Art defined

“Art is what we call...the thing an artist does.

It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human.

Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.”

- A wonderful note on art, by the author and speaker Seth Godin.

They Loved It

By Dylan Seto

I was going to write another poem.
But they don’t take you seriously

When you’re being serious.

So I threw in the world bitch...

They loved it.

Happy Holidays!

Hello all you sparkly, wonderful souls out there!

I hope this year has been amazing for you, and with kisses and best wishes, I hope 2014 is even better.

Happy holidays lovely ones, and a brilliant New Year! Enjoy, laugh, love!

All the best for 2014!

Love xxx

Things Could Get Better

Rock Bottom Risers

Firstly, we are still waiting for the 'Risers to play London. We would quite like it.

Secondly, our lovely boys from the North have dropped their new song, Things Could Get Better, over various parts of the internet. It's kind of sexy, trippy, and it features close-ups and reflections of their gorgeous faces. Could it get better?

Listen, sway, pretend you're a starfish, or whatever you like, but make sure you check out the official video. Just click here.

A Band Called: Rock Bottom Risers

Music and Musicians.

In the 60s, bands like The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Beatles highlighted the musical talent born in Britain to the world, and they set the bar pretty damn high for all British rockers to come. As a late-eighties child, I was lucky enough to have some decent Rock and Indie bands to listen to (thank God for Radiohead), and we, as a nation, still manage to produce some talented souls today in the midst of a pre-pubescent boyband revolution. Hell, we even recognised Kings of Leon early on, and would gladly claim them as honorary Brits. But music gets diluted, guys start using way more product than women in there hair, and sing pop-songs made to be jingles in fast-food adverts. So, when a band is discovered - a real band, a true band, whose members can play instruments, and voices have cracked already - we must celebrate and honour their talent.


With that in mind, let me introduce to you, the wonderfully sexy, incredibly senstaional, and immensley talented, Rock Bottom Risers. They're kind of great.


Think Rock. Think Indie. Think British festivals, and a sexy Strokes-Kings of Leon mix. The sound is pretty much high quality Indie Rock, with little nods to psychedelia and blues, and riffs worthy of RHCP. Already making waves in and around the North of England, the Rock Bottom Risers mix the different styles to create and emotional experience for their audience.


The music is original, without being watered down or commercialised. The four-piece band show that Rock is well and alive, and hiding up north.


The four-piece are made up of Civ James Clegg (Vocals/Guitar), Kane Scott (Guitar/Backing Vocals), Greg Kirby (Bass/Backing Vocals), and John Butcher (Drums). But don't be taken in by the photos* and the hair, or the simple fact that they are musicians, and we like musicians. Go listen!


The band are already receiving fantastic press and exposure, acquiring fans with every one of their sell-out gigs. It's expected.


So go listen (which you should), and to explore a little more, follow on here...





*There are a few more photos if you insist on being distracted.

Clint Michaellson: Young, American, Raw.

Music and Musicians.

The twenty-year old singer from Lawrence, Kansas, originally reminded me of Radiohead - or what they would be in a more acoustic, young, state-side sort of way. I first listened to Tricks and Charms Lullaby - a painful melody, introducing an unpolished, raw talent, that welcomed listeners to soft drums and gentle guitar. It's addictive, it's fresh, it's untainted in a way, and invites listeners to explore his earlier work: first album, My Dearest Love.

Sure enough the love songs make believe that you are star of a coming-of-age summer movie, "running through the fields... getting lost, [you] don't know what to do..."

There is a beautiful innocence in his music, and the young artist manages to effortlessly combine the notion of pure, young love with the little sad realities of life - birds flying, the seasons changing, growing older - in some very genuine-feeling tracks.

Young though he is, Michaellson is accomplished on drums, guitar and keyboard. Paired with Kansas behind the boy, and a soft-spoken tone, is it a wonder how he produces such wonderful end of summer-autumn sunset type, gentle music?

It's warm, and familiar, but at the same time, fresh and untouched. Listen to his first album, My Dearest Love, get a taste of his second album, To Be Free, and, to paraphrase Michaellson, be left needing more of his tricks and his charms.

After a break...

After a (near) two month break, thewonderwound is back!

We have some fantastic new musicians and artists that will be featured here on thewonderwound soon, so get ready for some incredible talent, beautiful lyrics, and vocals that will send you into dream like states of wonder...