychedelic jams, like their version of Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part 2’ which kicked off their set. John Paul Smith was using an e-bow to make some weird sustained notes to add to the psychedelic feel, but soon crashed into familiar, pop tinged punk and rock which morphed into a bit of reggae then effortlessly into some fast paced funk.
The supremely talented rhythm section, Scavo and Harmon, locked in with each other through time tempo changes and a variety of different genres, styles and a variety of numbers including originals and covers including an punk flavored version of Men at Work’s ‘Down Under.’ Unfortunately I couldn’t understand a lot of Smith’s vocals, being drowned out by the band, but they were a lot of fun, had a heap of energy and they got the crowd dancing within the first couple of numbers.
— By Richard Amery, L.A Beat Editor