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NEW NOISE: Marques Toliver
Hailing from Florida via Brooklyn, Marques Toliver is a jewel in the crown of London’s music scene. His impromptu busking sessions and joyous fusion of soul, blues, and strings have attracted the praise of everyone from Adele to Grizzly Bear, Holly Miranda to TV on the Radio. Wonderland caught up with the one man orchestra […]
CHAIN REACTION: Fannie Schiavoni's metal magic
Fannie Schiavoni is a Swedish-born, Chalayan-trained designer living in London. The New Gen award winner’s bellicose handcrafted harnesses and jewellery have already captured the fancy of Skin, Gaga and Rihanna; Wonderland caught up with Schiavoni to learn more about her AW12 chain reaction.
GASLAMP KILLER: On Flying Lotus and Burning Man
The Gaslamp Killer (or William Bensussen, if you want to get technical) is a Californian DJ making some of the best trippy psychedelic/hip-hop beats and mixes right now. No wonder his album’s coming out on Flying Lotus’ label Brainfeeder this month. Wonderland caught up with GLK fresh from his Boiler Room gig to chat about […]
COLD SPECKS: Doom soul, faith and Mob Wives
Cold Specks is Canadian singer/songwriter Al Spx, who’s been blessed with vocals tinged with old South vibes, melting into music infused with the influence of Tom Waits and Bill Callahan. Wonderland caught up with Al to chat about the music she once called doom soul.
LAWLESS: Nick Cave and John Hillcoat talk Westerns
Nick Cave. You’ve probably heard of him. The legendary lead singer of The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, also in Grinderman, has been crafting beautiful, obsessive, lyrical songs about death and violence for decades. Film-making is just one of his hobbies. His latest offering is Lawless, for which Cave wrote the screenplay adaptation and […]
GRIZZLY BEAR: Shields
Grizzly Bear is that rare indie band that crosses over, explodes, and then still stubbornly insists on making good music. It doesn’t happen often, but the band have done it with their new album Shields. We talk to Daniel and Chris about how their upcoming album was a long, long time coming.
EMERGING: Antonio Marguet
Surreal, plastic and really rather fantastic: that’s Antonio Marguet‘s photography to a tee. Ahead of his solo show at Hirst-owned gallery Other Criteria, we talk to the Saatchi Gallery New Sensations shortlist-er about his hyper-glossy art.
NEW NOISE: Jack Beats
Slowly but surely, London producer-DJ duo Jack Beats have clawed their way into public consciousness: residencies at Fabric, Annie Mac tip-offs, all that jazz – until finally, being signed by gazillionaire DJ Skrillex. Wonderland ask ex-raver Beni how him and Niall make such sweet music.
NEW NOISE: Kim Ann Foxman
Kim Ann Foxman might be better known as being part of New York dance troupe Hercules and Love Affair but this summer sees Kim branching out as a solo artist. Wonderland spoke to the Hawaiian-born DJ about why she’s done with the band and how she feels about being voted one of the top 50 […]
BEST AND WORST: Songs using the word 'bitch'
Last night, Kanye went on a bit of a philosophical quest on Twitter. “I usually never tweet questions but I struggle with this so here goes… Is the word BITCH acceptable?” he asked, presumably referring to the uproar over ‘Perfect Bitch’, his upcoming Kim Kardashian-inspired track. “Is it acceptable for a man to call a […]
LAST SHOP STANDING: The rise, fall and rebirth of the indie record shop
Cast your mind back before iTunes, before mp3s – hell, before Limewire. In those days, generations of music fans once discovered bands through the humble record shop. Last Shop Standing is a love song to the British independent record shop (as well as its surprising resurrection). Spotify who? We ask documentary director Pip Piper to […]