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The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Print and digital subscribers of The Wire can now stream and download the latest edition of Below The Radar - our regular subscriber only compilation of experimental underground music.
Vol 49 features Hilary Woods, Lo Egin, Nika Ticciati & Beth Veasey and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...
Vol 49 features Hilary Woods, Lo Egin, Nika Ticciati & Beth Veasey and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Print and digital subscribers of The Wire can now stream and download the latest edition of Below The Radar - our regular subscriber only compilation of experimental underground music.
Vol 49 features Hilary Woods, Lo Egin, Nika Ticciati & Beth Veasey and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...
Vol 49 features Hilary Woods, Lo Egin, Nika Ticciati & Beth Veasey and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...
6: Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
We said: "Glossy art rock that's in a profound state of metamorphosis... Antigone is everything that your overpriced city pop vinyl reissue promised but failed to deliver."
The full Top 50: wwww.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "Glossy art rock that's in a profound state of metamorphosis... Antigone is everything that your overpriced city pop vinyl reissue promised but failed to deliver."
The full Top 50: wwww.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
6: Eiko Ishibashi - Antigone
We said: "Glossy art rock that's in a profound state of metamorphosis... Antigone is everything that your overpriced city pop vinyl reissue promised but failed to deliver."
The full Top 50: wwww.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "Glossy art rock that's in a profound state of metamorphosis... Antigone is everything that your overpriced city pop vinyl reissue promised but failed to deliver."
The full Top 50: wwww.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
Before and after.
Here's to 500 more issues. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way.
(Cake made by Jill Tipping.)
Here's to 500 more issues. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way.
(Cake made by Jill Tipping.)
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Before and after.
Here's to 500 more issues. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way.
(Cake made by Jill Tipping.)
Here's to 500 more issues. Thanks to all who have helped us along the way.
(Cake made by Jill Tipping.)
The London based MayDay Rooms’ anarcho-punk archive is a valuable resource for radical cultures and politics today, writes Seth Wheeler in The Wire 503/4
Read the full article online:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
Read the full article online:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
Against The Grain: Archiving anarcho-punk - The Wire
The London based MayDay Rooms’ anarcho-punk archive is a valuable resource for radical cultures and politics today, writes Seth Wheeler in The Wire 503/4
www.thewire.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The London based MayDay Rooms’ anarcho-punk archive is a valuable resource for radical cultures and politics today, writes Seth Wheeler in The Wire 503/4
Read the full article online:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
Read the full article online:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
7: Oklou - choke enough (True Panther Sounds)
choke enough brings renaissance and baroque forms into sodium-lit electronic pop, its noughties-conscious aesthetic tailor made for the post-internet age
The full Top 50: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
choke enough brings renaissance and baroque forms into sodium-lit electronic pop, its noughties-conscious aesthetic tailor made for the post-internet age
The full Top 50: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
7: Oklou - choke enough (True Panther Sounds)
choke enough brings renaissance and baroque forms into sodium-lit electronic pop, its noughties-conscious aesthetic tailor made for the post-internet age
The full Top 50: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
choke enough brings renaissance and baroque forms into sodium-lit electronic pop, its noughties-conscious aesthetic tailor made for the post-internet age
The full Top 50: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
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Time for one of my favourite things of the year, the annual Rewind edition from @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Time for one of my favourite things of the year, the annual Rewind edition from @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by @jjstannard.bsky.social and featured music by Rupert Hine, NOWHERE2RUN, Shudder To Think, Deliluh, Qasu and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 4 December edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Rupert Hine, NOWHERE2RUN, Shudder To Think, Deliluh, Qasu and more
www.thewire.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by @jjstannard.bsky.social and featured music by Rupert Hine, NOWHERE2RUN, Shudder To Think, Deliluh, Qasu and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
8: Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (Erstwhile)
We said: "Listening to Pictures Of The Warm South is like being a guest in a strange house ... a portrait of the host, their tastes and personality."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "Listening to Pictures Of The Warm South is like being a guest in a strange house ... a portrait of the host, their tastes and personality."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
8: Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (Erstwhile)
We said: "Listening to Pictures Of The Warm South is like being a guest in a strange house ... a portrait of the host, their tastes and personality."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "Listening to Pictures Of The Warm South is like being a guest in a strange house ... a portrait of the host, their tastes and personality."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
On this week’s edition of The Wire’s show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, join @jjstannard.bsky.social for a banquet of bewildering bangers including tracks by Shudder To Think, Deliluh (pictured), Nervio Cosmico, Dog Soup and more.
Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule
Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
On this week’s edition of The Wire’s show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, join @jjstannard.bsky.social for a banquet of bewildering bangers including tracks by Shudder To Think, Deliluh (pictured), Nervio Cosmico, Dog Soup and more.
Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule
Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule
9: Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film
We said: "The spectre of war and violence hangs over Instant Holograms ... [Yet their] songs are not anthems of defeat and despair ... a prescription of inner work and spiritual cultivation as means of resistance."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "The spectre of war and violence hangs over Instant Holograms ... [Yet their] songs are not anthems of defeat and despair ... a prescription of inner work and spiritual cultivation as means of resistance."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
9: Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film
We said: "The spectre of war and violence hangs over Instant Holograms ... [Yet their] songs are not anthems of defeat and despair ... a prescription of inner work and spiritual cultivation as means of resistance."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
We said: "The spectre of war and violence hangs over Instant Holograms ... [Yet their] songs are not anthems of defeat and despair ... a prescription of inner work and spiritual cultivation as means of resistance."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
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New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is out! Proud to have contributed a Rewind essay + reviews of Unsound 2025, and records by Saint Abdullah/Jason Nazary + Rie Nakajima/David Toop.
Whole issue is packed with great essays, articles and EOY gear
Buy a copy/subscribe to support indie journalism in ‘26
Whole issue is packed with great essays, articles and EOY gear
Buy a copy/subscribe to support indie journalism in ‘26
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is out! Proud to have contributed a Rewind essay + reviews of Unsound 2025, and records by Saint Abdullah/Jason Nazary + Rie Nakajima/David Toop.
Whole issue is packed with great essays, articles and EOY gear
Buy a copy/subscribe to support indie journalism in ‘26
Whole issue is packed with great essays, articles and EOY gear
Buy a copy/subscribe to support indie journalism in ‘26
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I love writing about books. In the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social (the hotly anticipated annual end-of-year wrapup) I reviewed this excellent one about a tradition I never knew existed: 7" records issued in support of strikes and other labor actions: www.commonnotions.org/buy/strike-w...
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I love writing about books. In the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social (the hotly anticipated annual end-of-year wrapup) I reviewed this excellent one about a tradition I never knew existed: 7" records issued in support of strikes and other labor actions: www.commonnotions.org/buy/strike-w...
The Wire's Top 10
10: Tortoise - Touch
We said: "What a blessed relief they collectively still sound wholly and unapologetically like themselves... to listen closely, though, is to uncover minute surprises which, with patience, expand in depth and scope."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
10: Tortoise - Touch
We said: "What a blessed relief they collectively still sound wholly and unapologetically like themselves... to listen closely, though, is to uncover minute surprises which, with patience, expand in depth and scope."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Wire's Top 10
10: Tortoise - Touch
We said: "What a blessed relief they collectively still sound wholly and unapologetically like themselves... to listen closely, though, is to uncover minute surprises which, with patience, expand in depth and scope."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
10: Tortoise - Touch
We said: "What a blessed relief they collectively still sound wholly and unapologetically like themselves... to listen closely, though, is to uncover minute surprises which, with patience, expand in depth and scope."
www.thewire.co.uk/issues/503/504
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Sending a huge thanks to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for the very kind words on our new release with MJ Noble 🔊🔊 “Noble is becoming something of an auteur.” Grab the new issue or better yet, buy a subscription. Thanks to @msclairebiddles.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social @mjnoble.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sending a huge thanks to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for the very kind words on our new release with MJ Noble 🔊🔊 “Noble is becoming something of an auteur.” Grab the new issue or better yet, buy a subscription. Thanks to @msclairebiddles.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social @mjnoble.bsky.social
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Allow us to REWIND you up as 2025 draws to its close. Here’s a big bouncing bumper issue for your festive (or otherwise) edification!
The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Allow us to REWIND you up as 2025 draws to its close. Here’s a big bouncing bumper issue for your festive (or otherwise) edification!
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Yes! @thewiremagazine.bsky.social nails the top 50!
For the issue, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Tristan Perich.
I also profiled @adambdonoval.bsky.social's Warm Winters Ltd, penned the regular and year-end Avant Rock columns, reviewed the new Anna von Hausswolff, and reflected on 2025.
For the issue, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Tristan Perich.
