Monthly Archives: May 2011

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Featured Gallery Music Forever The Sickest Kids: Things ARE Getting Pretty Serious

by Barbie Brady and Joe Gall
May 6, 2011 - 11:37 am

Forever the Sickest Kids put the final smack down on their Spring Break Your Heart Tour by playing 2 nights at Bamboozle 2011. After jumping off the road with friends, Breathe Carolina, Before Their Eyes, This Century and We Are The In Crowd they unleashed their particular flavor of rock n roll for wildly excited crowds in New Jersey.

This American Pop Punk Band from Texas signed to Universal Motown Records Group in 2007 and has been gaining momentum ever since. Although a lot of people are only now just hearing about FTSK, they have built a solid following of the young and impressionable. With a respectable web presence and endless touring, these guys aren’t going away anytime soon.

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Art All Hands On Decks: The Skateboard Art of Haroshi

by Richard S. Chang
May 6, 2011 - 10:53 am

Haroshi Skateboard art

A few years ago, Tokyo-based artist Haroshi, a passionate skater since his early teens, was faced with a common conundrum among his ilk: a growing collection of broken skate decks.

“Purchasing new decks is a never-ending cycle and this was evident by the tower of old decks that were reaching to the ceiling of my room,” he says on his website. “We can’t throw away these decks because they hold sentimental meanings to us. I looked at these unusable decks every day and thought there must be something I can make with these.”

Eight years ago, Haroshi started making sculptures out of the discarded decks — a skull, his limbs, a life-size moose head, a bear, Mario from Donkey Kong — with jaw-dropping results. Now some of his most spectacular works are on display in a solo exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York.

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Gallery Urban Exploration Rome [Tastes Like Ice Cream]

by Zoetica Ebb
May 6, 2011 - 10:51 am

You don’t get to feel a city’s pulse until you’ve been trapped on a few of its highways. To understand what I mean, do this: wake up in the fog-dipped countryside, speed through the open space of sparsely populated fields, then past the first signs of industry – factories, pristine and painted in candy colors or splattered with graffiti, past car dealerships and low-income suburbs, until the highway is choking on traffic and you’re stopped at a toll booth, the humming city emerging at this final checkpoint. Now we’re ready to enter Rome.

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Gallery Music Why He’s Wiz Khalifa

by Mike Bucher and Joe Gall
May 5, 2011 - 1:46 pm

In case you were wondering (like me) why he’s such a Wiz: “Wiz Khalifa- His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning “successor”, and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was fifteen.” -Wikipedia.  Apparently, as Wiz told spinner magazine, he was such a talented child, a wiz at everything so to speak, and that also played a role in his choosing the name.

If you are like me, you’re also wondering why his incredibly loyal fans are called the “Taylor Gang”.  Well, I did some research and it turns out that contrary to popular belief, it’s not because the artist and his followers rock Converse Chuck Tailors, rather, the name comes from the fact that the original Wiz crew originated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh.  Oh… and “Black and Yellow” is a Pittsburgh reference (sealers/Pirates/etc) in case you didn’t already know.

Now that you’re caught up on all the Wiz facts, It’s time to show you the pictures from the Rapper’s Bamboozle performance.

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Gallery Urban Exploration Gods and Gladiators: A Brief, Sticky Tour of Rome’s Top Attractions

by Zoetica Ebb
May 5, 2011 - 11:52 am

When presented with the dilemma of choosing Roman wonders to stuff into one day, the simplest approach is to consult any list of Rome’s top most visited attractions. Among them, you’ll find The Colosseum, the Sistine Chapel, Piazza Navona and the Roman Forum. Not that I’m suggesting to necessarily go for the obvious. Not at all! In this case, however, each of these places are areas of great personal interest, and I’m prepared to suffer the heat to see them.

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Music Epigene’s Wall Street Odyssey is a Modern Day Rock Opera

by Rich Thomas
May 5, 2011 - 11:10 am

Epigene_Wall Street Cover

If it weren’t for Green Day, the rock opera would still be a musical phenomenon largely frozen in time alongside Sportflic baseball cards, Hypercolor clothing and pet rocks. Think of it as a concept album for theatre majors, fueled by an unwavering storyline but brought to life by something greater than just the music. Most often it’s a grandiose stage production of sorts, but for Woodstock, NY band Epigene, it’s two discs of vibey prog-rock tucked inside a hardcover booklet that features full song lyrics accompanied by vividly colored illustrations.

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Music Twin Atlantic: Let’s be Honest…

by Shop Keeper
May 4, 2011 - 2:28 pm

Twin Atlantic

Glasgow’s TWIN ATLANTIC release “Free”, the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2009′s critically lauded mini-album Vivarium, this week in the U.S. via Red Bull Records.

Free was recorded at Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica, CA with legendary producer Gil Norton (Foo Fighters, Pixies, Jimmy Eat World). The Album continues to expand upon the band’s signature sound, melding angular riffs with energetic choruses. Explosive and hard charging, yet melodic and thoughtful, the tracks cut deep and ring true to the listener, leaving a lasting impression.

Twin Atlantic "Free"

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Gallery Music APB: Tokyo Police Club at Bamboozle

by Mike Bucher and Joe Gall
May 4, 2011 - 10:30 am

It seems that The Ontario quartet made up of Greg Alsop (drums), Josh Hook (guitar), David Monks (vocals, bass) and Graham Wright (keys/percussion) are having quite the year.  Playing Coachella’s Main stage and gracing East Rutherford’s Bamboozle festival in support of their 2010 release Champ.  We snapped some shots of the Canadians at last weekend’s festival (below) and if you’ve yet to discover this alt-gem, give them a listen after the jump.

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Music Pete Rock and Smif N’ Wessun cook up something MONUMENTAL

by Geo Hagan
May 4, 2011 - 10:16 am

SNW 2011

If there is one thing to be said about the current era of rap music, it’s that artists are more willing to collaborate than ever before. There was a time when rap crews stayed to themselves and never crossed family lines to work with other camps. Back then, if you were Ruff Ryder, you only rocked with the double-R, and if you were Wu-Tang, you only broke bread with your Shaolin army. It’s all different now. DJ Khaled can do a remix have damn near everyone that’s buzzing in every region of the country dropping a verse and showing major love for a common cause. It’s in that spirit of connecting forces that we present to you a new project from two legends in the game: the Bootcamp Duo of Tek and General Steele (a.k.a. Smif N’ Wessun) and iconic Mt. Vernon producer Pete Rock. The individual stats of these two entities are too long to list, but together, their soon-to-be-released project is nothing short of its namesake. ChinaShop caught up with General Steele to get the raw information about Monumental, his colossal new endeavor.

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Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Twin Atlantic, Fleet Foxes, Beastie Boys

by Shop Keeper
May 3, 2011 - 4:38 pm

Twin Atlantic - Free

Twin Atlantic issue their newest, Free, today, after the single “Edit Me” blew up the charts; Fleet Foxes are all the rage with Helplessness Blues; JLo is still around; Beastie Boys give you more of their awesome Sauce; and Fleetwood’s Stevie Nicks is back yet again. Kind of a scarce release week; the A-listers on board make up for it. Next week the emphasis is on the old school, with new cuts from Urge Overkill, The Cars, and others…

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Cat’s Eyes - Cat’s Eyes

Giant Pianoramx - Smooth Danger

Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo

Jennifer Lopez – Love?

Twin Atlantic – Free

Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends

Dredg – Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy

Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams

Colbie Ailat – All Of You

Jennifer Lopez - Love?

Musiq Soulchild - MUSIQINTHEMAGIQ

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

Have Nots - Proud

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