ChinaShop » Detroit http://www.chinashopmag.com Music Art Fashion and Film Online Cultural Magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Riding High” with Detroit’s Koffin Kats http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/riding-high-with-detroits-koffin-kats/ http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/riding-high-with-detroits-koffin-kats/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:25:05 +0000 Shop Keeper http://www.chinashopmag.com/?p=104499 Continue reading →]]> Listen to the exclusive premiere of “Riding High” from the Detroit, Michigan-based punk rock collective Koffin Kats after the jump and look for their sixth studio album “Our Way And The Highway,” slated to drop January 24th via Sailor’s Grave Records.

]]> http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/riding-high-with-detroits-koffin-kats/feed/ 0 Wu-Tang Is For The Children… and Everyone Else http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/wu-tang-is-for-the-children-and-everyone-else/ http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/wu-tang-is-for-the-children-and-everyone-else/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:53:30 +0000 Rich Thomas http://www.chinashopmag.com/?p=104388 Continue reading →]]> Though Kanye West’s notorious bum rushing of the VMA stage in 2009 will go down in the pantheon of bizarre award show moments, it still plays second fiddle to the granddaddy of all podium-jackings. Next month marks the 14-year anniversary of O.D.B.’s proclamation to a stunned Shawn Colvin and an international Grammy contingent that, regardless of how you saw it, Wu-Tang was the best. Let me repeat that. Fourteen years ago this happened, and the full-length that lost the Best Rap Album award (to Puffy no less) was Wu-Tang Forever, far from their best work. But who’s laughing now? Who’s managed to singlehandedly keep the spirit of posse cut alive in an era of me-first rappers who myopically extol the virtues of popping bottles and not much else? The Wu. That’s who.

Say what you will about their best years being behind them, but the fact that the Wu-Tang Clan are still touring and producing albums speaks volumes about the group’s ability to come together in the face of seemingly insurmountable creative differences and rip the hip-hop world one mic at a time. The pictures you’re looking at were taken during a gig at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on January 4, the halfway point in the group’s latest Wu Fest Tour. Pay special attention to the crowd shots. The group’s first album, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) hit record store shelves in 1993, smack in the middle of what many consider to be hip-hop’s golden era, and if you’ve been reading up on our latest series of hip-hop articles, you know what that particular time period represented to youth culture in America.

It didn’t matter if you were from Brooklyn, Los Angeles or Duluth, Minnesota, the words of Method Man, the RZA, Raekwon, Ghostface and the rest of the crew bounced around your brain like super balls with concrete centers. Battle hymns, kung-fu analogies, drug deals and the O.D.B.’s esoteric pillow talk were all there to be deciphered and studied by young monks looking for something darker and dingier than mainstream rap and R&B. Like NWA before them, Wu-Tang covered dangerous, uncharted territory, but 19 years later, their music remains a hip-hop touchstone, and their presence on stage is legend.

The last time I saw the RZA in concert, he spritzed the crowd with champagne—his preferred beverage—and everyone within five feet of the stage probably sustained a moderate contact high. Par for the course at your typical Wu-Tang show. But you won’t find that bottle-popping mentality in his rhymes, and while your average Wu member has a Ph.D. in flossing, they still know how to keep it grimy. Word is the Clan has a new full-length in the works for this year. Hearsay will abound, members will beef in the press about not having enough control, and RZA will probably make an appearance in someone’s film in the midst of it all, but it will come out, and like everything they do, it deserves to be given its due process.

Words by Rich Thomas (@TheLandfill). Photos by Joe Gall (@JoeGallPhoto).

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But Odd Future was a different kind of experience. In the interest of full disclosure, my first encounter with rap came via Public Enemy, and growing up in the late ’80s, that meant a steady does of Kool Moe Dee, EPMD, NWA and A Tribe Called Quest. Rap was funky, dangerous, political and comedic all at the same time. As I got older, my fascination with rap was replaced by a growing interest in the funky and semi-political world of dance music and the broad brush experimentation of indie rock. (Oh no! You dropped your Nord Lead in my emo ballad!) Of all my favorite albums over the last five years, I could probably count the hip-hop ones on half a hand.

