Mike Barnes

Issue 346

December 2012

On the cover: Scott Walker – In a rare interview, the singer and composer talks Mike Barnes through his ambitious, brutal and absurdist new album, Bish Bosch. Inside: Peter Brötzmann redux, Wyrd sounds from the West Country, Jonas Mekas, David S Ware, Pinch, the Slowfoot label, Fontanelle, and much more.

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Issue 336

February 2012

On the cover: Lil B – Lisa Blanning travels to San Francisco for an audience with the Based God, who’s subverting hiphop with complex notions of sexuality and race. Plus: Keith Fullerton Whitman, Julian Cowley on Harvey Matusow's 1972 ICES Festival, Charles Hayward's Invisible Jukebox, Terre Thaemlitz's Collateral Damage, Ian Helliwell, Los Llamarada, Ital, Linder, Jeremy Deller and more.

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Issue 335

January 2012

On the cover: The Wire’s essential review of the year’s best music, including the Top 50 Releases of the Year, writers’ and musicians’ reflections, and essays on 2011’s key developments, including Mark Fisher on the crackle of dissent, David Keenan on the sedition of song and Philip Clark on the liberation of sounds, and views from the office. Plus Michael Chapman's Invisible Jukebox, Spencer Clark & James Ferraro, Gonjasufi, Kouhei Matsunaga, Claudia Molitor and more.

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Captain Beefheart: The Biography by Mike Barnes (Revised Edition)

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Issue 332

October 2011

On the cover: Christian Marclay: David Toop meets the Swiss-American champion of the Venice Biennale to discuss DJing, video editing, downtown adventures and radical scores. Plus Hieroglyphic Being, Bill Orcutt, Chris & Cosey's Invisible Jukebox, Shabaka Hutchings, Raime, Sun Araw in Jamaica, Ed Atkins and more.

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Issue 325

March 2011

On the cover: The sound-sculpting Detroit DJ ties knots in the timelines of black music history with his 12" re-edits and freefloating rhythms. By Derek Walmsley. Plus: Michel Chion's Invisible Jukebox, Alternative Cambridge, David Bedford, Mizz Beats, Natalie Beridze and much more.

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January 2010

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Issue 306

August 2009

On The Cover: Madlib - The 'human record crate' behind Quasimoto, Yesterdays New Quintet and Beat Konducta tells Lisa Blanning about ancient grooves and future hiphop. Plus: Hypnagogic pop, British visionary jazz Primer, Sleazy Peter Christopherson's Invisible Jukebox, Andrea Parkins, Nisennenmondai, Diana Rogerson, Rolf Julius and more...

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Issue 305

July 2009

On The Cover: Moritz von Oswald - Basic Channel's reclusive co-founder breaks cover to tell Philip Sherburne about the dub-Techno interface and his trio with Vladislav Delay and Max Loderbauer. Plus Pierre Henry, Ramleh, Ran Blake, Ariel Pink's Invisible Jukebox, Lucas Abela, Giuseppe Ielasi, Cooly G, Jacob Kirkegaard and more

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Issue 304

June 2009

+ Exploratory Music From Poland 01

On The Cover: Ornette Coleman: Music as medicine, sound as universal grammar: Phil Freeman hears the philosophy of the free jazz legend. Plus: The Caretaker, Comus, Dan Graham, Andy Moor's Invisible Jukebox, Bora Yoon, Graham Lambkin, Arrington de Dionyso and more

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Issue 296

October 2008

+ The Wire Tapper 20

On The Cover: Richie Hawtin - he has the technology. Stuck To The Cover: The Wire Tapper 20 - a free 19-track CD featuring music by Grails, Mike Osborne, Paavoharju, Pantaleimon, MoHa!, Zavoloka and more. Plus, Makoto Kawabata's Invisible Jukebox, Benge, The Primer: The alternative Neil Young, Ingrid Laubrock, Runhild Gammelsaeter, Lucky Dragons, David Grubbs on brief encounters and more.

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Issue 295

September 2008

On the cover: Ultra-Red - Mark Fisher talks experimental music and radical politics with the multinational audio activists. Other features include interviews with Trevor Watts, Ghédalia Tazartès, Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair's Invisible Jukebox, Dusk & Blackdown, Aleks Kolkowski, Allora & Calzadilla in Cross Platform, Global Ear from Beijing, Sonic Youth and Brian Eno biographies reviewed in Print Run, Venn Festival, My Bloody Valentine and Sonar reviewed On Location and more. Subscribe now!

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Issue 290

April 2008

+ The Wire Tapper 19

On The Cover: Gudrun Gut - From Malaria!, Mania D and Neubauten to Ocean Club radio and Monika Enterprise, this 'dilettante' has genially hosted Berlin's new music scene for 30 years. By Philip Sherburne.

Stuck To The Cover: The Wire Tapper 19: the latest volume in our series of free new music compilations.

Plus: Dave Stelfox's tribute to hip hop producer J Dilla, Michael Rother of Neu!'s Invisible Jukebox, the return of free jazz bassist Henry Grimes, Philip Clark's Henry Cow primer and more!

