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2 weeks ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
There’s something powerful about Σtella’s decision to sing in her Greek mother tongue for her fifth studio album, Adagio. Across the last decade, the singer-songwriter has built a reputation for luscious and daring dream pop and indie folk, building kaleidoscopic sonic landscapes for her deft, thoughtful songwriting to peruse within. This fifth record is among her most chiseled and colourful work.
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2 weeks ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content Jazz music is deep within a purple patch in the UK. Revered artists are enjoying the best years of their career, and the wider sonic and cultural movement has etched ever deeper into the mainstream consciousness.
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4 weeks ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content Everyone should take the advice of Joeboy’s third album’s title. Viva Lavida – which translates to ‘Live Life’ – is the brand new record from the Afrobeats mainstay, shared via his own imprint Young Legend under the bracket of Warner Music Africa.
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4 weeks ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content Although her industry experience sprawls across years as the frontwoman of acclaimed Canadian post-punkers FRIGS and as a vocalist in Orville Peck’s band, it is only now that Bria Salmena fully introduces herself. The striking singer-songwriter has just shared her much anticipated debut solo album, Big Dog, and will be embarking on a sprawling UK, EU and North America tour to take the record on the road.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content “#BuiltDifferent” is a clever slogan for G-SHOCK to use. Sure, there must be all sorts of technical nuances that set the brand apart from its competitors. But there’s also a parabolic sentiment—no other watch company would casually and secretively bring out the UK’s biggest rapper. It’s late March—the hottest day of the year so far.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content Emerging as a thrilling and bohemian presence in the UK guitar music landscape, the elusive allure and free-wheeling wit of Welly is as deft as it is daring. Most easily nestled within the current indie pop renaissance, there’s a rip-roaring nuance to the enigmatic artist’s satire-driven lyricism, and a lively and progressive tint to the crowd-pleasing instrumentation.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Courting’s new master opus is refreshingly unexpected. From the emotive strings of the intro and the eerie electronica of “Stealth Rollback” to the charming garage rock of “Namcy” and sprawling brilliance of “Lust for Life”, the Liverpudlian quartet stretch their stylistic boundaries playfully yet potently, proving a fiercely creative and nuanced force within the UK alternative guitar music stratosphere.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
My suitcase, whilst flying over Europe, has developed a squeaking noise. What happened? The air pressure of the wheels perhaps? Some strand of karma biting me for a past wrongdoing? I couldn’t tell you, but I do know that the sound’s shrill consistency is immensely grating. It’s approaching midnight in late January and I’m dragging my feet through Porto airport, a morose headache lingering behind my eyes thanks to the three beers I drank in Gatwick Wetherspoons a few hours earlier.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Skip to content To be progressive is one thing. But to be subtle, and seamless, in doing so is a feat worth celebrating. All In The Game, the Dan Carey-produced, Speedy Wunderground-released debut album from Falmouth-formed five-piece Moreish Idols, is deft and unassumingly complex, built from swirling sax, tricky guitar work, piercing harmonies and impressionist lyricism.
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1 month ago | 
wonderlandmagazine.com | Ben Tibbits
Esme and Emerson, according to the latter half, feel like they “share a brain.” Their bond—that of two siblings with similar talents, age, and vision—is symbiotic. It’s grounded in the world, yet it’s spiritual and beyond the physical. It’s effortless. And it’s birthed their conjoining musical excellence, celebrated on their all new sophomore EP, “Apple Sauce”.