Then along came Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. The name alone reeked of pretentiousness. Coupled with the rampant stories of lyrical misogyny, violence and otherwise juvenile subject matter, I was not prepared to stand in line for, let alone pay money to see, this group. Coachella 2011 gave me my first opportunity to check ’em out vis-à-vis the aforementioned criteria. The crowd was off the chain from the start, and by start I’m talking about the 20 minutes before the group even came on stage. But 15 minutes into their actual set, I’d had enough. The tent was going off, but it wasn’t for me. The passive hateration was slowly affirming itself. Give me Fear Of A Black Planet or even some Dr. Octagon. You can have your Golf Wang.

Fast forward a month. Scott Sterling, a friend and fellow writer, is blowing up his various social media outlets extolling the brilliance of Goblin, Tyler, The Creator’s latest full-length. I’d heard Odd Future’s Radical mix tape and quickly dismissed it. But a funny thing happens when you find yourself at Amoeba Records on pay day with a pocket full of discretionary income. I picked up Goblin and tossed it in my CD player for the drive from Hollywood back down to my home in the South Bay. But rather than listen to it with the judgmental ear of a veteran (read: tired) writer and father trying hard to sift through the expletives in search of some sacred, artistic chakra stone of Pitchforkian magnitude, I tried to mind-travel back to 1991. The eve of my parent’s divorce. Just me, my Discman, a copy of Niggaz4Life, a White Sox Starter jacket, and a ratty copy of Hustler that I stole from my cousin. A time when I was hyper-emotional about a whole lot of shit that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. And you know what? The album sounded fucking fantastic. Still does.

Does that mean I’m gonna put it on my Top 10 list? Probably not, and I don’t keep it in the car for repeat playing. I don’t keep The Downward Spiral in my car, either, nor do I throw on Gish or Unfun or A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing on a regular basis. But they’re there waiting for me when I need them. Same thing with Goblin or whatever the O.F.W.G.K.T.A. collective is working on. Are they visionaries whose music will withstand the test and scrutiny of time? Probably not. They’re just kids who like the same kinda shit and talk about the same kinda shit that all kids have liked and talked about since the dawn of kid-dom. It’s just that everyone’s listening. Isn’t that all you wanted when you were a kid?

Words by Rich Thomas (@TheLandfill). Photos by Joe Gall (@JoeGallPhoto).

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Now, with a new lineup behind him—Jeff Schroeder on guitar, Nicole Fiorentino on bass, and 21-year-old Mike Byrne on drums—Corgan is on the verge of releasing the band’s ninth album, Oceania. And what better way to get your appetite whet than by playing a bunch of big ‘ol rock shows, like this one here at the Fillmore in Detroit on Saturday, October 15? Pumpkins gigs have always been a marathon experience, and with so much new material to draw from, this year’s batch of shows have been particularly eclectic.

Originally set for release on September 1st, Oceania is now due to drop in spring of 2012, but we’ve already got a track listing and cover concepts to chew on. Furthermore, the Pumpkins’ classic back catalog is set to get a refresh this fall, with Gish and Siamese Dream first up for the remastering/reissue treatment. (Pre-sale going on now, by the way.) It’s a project Corgan first talked about in an interview with EQ Magazine back in 2008. Needless to say, there will be b-sides a-plenty to pore through when those classic albums return for another spin.

Words by Rich Thomas (@TheLandfill). Photos by Joe Gall (@JoeGallPhoto).

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“Right now, I feel amazing, I feel like I’m on top of the world,” said Hostyle. “It’s crazy, this is my third battle winning at St. Andrews, but this is a big one, winning in front of Royce and all them. What it felt like to be up there with Bun B was exhilarating. I just listened to him on the radio on the way up here, and I’ve been listenin’ to ‘Ridin’ Dirty’ since I was 16.”