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Issue 286

December 2007

+ Whispers From The Forests, Screams From The Mountains

Keith Moline meets exotic avant-rockers Pram in their Birmingham dreamhouse. Plus Brian Marley's Harry Partch Primer, Michael Gira's Invisible Jukebox, Michael Bracewell on Roxy Music and more alongside all our regulars including Global Ear, Epiphanies, Savage Pencil's Trip or Squeek and more.

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Issue 281

July 2007

On The Cover: Throbbing Gristle - The four "wreckers of civilisation" return with their first new material since breaking up in 1981. David Stubbs finds out how their uncompromising stance has matured

Features: Keijo, Robin Williamson, Invisible Jukebox: Peter Rehberg, Daniel AIU Higgs, Skull Disco, Cross Platform: Mathieu Brand

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Issue 277

March 2007

ON THE COVER: Nick Cave's revitalised cowboy outfit draws its rock power from improvisation, Warren Ellis's violin loops and the spirit of ecstatic jazz. By Keith Moliné

FEATURES: Peter Hammill; Once Upon A Time In Cairo; Invisible Jukebox: Rachid Taha; Paul Burwell 1949-2007; Robert Horton; Polly Shang Kuan Band; Cross Platform: Ray Lee

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Issue 276

February 2007

ON THE COVER: Seismic Performances: 60 Concerts That Shook The World! From gigs in defunct power stations to New York squats and Siberian festivals, The Wire's team of writers remember the performances that changed their lives

FEATURES: Invisible Jukebox: Bert Jansch; The Primer: Adrian Sherwood & On-U Sound; Cross Platform: Shinro Ohtake; Infinite Livez, Richard Skelton, Alan Vega

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Issue 272

October 2006

ON THE COVER: Pere Ubu - After 14 albums and several line-up changes, David Thomas's group continue to map out America's ghost towns and lost highways. By Phil Freeman

FEATURES: Rafael Toral, Invisible Jukebox: Chris Corsano, Once Upon A Time In Melbourne, Cross Platform: Jayne Parker, James Blackshaw, COH, Little Annie

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Issue 266

April 2006

+ Room 40: A Collection of Sound From the Australian Imprint Room 40

ON THE COVER: Tom Verlaine: On the eve of his first new album in 13 years, the reclusive Television guitarist allows Alan Licht a rare audience

FEATURES: Spring Heel Jack, Invisible Jukebox: Burnt Friedman, Primer: The Fall, Linder, Mouthus, The Knife, Ned Sublette

Issue 264

February 2006

ON THE COVER: Edan: The Boston DJ/MC/producer trawls widely, from Old School hiphop to 60s freakbeat heroes. By Hua Hsu

FEATURES: Derek Bailey 1930-2005, Invisible Jukebox: Steve Reid, Bardo Pond, Battles, Birgit Ulher, Sleeparchive

Issue 262

December 2005

+ The Wire Tapper 14

ON THE COVER: Lightning Bolt

FEATURES: Ken Hyder, Vashti Bunyan, Invisible Jukebox: Ray Russell, Primer: Jamaican Deejays, Tujiko Noriko, Susanne Brokesch, Kang Tae Hwan

PLUS: Wire Tapper 14: All copies of this month's issue come with a free 16 track CD, the latest volume in our ongoing series of new music compilations. The CD features tracks by Oren Marshall, Dirty Projectors, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, This Heat, Nels Cline/Wally Shoup/Chris Corsano and more

Issue 261

November 2005

ON THE COVER: Remake Remodel - 60 cover versions that rattle the state of song

FEATURES: Invisible Jukebox: Steve Reich, Earth, The Birth of Japanese Free Music, Oren Marshall, Mazen Kerbaj, Jackson And His Computer Band

Issue 253

March 2005

ON THE COVER: MF Doom - Hua Hsu investigates the many personae of one of HipHop's most mysterious figures.

FEATURES: Bill Fay, Hijokaidan, James Tenney, Invisible Jukebox: Ken Vandermark, M Ward, Colin Potter, Wally Shoup, Hugh Metcalfe

Issue 247

September 2004

ON THE COVER: Derek Bailey - Free improvisation's wittiest and wiliest thinker has been rejuvenated since his move to Barcelona. By David Keenan

FEATURES: Tim Barnes, Jac Berrocal, Invisible Jukebox: Chris Watson, Kenneth Anger, Mira Calix, Felix Kubin, Thomas Melchoir, Text of Light, Björn Olsson

Issue 245

July 2004

ON THE COVER: Alvin Lucier - Sitting in a room on the eve of his UK tour, the Connecticut composer talks to Christoph Cox about a life in feedback

FEATURES: Damo Suzuki, Ellen Fullman, Devendra Banhart, Invisible Jukebox: Sunn 0))), Bark Psychosis, Dengue Fever, Mark Leckey

Current Issue 353

July 2013

On the cover: The Dead C – The New Zealand underground rock trio have been making music at the outer limits for 25 years. On the road in Europe, they tell David Keenan why Bruce Russell’s amp sound is better than sex. Plus: Rashad Becker, a Primer on Don Cherry, Pangaea's Invisible Jukebox, Arturas Bumšteinas, Paul Metzger, The Durian Brothers and more.

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