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...

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...

It's here. A fair old while since I first started buying @thewiremagazine.bsky.social but it's always been a portal to music discovery. Very pleased to see it reach 500th issue, when print publication is struggling.

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Phil England plays tracks from the Wire-osphere by Anthony Moore (pictured), Cosey Fanni Tutti, Olan Monk, People Of The Wind and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Guy Bolongaro

Unlimited Editions: Collapsing Drums To accompany his report on Collapsing Drums in The Wire 500, Spenser Tomson explores a playlist of releases from the pandemic-born label www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

A selection of October issues at The Wire, 1985–2025 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 & download 90+ albums compiled by Wire staff. www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/

“Postmodern future funk rock”: Melvin Gibbs reviewed The latest project from bassist Melvin Gibbs updates the bold collage techniques of 1970s Miles Davis and Teo Macero, writes Phil Freeman in The Wire 500 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music, hosted by Misha Farrant and broadcast on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra. Music by Katokye, weed420, BBBBBBB, otta, No Disc, and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Subscribers to The Wire receive: -The monthly magazine in print & digital -Downloads & CDs -The Wire Tapper CD + download -Access to the complete online magazine library Next month we will be putting up our subscription rates: subscribe now to beat the increase! www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/

Wire mix: Weston Olencki To accompany their interview in The Wire 500, Berlin based US composer Weston Olencki curates an exclusive Wire mix of music by their close collaborators www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Misha Farrant hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by Katokye, BBBBBBB (pictured), gyrofield, Ted Hearne & The Crossing, Sunik Kim and many more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Courtesy BBBBBBB

Read an extract from Synths, Sax And Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978 Ian Thompson charts the development of Red Noise, a collection of anarchist and communist musicians brought together during the Paris protests of May 68 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...

"I got bored with one, four and five chords ... so microtonality offered me a sort of sourness and complexity that speaks to more mixed emotions." Read the full Invisible Jukebox with Lea Bertucci in The Wire 500 - www.thewire.co.uk/shop/ - and listen along to the mix below:

Inside The Wire 500: Fay Victor "If one improvises using sounds the voice normally makes - sighing, crying - everyone can resonate with sounds that are normal to them." Read the full article in The Wire 500: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Wire mix: Weston Olencki To accompany their interview in The Wire 500, Berlin based US composer Weston Olencki curates an exclusive Wire mix of music by their close collaborators www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

🎸 This incredible commemorative cover can be found inside Issue 500 of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social , drawn by longstanding resident artist Savage Pencil! 👀 Browse the complete archive of The Wire on Exact Editions.

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire's weekly radio show on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, hosted by @lucythraves.bsky.social and featuring tracks by Ornette Coleman Trio, Valentina Magaletti & YPY, Weston Olencki, feeo and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Adventures In Sound And Music returns after its summer break, with @lucythraves.bsky.social playing music by Ornette Coleman Trio, Weston Olencki, feeo, Valentina Magaletti & YPY & many more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule

Invisible Jukebox mix: Lea Bertucci Listen to the music we played to Lea Bertucci during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 500 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Inside The Wire 500: Natural Information Society The Chicago group's ever evolving, polyrhythmic and plane-shifting compositions take their cues from Don Cherry's Organic Music Society. Read the full article in the 500th issue of The Wire: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

In The Wire 500, Mattie Colquhoun argues that critics who seek to distance themselves from cultural pessimism too often fail to deal with the unresolved impasse at the heart of 21st century pop culture www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Office Ambience 500 Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2025 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers the ways in which Bobby Krlic’s psych-horror scores trap the audience in Ari Aster’s protagonists’ terror. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Apropos of 'clubs' and 'curators', subscribe to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social instead. On top of everything else, each month you get reports on amazing labels in the Unlimited Editions section, like @darylworthington.bsky.social on Collapsing Drums. Support independent journalism not grubby corpos.

The 500th issue of The Wire comes with a commemorative silver gatefold cover featuring brand new artwork by the magazine’s longstanding resident graphic artist and illustrator Savage Pencil. Pick up your copy here: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

I believe I have been reading The Wire since the beginning and am proud to be a regular contributor. The latest issue is a milestone edition celebrating 500 issues. My review of a recently released Sly & the Family Stone live album is just one of the pieces in this issue.

