The Wire - Adventures in Sound and Music
WEBOn the cover: Marshall Allen: The Arkestra’s legendary guiding light celebrates his century with his very first solo album.By John Morrison. Plus: Once Upon A Time In Vilnius: The journey of avant rock trailblazers IVTKYGYG embodies the tensions and creative fire of a reborn Lithuania.By Ilia Rogatchevski; Water Damage: Don’t mess with Austin, Texas’s shapeshifting drone rock network.
The Wire Issue 476 - October 2023
WEBIssue 476 October 2023. Subscribers: read this issue online.. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 476.. Inside our brand new issue: L’Rain: Taja Cheek’s fluid songforms are a kaleidoscopic and personal response to the modern world. By Laina Dawes Blevin Blectum: Blectum From Blechdom’s Bevin Kelley builds brave new worlds from mind-melding sound.
The Wire Issue 474 - August 2023
WEBIssue 474 August 2023. Subscribers: read this issue online.. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 474.. Inside our brand new issue: Annea Lockwood: Having explored the outer reaches of sound across a multi-decade career taking in burning pianos, animals and pulsars, the New Zealand composer turns her attention to love and loss.By Louise Gray Once Upon A Time In Maida Vale: In 1970s London ...
The Wire Issue 467 - January 2023
WEBIssue 467 January 2023. Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 467. Inside this issue: 2022 Rewind: the year in underground music Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes Critics’ Reflections: Wire writers discuss their cultural highs and lows for 2022
Audio - The Wire
WEBGlobal Ear: Monterrey. August 2024. In his Global Ear feature in The Wire 486, Juan San Cristóbal Lizama explores cumbia rebajada – a musical subgenre derived from Colombian and Mexican cumbia that emerged in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Here, he gathers a playlist of both pivotal and recent examples, some chosen by key players within the ...
The Wire Issue 454 - December 2021
WEBIssue 454. December 2021. Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 454. Inside this issue: On the cover: Laraaji: The former stand-up comedian and street performer transforms mirth into meditative healing music. By Emily Pothast. Plus, Alan Courtis on the power of laughter, and Greg Davis on six wellbeing albums.
The Wire Issue 451 - September 2021
WEBIssue 451 September 2021. Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 451. Inside this issue: Grouper: As she prepares to release a new album rooted in the ambience and climate of her home in the Pacific North West, Liz Harris discusses chaos, therapy and the spectre of fascism.By Dave Segal. Pat Thomas: The diverse sprawl of the UK keyboardist’s career runs ...
The Wire Issue 448 - June 2021
WEBIssue 448 June 2021. Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 448. Inside this issue: Van Der Graaf Generator: Ahead of a major retrospective box set and with a new tour on the horizon, Emily Bick speaks to the dark magi of UK progressive rock, led by the indefatigable Peter Hammill.Plus: The Primer: Mike Barnes essays a user’s guide to the recordings of the ...
The Wire Issue 481 - March 2024
WEBIssue 481 March 2024. Subscribers: read this issue online.. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 481.. Inside our brand new issue: The Haxan Cloak: From his bedroom in Wakefield to the City of Angels, the UK born producer, composer and musician talks darkness, light and scoring the unspeakable.By Joseph Stannard DJ Znobia: The Angolan kuduro innovator relates the invention and evolution of the ...
The Wire Issue 450 - August 2021
WEBIssue 450 August 2021. Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 450. Inside this issue: The Wire Tapper 56: A track by track guide to this issue’s free CD Aaron Dilloway: The US noise artist and Wolf Eyes co-founder talks to Emily Pothast about a career of horror and transformation.Plus, Robin The Fog takes a look at tape alchemy in the computer age.