WW

Practice Run for Saturday

2012-01-18T13:35:00.000-08:00

Wonder Wheel Practice - Jan. 17, 2010 by thewonderwheel

Acrobatics Everyday presents Open Melody

2011-12-14T11:58:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays from Wonder Wheel!

2011-12-13T14:12:00.001-08:00

WW Productions and Presentations Part II

2011-12-07T21:58:00.000-08:00

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The kids from Orange County do it again!

1. Dash Jacket - Hannah
2. Dash Jacket - Glass Half Full
3. Wonder Wheel - Eyes
4. Wonder Wheel - Confusion as Nothing
5. Audacity - Take You for a Ride (Live)
6. Audacity - What I Need (Live)
7. Tan Dollar - Let You Go
8. Tan Dollar - How Can it be True?
9. MHV - Complainers
10. MHV - Highwaters
11. Meow Twins - Blue Eyes
12. Meow Twins - Atlantic Ocean
13. Nora and the Brights - Twist it
14. Nora and the Brights - Waiter
15. Cosmonauts - Psychic Denim
16. Cosmonauts - He Never Hit Me
17. Dreamless - Talk Too Much
18. Dreamless - Dirge

WW production for new Gravis shoe

2011-12-07T10:06:00.000-08:00

Cosmonauts
"Psychic Denim"
Psychic Denim
Burger Records, 2011

The good ol' boys from Cosmonauts showed up to my house in February earlier this year. They recorded "Psychic Denim" along with a set of new songs in the span of about two hours. The sound of Orange is now queued up to the visuals of Tokyo-gone-skateboarding.

Oh, and this happened

2011-12-01T00:50:00.000-08:00

The new Paul A. Rosales single "Eyes" had a new video produced by Canadian pal Francis and his ever fantastic Moduli TV.

Francis also created the videos for "Bomb", "Pradada's Purple" and "After Dark".

It's been too long, baby!

2011-11-22T12:49:00.000-08:00

So the last time WW posted, I was an unemployed college dropout with a five-year music project behind me. Sometime around August I tried pulling together money to finish my last year at school and ended up getting over more money than I expected in financial aid.

Since September I have been back in class and got my old job back at the Poly Post. It's week-nine and my classes are just about wrapping up. Looking back I realize that I've been learning about the universe, covering Diamond Bar city meetings, tweeting, blogging and filming and editing video.

It took a while to sweat off the fat and laziness of last year, but I'm back and reinvigorated with new projects. The six-cd Wonder Wheel boxset is being prepped for release in early December. Wonder Wheel albums 20 to 25 will be featured in the set, along with additional tracks.

Wonder Wheel Presents Vol. 2 will also be released for free download. The compilation will feature new bands that I've produced and update the first volume.

There are also two new albums in the works. Wonder Wheel 26 is in the instrumental phase, while the new commercial release "Wonder Wheel II" is beginning preproduction. Don't get confused with the titles, 26 continues the WW series with new songs, while the commercial release is going to be a collection of old and new songs, but rerecorded in the studio.

Also, the Wonder Wheel three-piece disbanded in September, but we have a new drummer and new setup. We played an impromptu show at the Proof Bar in Santa Ana. Think electronic and psychedelic futurism.

Above is a video edited together from the Lucky Dragons set, which is part of a slightly larger piece for Acrobatics Everyday's Open Melody festival. Keep an eye out for WW video production in 2012.

FIVE YEARS OF WONDER WHEEL

2011-07-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

25 songs, 1 song from each of the 25 albums, over 100 minutes of Wonder Wheel (2006-2011)
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KSPC Session

2011-06-03T11:44:00.001-07:00

KSPC 88.7FM
Claremont, CA; 06.01.11

1. Come Over Here/Warmth
2. Eyes
3. IMHO
4. Deep in the Bottle
5. Confusion as Nothing

FREE DOWNLOAD NOW

WWest Coast Tour 2011

2011-05-11T09:32:00.001-07:00

Wonder Wheel comes out to play!