43 years, 500 issues of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Incredible numbers. Here's to at least that many more! Happy to have a contribution in this celebratory issue. I reviewed the chilling yet sublime new industrial/IDM/noise record by Ukrainian musician Ujif_notfound.

500 issues. God damn. Can't believe I've been so lucky to contribute to The Wire since 2002. I wrote the Jazz & Improv column in this one, plus a full-page review of new work by @melvingibbs.bsky.social.

if yoooou caaan beeelieeeve it the wire celebrates 500 issues this month!! 🎈for this special edition I had the pleasure of interviewing noise legends and confirmed sweethearts OvO, and reviewing releases by cindy lee, david byrne, jonathan richman + baxter dury! buy a magazine!!

The Wire 500 is out now! Featuring a special commemorative silver gatefold Wire 500 artwork by Savage Pencil, plus features on Natural Information Society, Fay Victor, OvO, Weston Olencki, Bitchin Bajas, Lea Bertucci, and many, many more. Available to buy here: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Next week, The Wire will publish its 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th issue, which feels like something worth celebrating. By way of reflection, we've taken a look back through the archive at our previous milestones. 1) 50 Undersung Musicians (Issue 50, April 1988)

Next week, The Wire will publish its 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th issue, which feels like something worth celebrating. By way of reflection, we've taken a look back through the archive at our previous milestones. 1) 50 Undersung Musicians (Issue 50, April 1988)

Wire mix: SANAM Beirut based avant rock group SANAM curate a special mix of music to accompany their interview in The Wire 499 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

“An absolutely pure statement”: Michael Hurley’s final album reviewed www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Unlimited Editions: Ftarri To accompany his report on Ftarri in The Wire 499, Derek Walmsley explores a playlist of recent releases from the Japanese improv label www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Nice column by Derek Malsmly about the misrepresentation of genres on Spotify. Published in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. #music #genres #thewire #spotify

Wire mix: SANAM Beirut based avant rock group SANAM curate a special mix of music to accompany their interview in The Wire 499 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

At The Wire website watch exclusive footage of Cabaret Voltaire, who feature on the cover of our current issue, preparing for their forthcoming performances in October and November www.thewire.co.uk/video/cabare...

The Wire's very own Joseph Stannard @jjstannard.bsky.social will be in conversation with Slomo and Stephen O'Malley on 1st Sept 👇

🎧 @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's September issue has arrived! The issue features a 10-page Cabaret Voltaire special, including interviews with founding members Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson. 👀 Explore the complete archive of The Wire on Exact Editions.

At The Wire website watch exclusive footage of Cabaret Voltaire, who feature on the cover of our current issue, preparing for their forthcoming performances in October and November www.thewire.co.uk/video/cabare...

Office Ambience 499 Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our September 2025 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Our 2024 Rewind double issue is back in stock in our online shop. But NB we only have a limited number available. If you missed it, pick up a copy now. www.thewire.co.uk/issues/491/492

Inside The Wire 499: Cabaret Voltaire Remixed Our writers reflect on Cabaret Voltaire's labyrinthine legacy, from rave signals and Balkan media art to TV cross-talk and Black Audio Film Collective. By Dan Barrow, Antonio Poscic, Ken Hollings, Joe Muggs & Derek Walmsley. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

To complement his interview with Chris Burn in The Wire 499, Seymour Wright discusses tracks from across the musician’s varied career. Read and listen at The Wire website: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Global Ear: Bologna Seth Wheeler and Jamila Squire compile an annotated playlist to accompany their report on Bologna’s radical experimental music centre in The Wire 499 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

To complement his interview with Chris Burn in The Wire 499, Seymour Wright discusses tracks from across the musician’s varied career. Read and listen at The Wire website: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Global Ear: Bologna Seth Wheeler and Jamila Squire compile an annotated playlist to accompany their report on Bologna’s radical experimental music centre in The Wire 499 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...