Broadcast
Issue 347
January 2013
2012 Rewind: The Wire’s crucial review of the last 12 months in underground sound and music, including the releases of the year, opinions and reflections from a host of musicians and critics, and analyses of 2012’s most significant audio culture trends. Plus Bryan Ferry's Invisible Jukebox, post-quake Christchurch music scene and more.
News
RIP Trish Keenan
RIP Trish Keenan
Tracks
Into The Vortex live
January 2010
Hear edited highlights of sets from The Wire's recent festival Into The Vortex
Issue 308
October 2009
+ The Wire Tapper 22
Broadcast: Collaborating with hauntologists The Focus Group, Warp's defining post-rock duo summon an occult pop laden with psychedelia. By Joseph Stannard. Plus Lou Reed's Invisible Jukebox, Iancu Dumitrescu, Dopplereffekt, Kosmische Primer, Rashied Ali, Sun Araw, Hans Peter Kuhn in Cross Platform and more
Stuck To The Cover: Free 20 track CD - Arrington de Dionyso, Climax Golden Twins, Elodie Lauten, Pink Mountain, Shits And Giggles, Yoshio Machida and more
Tracks
Into The Vortex
September 2009
Hear music by artists playing at The Wire's festival at London's Vortex
Issue 259
September 2005
ON THE COVER: Richard Youngs - The naive shaman's rapturous DIY minimalism is re-energising the UK's free rock underground. By David Keenan
FEATURES: Hugh Hopper, Ralf Wehowsky, The Primer: Xenakis, Invisible Jukebox: Broadcast, Alexander Hacke, Okkyung Lee, Tracy + The Plastics, Tony Oursler
Interview from Issue 308
Unedited Broadcast
Read Joseph Stannard's interview transcript (excerpt)