Total Bundy on Sale

2011-05-08T09:54:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel 25: Total Bundy, the first full-length band release features the local hits "IMHO," "Eyes" and "Deep in the Bottle," as well as the international "Crimes" and "Never in Love."

FREE — The Twenty-fourth WW Album

2011-05-01T20:11:00.000-07:00

WW24: Speakeasy
BEKOLP06

1. You Make Me Dumb
2. Imperial Highway
3. Party in the Bathroom
4. Service

5. Bomb
6. Revolution/There's Always Something Happening Here
7. Go West
8. My Favorite Kind
9. Get That Girl Away

All words and music by Paul A. Rosales

Recorded November 2010 to April 2011 in Orange, Calif.

DOWNLOAD NOW FROM BEKO-DSL.COM

Underground Electro Club Hit

2011-04-25T21:25:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel
"Bomb 2" featuring Alba Burgos of Elbis Rever
WW24: Speakeasy
Directed by Francesco De Gallo, Moduli TV
BEKO LP06, 2011

CRIMES 2011

2011-04-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel
"Crimes"
Total Bundy
Directed by Kat Walkiewicz

Burger Records released Wonder Wheel 25 yesterday April 20. This is the band's first full-length recording and Raul, Danny and I are proud to bring you the hits! We are also excited to bring you this brand new video directed by student filmmaker Kat Walkiewicz. The montage comes from her shortfilm "Une Memoire Courte," which will be premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival!

BUY WW25 HERE!

Night at the Museum

2011-03-31T16:43:00.001-07:00

The band plays at the Claremont Colleges tonight. Go to the Pomona Art Museum after 9 p.m.!

We're playing new songs and overstating the obvious!

You Make Me Dumb

2011-03-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

You Make Me Dumb (Edit) by thewonderwheel

This is a new and remixed track from Wonder Wheel 24: Speakeasy, available May 23, 2011 on BEKO DSL

Two New WW Productions Now on Tape

2011-03-11T18:51:00.000-08:00

Life's Blood releases the Uneven sessions by Tan Dollar, recorded by WW in Huntington Beach and Orange, California 2010.

Burger Records puts out the new Cosmonauts album recorded by WW and Lucas of Dahga Bloom in February 2010.

Burger Days 1

2011-03-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

Ale Mania and Feeding People played the third in a series of weekly in-store daytime shows at Burger Records, last Saturday.

The Vex also performed, but the Vimeo account's upload limit has filled capacity. So the video must wait.

The Cosmonauts and Images videos are also queued up.

WW25: Total Bundy to be released in April

2011-03-02T14:48:00.000-08:00

We are excited to announce the first album from the Wonder Wheel trio will be available on April 20, 2011 from Burger Records! The cover drawing (left) is by Annie Mclaughlin. Preview two of the songs right here.

TRACKLIST
1. Toss + Turn
2. Tonight
3. IMHO
4. Deep in the Bottle
5. Crimes
6. Never in Love
7. Eyes
8. Think Too Much
9. A Million Miles Away
10. Confusion as Nothing
11. You Can't Say My Name
12. Crush

We All Scream 4 Colleen Green

2011-02-19T15:25:00.000-08:00

Feb. 18, 2011
Los Angeles, California

PAR Returns to Club Violaine

2011-02-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

WW plays LA's only monthly Shoegaze night Club Violaine at Roberto's.
FREE EVENT!

Nux Fest @ SLO

2011-02-12T14:07:00.001-08:00

We play San Luis Obispo TONIGHT with Pangea, Warm Climate, and more.
The party continues at Nux Fest DAY 4!

IMHO + Deep in the Bottle 2011

2011-01-20T13:00:00.000-08:00

Wonder Wheel and the Warriors
1. IMHO
2. Deep in the Bottle

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These two songs will appear on the first full-length WW band album Total Bundy, Spring 2011

The Day After Christmas Recital with FMLY

2010-12-26T16:19:00.000-08:00

We play @ 11:15 p.m. @ Cobblermania, 1510 S. La Brea, Los Angeles

WWI LP NOW IN THE USA!

