The band’s self described, ‘guitar based hip-hop influenced music’, is the right kind of infectious and destined to become a sound of the summer to come. Thankfully – you needn’t wait until summer to catch them live – they’ll be playing at the Macbeth in Hoxton on the 29th of April.

Keep up to date by following them on twitter – @courstmusic

Video: Greg Barnes @clingfilms

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Scottish Singer/Songwriter, A-L-X’s soulful delivery is building a lot of hype, and we’re all for it.

With excitable comparisons to Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and James Blake, at 23 he is crafting a mature and confident sound beyond his years – and his latest track, ‘Pieces of Me’ is no exception. With videos by Kate Moross and Jack Bowden, we jumped at the chance to make our own with him; meeting at Dalston’s Brilliant Corners for this special performance of ‘Timebomb’.

Video: Greg Barnes @ Clingfilms.

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The South London band have been getting attention in all the right places since the release of their irresistibly infectious single, ‘Ads’ in June last year. We recommend you keep an ear on these guys!

http://www.movietheband.com
http://www.facebook.com/movietheband
http://www.twitter.com/talktomovie
https://soundcloud.com/listentomovie

Video: Greg Barnes @clingfilms

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Wonderland New Noise alumni, JP Cooper, is a songwriter whose music has caught the attention of fans in the UK and beyond.

His writing transcends genre, but finds a constant in the passion that JP pours into his craft. We’ve been listening to his new EP, ‘When The Darkness Comes’, and when we got an opportunity to catch him for a Wonderland Session we rushed down to South London and captured this special performance of ‘Closer’.

When The Darkness Comes EP is out on iTunes now po.st/WTDC2  /

Video: Greg Barnes @clingfilms

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The Thurlow sisters, originally from Ireland and raised in Bristol. formed a punk band in 2007 called The Vulgarians. After 3 years their musical output became a more grunge, shoegaze influenced sound as they renamed themselves 2:54. Fans and critics alike embraced their new guise, and it wasn’t long before they released a couple of singles with Fiction records, and followed that touring with the likes of The xx, and Warpaint.

Last year they signed to Bella Union, released an album and headlined a UK tour – we can’t wait to find out what 2015 has in store.

Make sure you check them out live on the following dates –

2nd Feb // Manchester – The Deaf Institute
3rd Feb // Bristol – The Lantern Rooms
4th February – LONDON – Dingwalls

Head over to http://www.twofiftyfour.net/ for much more.

Video: Greg Barnes @clingfilms

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Californian twins, ‘The Garden’ are a Wonderland favourite, and we’re not the only ones. With a sound born from Punk, nurtured by garage-rock and delivered in raw and deafening lo-fi; their self-inflicted ‘Vada Vada’ genre is a force to be reckoned with.

With sold out shows and a European tour in the bag, the brothers are driving forward as hard as their sound. Fresh off releasing new single, ‘Surprise’, they’re set to play The Boston Arms in Tufnell Park tonight. The Garden live show is a visceral, experiential event, that’ll leave you dazed and biting your nails for their return in March, where they’ll be supporting Warpaint on a UK tour.

Check out the new single here –

Video by Greg Barnes @clingfilms
With thanks to Lion Coffee + Records. https://www.facebook.com/LionCoffeeRecords

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Marcus Pepperell and John Hamson Jr. have been musical allies since meeting at secondary school. With a shared love of music, and all of its intricacies, the next natural step would be to produce and create sounds together. As a duo they’ve enjoyed various incarnations – arriving at their current, critically praised state – THUMPERS. With, ‘Galore’, their debut album, garnering the support and momentum to fuel them through an extensive tour, they wouldn’t settle for the respite of downtime and now we reap the benefits in a newly released ‘Together EP’.

With accolades from NME, Pitchfork and The Line of Best Fit amongst a host of others, the new release is a sonic assortment of duets and collaborations featuring the likes of Chloe Howl, Blood Red Shoes, Sun Club and Hunger Games actor, Jena Malone – the latter featuring on the opening track, ‘Devotee’.

The band suggested we get a guerrilla performance of ‘Devotee’ on one of the few remaining London public pianos, under a railway pass. So that’s exactly what we did.

Video by Greg Barnes @clingfilms
Stills by Roo Lewis @Roo_Lewis

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Hailing from Palenville – a small hamlet; Simone grew up with music – spending his teenage years in a punk band that rehearsed in the acoustic confines of his Grandpa’s barn. Eventually he would team up with his brothers Ian and James – to form The Felice Brothers, to much success and critical acclaim before forming and leading another band – ‘The Duke & The King’.

Simone is a published author, whose words and music have been a ticket to destinations worldwide – from readings of his poetry, personal invites from Rick Rubin to play drums in LA, and touring his songwriting across Europe and beyond. He’s currently in the UK – playing a string of intimate, absorbing and largely acoustic performances of tracks featured in his latest, very well received ‘Strangers LP’, amongst many more from previous releases.

Last week, Wonderland met Simone at St Pancras Old Church, during soundcheck for his sold-out show. The sound of Felice’s vocals reverberating off the old church walls alongside the open-face piano was too good not to record. So we got this exclusive acoustic performance of the breathtaking ‘Bye Bye Palenville’.

Simone plays another performance at St Pancras Old Church on Friday December 5th – and we certainly recommend it. Get a ticket fast whilst there’s still some remaining.

Check out all things Simone Felice over at http://www.simonefelice.com/ –
Treat yourself to the Strangers LP here – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/strangers/id838339101

Video by Greg Barnes – @clingfilms
Stills by Roo Lewis – @roo_lewis

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Madrid band Deers are a two piece by the names of Ana Garcia Perrote and Carlotta Cosials – expanding to a quartet with Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen for gigs – and really, really special occasions like the Wonderland Sessions. We caught the four of them at Corsica Studios for a performance of ‘Bamboo’.

Recently playing with Wonderland favourite, Mac Demarco and currently storming through Europe with their own brand of irresistible lo-fi garage pop; they’re set to play the Lexington in our very own London tonight. There’s still tickets and there’s still time – you won’t regret it.

Get yourself a ticket here – http://www.songkick.com/concerts/21712468-deers-at-lexington?utm_source=1471&utm_medium=partner
And head here for all things Deers – http://deers.bandcamp.com/

Video: Greg Barnes @clingfilms
Additional footage – Treve Jackson-Hicks @mrtreve
Stills: Roo Lewis @roo_lewis

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Anglo-Norwegian singer/songwriter/composer, Sasha Siem, is a bit of a favourite of Wonderland’s. In the past we’ve premiered her cinematically breathtaking video for epic track,  ‘Proof’, and her music has soundtracked our video collaboration with Eyeko.

It’s clear we’re not the only fans of Sasha’s talents, with a British Composer’s award in her cabinet, a string of sold out shows, and glowing reviews for her new single ‘My Friend’ – we suggest that you act very quickly if you want a chance to see her live at St Pancras Old Church on Nov 27th.

Get yourself a ticket here – https://birdonthewire.ticketabc.com/events/sasha-siem/
And get the new single ‘My Friend’ and more over at Sasha’s official website – http://www.sashasiem.com/

Video by Greg Barnes @clingfilms

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