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Antonio
@alteranthony.bsky.social
🤔 music writer, researcher, teacher, programmer
✍️ The Wire, The Quietus, PopMatters, Kulturpunkt
❤️ music, literature, film, leftist politics, philosophy, tech
🌐 https://antonio.poscic.net
🎶 Brave Sir Robert ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robert turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robert! 🎶
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Monthly reminder to buy a copy or subscribe: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502

Some excellent profiles in this issue: Mulatu Astatke by Francis Gooding, Alpha Maid by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social, Konrad Smoleński by @monsterbobby.bsky.social, Emergence Collective by @darylworthington.bsky.social...
For another top issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, I reviewed:
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
The Wire 502 is out now!

Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I Interviewed Polish sound artist Konrad Smolenski for the new issue of The Wire www.thewire.co.uk/issues/502
The Wire 502
On the cover: Mulatu Astatke : Deep into his latest tour, the pioneering 81 year old Ethio jazz vibraphonist is finding new ways to be himself. By Francis Gooding; Griot Galaxy : Faruq Z Bey’s enigma...
www.thewire.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Listen to Beachers.
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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This issue’s featured reviews:

@abibliss.bsky.social on vari/ations: Ode To Oram

@jamesgormley.bsky.social on HAYWARDxDÄLEK

@msclairebiddles.bsky.social on Eve Libertine & Eva Leblanc

@noroofonlysky.com on Fini Tribe

Xenia Benivolski on CxBxT
The Wire 502 is out now!

Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For another top issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, I reviewed:
• new music by Sunn O))) @stephenomalley74.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social
• Lucrecia Dalt's mesmerising OST for Bryn Chainey's 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (feat. @grahamreznick.bsky.social) on @lakeshorerecords.com / @invadarecords.bsky.social.
The Wire 502 is out now!

Featuring Mulatu Astatke on the cover, plus Griot Galaxy, Emergence Collective, Test Dept’s Invisible Jukebox, Konrad Smoleński, Alpha Maid, and much, much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Budokan Boys are back and deep in the night crawlin' electro-doom stalkin'

strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/the-ooze
The Ooze, by Budokan Boys
8 track album
strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There ought to be more buzz around Abadir's new album 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. Social media soundbites, ads, and reels collaged into microcosms of semioblitz. Brutal, spastic, and weirdly comforting, all at the same time.
Kitbashing, by ABADIR
7 track album
svbkvlt.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
Jeff Tobias – One Hundredfold Now In This Age | The Quietus
From Queens, New York, the composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US ...
thequietus.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Indulged a childhood dream and started a metal band with my friends and we put our first demo up on Bandcamp:

unmaking.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...
Absolute Immiseration, by Unmaking
6 track album
unmaking.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As the lede says, @jefftobias.bsky.social's new record on @repeatingcloud.com is a concentrated jolt of 'jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
Jeff Tobias – One Hundredfold Now In This Age | The Quietus
From Queens, New York, the composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US ...
thequietus.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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'The composer and multi-instrumentalist – some time member of Modern Nature, Thee Reps and Sunwatchers – makes jazzy, proggy sunshine pop with a scathing take on contemporary US politics in its tail'

Jeff Tobias - One Hundredfold Now In This Age

buff.ly/0j6tFb1
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I see that @monsterbobby.bsky.social enjoyed some of Sunn O)))'s 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 recently as well. Nice and immersive (!) report from the Venice Biennale Musica.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Fly on, Jack DeJohnette. 💐🕊️🤲🏾

photo (by me) backstage at Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Nov 2, 2019
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What if we remove the reviewer from reviews and instead use 'AI' to synthesise a review from reader comments?!
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Wire mix: Kinlaw & Franco Franco

To accompany their interview in The Wire 501, Bristol duo Kinlaw & Franco Franco curates an exclusive Wire mix of celestial musings, cyber-noir, and trappist beats

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
Wire mix: Kinlaw & Franco Franco - The Wire
To accompany their interview in The Wire 501, Bristol duo Kinlaw & Franco Franco curates an exclusive Wire mix of celestial musings, cyber-noir, and trappist beats
www.thewire.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Adding a comments section and reader scores to album reviews in 2025. Haha. I really thought it was a joke at first. Engagement numbers go brr though. 📈
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ICYMI: Craig Dunsmuir's Dun-Dun Band play a layered, polyrhythmic blend of minimalism, jazz-rock, Gnawa, Tropicália et al, feat. a brilliant cast from Toronto's creative music scene (think Badge Époque Ensemble). I reviewed their sophomore album for @thequietus.com.
Dun-Dun Band – Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf | The Quietus
Balearic bliss and free jazz skronk collide on the second album from Craig Dunsmuir's Toronto-based big band
thequietus.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Hii, tons & tons of music on my bandcamp,
would really appreciate the support xx

lilatirandoavioleta.bandcamp.com
Lila Tirando a Violeta
Hyperdub Records / N.A.A.F.I info@lilatirandoavioleta.com Allen@Awesome-Agency.com
lilatirandoavioleta.bandcamp.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Cracking open a can of Monster like...
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The Bristol-based, Avon Terror Corps-affiliated duo of Kinlaw and Italian MC Franco Franco bend time and space into terrifying new shapes

Kinlaw & Franco Franco - Faith Elsewhere

buff.ly/izppuzD
October 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Made me smile to discover this. A little nugget. 😊
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Still thinking about the Sunn O))) show the other day. So fucking awesome, even considering the plaster that kept falling on my head from the dilapidated venue's roof.
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Kinlaw & Franco Franco's latest delivery of scorching industrial rap, cyberpunk, trap, and mutations thereof (via Drowned By Locals) is one of my fave albums from this year. I reviewed it for @thequietus.com.
Kinlaw & Franco Franco – Faith Elsewhere | The Quietus
The Bristol-based, Avon Terror Corps-affiliated duo of Kinlaw and Italian MC Franco Franco bend time and space into terrifying new shapes
thequietus.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM