Gallery Music A Modest Big Boi Thinks Outside of the Box

June 28, 2011 - 2:08 pm

It seems that these days, Big Boi is collaborating with everyone… well not just everyone, pretty much the coolest most, keep you on your toes-iest artist like Modest Mouse and Janelle Monáe. Oh, and it seems he’s got a sweet spot for the banjo, telling fuse interview blank that he is itching to get down with Mumford and Sons (I know, kind of awesome hah), and to boot, we might have some new Outkast coming out soon (although Big Boi has been reluctant to “let anything out of the trunk” just yet). I guess we’ll just have to stay tuned.

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Contributors The Best of 2010… according to Jeff Nau

December 24, 2010 - 11:23 am

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The best of the new (Porcupine Tree, Devin Townsend), a bit of the old (Killing Joke, Faith No More)…2010 was more than anything a return to form for artists of yore. Here’s the top 10 groundbreaking artists of the past year (or so)… as seen by ChinaShop Contributor Jeff Nau.

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Daily Dots Daily Dots: LCD Soundsystem, Janella Monae, The Clash, Gorillaz, Banksy, Diplo, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Stussy

April 14, 2010 - 3:42 pm

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Today’s bloggin best…

- Stream the entire new LCD Soundsystem album. LCD Soundsystem

- The Clash member Mick Jones and Paul Simonon rehearsing with Gorillaz video. YouTube

- Banksy piece removed from Los Angeles wall. Hypebeast

- Watch A Million In The Morning trailer. 2DopeBoyz

- Watch Janelle Monae The ArchAndroid trailer. 2DopeBoyz

- Hidden messages in the run-off groove of famous records. Public Collectors

- Diplo gets fitted for a suit by Ford Models. The Fader

- Stussy x Pete Rock x DJ Premier. Nah Right

Music The Dynamics of Janelle Monae

April 21, 2009 - 10:22 pm

The Maschinenmensch was created in 1927 by Walter Schultze-Mittendorff for Frit Lang’s Metropolis, a film which examines the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism obsessed futuristic urban dystopia.  The Afropunkfunkmensch was created circa 1985 by The GODS for Janelle Monae’s upcoming Metropolis, alternately a debut album which desires, “…to free people through underground music, to free themselves creatively and inspirationally”.

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