Inside The Wire 502: Mulatu Astatke As the living legend of Ethio jazz continues to spread the gospel across the world, his new album goes in search of the many forgotten explorers of East African music By Francis Gooding. Photography by Gilleam Trapenberg. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Every copy of The Wire 502 comes with a free Wire Tapper 69 CD. The latest instalment features tracks by Adjustable Face, Yashlik, Maria Teriaeva and many more. Wire subscribers can also download the compilation from The Wire website. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wi... Cover by Martin Groch

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Lucy Thraves hosts Adventures In Sound and Music, playing tracks by Ivor Cutler, Meredith Monk (pictured), TAAHLIAH, Kalia Vandever, Marianne Faithfull, and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT: extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Amber Mahoney

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/

Wire playlist: Bogotá’s Chúpame El Dedo in context Juan San Cristóbal Lizama speaks to the Colombian duo Chúpame El Dedo to compile a playlist of music from Bogotá’s lively cumbia scene www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

🗣️new wire!! was stoked to profile alpha maid, whose work i've loved since hearing a track on a CANVAS comp in 2019 – we talked about collaborating w friends, patience, looping, particle physics + more i also reviewed releases by son of punk, eve libertine + eva leblanc – buy a magazine!

Awesome new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, with amazing Francis Gooding interview going deep into the scales of Ethrio jazz, even wilder Griot Galaxy story, plus my review of @ucpress.bsky.social book by Theodore Gordon rethinking the synthesizer utopia

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/

The Wire 502. Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/

Listen back to last night's special edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, hosted by James Gormley and featuring seasonal film scores by Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Ennio Morricone, Fabio Frizzi and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Jack DeJohnette (9 August 1942–26 October 2025) In the February 1989 issue of The Wire, DeJohnette was interviewed by the magazine’s then editor Richard Cook. As a tribute, we have made that article free to read in our online library www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...

🎃 On this week’s special edition of The Wire’s radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, James Gormley plays seasonal film scores by Popol Vuh (pictured with Florian Fricke, left), Gene Moore, Basil Kirchin, Fabio Frizzi, and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule

Dive deeper into music. Join The Wire’s online magazine library and get more than 500 issues of the best music magazine in the world to read on the web or in the app, plus download more than 90 albums compiled by Wire staff. From £16 ($21/18 euros) for 3 months. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Wire playlist: Alien Territory Archives Listen to a playlist of tracks from new boxset The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection Of Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego. Music by Harry Partch, Diamanda Galás, Alexina Louie and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

“One of Europe’s finest improvisors”: Sophie Agnel reviewed The creative scope of French pianist Sophie Agnel is demonstrated across two remarkable albums, writes Stewart Smith in The Wire 501. Read the full review at The Wire website: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Listen back to last Thursday's episode of The Wire’s weekly radio show, which was hosted by Shane Woolman and included a special guest mix by Cairo-based DJ, producer and multidisciplinary artist El Kontessa, plus tracks by Alien Trackers, Sanaa Moussa and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Wire playlist: Sonny Simmons Pierre Crépon selects tracks from the catalogue of US saxophonist Sonny Simmons, with input from Marc Chaloin, co-author of new autobiography Better Do It Now Before You Die Later www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Inside The Wire 501: Once Upon A Time In New York The late John Giorno's Giorno Poetry Systems operation hotwired the Beat generation's literary crossover with New York no wave, Los Angeles punk, sound art and beyond. By Alan Licht. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

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...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Shane Woolman presents a special guest mix by Cairo-based DJ, producer & multidisciplinary artist El Kontessa (pictured) + tracks by Alien Trackers, Sanaa Moussa & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Mariam Mekiwi

Wire playlist: Sonny Simmons Pierre Crépon selects tracks from the catalogue of US saxophonist Sonny Simmons, with input from Marc Chaloin, co-author of new autobiography Better Do It Now Before You Die Later www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Alfred Hilsberg and the legacy of ZickZack Felix Kubin compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the nonconformist German label ZickZack, in honour of its founder Alfred Hilsberg who died in August www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

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...