2010-12-23T12:29:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the delay, but after five months the Wonder Wheel I 12-inch records have arrived in the United States. The album comes in a glossy cover, with pterodactyl sleeves and heavyweight vinyl. Get them while they're still here!

Available soon at your local record shops!

Order now, $15+shipping with PayPal

2007 coL-Directed Music Video

2010-12-01T00:46:00.000-08:00

Wonder Wheel and thenogoego
"Never Say"
Morally Congealed, 2005
Directed by coL, 2007

Free Tan Dollar Digital LP via France

2010-11-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

TAN DOLLAR • CHANGE YOUR MIND
Released Nov. 29, 2010 by BEKO (France)
Produced by Paul A. Rosales

SIDE A
Be Happy For Me
Always Holding Back
Uneven
Waiting

SIDE B
How Can it be True?
Let You Go
Losing Affection
Get it

FREE DOWNLOAD

OPEN MELODY DAY 2

2010-11-20T11:41:00.000-08:00

WW plays after 4:20 p.m.

Live in London

2010-11-02T19:30:00.000-07:00

W O N D E R W H E E L • L O N D O N L I V E
1. UPSET DJ 1
2. Reputation
3. Eyes
4. Freeway
5. Crimes
6. Never in Love
7. Purple
8. Body Language
9. UPSET DJ 2

Recorded on June 27, 2010 at Bardens Boudoir in London, England.

FREE DOWNLOAD
TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME

I found this recording yesterday on my digital voice recorder. Completely forgotten and super lo-fi.

TOMBSTONES

2010-10-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

W O N D E R W H E E L • T O M B S T O N E S
1. A New Career in a New Town
2. I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)

DOWNLOAD HERE OR CLICK THE PIC

Two covers made while I was still a 17-year-old boy in 2005.

Costume Idea

2010-10-28T10:13:00.000-07:00

BE WW FOR HALLOWEEN

Print + Cutout + Tie String
Made by coL, 2007

New Jersey Tube

2010-10-26T23:43:00.000-07:00

Stefan drives to WW23
"IMHO" (End)
"Tube"
"A Million Miles Away" (Intro)

October 26, 2010
New Jersey, USA

STORE: Brave New World

2010-10-21T11:32:00.001-07:00

INCLUDES: DOWNLOAD CODE COUPON + COMPLETE LYRIC SHEET + GOLD CASSETTE
WW23: Brave New World
Sixteen Tambourines - $7

WAREHOUSE SHOW TONIGHT

2010-10-09T19:16:00.001-07:00

Pradada "Purple" Remix — NSFW

2010-09-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

Paul A. Rosales
"Purple" (Pradada Remix)
Wonder Wheel I
Directed by Francesco De Gallo
2010

Crosby Sweaters

2010-09-21T19:06:00.000-07:00

bring yo friends

No Sleep, 2008

2010-09-20T09:35:00.001-07:00

Ines Navarro & Paul A. Rosales
"No Sleep"
Orange Dolores
Directed by Ines Navarro
Music: 2008/Video: 2010

23 X 23

2010-09-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

PREORDER @ SIXTEEN TAMBOURINES

Wonder Wheel 23 Brave New World
May 4 to July 27, 2010

l i m i t e d p r e s s i n g

Chain and the gang hit Disneyland

2010-09-05T20:40:00.000-07:00

Last week me and the members of Italy's Miss Chain & The Broken Heels went to Disneyland in sunny Anaheim, CA. I followed them across the theme park with a camera and captured rides across all lands, dance sequences and good ol' Americana tourism. All psychedelic foregrounds were incorporated from Disney grounds.

Miss Chain & The Broken Heels
"Rollercoaster"
On a Bittersweet Ride
Sonic Jett + Burger Records, 2010
Directed by Paul A. Rosales

WW VS TRANSFORMERS

2010-09-05T20:27:00.001-07:00

CPP/Burger Bud, Nelson Pi, made this video for "IMHO"

Filmed at Burger Records, June 2010.

