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Every copy of The Wire 506 comes with a free Wire Tapper 70 CD. Wire subscribers can also download the compilation from The Wire website. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wi...

Artwork by Katja Mater (From The Wheels).

05.03.2026 10:34 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Shane Woolman hosts a special guest mix from artist and musician Mary Ocher (pictured), plus tracks by BCUC, Taymour x Bareetlblad, Los Sara Fontan, Laurel Halo and more.

Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule

📷 Kasia Sekula

05.03.2026 09:44 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Wire mix: O Ghettão - The Wire To accompany their interview in The Wire 505, Lisbon based DJ Firmeza, DJ Danifox and DJ N***a Fox, aka O Ghettão, curate an exclusive mix of unreleased material

To accompany their interview in The Wire 505, Lisbon based DJ Firmeza, DJ Danifox and DJ N***a Fox - aka O Ghettão - curate an exclusive mix of unreleased material

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

04.03.2026 15:10 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Here’s a little something we rustled up for you. Enjoy!

This issue I contributed the Avant Rock column featuring releases from Gylt, Dry Socket, Commitment, Super Pattern, Squeeze, Powerplant, Juliana Hatfield and Knocked Loose.

03.03.2026 15:35 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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The Wire 506 is out now!

Featuring Wendy Eisenberg on the cover, plus an Augustus Pablo primer, Mariá Portugal, KAVARI, Yellow Swans' Invisible Jukebox, and much more.

Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

03.03.2026 15:22 — 👍 62    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 8
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The Wire 506.

Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday.

www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/

02.03.2026 14:34 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Emily Bick presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire The 26 February edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Carl Stone & Asuna, Butter Swamp, Still House Plants, Enno Velthuys and Éliane Radigue

Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music, which was hosted by @saving-throw.bsky.social and featured music by Still House Plants, Éliane Radigue, Enno Velthuys and many more.

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

27.02.2026 11:15 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, @saving-throw.bsky.social hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by Carl Stone & Asuna, Bonner Kramer/Thurston Moore, Éliane Radigue (pictured) and many more.

Tune in from 9pm GMT: extra.resonance.fm/schedule

📷 by Henry Roy

26.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2
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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Natural Decay and Reparative Noise - The Wire In his latest Secret History Of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers scores by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, who creates an aesthetic of decay for a Black context

"Lowe’s score to Yance Ford’s documentary Power (2024) gravitates not towards depressing states, but to realms where despair is about to overwhelm hope"

In his latest Secret History Of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers scores by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

25.02.2026 15:50 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Unlimited Editions: Computer Students - The Wire To accompany his report on Computer Students in The Wire 505, Louis Pattison explores a playlist of releases from the Italy based label

To accompany his report on Computer Students in The Wire 505, Louis Pattison explores a playlist of releases from the Italy based label

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

18.02.2026 14:54 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Wire mix: dälek - The Wire To complement their cover feature in The Wire 505, Will Brooks and Mike Manteca aka dälek curate a special Wire mix, while Joseph Stannard shares additional quotes from his interview with the New ...

To complement their cover feature in The Wire 505, Will Brooks and Mike Manteca aka @daleknwk.bsky.social curate a special Wire mix, while @jjstannard.bsky.social shares additional quotes from his interview with the New Jersey duo

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

23.02.2026 13:41 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire The 19 February edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by The Brides Of Funkenstein, Kavari, K Alexi, The Poor Luckies and more

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire’s weekly radio show, which was hosted by @jjstannard.bsky.social and featured music by The Brides Of Funkenstein, Kavari, K Alexi, The Poor Luckies and more

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

20.02.2026 14:50 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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“Battered but persisting hope”: Hen Ogledd reviewed - The Wire The latest album from UK ensemble Hen Ogledd is a striking invocation of the mythic and mundane, writes Abi Bliss in The Wire 505

The latest album from UK ensemble Hen Ogledd is a striking invocation of the mythic and mundane, writes Abi Bliss in The Wire 505

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

17.02.2026 12:28 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, @jjstannard.bsky.social will be playing a cornucopia of cacophony including tracks by Kavari, dälek, Eve Maret (pictured), Master’s Ashes, Spider Taylor, Knocked Loose and more.

Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule

📷 by Claire Foth

19.02.2026 10:50 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Unlimited Editions: Computer Students - The Wire To accompany his report on Computer Students in The Wire 505, Louis Pattison explores a playlist of releases from the Italy based label

To accompany his report on Computer Students in The Wire 505, Louis Pattison explores a playlist of releases from the Italy based label

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

18.02.2026 14:54 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside The Wire 505: Vic Bang

The Buenos Aires composer and sculptor moulds computer based, otherworldly shapes from an international palette of futuristic folk musics without leaving home

Pick up a copy of the new issue: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

18.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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“Battered but persisting hope”: Hen Ogledd reviewed - The Wire The latest album from UK ensemble Hen Ogledd is a striking invocation of the mythic and mundane, writes Abi Bliss in The Wire 505

The latest album from UK ensemble Hen Ogledd is a striking invocation of the mythic and mundane, writes Abi Bliss in The Wire 505

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

17.02.2026 12:28 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Chris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire The 12 February edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Carlos Giffoni, Maggie Nicols, Sheng Jie & Shenggy, Seppuku Pistols and many more

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured music by Carlos Giffoni, Maggie Nicols, Sheng Jie & Shenggy, Seppuku Pistols and many more

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

13.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Chris Bohn presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire The 12 February edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Carlos Giffoni, Maggie Nicols, Sheng Jie & Shenggy, Seppuku Pistols and many more

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured music by Carlos Giffoni, Maggie Nicols, Sheng Jie & Shenggy, Seppuku Pistols and many more

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

13.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Read an extract from Everybody’s Head Is Open To Sound: Writings On Tom Wilson - The Wire In the introduction to her collection of writings on Tom Wilson, Anaïs Ngbanzo gives an overview of the influential producer's life

Read an extract from Everybody’s Head Is Open To Sound: Writings On Tom Wilson

In the introduction to her collection of writings on Tom Wilson, Anaïs Ngbanzo gives an overview of the influential producer's life

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...

12.02.2026 14:21 — 👍 24    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 3

📷 by Lewis Khan

12.02.2026 08:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts The Wire’s weekly radio show, playing new music from the final Foetus album, Seppuku Pistols (pictured), the new trio of John Butcher, Ute Wassermann & Martin Blume and more.

Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule

12.02.2026 08:37 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Invisible Jukebox mix: Daniel Blumberg - The Wire Listen to the music we played to Daniel Blumberg during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 505

Invisible Jukebox mix: Daniel Blumberg

Listen to the music we played to Daniel Blumberg during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 505, featuring Scott Walker, Daniel Lopatin, Pamela Z, Trent Reznor and more.

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

05.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Against The Grain: Western modes of criticism overlook music's spiritual dimensions - The Wire Music can act on listeners in ways that Western modes of engagement and criticism overlook or erase, argues Moravian composer and vocalist Julia Úlehla in The Wire 505

Music can act on listeners in ways that Western modes of engagement and criticism overlook or erase, argues Moravian composer and vocalist Julia Úlehla, in The Wire 505

Read the full essay online here:
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

10.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Have you got an idea for a Wire chart? We welcome charts from record shops, radio shows, DJs, venues, labels, musicians, readers, etc.

All published charts receive a fee of £25. Email a top 15 to charts@thewire.co.uk – the more unusual the better.

Examples from The Wire 505:

10.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
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Office Ambience 505 - The Wire Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our March 2026 issue

Office Ambience 505

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our March 2026 issue

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

09.02.2026 15:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Below The Radar Special Edition: SHAPE+ 2025 - The Wire After ten years the European SHAPE+ project has concluded. This is the final collection of new electronic and experimental music by artists associated with the project compiled and annotated by SHAP...

Below The Radar Special Edition: SHAPE 2025

Like all releases in the Below The Radar series, this edition can be downloaded by both print and digital subscribers to The Wire.

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...

06.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Phil England presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire The 5 February edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Hen Ogledd, Kareem Samara, Unidad Ideológica, Laurel Halo and many more

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Phil England and featured music by Hen Ogledd, Kareem Samara, Unidad Ideológica, Laurel Halo and many more

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

06.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Invisible Jukebox mix: Daniel Blumberg - The Wire Listen to the music we played to Daniel Blumberg during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 505

Invisible Jukebox mix: Daniel Blumberg

Listen to the music we played to Daniel Blumberg during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 505, featuring Scott Walker, Daniel Lopatin, Pamela Z, Trent Reznor and more.

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

05.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Phil England hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing new music from Shane Parish (pictured), Hen Ogledd, Tanya Tagaq, Proc Fiskal, Laurel Halo, Tashi Dorji, Praed and more.

Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule

📷 Petra Cvelbar

05.02.2026 10:35 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1