Current Issue: #340 | June 2012
Photograph by Michael SchmellingFeaturing: Bass Clef, Ruth Ewan, Jan Jelinek, Annea Lockwood, R Stevie Moore, Traxman, Nik Colk Void
On the cover: R Stevie Moore: Matthew Ingram charts the remarkable life of the
lo-fi pioneer through 35 years and over 400 releases of homemade radio rock and warped power pop. Plus: Bass Clef, Annea Lockwood, Traxman, Jan Jelinek's Invisible Jukebox, Nik Colk Void, Ruth Ewan, Global Ear in Kingston and more.
Subscriber specials: Below The Radar 9
The latest in our download series for subscribers to The Wire.
Scott Walker: No Regrets on sale now
The Wire and Orion Books present Scott Walker: No Regrets, a book of writings on Scott Walker edited by Rob Young, with contributions from Derek Walmsley, Nina Power, Ian Penman, Biba Kopf, David Stubbs, Brian Morton, David Toop and others. Available in the bookshop now.
New limited edition T-shirt in the shop
A limited edition T-shirt designed by Reuben Sutherland of audio visual duo Sculpture, modelled by R Stevie Moore.
Bass Clef's Portal
Follow Ralph Cumbers aka Bass Clef's top picks of the web. Cumbers is featured in The Wire 340 in an article by Joseph Stannard.
Win festival passes to Mutek Montreal 2012
We've got two festival passes for the 2012 edition of Mutek in Montreal up for grabs.
Listen to compositions by Annea Lockwood
Stream a selection of work by the composer Annea Lockwood, featured in an article by Julian Cowley in The Wire 340.
Collateral Damage: Awesome Tapes From Africa's Brian Shimkovitz
Digital transparency has revealed dimensions to African music beyond Western received ideas. But how to market it sympathetically, asks Brian Shimkovitz
Rewired 10 May 2012
Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman, with tracks by Bob Andy, Shackleton, Xhin, Mungo's HiFi and more.
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