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Here Is Video of Wallpaper. Performing "Best Song Everr" on Jimmy Kimmel Live

It's begun: Only a couple of months after signing to Epic Records, Oakland crunk-pop outfit Wallpaper. is on a media storm, pushing "Best Song Everr" on radio stations around the country and, as of yesterday, to late-night television. Clad in pink ridiculousness and showing no shortage of enthusiasm ... More >>

How Oakland's Wallpaper. Graduated to a Major Label

It's begun: Only a couple of months after signing to Epic Records, Oakland crunk-pop outfit Wallpaper. is on a media storm, pushing "Best Song Everr" on radio stations around the country and, as of yesterday, to late-night television. Clad in pink ridiculousness and showing no shortage of enthusiasm ... More >>

How Wallpaper. Got a Record Deal, Local Artists Tackle Nick Drake's Pink Moon, and More

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: ​Wallpaper. Gets a Record Deal: It was around 10 o'clock on a Friday night in December when Ricky Reed walked into a meeting at the Sony Music building in Beverly Hills with no idea what to expect. Less than 36 hours later, Reed -- the creative for ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

From SF Weekly's latest print music section: ​Wallpaper. Gets a Record Deal: It was around 10 o'clock on a Friday night in December when Ricky Reed walked into a meeting at the Sony Music building in Beverly Hills with no idea what to expect. Less than 36 hours later, Reed -- the creative for ... More >>

X Japan's Yoshiki on Touring the U.S., the Loss of Hide, and the Future of the Band

Kirsty EvansYoshiki behind the piano.​ Shortly after X Japan's historic show at the Fox Theater last Tuesday, we got the chance to sit down with drummer, pianist, and band leader Yoshiki as he relaxed in his dressing room. A genuinely charming man, Yoshiki was friendly and remarkably frank about h ... More >>

10 Artists with Gimmicky Names Worth Hearing

(Nipsey Hussle is nothing funny) The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, ... More >>

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

The Man Who

Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis is the guy behind the guys

Redemption Song

Twenty-seven years ago, Shuggie Otis released one amazing record. Maybe now it'll get its due.

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Twenty-seven years ago, Shuggie Otis released one amazing record. Maybe now it'll get its due.