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Featured Gallery Music Groove Armada and Dirty Vegas Light Up LA’s Supperclub

by Rich Thomas and E.M.S.
February 17, 2011 - 8:21 am

Grammy weekend in LA is all about the parties, and if you’re a dance music fan, there was no hotter place to be than Om Records’ showcase at the extra-posh Supperclub for a triple bill that included LA’s own Jason Bentley, Grammy Award-winning Dirty Vegas, and first-time Grammy nominees Groove Armada. Long recognized as two of electronic music’s most well-respected artists, Groove Armada and Dirty Vegas turned out flawless sets that electrified the crowd of industry execs and well-to-do Hollywood scenesters. “A different sort of crowd to what we’re used to,” said Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay, “but they gave it their all!”

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Music The Best of 2010…according to Rich Thomas

by Rich Thomas
December 20, 2010 - 9:26 am

Crowd shot at Hard Summer.

When you’ve got Kanye West and Tron blowing up the spot. it’s tough to remember how much good stuff came down the pike this year. Thankfully our esteemed ChinaShop contributors have been making some lists (and checking ‘em twice), and are here to jog your memory. Every weekday from now until the New Year we’ll be turning out our Best Of 2010 accolades, as seen through the hungry eyes and ears of our esteemed legion of contributors. Peruse these lists, take notes, click links, download our MP3s, write us back, tell us we’re completely full of it or applaud us on our sagely advice. Just promise you’ll love us in the morning. So now without further ado, our first Best Of list after the jump.

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Music ChinaShop’s 2010 Infinite Playlist

by Rich Thomas
December 13, 2010 - 11:17 am

Well, it’s not quite infinite, but we will be adding to it between now and the end of the year! But in the meantime, enjoy our nifty little SoundCloud playlist packed with songs from the past 347 days that really carved a niche in our brains. We’ve dropped a bit of everything in here, from the rousing beats of Groove Armada (nominated for a Grammy!) and the Midnight Juggernauts to the front porch balladry of Frazey Ford and Lou Rhodes. Double bonus: most of these tracks are downloadable and ready to be added to your own playlists. Enjoy the music, and stay tuned for some more ChinaShop Best Of’s!

Music Prepare to be Amazed: The 2010 Grammy Nominations

by Rich Thomas
December 6, 2010 - 1:01 pm

Perry-Beiber

After having the weekend to marinate on both this year’s Grammy nominations and the college football bowl selections, I’m having a hard time figuring out which entity frustrates me more, the BCS or the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. For both, a lot of money is riding on who gets anointed with top honors, but every year both groups seem to get more wrong than they do right. (Except for the year NARAS picked 60% right on the Album of the Year nomination with Radiohead’s OK Computer, Paul McCartney’s Flaming Pie and Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind.) But the sad fact is, both entities aren’t going away anytime soon, so we must make due with what we’ve got. I’ve highlighted a few categories below and picked some crowd favorites and dark horses. (You can see the entire list of nominations here.) Sit back, crack open a juice box, and prepare to shake your fist at the screen. And don’t forget to check out some of our very own nominations at the end. We think they deserve a little shine, too!

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