The other MCs included Cash Eatin, K.Reed, QP, D-Scrill, H.I., Killa Kaunn and Supa Emcee. Among a packed house of onlookers were legendary rapper and host Bun B, as well as a judge panel of hip-hop heavies including Royce da 5’9″ (Slaughterhouse), Denaun Porter (D12) and Trick Trick (Goon Squad). Judges kept a watchful eye on competitors as they clawed their way through a format that put a spin on the traditional rap battle. Pictures and words were randomly prompted on screens as cues before timed round that the MCs needed to hit in each of their flows, challenging them to creatively spit rhymes off-the-dome. Fans and the competing MCs were also treated to special performances by the judges after each round, but in the end, Hostyle’s ingenious freestyle skills proved the most impressive.

“I saw a lot of talented battle rappers,” mentioned Royce on what he was looking for as a judge. “I’ve always been a fan of battle rapping, but I’m a fan of being clever and witty when battle rapping as opposed to being violent and aggressive, and I think that clever and witty won tonight. Big ups to my man, Hostyle.”

Looking ahead to the Red Bull EmSee finals in Atlanta, 31-year-old Eight Mile-native Hostyle shares, “I’m going to need to be really lyrical, more so lyrical than this time, and be ready to be really respectful to the south. I AM FOCUSED, I AM FOCUSED, I AM FOCUSED,” he continues, which is also the name of his latest single. In his ‘I Am Focused’ video (which can be found on YouTube), he declares, “when I’m looking for the best, I am all I find.”

Hostyle will go up against the winning freestyle MCs from the rest of this year’s Red Bull EmSee series, which includes Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, Houston, Boston, and Washington, D.C. so far. The next Red Bull EmSee battle will be in Miami on November 16th, concluding the tour before the national finals are held in Atlanta later this year. If Hostyle wins, then he will be the second national Red Bull EmSee champion from Detroit to head into Red Bull Studios in Santa Monica to work with a producer of his choice from a select panel. FoWL, last year’s winner, recorded his track, “Cha Cha Chicken,” with The Alchemist released last summer. For the latest updates, visit www.redbullusa.com/emsee.

 

]]> http://www.chinashopmag.com/2011/10/hostyle-freestyles-his-way-to-the-top-at-red-bull-emsee-detroit/feed/ 0 Peace – Love – Spandex http://www.chinashopmag.com/2011/09/peace-%e2%80%93-love-%e2%80%93-spandex/ http://www.chinashopmag.com/2011/09/peace-%e2%80%93-love-%e2%80%93-spandex/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:48:38 +0000 Joe Gall http://chinashop.designenginela.com/?p=97270 Continue reading →]]> The future of super hero party style.

For fashion designer, wardrobe stylist, Angela McBride, spandex is a way of life. The self-taught seamstress has created countless amounts of stretchy goodness while hustling her way to the top. Working runway shows, styling photo shoots, to dressing the biggest names in entertainment today.

She’s currently taking over the city with Aptemal Clothing on a line of “DETROIT HUSTLES HARDER” spandex and booty shorts. She continues building her brand while promoting her work as a stylist for all types: hip hop, rock stars, whatever, she can do it all. Angela’s latest gig includes making some gear for the ultimate party band –LMFAO- who totally embodies what Peace Love and Spandex is all about: High energy fun, dressing up and getting down!

How and why did this (the spandex revolution) all start?

It all started as a way for friends to dress up and have fun. Getting ready to go out, dressing everyone up made it more exciting. Going out and dancing, when you walk in the room, everybody notices. It makes people smile when you’re wearing a full-piece body suit! It’s unexpected. It became kind of a lifestyle and I wanted to push that with the line. Spandex isn’t an everyday thing, but when you wear it, it creates a certain experience for people. You stand out, it’s comfortable for anybody, and its fun!

Why does spandex make you want to party?

It’s like Superman putting his cape on; you can’t not get down when you’re in Peace Love Spandex. It makes you roll like a superhero!

You teach sewing?

I’ve taught sewing camps and worked with girls of all ages. At our studio- Motor City Sewing- we run classes that teach everything from the basics to more advanced styles. I love to work with kids.

