Music Katie Melua: I’d Love to Kill You
September 2, 2010 - 11:04 am
If you haven’t heard of Katie Melua, you better hide that little fun fact from your British friends, as she is more than a legend in the UK. This spunky singer-songwriter got her start when she attended the Brit School for Performing Arts where she caught the eye of the prestigious Mike Batt, composer for everyone from Art Garfunkle to Vanessa Mae. Spellbound by her mesmerizing voice, Mike signed Katie to his label, Dramatico. By the age of 19, Katie’s debut, Call Off The Search, sold 1.8 million copies in just 5 months. Her follow-up, Nine Million Bicycles, went four times platinum and she instantly sprung to the status of England’s best selling female artist and Europe’s highest selling female artist.
China Shop picked the brain of this powerhouse of songwriting to see what she’s all about offstage:
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Loading ...Music The Spazmatics: Independently Owned and Operated
September 2, 2010 - 10:58 am
If you live in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Salt Lake City (the list obviously keeps going), then you’ve probably heard of the Spazmatics. Children of the 80’s or those who just can’t get enough of the music flock to see these wacky performers get nerdy onstage on any given day of the week. What many don’t know is that the Spazmatics are not just a super cool band that does a residency at certain spots your city; they are in fact, a franchise.
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Loading ...Contest Featured Music American Trash: Represent Your Cynical Side
September 1, 2010 - 5:57 pm
Hey you! YES YOU! We want to see you get off that couch, put down that 40oz and express yourself! An ambitious fan of INNERPARTYSYSTEM created this video to their new single, America Trash. It got us thinking, we’d like to see YOUR take on creating a video for this song. Upload your video to youtube and send a link to us at info@chinashopmag.com.
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Loading ...Featured Gallery Music Tribute to a Hollywood Icon: Slash Day
September 1, 2010 - 3:43 pm
There is no disputing the fact that Slash is legendary, iconic, renowned…(I’m stopping before this all goes to his head). He’s as part of the history of West Hollywood as the Sunset Boulevard street sign itself and as a result is this year’s Sunset Strip Music Festival official honoree. Tonight at the House of Blues, photographers and press crammed like cattle behind a velvet rope to await the arrival of the man himself to his very own tribute party. As we waited for Slash, a stream of important people began to trickle down the red carpet to occupy our time. Carpet walkers included Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Boy from Poison, Warner Drive, Cherry Bomb, Twilight’s Boo Boo Stewart, Blowing up the Moon, Dan Black, Nic Adler, Franky Perez, Acidic, Kenny Aronoff, The Shrills, Juke Kartel, Kevin Brown, Diamond Lane, David George Band and more. After much anticipation, Slash made his way out of a black SUV and through the mob of press, fully done up in true Slash style – the hat, black clothing, a t-shirt with a bikini girl standing in front of a luxury car, dark shades, etc… Speaking of shades, I laughed as several photographers tried to haggle people like Kenny Aronoff into taking off their sunglasses for a photo opp and were very unsuccessful. Most of these refusers must have shared Kenny’s reason for rockin’ their shades, which was, as he laughed and explained, “I don’t want to take my glasses off, I look like shit.”
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Loading ...Music Electric Zoo: Party Animals Ready Set Go
September 1, 2010 - 2:30 pm
So we here at ChinaShop don’t know what your plans are for this Labor Day weekend but if you don’t have any or even if you do, cancel them quick and head out to the Electric Zoo, New York’s electronic music festival out on Randall’s Island. There will be tons of music, interactive arts displays and plenty of eats to keep your dancin’ pants on all day.
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Loading ...Gallery Music Tutu Sweeney & the Brothers Band Grace Red Bull Studios
September 1, 2010 - 11:56 am
Being at Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica is an audiophile’s dream. Perfect acoustics, the best gear available, and all the Red Bull you could drink. It is especially fun when a studio like that gets put to use at the highest level, recording a full band “live.”
I walked into Friday’s session not knowing what to expect and was delighted to learn that Tutu and his gang of artist friends would be tracking the session “live.”
