Practice Run for Saturday

Wonder Wheel Practice - Jan. 17, 2010 by thewonderwheel

WW Productions and Presentations Part II

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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

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

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!

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

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

Wonder Wheel comes out to play!

Total Bundy on Sale

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

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.

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Underground Electro Club Hit

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

CRIMES 2011

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!

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WW25: Total Bundy to be released in April

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

PAR Returns to Club Violaine

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

Nux Fest @ SLO

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

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

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

WWI LP NOW IN THE USA!

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

Free Tan Dollar Digital LP via France

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
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Live in London

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.


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TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME

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

TOMBSTONES

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)

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