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The Great Wilderness is a dream rock band from San José, Costa Rica , influenced by british post-punk and alternative rock. The initial lineup was formed in 2009 when Paola Rogue (vox, guitar) and Andrea San Gil (drums) decided to carry on after the split of their previous act, Lolita Piñata. They were soon joined by Monserrat Vargas (bass), who had played with Paola in previous projects years back. After spending the first part of the year practicing and crafting songs, they started playing in several local venues such as El Cuartel, Latino Rock and El CENAC, amongst others. The...

The Wilderness of Manitoba prefers to characterize itself as an evolving entity. The band’s newest album, Between Colours, is as far-reaching as anything in its catalogue. They feel that it speaks to what an album means to them: that it’s between the one previous and the next one along, and that each album is its own colour. “When a band isn’t changing, it’s not growing,” says guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Will Whitwham. From the band’s inception, it has redefined itself with every album; from Hymns of Love and Spirits through When You Left The Fire, Island of Echoes and The...

There are three bands with the name Wilderness: 1) An art rock band out of Baltimore, MD, Wilderness have released three albums, Wilderness, Vessel States and (k)no(w)here to high critical acclaim. Wilderness create sweeping, hypnotic and memorable music with an assault of guitars and heavy, dominating drum beats. 2) A band from West Covina, CA. 4 members. Laura, Danny, Andy, and Andre. 3) Wilderness (Sweden): Originally from Ostersund, northern Sweden, the now Stockholm based trio Wilderness makes music that is inspired by post punk acts like The Chameleons and New Order and balearic/chillwave acts like Air France and Southern Shores....

Canadian Dan Snaith launched his musical project called Manitoba in 2001. Drawing on leftfield electronica a la Boards of Canada, Start Breaking My Heart appeared in 2001. Up in Flames (2003), a more song based set of music influenced by psychedelia and post-rock, proved to be his breakthrough album. Tours with groups like Stereolab, Prefuse 73, Four Tet and Broadcast would follow and live, Manitoba would become a trio with two drummers. Unfortunately, Snaith was sued by The Dictators' Handsome Dick Manitoba for trademark infringement. This led to Snaith rechristening his outfit as Caribou and going on to record The...

There are at least three artists plus a podcast series called The Wilderness. 1.) Salt Lake City, Utah based Post Rock/Post Metal band The Wilderness was previously known as "The Meadows." They released an EP, Everything Is Golden in 2009 on the Sound VS Silence Label. 2.) The Wilderness is a solo project by John Johnson, formerly the singer for Vroom. He released one album, I Am the Song of the Drunkards, under this name in 2005. 3.) The Wilderness is a documentary from Crooked Media and Two-Up about the history and future of the Democratic Party. Pod Save America’s...