As the studio engineers set up the microphones and EQ the instruments, Te’Amir Sweeney (Tutu’s older brother) eases into a tasty groove. Tutu and friends join in. Tutu’s tunes are arranged, but as guitar player Michael McTaggert tells me, “They come out different every time.” The band is young, most of them circa 20 years old, but by their casual demeanor, I can tell this is probably not their first rodeo.
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Loading ...Music Tuesday Newsday!! New Releases from Muderdolls, Sum 41, Disturbed, and Goo Goo Dolls
August 31, 2010 - 3:46 pm
A fairly scarce week as far as releases…including a new one from the immortal Goo Goo Dolls; Heart gives you a Red Velvet Car; yet another one from Papa Roach; while metal stalwarts Disturbed and Tristania continue to climb the ranks. See ya in a week, shoppers…
Heart - Red Velvet Car
Disturbed - Asylum
Goo Goo Dolls – Something for the Rest of Us
Papa Roach – Time for Annihilation…On the Record, and On the Road
Various Artists – NOW 35
Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe
Sum 41 – Screaming Bloody Murder
Stereoside - Stereoside
Murderdolls – Women And Children Last
Nightfall – Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants
Shadowgarden – Ashen
Tristania – Rubicon
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Loading ...Gallery Music Averting Disaster, Questlove Conquers All at The Michael Jackson Tribute
August 31, 2010 - 12:35 pm
Despite endless technical difficulties and an increasingly impatient crowd, ?uestlove ducked a potentially catastrophic performance at The Bay Salone Friday with the help of some of his fellow and equally Mac-dependent DJs. He took to his Twitter account a few times to vent his frustrations:
– Shoutout to my man Darnell who is on his Mcguyverish tryna find a way to fix my effed up Mac
About an hour later, Questo was still on stage, surrounded by maybe 5 guys (including Samantha Ronson) and shaking his head woefully at the plague his laptop had unleashed upon him. The tweets continued:
– RT @SamanthaRonson: At a party in downtown where @ Questlove is spinning and DAYUM… If you’re not here, you’re not having fun.
– Moments like this is when I hate Macbookpros. Amazing I got every dj I love and respect tryna help me out here on stage
Finally, the snafus got worked out, and with the help of an amazing collage of Michael Jackson video clips and Afro-Sheen commercials, the crowd was on a Soul Train back in time to the 1970s, when Off the Wall was on the charts and The King of Pop was arguably at his best. Peanut Butter Wolf was there for a lead-in, and the show was only enhanced by its venue: 30-foot high ceilings, psychedelic slideshows, and L.A.’s finest artists, all contributing their respective visions to bring back Michael Jackson’s career at one of L.A.’s latest and greatest spots for clubbing. Vikter Duplaix’s KissNGrind, which sponsored the event, helped ensure a successful night was had.
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Loading ...Music The Chemical Brothers “Swoon” the Hollywood Bowl
August 30, 2010 - 5:16 pm
August 29, 2010, they came, unleashed a firestorm, and left in a flash.
It was a perfectly bombastic and electrified night at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday. The Chemical Brothers were in rare form as they took to the stage for an insanely “up for it” crowd. Not known as dynamic performers, the seminal British electronic duo actually seemed rather excited about their Bowl performance – surprising those who experienced their rather lackluster 2009 DJ set at Coachella.
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Loading ...Featured Music Road to 8 Mile: Eminem Judges The Red Bull EmSee National Freestyle Battle
August 30, 2010 - 12:44 pm
It seemed as though every hip hop fan in Detroit made his or her way down to St. Andrews Hall last night to witness the National Championship of the most talked about emcee battle of the summer —Red Bull EmSee: The Road to 8 Mile. When judges Eminem, Mr. Porter and The Alchemist named 18-year old hometown favorite FowL as the national winner, the crowd of over 1,000 fans went bananas. Hip hop legends Bun B, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Xhibit were among the VIPs that came out to support.
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