Against The Grain: London’s last jukeboxes The few remaining jukeboxes in London’s pubs and bars salvage a mode of music consumption from the junkyards of history, argues Deborah Nash in The Wire 507. Read the article in full here: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

A highlight of every month - who wouldn't want to read Irmin Schmidt's Invisible Jukebox in the latest issue, or Sunn O))) on Rothko and landscape? Other mags are full of lists and archive reprints but The Wire is always fresh and forward looking. And subscribers can access their amazing archive...

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An annual message from The Wire Publishing an independent music magazine is tougher than ever. We need your continuing support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Tonight on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra, @jjstannard.bsky.social hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, delivering a deluge of delights including tracks by 808 State vs Humanoid, Kristen Gallerneaux, Sunn O))) (pictured) and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Charles Peterson

We’re celebrating 50 editions of Below The Radar, our regular subscriber only compilation of experimental underground music. Volume 50 is a bumper edition, featuring tracks by by Blood of Aza, Ponyclub Tartiflette, Female Wizard, Tanat Teeradakorn, and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/

Below The Radar 50! Print & digital subscribers of The Wire can now stream and download the latest bumper edition of Below The Radar - our regular subscriber compilation of underground music, featuring 27 tracks, by ans m, E The Artist, and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/be...

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured tracks by badbluebirdz, Lao Dan Chicago Quartet, Albert Ayler Quintet, Bettina Koster and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our May 2026 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Tonight on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by Albert Ayler Quintet, Black Nile, and Lucy Liyou (pictured) + a special tribute to Mania D/Malaria!’s singer/saxophonist, Bettina Koester. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule

new wire!!!! v cool cover(s)!! from moi: reviews of releases by wendy eisenberg, carla dal forno, hyper gal + huggy bear, plus a report from the GLARC 10 year anniversary celebrations! also thrilled that a reader has written in to compliment my kim gordon review last issue hahah. buy a magazine!!

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Hey, did you know the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is out today? There's a cover story on Sunn O))) that's definitely worth reading, and I wrote a feature on bassist Jaîr-Rohm Parker Wells and reviewed albums by Harriet Tubman, JK Flesh, Dark Sky Burial and Tomos Williams.

The Wire 507 is out now! Featuring Sunn O))) on the cover in special Savage Pencil black and white editions, plus Delphine Dora, The Sleeves, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Brion Gysin, Irmin Schmidt’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Issue 507. Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday. www.thewire.co.uk/home/

Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music, which was hosted by Misha Farrant and featured tracks by HYPER GAL, Masayo Koketsu & Nava Dunkelman, ANSIEDAD1000, EXIT ELECTRONICS and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Daniel Lopatin's score for Uncut Gems (2019) and its context within an aesthetic of ‘bling’ www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & ResonanceExtra, Misha Farrant hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by EDU & JUDGITZU, Masayo Koketsu & Nava Dunkelman, tripes, Miguel Mendez, Dhangsha, John Tilbury (pictured) & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Glen Erler

Sub Pop & The Wire Magazine present an early unveiling of the forthcoming album by the legendary Sunn O))) . The event will feature a conversation between Stephen O'Malley of the band and Joseph Stannard, deputy editor of The Wire. More info & tickets: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/sunn-o...

[Thread] Alice Coltrane on the cover and across ten inside pages of The Wire issue 218 April 2002.

Unlimited Editions: Drowned By Locals To accompany his article on Drowned By Locals in The Wire 506, @miloshroch.bsky.social compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the Jordan based label www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra which was hosted by @lucythraves.bsky.social and featured tracks by Tara Clerkin Trio, Wendy Eisenberg, Carlos Giffoni, Zeal Minus and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

To accompany his Primer on Augustus Pablo in The Wire 506, @derekwalmsley.bsky.social compiles a selection of the Jamaican melodica wizard's lesser known cuts www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, @lucythraves.bsky.social hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing new music by The Sleeves, Wendy Eisenberg, LINTD (pictured), KADAPAT & Nova Ruth and many more. Tune in from 9pm GMT: extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Omar Baala

Éliane Radigue (24 January 1932–23 February 2026) Jo Hutton remembers the French composer and electronic music pioneer who died in February aged 94 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

US poet Clark Coolidge speaks to Joel Lewis about the new publication of Rock Notes, originally conceived in 1966 with fellow poet Tom Clark – a collection of riffs and musings on the burgeoning rock music of the era www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/i...

Éliane Radigue (24 January 1932–23 February 2026) Jo Hutton remembers the French composer and electronic music pioneer who died in February aged 94 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Sub Pop & The Wire Magazine present an early unveiling of the forthcoming album by the legendary Sunn O))) . The event will feature a conversation between Stephen O'Malley of the band and Joseph Stannard, deputy editor of The Wire. More info & tickets: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/sunn-o...

Inside The Wire 506: Mariá Portugal Since moving to Germany, the Brazilian percussionist has become a valued player on the free improv scene, while her art-pop songs pay homage to the creativity of her homeland's Vanguarda Paulista movement. Pick up your copy here: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by James Gormley featured tracks by Jessica Ekomane, Machinefabriek, OHYUNG, Eva Novoa and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, James Gormley hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing new, forthcoming and reissued music by Jessica Ekomane (pictured), The Odes, Machinefabriek, Brion Gysin & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT: extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Timo Wirsching

At The Wire website, listen to the music we played to psychedelic noise duo Yellow Swans during their Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 506, featuring Prince, Evicshen, Masonna, Raven Chacon and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our April 2026 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

London’s Metropolitan Police persecutes UK rap while using it for self-promotion, argues @hwfmorris.bsky.social in The Wire 506 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Shane Woolman and featured a guest mix by Mary Ocher, plus tracks by Toni Geitani, Junior Delgado, BCUC and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

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).

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

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...

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.

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/

The Wire 506. Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/

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...

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

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...