Sound + Vision @ KXLU

2010-08-22T21:43:00.000-07:00

DOWNLOAD AUDIO HERE

WATCH LIVE VIDEO:

OR IF YOU MADE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN DOWNLOAD AUDIO HERE

Radio Session

2010-08-20T12:22:00.000-07:00

We're playing KXLU today at 5 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time).

Listen live in the Los Angeles on 88.9FM or stream live at kxlu.com

Late Night Noir via Canada

2010-08-15T16:59:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel
"After Dark"
WW23: Brave New World
By Francesco De Gallo and Hobo Cult
2010

Productions + Presentations

2010-08-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

Allow me to present you with my friends. Its all Southern California music here. Besides recording Wonder Wheel, I've recorded and helped produce a number of local bands since 2003. Only now with a larger repertoire and network, the music has coalesced into a bright and happy zone that can't be held back much longer. Some of these names you have heard before, some not at all; either way you will enjoy the lush collection of California dudes and dudettes.

2 songs each from: Tan Dollar, Pearl Harbor / Puro Instinct, Wonder Wheel, Cosmonauts, Muddy Flowers, Dash Jacket, Stellarphone and Moon Pearl

DOWNLOAD HERE
n e w l i n k

Doll Hut

2010-08-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

Confusion as Nothing

Crimes

Tonight

Filmed by Marvin27

Rebel Video

2010-08-03T10:33:00.000-07:00

IMHO

Confusion as Nothing

Tonight

Filmed by Brian Vu
More @ Rebel

July 2010

2010-08-03T00:57:00.000-07:00

More @ FLICKR

Mixtapes

2010-07-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

"Crimes" has been featured on a few online mixes:
Consequence of Sound
Mixtapes Bring Smiles
No Fear Of Pop

A new Wonder Wheel song called "Eyes" has been released on BEKO (France):
DOWNLOAD HERE

Wonder Wheel and the Warriors

2010-07-23T18:21:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel & The Warriors' Demonstration EP
DOWNLOAD HERE

Recorded March 2010, Orange City

Paul Rosales: Guitar + Vocals
Raul Esparza: Bass
Danny Gonzalez: Drums

Tomorrow Night @ The Doll Hut

2010-07-21T23:40:00.000-07:00

Never In Love — With Catholic Backgrounds

2010-07-19T13:20:00.000-07:00

Live at the Dudes House July 18, filmed by Mike G.

PRESS BOX

2010-07-17T01:04:00.000-07:00

Plenty of nice words, and some not so nice, have been coming through the wire. Its all good, press!

"Atonality is our leather dashboard which we caress whilst cruising illicit street to do deals with shadowy figures..." — 20jazzfunkgreats

"I'd like to hang out by the pool with Paul A. Rosales sipping absinthe mojitos and chatting about cattle decapitation." — Viva Radio

"Mystery when it comes to lo-fi pop." — Spoonfed

"Hands down the worst paid musician we have ever seen..." — Clash Music

"[Crimes] is rich in inexpensive lo-fi and very loose in terms of composition." — Letters from a Tapehead

"Paul A Rosales makes cool lo-fi pop..." — No Conclusion

"LA's Paul A. Rosales readies LP of straight-to-tape, lo-fi AM pop." — Altsounds

"AM Dream pop for fans of The Field Mice, Daniel Johnston, Jeremy Jay and Beat Happening." — Filthy Beats & Treats

The Return of Wonder Wheel and the Warriors

2010-07-15T03:01:00.000-07:00

After a quick solo-set romp in London (and one in the California), the Wonder Wheel band is back at it again!