I also profiled @adambdonoval.bsky.social's Warm Winters Ltd, penned the regular and year-end Avant Rock columns, reviewed the new Anna von Hausswolff, and reflected on 2025.
The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes! @thewiremagazine.bsky.social nails the top 50!
For the issue, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Tristan Perich.
I also profiled @adambdonoval.bsky.social's Warm Winters Ltd, penned the regular and year-end Avant Rock columns, reviewed the new Anna von Hausswolff, and reflected on 2025.
For the issue, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Tristan Perich.
I also profiled @adambdonoval.bsky.social's Warm Winters Ltd, penned the regular and year-end Avant Rock columns, reviewed the new Anna von Hausswolff, and reflected on 2025.
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I put my writer's hat back on in this issue -
I talked to Makaya McCraven
then wrote an extended piece about his career & process
go buy it!
thank you to Makaya, @saving-throw.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social
I talked to Makaya McCraven
then wrote an extended piece about his career & process
go buy it!
thank you to Makaya, @saving-throw.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social
The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I put my writer's hat back on in this issue -
I talked to Makaya McCraven
then wrote an extended piece about his career & process
go buy it!
thank you to Makaya, @saving-throw.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social
I talked to Makaya McCraven
then wrote an extended piece about his career & process
go buy it!
thank you to Makaya, @saving-throw.bsky.social & @jjstannard.bsky.social
The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Wire 503-4 is out now!
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring the Top 50 new and archive releases, critical analysis and reflections, plus Hilary Woods, Makaya McCraven, Anna Högberg, Tristan Perich, Derek Bailey’s Company, Ikonika’s Jukebox, and much more.
Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
The Wire’s final issue of the year is out tomorrow.
Expect charts, analysis, reflections, plus reviews, features and much more.
Subscribe here: www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
Expect charts, analysis, reflections, plus reviews, features and much more.
Subscribe here: www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Wire’s final issue of the year is out tomorrow.
Expect charts, analysis, reflections, plus reviews, features and much more.
Subscribe here: www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
Expect charts, analysis, reflections, plus reviews, features and much more.
Subscribe here: www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire's weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured music by Ipek Gorgun, Leslie Keffer, Anna Schnabel, Laibach, Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
Chris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 27 November edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra included music by Ipek Gorgun, Leslie Keffer, Anna Schnabel, Laibach, Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas and more
www.thewire.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire's weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured music by Ipek Gorgun, Leslie Keffer, Anna Schnabel, Laibach, Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas and more
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed - The Wire
Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram in The Wire 502
www.thewire.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
To accompany her report on glint music in The Wire 502, Misha Farrant explores a playlist of releases from the enigmatic South London label
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
Unlimited Editions: glint music - The Wire
To accompany her report on glint music in The Wire 502, Misha Farrant explores a playlist of releases from the enigmatic South London label
www.thewire.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
To accompany her report on glint music in The Wire 502, Misha Farrant explores a playlist of releases from the enigmatic South London label
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing music by Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas, John Butcher & Angharad Davies, Phew & Danielle de Picciotto, Laibach (pictured), and more.
Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule
📷 Dave Brown
Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule
📷 Dave Brown
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing music by Hamid Drake & Pat Thomas, John Butcher & Angharad Davies, Phew & Danielle de Picciotto, Laibach (pictured), and more.
Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule
📷 Dave Brown
Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule
📷 Dave Brown
“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed - The Wire
Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram in The Wire 502
www.thewire.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Floats in a distant dreamworld of its own”: vari/ations: Ode To Oram reviewed
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
At The Wire website, Abi Bliss reviews a new project that draws on the sound archive of BBC Radiophonic Workshop co-founder and electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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RIP Alison Knowles - beautiful obituary by Irene Revell - discretely reminded me why and whose history we drew from when we were reading Gertrude Stein's 'The Making of Americans' as a group in 2019-2020. @irenerevell.bsky.social 🙏
Alison Knowles (29 April 1933–29 October 2025)
At The Wire website, Irene Revell reflects on the life and work of Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles, who died in October
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...
At The Wire website, Irene Revell reflects on the life and work of Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles, who died in October
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...
Alison Knowles (29 April 1933–29 October 2025) - The Wire
Irene Revell reflects on the life and work of Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles, who died in October
www.thewire.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
RIP Alison Knowles - beautiful obituary by Irene Revell - discretely reminded me why and whose history we drew from when we were reading Gertrude Stein's 'The Making of Americans' as a group in 2019-2020. @irenerevell.bsky.social 🙏