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Artists:

Jad Fair, Josephine Foster, Gallon Drunk, Yan Jun, Monolake, Position Normal, Paul Rooney, Janek Schaefer, The Village Orchestra

Contributors:

Clive Bell, Lisa Blanning, Julian Cowley, Kodwo Eshun, Chris Sharp, David Stubbs, Cathi Unsworth, Derek Walmsley, Rob Young

Contents summary | Full print contents

On The Cover: The Wire's essential review of the year's best music, including Top 50 Records of the Year, writers' and musicians' reflections, and discussions of the state of the art in sound. Plus: Monolake, Janek Schaefer, Josephine Foster's Invisible Jukebox, Position Normal, The Village Orchestra, Yan Jun, Paul Rooney in Cross Platform, Jad Fair, Kodwo Eshun on sonic warfare, Cathi Unsworth on Gallon Drunk and more...

Available online:

• Rewind 2009: Contributors Charts (Charts)
• 2009 Rewind (Charts)
• Monolake in full (In Writing)
• Cathi Unsworth: Dirty Old Town (In Writing)
• The Inner Sleeve: Graham Dolphin (Inner Sleeve)
• Exclusive Gallon Drunk MP3 (MP3 Specials)
• Exclusive Yan Jun MP3s (MP3 Specials)
• Download a Josephine Foster MP3 (MP3 Specials)
• Exclusive download MP3 by The Village Orchestra (MP3 Specials)
• Download a Jad Fair MP3 (MP3 Specials)
• Office Ambience #311 (Office Ambience)
• View an exclusive video by Graham Dolphin (On Camera)
• Sunny's Time Now: exclusive excerpt (On Camera)
• Exclusive Monolake clip (On Camera)
• Paul Rooney: Exclusive Video (On Camera)
• See Pfff... and Ornament & Verbrechen in concert (On Camera)
• Vindicatrix: Unborn In Vectors (On Camera)
• Cathi Unsworth's Portal 07/01/2010: Stewart Home Society (The Portal)
• Yan Jun's Portal 22/12/2009: Our Vitamin (The Portal)
• Yan Jun's Portal 23/12/2009: yanjun.org (The Portal)
• Yan Jun's Portal 24/12/2009: UbuWeb (The Portal)
• Paul Rooney Portal 28/12/2009: Souffle (The Portal)
• Paul Rooney Portal 29/12/2009: Film & Video Umbrella (The Portal)
• Paul Rooney Portal 30/12/2009: Lost High Street (The Portal)
• Cathi Unsworth's Portal 04/01/2010: Simon Crubellier's Photostream (The Portal)
• Cathi Unsworth's Portal 05/01/2010: Nude Magazine (The Portal)
• Cathi Unsworth's Portal 06/01/2010: Crime Squad (The Portal)
• Cathi Unsworth's Portal 08/01/2010: Sohemian Society (The Portal)
• Portal 11/01/2010: No Wave & The Films of Vivienne Dick (The Portal)