The Smell is an all ages punk rock/electronic/experimental venue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The Smell, notable for its DIY ethic, is home to many of the area's avant-garde performers and artists.
Starting in 2012 it has been hosting a regular dance night on Mondays founded by former LCD Soundsystem guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Scott Stone. Interviewed in 2011for the German magazine ModeShift he stated that it was his dream to do an all ages, all inclusive dance night in Los Angeles.