“One of Europe’s finest improvisors”: Sophie Agnel reviewed The creative scope of French pianist Sophie Agnel is demonstrated across two remarkable albums, writes Stewart Smith in The Wire 501. Read the full review at The Wire website: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Invisible Jukebox mix: Lord Spikeheart Listen to the music we played to Lord Spikeheart during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 501. Featuring Sepultura, billy woods, OvO, Crystal Axis and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music, hosted by @saving-throw.bsky.social and featuring music by Joanne Robertson, Alpha Maid, Test Dept, and many more: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, join @saving-throw.bsky.social for some top musical choices including Akiko Yano, Alpha Maid, Adam Christiansen, Mulatu Astatke, Franco Franco & Kinlaw (pictured) & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Kathlin Sargent

Invisible Jukebox mix: Lord Spikeheart Listen to the music we played to Lord Spikeheart during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 501. Featuring Sepultura, billy woods, OvO, Crystal Axis and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Against The Grain: What’s wrong with hauntology? In The Wire 501, @robinjames.bsky.social argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Office Ambience 501 Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2025 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire’s weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by @jjstannard.bsky.social and featured tracks by Black Eyes, Eric Wetherell, GORZ, Andy Blade, Masma Dream World, and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Alfred Hilsberg and the legacy of ZickZack Felix Kubin compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the nonconformist German label ZickZack, in honour of its founder Alfred Hilsberg who died in August www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Back issues of The Wire included in the Otolith Group library-in-residence at Ibraaz, “A space for art, culture & ideas from the Global Majority — exhibitions, library, café, bookshop, public programme & editorial”. Opening on 15 October otolithgroup.org

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, @jjstannard.bsky.social hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing music by Black Eyes (pictured), Eric Wetherell, GORZ, Andy Blade, @masmadreamworld.bsky.social and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Josh Sisk

Why listen to animals? A new Foley based production at London's Royal Court Theatre invites us into the sound-making world of animals, writes Giles Bailey www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

new wire! amazing to see claire on the cover it's what she deserves!!!! this issue from moi: reviews of releases from nine inch nails, the dream syndicate and rain parade, plus a really fun invisible jukebox with confirmed sweetheart lord spikeheart! buy a magazine!! 🤘

📣 New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! With the amazing claire rousay on the cover! I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.

The Wire 501 is out now! Featuring claire rousay on the cover, plus Giorno Poetry Systems, Rafael Toral, Lord Spikeheart’s Invisible Jukebox, Yusuf Mumin, Susu Laroche, and much, much more. Available to buy: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

“We were comfortable with the discomfort”: Six Finger Satellite’s J Ryan Six Finger Satellite frontman and synth player J Ryan talks to @jjstannard.bsky.social about the making of the Rhode Island group’s newly reissued 1995 Severe Exposure album www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/i...

The Wire 501. Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday.

Listen back to last night's Adventures In Sound And Music, broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, and hosted by Chris Bohn, who played music by Sir Richard Bishop, Klein, The Good Ones, Michio Kadotani, Mona Mur singing Bertolt Brecht & more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Premiere: The Necks In October, Australian jazz trio The Necks will release their 20th full length album, Disquiet. Ahead of its release, The Wire presents an exclusive stream of the group’s latest single, “Warm Running Sunlight”. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing new music by Klein (pictured), Raphael Rogiński & Ružičnjak Tajni, Iva Bittová, The Good Ones & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Joyce NG

Read an extract from James Tenney: Writings And Interviews On Experimental Music In an extract from this new collection, Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/book-extracts/read-an-extract-from

Inside The Wire 500: OvO From acrobatic shows in Ravenna's squats to spontaneous languages and theatrical collaborations, the Italian duo keep it raw, weird and real Read the full article by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social in the 500th issue of The Wire - out now. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

It’s wild to me that I have the entire archive (dating back to 1982) of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social accessible via my phone. Honestly an incredible resource.

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers how Justin Hurwitz manipulates, distorts, multiplies and caricatures jazz traditions in his collaborations with director Damien Chazelle www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Premiere: The Necks In October, Australian jazz trio The Necks will release their 20th full length album, Disquiet. Ahead of its release, The Wire presents an exclusive stream of the group’s latest single, “Warm Running Sunlight”. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Listen back to last Thursday's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music, on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, hosted by Phil England and featuring tracks by Anthony Moore, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Olan Monk, People Of The Wind and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...