In The Wire 491/492, Stewart Smith reviews a new autobiography by the multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet ...

In The Wire 491/492, John Brien argues that the humble compact disc offers efficient delivery of pure audio that bypasses the ...

The 23 January edition of The Wire ’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Mattie Barbier, ...

In 1998 producer Francis Falceto launched the invaluable Éthiopiques series on the French label Buda Musique, an effort that steadily introduced the music of modern Ethiopia – particularly figures ...

In The Wire 491/492, James Gormley argues that redrawing the line between public and private space has coined a dubious new ...

Some Derek Bailey anecdotes from the 1970s: Driving across London to make a solo recording at my house and unloading his gear to discover that he'd brought one amplifier, two speakers, three pedals ...

Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’s team of staff and contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as ...

This volume in The Wire’s ongoing series of subscriber-only anthologies compiles 15 tracks from albums released by Cafe OTO’s in-house label Otoroku. Featuring Pat Thomas, Maggie Nicols, Loren Connors ...

The 30 January edition of The Wire ’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Circuit Des Yeux ...

Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 490. Inside our brand new issue: A R Kane: The dreampop originators return with an archival retrospective, live performances – ...