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Featured Gallery Music Wallpaper Gets You #STUPiDFACEDD

January 30, 2012 - 1:54 pm

If you haven’t yet heard of Wallpaper., it’s time to tune in. Since being selected as MTVs PUSH Artist of the week, the innovative quartet, fronted by vocalist Ricky Reed, has been skyrocketing in popularity. The band is known for their hit single, #STUPiDFACEDD, which catalyzed a Twitter hashtag sensation and landed the band on Top 40 radio stations across the country. Wallpaper. recently packed Los Angeles’s El Rey theatre and treated a captivated audience to their signature “booty-shaking-bass-dropping hits.”

ChinaShop caught up with Wallpaper. following their recent stop in LA. Check out the interview after the jump:

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Gallery Music HARD or BUST

by Nicole Pajer and Catie Laffoon

August 9, 2011 - 11:33 am

If this year’s HARD Summer Festival theme had to be summed up in one word, it would have to be “naked.” On Saturday, the celebrated electronic music festival brought thousands of music lovers to Los Angeles’s Downtown Historic Park for the sold out music fest. Swarms of festival goers arrived in their rave-worthy best; dressed in the smallest amount of clothing they could get by in without earning them a police record.

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Daily Dots Daily Dots: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, LCD Soundsystem, Johnny Marr, Kid Sister, RZA, Arcade Fire, Spike Jonez, Kanye West, The Cleveland Show

by Joshua Glazer

April 27, 2010 - 5:49 pm

Today’s bloggin best…

- It didn’t take Mr. and Mrs. Reznor to start making music together. TwentyFourBit

- Life imitates art, George Costanza Jason Alexander hits teenage cyclist. LAist

- “Fah fook sake, Shaaaroon!” Ozzy biopic is happening. The Playlist

- Holy Ghost remixes LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls.” Hypetrak

- Johnny Marr is recording the score for film, The Big Bang. NME

- Kid Sister covers “More Than Words.” Fools Gold

- RZA wears a motion capture suit for Activision. Prefix

- Arcade Fire/Spike Jonez seek “Bigger guys. Facial hair OK.” Prefix

- Kanye West is “the black Zac Effron” on The Cleveland Show. Miss Info

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

by admin

April 14, 2010 - 3:42 pm

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 Warming Up For Coachella – DJ Sets By Coachella Performers 2010

by Joshua Glazer

April 12, 2010 - 9:58 am

Coachella might be known as one of the world’s finest rock festivals, but since it’s inception all the way back in 1999, the event’s promoters put as much focus on LA rave culture as they did catering to the alternative nation (now called the indie rock masses). From Daft Punk to Kraftwerk, many of Coachella’s greatest moments over the years have come from electronic music titans. Here’s a collection of sets from artists playing this year’s festival. The perfect collection of beats to get you warmed up for the desert.

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