7.16 5 Star Bar, Los Angeles
w/ Heroes and Heroines, Cigarette Lunch, Cigarette Bums

7.17 Mr. T's Bowl, Highland Park
w/ Haunted Tiger, NMLFE, Darger De Milo

7.18 Dude's House, Fullerton
w/ Cum Stain, Cosmonauts, Colleen Green, +MORE+

7.22 Doll Hut, Anaheim (LA Record 100 Festival)
w/ Cowabunga Babes, Whoa Hunx

7.25 **Tentative**
w/ Tan Dollar, Weed Diamond, Dash Jacket

7.27 The Continental Room, Fullerton (Record Release)
w/ Tan Dollar, TBA

Jon from Pterodacdudes will be filling in on bass while Raul is out.

London 2010 3/3

2010-06-30T22:48:00.000-07:00

June 27-28, 2010

London 2010 2/3

2010-06-30T22:36:00.000-07:00

June 26, 2010

London 2010 1/3

2010-06-30T21:50:00.000-07:00

June 23-25, 2010

So long USA...

2010-06-23T02:56:00.000-07:00

... only for five days.

I leave for London tomorrow night. I will be performing twice over my five-day venture abroad. If you have friends or family in the immediate area, please tell them to cruise.

Friday, June 25
THE STAGS HEAD
55 Orsman Road
London N1 5RA, United Kingdom
020 7739 6741

Sunday, June 27 - Presented by UPSET THE RHYTHM
BARDENS BOUDOIR
36 - 44 Stoke Newington Road
London N16 7XJ
United Kingdom
020 7249 9557

UPSET THE RHYTHM also has some cool stuff to say.

+++ALSO+++

The "Crimes" 7" single comes out next Monday, June 28.

The Poly Post 2009-2010

2010-06-11T14:43:00.000-07:00

36 photos from September 2009 to June 2010 in chronological order:

More at FLICKR and The Poly Post

In My Honest Opinion, Live at Burger

2010-06-08T00:28:00.001-07:00

May 2010

2010-06-07T00:41:00.000-07:00

more at FLICKER

Wonder Wheel I

2010-05-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

LP available 2010 on Care in the Community Records UK

Photo by Chris Thorne, Layout by Care in the Community

Let's Go for a Walk on Broadway

2010-05-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

edited from Rosales and Moreno home movies.

c. 1967

April 2010

2010-05-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

More or less in chronological order

More @ FLICKR

Coachella Day Three+Four

2010-04-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

Deerhunter

De La Soul

Yo La Tengo

Coachella Stage

Do Lab girl on stilts

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Electric land sharks

Green Men

LFSADRG

Evolution sculpture

Gift shop paleontology

More @ FLICKR

Coachella Day Two

2010-04-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Lot 2

The Giant Wheel

Girls

Beach House

Gettin' it Dunn

Do Lab

Balloon Sky String

Dirty Projectors

Major Lazor

Flying Lotus

Cubatron L5

Mark Mothersbaugh

Bob Mothersbaugh

Jerry Casale

The Pipes

More @ FLICKR

Coachella Day One

2010-04-17T05:56:00.000-07:00

Hot Shot the robot

Mojave tent audience

Yeasayer

Pizza Line

She and Him

The Specials

Grizzly Bear

Echo and the Bunnymen

Jay-Z

Hova audience

Jay-Z

Public Image Limited

Jay-Z's fireworks, Public Image encore

Night search lights

Rainbow palms

More @ FLICKR

Instrumental and Avant Garde

2010-04-04T11:24:00.000-07:00

Recorded April 2009 to January 2010
DOWNLOAD HERE

March 2010

2010-03-31T23:08:00.000-07:00

more photos @ FLICKR

Live in Los Angeles Pt. 3

2010-03-29T18:54:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel plays "Come Over Here/Warmth" at Two Headed Horse, Los Angeles on March 25, 2010.

Filmed by Bobby May

Burger Records' Cleaners From Venus Release Party

2010-03-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

Burger Records is rereleasing three Cleaners From Venus cassettes:
• Midnight Cleaners
• Under Wartime Conditions
• In the Golden Autmn

We're stoked to play on this occasion!

Live in Los Angeles Pt. 2

2010-03-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel plays "Gunshot Woman" at Pehrspace, Los Angeles on March 20.