Why did you choose spandex of all fabrics to work with?
I found that the colors and prints were so inspirational to create with. It makes people feel different when they put it on. It changes your outlook, the way you move. Like dance, it frees you in ways and lets you really let loose. It makes people smile!

Spandex is on the comeback. LMFAO where’s spandex, a lot of kids at festivals, etc.…. what’s the deal?

It’s the future. To simplify and wear clothing that’s more responsive to your body and gives you confidence. It looks great, it’s an automatic mood changer- giving the individual an experience.

What kind of reactions do you get from your clothing?

It’s definitely not for everybody, but I’ve seen so many people who’ve never put a pair on and it just makes them so happy. They don’t expect for it to be so comfortable and freeing, but it really is! Put on a pair and let the party start!

What are your hopes and dreams for the future of P.L.S.?

To rule the world one piece of spandex at a time, and work with as many amazing people and artists as possible! Detroit is such a creative melting pot of people. I’ve been lucky enough to work with so many amazing designers and artists. We truly want to embody the Detroit Hustles Harder ethic. Wound, Aptemal, Foutula Lambros are all big inspirations for me and we love to create and influence one another.

Words and Photos by Joe Gall

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I knew the first time I heard the hit single “Love the Way You Lie” that Eminem was back. Recovery being a perfect title for his wildly entertaining come back album, you can’t help but hear the growth and self discovery. If Eminem was ever anything it was expressive and creative as hell. The nature of Hip-Hop lies in honesty and integrity. If you lose that, you’re lost for good.

Lucky for Em, “I’m Not Afraid” has become an ageless anthem. It’s no surprise that when he closed the festivities at Bonnaroo 2011 over 80,000 people stuck around to hear him tell his tale.

Eminem at Bonnaroo 2011

Joined by D12 member (and hype man) Mr. Porter, and Royce Da 5’9.” Eminem is simply knows how connect the crowd with the latest assets in his arsenal. This being the Bad Meets Evil project with Royce Da 5’9″ called Hell:The Sequel which is in stores now.

Eminem at Bonnaroo 2011

Em closed the night with a bombastic display of fireworks and the Oscar Award winning “Lose Yourself”, which is of course a song about his humble beginnings. If Eminem can stay clean and focused there is no end to what his future holds in store.

Catch Eminem on tour this summer:

Fri 07/29/11 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau

Fri 08/05/11 “Kanrocksas” Kansas City, KS Kansas Speedway

Sat 08/06/11 “Lollapalooza” Chicago, IL Grant Park

Fri 08/19/11 “Pukkelpop Festival” Hasselt, Belgium Kempische Steenweg

Sat 08/20/11 “V Festival” (UK) / Rihanna Shropshire, United Kingdom Weston Park

Sun 08/21/11 Chelmsford, United Kingdom Hylands Park

Wed 08/24/11 “Tennents Vital Festival” Bangor, United Kingdom Ward Pa

Words by Barbie Brady. Photos by Joe Gall.

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With a presence like a mighty fist, they owned the Red Bull Music Academy stage. They do not come immediately into focus as a what you would assume a band from Sweden should look or sound like. But we all know what happens when you assume…

Little Dragon Movement 2011

Forget what you know about Abba and Ace of Base, Sweden is producing a new batch of talent that is not only great for Sweden, but simply great. Little Dragon is no exception. Delicate, ethereal vocals blanket rhythmic beds to produce haunting, touching songs.

NightLight by Little Dragon

You can catch Little Dragon on tour this summer:

Words by Barbie Brady, Photos by Joe Gall.

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Skrillex at Movement 2011

Last weekend he played on the Red Bull Music Academy Stage at Movement in Detroit. Skrillex is no newbie to being the center of attention. He has been attached to such notable personalities as Deadmau5, Team Sleep, and Korn. He’s also been on tour supporting some of ChinaShop’s favorites artists such as Forever the Sickest Kids, Innerpartysystem and Paper Route. We’re impressed…get your skrill on!

CAT RATS by Skrillex

On June 7, 2010, Moore released his official Skrillex debut EP, My Name is Skrillex as a free download.

