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Featured Gallery Music Pretty Little Tings

March 22, 2011 - 10:46 am

If you are not yet aware The Ting Tings are Jules de Martino and Katie White. As self confessed fans of American iconic bands such as Talking Heads and Velvet Underground, the British Art Punk Pop duo briefly visited the West Coast for their Red Bull Soundclash vs Cee Lo Green in Las Vegas last week.

ChinaShop was able to grab a few precious minutes with the band to shoot some exclusive photos before their stunning performance in front of 6,000 plus expectant fans. So where else do you put an Art Punk duo from Britain, who have been recording in Berlin and are mixing the new album in Spain? Why in front of a giant black pyramid with lights shooting out of the top of course…

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Gallery Music Cee Lo Saved By The Bell As Ting Tings About To Deliver Final Blow

by Graham John Bell

March 15, 2011 - 4:37 pm

Upon being whisked into the MGM Resort and Hotel on this past Saturday imagine being confronted with a large boxing ring in the center of the hotel lobby. “What has the world of music come to?” “This can’t be for a music event could it?” With closer examination the ring was promotion for the upcoming Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga WBA Junior Middleweight fight – so just a little sigh of relief on my part as I, as probably you, are a little new to this Soundclash idea.

6,000 plus spring breakers packed into the MGM Resorts International lot across from the Luxor to experience this Red Bull Soundclash. The event featured Grammy Award winner Cee Lo Green and British based art punk duo The Ting Tings on opposing stages with an audience sandwiched in-between.

Imagine a live version of Rock Band but with real stars playing, with real instruments and you may get a little closer to the concept. Based on five rounds Warm Up, Cover, Takeover, Clash and Wildcard two artists go toe to toe with an MC positioned in the middle.

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Music Red Bull Soundclash 2011 Line Up Announced

by Shop Keeper

February 15, 2011 - 2:23 pm

This March, Las Vegas and South Padre Island, TX will be THE destination for music lovers during spring break as Red Bull Soundclash presents two unprecedented live music showcases featuring first-time ever match ups between Cee Lo Green and the Ting Tings in Las Vegas (outdoors at the MGM Resorts International property across from the Luxor on Las Vegas Blvd.) on March 12, 2011; and Snoop Dogg and Ghostland Observatory at Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark on South Padre Island, Texas on March 17, 2011. Pre-sale tickets for each show are available now for $10 at www.redbullusa.com/soundclash. Tickets for the Las Vegas show will be $15 at the door.

Red Bull Soundclash is a totally unique clash of sounds, styles and creativity, where two bands don’t battle each other, but instead collaborate to create an innovative live music performance. The show features two bands with different music styles (e.g. Hip Hop vs. Electronic) facing off on two stages positioned on opposite ends of the venue with the audience in the middle. In a series of four rounds, the bands perform various tasks, some rehearsed, and some improvised, to showcase the array of their musical abilities.

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Music Ozomatli Thrill-ers the Crowd

by Dustin Downing

November 10, 2010 - 11:22 am

“We played a show just so we could steal Uli,” spat Ozomatli’s Wil-Dog Abers out back this night at some shady sound studio somewhere in North Dallas, TX. “Ozomatli’s always been… kind of a competitive band. Our roots go back to where Uli was in two bands.” Wil-Dog continues speaking now of the “solo Ozo” Ulises Bella. “He was in our band and the band that we were opening up for at Viper Room. And our whole purpose was to steal Uli from this band he had this allegiance with… and we did.” And I believe it.

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Featured Music Los Amigos Invisibles

by Dustin Downing

November 6, 2009 - 11:33 am

In 1991, a group of friends decided that they were tired of not having a place to listen to “their” type of music. “Their”, referring to growing up on old 8-tracks of James Brown, 45’s of Hector Lavoe, and listening to Ray Barretto on a static filled a.m. radio. Los Amigos Invisibles wanted a place where their friends could dance that didn’t involve just salsa or the heavy rocker acts that many of the forgotten discotheques had evolved into. Now, with 2 Grammy nominations + 3 Latin Grammy nominations, 6 studio albums, and 18 years of growth in the music business; a simple plan to conquer Caracas dwindling club scene with “their” music, is on track to become “our” music.

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