Category Archives: Featured

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Featured Music Emika: Bass Is Maternal

by Rich Thomas and E.M.S.
November 17, 2011 - 9:13 am

What is it with girls and their bottom end? It’s not something I muse upon often, but every once in a while a member of the fairer sex comes along that makes me rethink my appreciation of tone, presence and overall bounceability. And no, I’m not talking about the posterior. I’m talking about bass. Specifically, bass crafted by Ninja Tune’s newest female export, Emika.

Last month, she dropped her self-titled debut album amidst a teeth-rattling tour with labelmates Amon Tobin and Eskmo. From the very first track, you could tell she was onto something new; something sultry yet smart. We caught up with Emika backstage at her Los Angeles date to find out how her new album came to be, and what’s on tap for 2013.

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Featured Gallery Music Fishbone: The Story of L.A.’s Most F*cked Up Band

by Jeff Nau and Dustin Downing
November 16, 2011 - 9:34 am

Long revered (and reviled) as the most dysfunctional funk band that ever was, Fishbone recently celebrated 30+ years of kidnappings, mental illness, and alcoholism with a concert at Amoeba to pimp the release of their tell-all documentary Everyday Sunshine.

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Art Featured Gallery Plastic Fantastic: DesignerCon 2011

by Nicole Pajer and Catie Laffoon
November 15, 2011 - 10:32 am

gToy designers, artists, and collectors kicked off the holiday season by heading to DesignerCon 2011. With over 100 booths and giveaways, attendees had everything from plushie toilet paper rolls to monster lollipops to drool over. Designers such as Baby Tattoo, Loyal Subjects, Frankenfactory, MIXO, Pretty in Plastic, SpankyStokes, Squid Kids, DKI, Super 7, Artransmitte, ESC Toys, iCovers4u, JazzyDan, Blacklist Studios, and Fugitive Toys manned tables full of unusual goodies. Fans lined up as doors to the public opened around 10am for the chance to nab one of the many 2011 DCon exclusives. Art enthusiasts tried their hand at sketching live anime models while raffle winners engaged in ferocious games of Rock-Paper-Scissors for a chance to walk away with a coveted souvenir.

Here were a few of the highlights:

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Featured Music Four Year Strong: Determined to Rise Above

by Lisa Johnson
November 14, 2011 - 12:07 pm

Chinashop decided to catch up with Four Year Strong as they headline the Alternative Press Fall Tour 2011 along with bands Gallows, Title Fight, The Swellers, and Sharks! The day, November 8, 2011, marks a milestone in the band’s career. It is the day of their latest album release, In Some Way, Shape or Form (Decaydance, Universal Motown). It’s also the most mature album to date for the Worcester, Massachusetts natives, and deals with issues during a transitional phase for the band who found themselves at the crossroads of their career, all the while sticking to their roots firmly planted in the hardcore scene.

Finding a cozy little nook in a public alley behind The Glass House in Pomona, Four Year Strong members Alan Day, Dan O’Connor, Joe Weiss, and Jake Massucco fill us in on some of the key tracks on the new album, and discuss what they’d do if time travel were possible.

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Featured Gallery Music Jail, Redemption and Falling in Reverse

by Nicole Pajer and Alex Rauch
November 11, 2011 - 11:28 am

Ronnie Radke has some very loyal fans. The former Escape The Fate frontman told KROQ DJs during this week’s Red Bull Sound Space performance that he was shocked that his fans waited patiently while he finished out a 2 ½ year prison sentence. While landing some time in the slammer isn’t exactly a preferred stop along the path of life, Ronnie made the best of it. As he finished up his sentence, he received hoards of letters from his many admirers, which prompted him to seriously reflect upon his life, past addictions, and goals for the future. Thoughts became lyrics and lyrics turned into songs and ultimately material for Ronnie’s novel musical endeavor, Falling in Reverse.

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Fashion Featured Where Sugar Meets Art

by Dynast Amir
November 11, 2011 - 10:52 am

Since I’m infatuated with Timmery Turner every way sexually, mentally, etc. Allow me to first profess my lust for her since I refuse to send her a letter filled with naughty nothings VIA Facebook. “I’m sure that she gets a lot of that.” She embodies everything that I would want to take home to my mother. She’s aggressive, determined, hot, fascinating I could go on and on, but I won’t because this is not a racy novel that you purchase in the check out line at Walmart. She states herself that “If there’s one thing in life that trumps my obsession for stilettos, its my obsession for good looking men.” Well, since I was grafted by God personally in heaven 29 years ago where only ridiculously beautiful men are born, I’d like to think I have a chance with Timmery.

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Featured Gallery Music Into the Lab, The dublab

by Dustin Downing
November 9, 2011 - 11:18 am

dublab is the NPR of DJ’s. This non-profit Los Angeles based internet radio collective has transcended your typical playlist of listening pleasure by fostering 12 years of growth in positive music, culture and modern art channeled through a roster of talented and eclectic music maestros.

Those skills shined brightly at their recent anniversary party up at the Atwater Crossing & Innovation Complex. It was a fair-ish event with food trucks, the requisite photo booth live-screen painting by local shirt shop Hit+Run, and a bike valet. Local dublab DJ’s spun to the outdoor crowd while names like Take aka Sweatson Klank, Julia Holter, Gaslamp Killer, & Daedelus kept the hipster crowd’s moccasin covered toes a tapping.. A mini-film fest and a #hellofanidea popcorn booth tied for second on the billing. Kutmah was to be beamed in live from the NTS Radio Studio in London but somebody forgot to set their alarm.

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Fashion Featured Sanrio’s Supercute Holiday Collaborations

by Shop Keeper
November 7, 2011 - 9:52 am

Sanrio and tokidoki join forces again to offer the tokidoki for Hello Kitty collection. The limited-edition line is available at select Sanrio stores as well as www.sanrio.com and www.tokidoki.com. This is the latest design vision from the two iconic global brands who share a history in supercute, super-collectible collaborations.

Hello Kitty is the focal point of tokidoki artwork on this collection, timed perfectly for Holiday gifting. Items range from a rolling suitcase and neoprene laptop and iPad cases, to a wallet, bags in various sizes, watches and plush. tokidoki features the designs of world renowned artist Simone Legno.

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Fashion Featured Gallery Anthony Franco’s Timeless Creations

by Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing
November 3, 2011 - 10:26 am

Swarms of fashion lovers headed to Sunset Gower Studios this month to catch a peak at the highly anticipated 2012 Spring Collection by Anthony Franco. The trend following world knows Franco as a celebrity designer who creates high-end clothing for both men and women. Whether it’s for Red Carpet appearances or commercials, the label designs with the idea that “all clothing is timeless and has its place.” Anthony Franco Designs have been recently seen on the likes of Kourtney Kardashian, Kate Botsworth, as well as members of Panic! at The Disco and OutKast. Franco collections were also just spotted in True Blood, Pretty Little Liars, a Colgate commercial, and at a recent InStyle Party.

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Featured Gallery Music Why Is This Man Smiling? The Smashing Pumpkins Go Big

by Rich Thomas and Joe Gall
November 2, 2011 - 12:02 pm

For the past two years, Billy Corgan has been dribbling out songs online—some as individual tracks, some grouped together in small EPs—as part of a massive, 44-song magnum opus called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. Loosely based around Corgan’s interpretation of The Fool’s Journey in the Tarot, he described the project as a return to the Smashing Pumpkins’ psychedelic roots. If you’ve spent seven minutes rocking out to his epic 2008 jam “Superchrist,” you know that an unfettered and experimental Billy is exactly the kind of Billy you want pumping out records on a regular basis.

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