Filmed by Liz Suh

Spring Break Openers

2010-03-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

OC

LA

GO!

February 2010

2010-03-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

More photos @ FLICKR

"You Can't Say My Name" revisited and live in Irvine

2010-02-24T01:39:00.000-08:00

2010 — Irvine, CA

2007 — Orange, CA

New Tan Dollar music video

2010-02-12T01:41:00.000-08:00

Tan Dollar
"The Turning Point"
Your Body as a Temple
2010

filmed by Tan Dollar
edited by Wonder Wheel and Tan Dollar

noambitions.com
purchase the CD at Life's Blood

College Basketball

2010-02-06T16:13:00.000-08:00

Feb. 5, 2010
Pomona, CA

January 2010

2010-01-31T17:00:00.000-08:00

More January photos @ FLICKR

Twenty-first album art

2010-01-28T20:08:00.000-08:00

Ready and available in late February.

PAR34

Wonder Wheel 21: Succotash Xs
Toss + Turn
Ice Cream Soda
Deep in the Bottle
Don't Look Down

Come Over Here
Cries and Lies
I am Down (Private)
Let's Go for a Walk on Broadway

Recorded Sept. 10 to Dec. 26, 2009

Wonder Wheel production on VICE music player

2010-01-27T19:57:00.000-08:00

Tan Dollar's "LC's Choice" is on the Vice music player.

VICE LINK

Tan Dollar West Coast Tour Series

2010-01-22T17:16:00.000-08:00

Filmed by Tan Dollar and friends
Edited by Tan Dollar and Wonder Wheel

LIVE IN LOS ANGELES

2010-01-19T21:03:00.000-08:00

2009 CE

2009-12-31T12:24:00.000-08:00

favorite photos from the year that was 2009

view the Flickr set

Wonder Wheel in 2009

2009-12-28T09:18:00.000-08:00

Wonder Wheel performed at least one date for every month of 2009:

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

FREE FRENCH DIGITAL SINGLE

2009-12-27T12:51:00.000-08:00

BEKO20
Wonder Wheel
How to Slow Down b/w Another Place

free download at beko-dsl.com

THANKS RENO!

Karate Action Bowie

2009-12-22T03:15:00.000-08:00

Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep

2009-12-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

November 2009

2009-11-30T20:55:00.000-08:00

All photos shot from November 1 - 28, 2009

More at FLICKR

DD 1963

2009-11-23T18:39:00.000-08:00

download ZIWZIH ZIWZIH OO-OO-OO

download SEA

RTVA and Art Decade for more links and info

TOSS + TURN

2009-11-15T12:09:00.000-08:00

another new one:
"TOSS + TURN"

Humps and Vodka

2009-11-08T03:41:00.000-08:00

Total Future

2009-11-07T15:02:00.000-08:00

October 2009

2009-11-01T09:51:00.000-08:00

October 1-31, 2009

October 2009

EXTREME ZOMBIES

2009-10-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

Wonder Wheel's Extreme Zombies
"The Dead" b/w "Kill"
Recorded on October 26, 2009
DOWNLOAD

WW 4 Halloween

2009-10-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

cut it out and tie around

A New Band in Town

2009-10-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

Shot at L'KEG Gallery in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2009.

Scheduled Releases

2009-10-26T23:47:00.000-07:00

Now Available:

Cassette: Wonder Wheel 17 Hello Picture! — Woven Tones / Wonder Wheel LTD.

Future Releases:
OCTOBER: Extreme Zombies — Vacuum Noise Records
NOVEMBER: Succotash Xs EP — Wonder Wheel LTD.
DECEMBER: Digital Single — BEKO

Ghost Park

2009-10-22T13:58:00.000-07:00

Auto-Tuned Science

2009-10-20T02:06:00.000-07:00

Stereoscope 1

2009-10-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

4:45 p.m.
Vine St.
Los Angeles, CA

The Royal WE

2009-10-13T23:45:00.000-07:00