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FRIENDS – February/March
New York’s swishest indie exports Friends dropped their debut LP Manifest! last month, and on Monday, single “Home” will be released from it. Here’s our interview with the band, which first appeared in Wonderland‘s February/March issue. You probably don’t need reminding that pop culture is having a 90s moment – perhaps saying hello again to […]
RICKY POWELL × PONY
Photographer Ricky Powell – a prominent figure of the prototype, 80s hip-hop community – has designed a shoe (as well as small collection of tees) for American sports brand PONY. We spoke to Powell about the collaboration – set to launch in September – and his reaction to friend Adam Yauch’s (of Beastie Boys fame) […]
CROCODILES: Endless Flowers
Crocodiles are as spunky, intoxicated, hair-brain-hedonistic as they want to be. The Berlin-via-San Diego lo-fi indie rockers (Brandon Welchez [vocals, guitar], Charles Rowell [guitar], Marco Gonzalez [bass], Anna Schulte [drums], Robin Eisenberg [keyboards]) will be releasing their third LP, Endless Flowers, on Monday and spoke to Wonderland ahead of a week of Field Day-ing, boat […]
SEVEN WONDERS… Prometheus
So Prometheus premieres tonight – excited, much? We’re positively beside ourselves: Michael Fassbender teams up with Alien franchise-brainchild Ridely Scott for the saga’s seventh and very possibly heaviest-hyped entry. Here are seven reasons to testi-punch your way through the crowds to stroke Fass’s silky, moulded face in London’s Leicester Square. (1) The trailer… …which clearly […]
FLASHBACK: David Cronenberg – February-March
With Cosmopolis – master of macabre David Cronenberg’s newest – out now, we thought we’d dive back into our February issue, where we spoke to the eXistenZ and Videodrome visionary about spanky period drama, A Dangerous Method.
NEW NOISE: Kimbra
Since lending her vocals to the Gotye smash “Somebody I Used to Know” and topping the charts in an abundance of countries, we predict Kimbra is about to score a musical home-run in her own right. Wonderland sat down with colourful Kiwi to talk about her debut album Vows and hopes and dreams for the […]
EMERGING… Elena Kalis
Elena Kalis takes underwater fashion and art stills in the coasts off The Bahamas – she spoke to Wonderland about the challenging life pursuit.
FLASHBACK: Azealia Banks, February-March
Wonderland wined and dined with miss Azealia – who releases her debut EP “1991” today – at the start of 2012; before the Iggy feuds, the record contract and “Jumanji”, one of the year’s most zestful, spunky pop moments. Here’s what happened… ‘Invented between 1922 and 1923 at the Carlton hotel in Cannes, France, the […]
IN PHOTOS: Sasquatch’s ten year anniversary weekend
With a line-up as juicy as Sasqutch’s ten year anniversary indie-rock binge at the weekend, we couldn’t help but get our unworthy selves to George, Washington for it. With back and frontstage images of performances from the likes of Tune-Yards, THEESatisfaction, Kurt Vile, Sol and Said The Whale, here’s our weekend in succinct album format.
SEVEN WONDERS… musical marriages
What with news of two oldie-VS-relative-newie pop collaborations dropping today – Lana Del Rey has announced she will team up with burly blues behemoth Bobby Womack and Daft Punk with electro path-forger Giorgio Moroder – we thought it best to list our seven favourite musical marriages… (1) Thom Yorke x Bjork = “I’ve Seen It […]
The rise and rise of BENNY BANKS
Benny Banks is being hailed as one of the UK’s freshest rap heavyweights after his recent signing to Warner Music. With over three million hits on YouTube and commercial success with hit “Bada Bing”, Wonderland caught up with the snappy London wordsmith to find out what’s next.
JENNY MORGAN – Kith and Kin
Jenny Morgan’s illustrations are at once a bewitching, curious and utterly intoxicating affair. Marrying rose-tinted, Lynchian imagery of top (and occasionally bottom)-less subjects staring deranged-as-hell frontwards with colour mashups and canvas smudging, she has borne an instantly recognisable art brand. Morgan chatted to a slightly punch-drunk (but no less enamored) Wonderland about the work, ahead […]
EMERGING… Inga Guzyte
You’d never guess what Lithuania-born Inga Guzyte’s sculpture-like artworks are made of. Got it yet? Broken skateboards are Guzyte’s “thing” – she sits down with Wonderland to discuss the fun new concept. When and how did your artistic career begin? I had to travel quite a long way to find what I was looking for, […]
SUMMER PLAYLIST: Squelch and Clap
As part of our Summer Playlist series in the current issue of Wonderland, we asked a horde to tastemakers to list their favourite seasonal anthems. Here are party promoters-cum-record label Squelch and Clap’s choices.