Skrillex at Movement 2011

Catch Skrillex in a city near you this summer:

Appearing with Deadmau5

Sat 06/11/11 London, United Kingdom Victoria Park

Appearing at “Parklife Weekender” / Chase & Status

Sun 06/12/11 Manchester, United KingdomPlatt Fields Park

Appearing at “Electric Daisy Carnival”

Fri 06/17/11 Las Vegas, NV Crown Theater And Nightclub

Sat 06/18/11 Dallas, TX Fair Park

Mon 06/20/11 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom

Wed 06/22/11 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre

Thu 06/23/11 Scottsdale, AZ The Venue Scottsdale

Fri 06/24/11 Pomona, CA Glass House

Sun 06/26/11 San Luis Obispo, CA The Graduate

Mon 06/27/11 Reno, NV Knitting Factory Concert House

Tue 06/28/11 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House

Wed 06/29/11 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre

Fri 07/01/11 Minneapolis, MN Bar Fly

Appearing at “Electric Forest” / REO Speedwagon

Sat 07/02/11 Rothbury, MI Double JJ Resort

Sun 07/03/11 London, ON London Music Hall

Mon 07/04/11 Waterloo, ON Beta

Tue 07/05/11 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall / Club @ Water Street

Appearing at “Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest” / Ben Harper

Wed 07/06/11 Ottawa, ON Lebreton Flats Park

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Appearing at “Camp Bisco” / Disco Biscuits

Thu 07/07/11 Mariaville, NY Indian Lookout Country Club

Fri 07/08/11 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues

Sat 07/09/11 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre

Sun 07/10/11 Huntsville, AL Sammy T’s

Tue 07/12/11 St. Louis, MO The Pageant

Wed 07/13/11 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club

Thu 07/14/11 Omaha, NE Slowdown

Appearing at “Global Dance Festival”

Fri 07/15/11 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Appearing at “Lollapalooza” / Coldplay

Fri 08/05/11 Chicago, IL Grant Park

Appearing at “Hard Summer Festival”

Sat 08/06/11 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles State Historic Park

Appearing at “Identity” / Kaskade

Sat 08/13/11 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion

Appearing at “Pukkelpop Festival” / Foo Fighters

Thu 08/18/11 Hasselt, Belgium Kempische Steenweg

Appearing at Creamfields / The Chemical Brothers

Sat 08/27/11 Halton, United Kingdom Daresbury Estate

Appearing at “Electric Zoo New York” / David Guetta

Sat 09/03/11 New York, NY Randalls Island

Appearing at “Austin City Limits Music Festival” / Stevie Wonder

Sat 09/17/11 Austin, TX Zilker Park

Appearing at “Holy Ship!”

Fri 01/06/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL MSC Poesia

Sat 01/07/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL MSC Poesia

Sun 01/08/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL MSC Poesia

Words by Barbie Brady. Photos by Joe Gall.

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“Now this is what Detroit’s all about! People coming together to help each other, not luxury cars and Eminem,” shouted Jason Navarro, as The Suicide Machines took the stage.

Saturday night resurrected the ska-core legends as they headlined a sold out benefit show for 29 year old Drew Podgorski. Everyone knows Drew as a staple of the Detroit punk community and an all around solid dude. Last December, a rare stroke left him partially paralyzed and buried beneath medical bills.

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The Majestic Theatre buzzed as friends and fans swarmed the floor for a great cause.

Openers and long time buds, Fordirelifesake even covered a song from Drew’s fronted metal ska band, Bottomed Out. The energy in the venue was straight out of 1999 with non-stop crowd surfing and circle pit-time portals that could make old salty scenesters feel like a punk kids again.

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With so many positive good vibes throughout the night I don’t think anyone wanted the show to end. The Suicide Machines dished out a huge set of battle hymns tying it all together with a well deserved encore that included the punk anthem Wild In The Streets by Circle Jerks.

Navarro announced this would officially be the last show for The Suicide Machines. Let‘s hope not!

Words and photos by Joe Gall

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