Wallpaper. Back Again

Saying that Oakland's Wallpaper. had a great 2009 would be an understatement. They released to their debut album, were featured on the cover of SF Weekly, performed alongside Kid Cudi, Peaches, Amanda Blank and others, and remixed a song that landed them a "Best New Music" nod from Pitchfork and on MTV's Top 10 songs of 2009. Don't expect things to slow down anytime soon.

To kick off 2010, the duo will be headlining Slim's in San Francisco as part of the Noise Pop Festival. To help promote Noise Pop, Wallpaper. will be performing live on the air on Live 105 with Dan Black on February 25th. Following Noise Pop, Wallpaper. will head to Texas for the SXSW Festival, where last year, The Onion's AV Club proclaimed their "...favorite part of the week."

Download: DDD(Menya Remix)
Download: Hood Internet vs. Wallpaper vs. Little Boots

Wallpaper Hangs Another Roll

Wallpaper. just dropped their new video for "Gettin' Drip". With effects and backgrounds that look like something out of a video game from 1989, the video features drummer Arjun Singh and the frontman Ricky Reed strolling throughout various scenes as they try to get their party on.

"A lot of time and money was spent on this video," Singh says. "We had originally projected a budget of $0.00 but due to some unforeseen last minute expenses, we ended up paying $11.82 (and this came out of pocket, mind you)."

"In order to get the video textured just the right way, our director Todd Berger played the video from his computer, filmed it with his camera phone, imported it to his Facebook, had his mom download it as a .wav, recorded it over his Grandpa's 'Magic of David Copperfield III' VHS and then submitted the tape to the Internet," he adds. "That's some real magic."

These guys are one of my favorite bands at the moment, simply because they have their tongues firmly planted in cheek. They're hilarious (just watch the video) and they actually write some pretty decent tunes without even trying. These guys bring the party because they are the party!

Download: Get Drip
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