Bryan Oknyansky – HEAVY METAL SERIES
For his newest project, Bryan Oknyansky conquers an unlikely designing concept – shoes carved from metal and formed on complex software typically used by architects. He sat down with Wonderland to discuss the six-strong collection and his self-started umbrella label, “Shoes By Bryan”.
EMERGING… Kiki Valdes
Cuban (via New York City) artist Kiki Valdes was last week whipped up by Miami-based agency Michael Margulies – he spoke to Wonderland about the prestigious new appointment, and his expressionist style.
ALPINES – Empire
South London duo Alpines share an obsession with mountains, nature and flora, and their spine-tingling collection of sounds – not to mention the band’s mesmerising sense of style – reflects this. Wonderland caught up with Bob Matthews and Catherine Pockson of Alpines ahead of the release of forthcoming single, “Empire”.
DEREK LAWLOR – AW12
You’d be forgiven for not noticing that Derek Lawlor works purely in the realm of knitwear – so innovative and sculptured are his designs. As part of a new burgeoning team of designers, his pieces challenge and redefine the boundaries of knitwear design. Lawlor created his own unique style of wax cording, which he returns […]
WONDERLUST: Fabiana Mayer
We talk shows for the likes of Burberry, Lanvin and Christopher Kane with Brazilian model Fabiana Mayer from Elite.
SEVEN WONDERS… Baz Luhrmann moments
The trailer for Baz Luhrman’s forthcoming adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel The Great Gatsby premiered today and we’re excited – hell, just glance your peepers through its cast list – Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Tobey Maguire and Amitabh Bachchan to boot. From Ewan McGregor downing absinthe out of pixie-Kylie’s clasp […]
SEXUAL SELECTION – Natacha Merritt
US photographer Natacha Merritt‘s newest book, Sexual Selection, pits scenes of unsimulated sex and sexual masochism against super high-res plantlife imagery. She spoke to Wonderland about the racy volume, released earlier this month.
NOT JUST A LABEL – Stefan Siegel
Cutting edge fashion platform come online shop, Not Just A Label offers a lifeline for contemporary fashion designers launching their career at a time of economic instability. Since 2008, Stefan Siegel and his team have worked tirelessly in not just showcasing, but nurturing new brands from all over the world. Stefan’s hugely influential brainchild now […]
JODIE HARSH – Cloud
Jodie Harsh is undoubtedly the UK’s foremost tabloid-friendly drag queen who has risen from London’s underground club circuit to becoming a celebrity in her own right. Wonderland caught up with the self-proclaimed “real Queen of E Find My Ex Girlfriend ngland” ahead of the launch of her new club night CLOUD at Moonlighting, London on Friday […]
TESTING: THE NIKE+ FUEL BAND
Wonderland indulges in a series of unfortunate experiences to test the potency of Nike’s brilliant new 24/7 sports performance monitor.
TOP FIVE… HOT GOTHS
The gothic look stormed the AW12 catwalks this season, and the likes of Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron have been seen vamping it up on the red carpet this month. Goth is back and since today happens to be World Goth Day, Wonderland celebrates the top five hot film goths… Winona Ryder Ryder is your […]
WONDERLAND MIX 02
In the second of our mixtape series, and to commemorate what has surely been one of the warmest starts to a May week in memory, we break open a six pack, don a pair of Gucci shades and bomb dive into hip-pop nirvana, courtesy of Sleazy Money Entertainment Group’s TPP – check the TPP Twitter and […]
WIN TICKETS: Pepper
Originally a contestant on Sky1’s “Must Be The Music” and current Rollacoaster cover star, Manchester born musician Katie Pepper rose to prominence after signing to Dizzee Rascal’s Dirtee Stank label. As well as updating Wonderland on all things Pepper, the singer/songwriter is offering readers the chance to win two tickets to her gig at London’s […]
FASHION FRINGE 2012
Fashion Fringe 2012 is the brainchild of fashion writer, Colin McDowell. Since 2003, the fringe has been offering a foot in the door for emergent designers. The winning three – which will be announced tomorrow, whittled from ten – will have their collections showcased at London Fashion Week, as well as being offered financial and […]