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The WireScenesJoseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 15 October edition of The Wire 's weekly radio show featured music by John Carpenter & Alan Howarth, Allen Ravenstine, Carmen Villain, Leila Bordreuil and more Tracklist John Carpenter & Alan…
The WireScenesWire mix: Inside Prepared Piano To accompany her feature in The Wire 513, Jo Hutton compiles an annotated mix of tracks that make use of prepared piano The piano can be prepared by placing objects such as pins, screws, bolts…
The WireScenesChris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 22 October edition of The Wire 's weekly radio show featured music by Joshua Burkett, Lisa Nanzaki, Wadada Leo Smith, Test Dept, Deficit & Letargy and more Tracklist Joshua Burkett “Lost…
The WireScenesWire mix: Nick Nicely’s Psychedelia Top Ten To accompany his interview in The Wire 513, maverick songwriter Nick Nicely compiles a mix of his top ten psychedelia tracks Since the release of his second single “Hilly Fields (1892)&rdquo…
The WireScenesAgainst The Grain: Metal resistance As far right ideology and misogyny make gains around the world, metal, a subculture with a troubled relationship to fascism, wonders whether more progressive ideals are still in reach, writes Antonio…
The WireScenes“A temporary syncing of the timelines”: Faust reviewed The surviving members of Faust’s original line-up present four perspectives on the krautrock institution’s indomitable spirit, writes Abi Bliss in The Wire 513 Faust Fliegen Lernen Bureau…
The WireScenesThe Invisible College: Samhain Mixtape East Sussex audiovisual event series returns for Samhain East Sussex based uncanny audiovisual event The Invisible College is set to return with a special Samhain edition at Tough Love St Leonards on…
The WireScenesGlobal Ear: Tilburg & Breda To accompany his Global Ear feature in The Wire 513, Christiaan de Wit compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the neighbouring Dutch cities Though only 13 minutes apart by train, Tilburg and…
The WireScenesMisha Farrant presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 15 October edition of The Wire 's weekly radio show featured music by Otomo Yoshihide & Quentin Rollet, BETHLEHEM بيت لحم, Coil, Ans M and more Tracklist Otomo Yoshihide & Quentin Rollet…
The WireScenesLudwig Göransson: Mythic Music and Entropic Production Ludwig Göransson’s scores for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026) and Tenet (2020) trade on diegetic and instrumental ambiguities that intentionally disorient audiences in time…
The WireScenesOffice Ambience 513 Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2026 issue The full chart: Alya Al-Sultani/Pat Thomas/Khabat Abas Manara ( Discus ) Bad Waitress In The…
The WireScenesInvisible Jukebox mix: Liz Harris Listen to the music we played to Liz Harris aka Grouper during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 513 Each month in the magazine we play an artist or group a series of tracks which they are…
The WireScenesRead an extract from Do What You Fear Most: The History Of The Velvet Underground In this extract, taken from the chapter “No EPI, No Nico, No Andy”, Richie Unterberger explores the troubled reception of The Velvet Underground & Nico on its release in 1967 As Eric…
The WireScenesLucy Thraves presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 8 October edition of The Wire 's weekly radio show featured music by Cujo, Uche Yara, Leafcutter John, Li Song, A Tomb Full Of Stars and more Tracklist Cujo “Lunar Silver” from…
The WireScenesIntroducing The Wire New Voices New Voices is a new competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire For more than 40 years, The Wire has been publishing writing by a host of original and influential music critics…
The WireScenesPremiere: Ava Rasti’s The River Watch an exclusive premiere of the film of Ava Rasti’s The River, first performed as part of the 2025 Semibreve festival.
The WireScenesJames Gormley presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 1 October edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Don Cherry, Glass Triangle, Agnes Haus, Ziúr and more Tracklist Don Cherry…
The WireScenes“A trip through the other side of enlightenment”: Funkadelic reviewed Two newly reissued albums showcase the seismic psychedelia of George Clinton’s Funkadelic at its rawest and most disruptive, writes John Morrison in The Wire 512 Funkadelic Free Your Mind And…
The WireScenesThe Wire Tapper 72 The latest Wire Tapper CD, free to all readers with The Wire 513, November 2026
The WireScenesShane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 24 September edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness, plus music by Harju, Joni Mitchell, Bill Orcutt and…
The WireScenesWire mix: Kaja Draksler To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix Kaja Draksler studied jazz at a music-oriented high school in…
The WireScenesSurfacing voices: an interview with voice theorist Zeynep Bulut Voice and sound theorist Zeynep Bulut talks to Xenia Benivolski about her latest book, which delves into the friction between voices, electromagnetic sound, synthetic speech and listening beyond the…
The WireScenesEmily Bick presents Adventures In Sound And Music The 17 September edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Mali Obamsawin, Jay Mitta, BBBBBBB, Pamela Z and more Tracklist Stefano Calderano & Giovanni…
The WireScenes"Omnivorous exuberance": Francisco Mela reviewed Cuban drummer Francisco Mela’s free jazz odyssey continues on four new releases, writes Daniel Spicer in The Wire 512 Francisco Mela Carnaval De Oriente 577 CD/DL Jowee Omicil & Francisco Mela…
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