Tracks
Global Ear: Bologna
August 2025
Seth Wheeler and Jamila Squire compile an annotated playlist to accompany their report on Bologna’s experimental music centre in The Wire 499
Seth Wheeler and Jamila Squire compile an annotated playlist to accompany their report on Bologna’s experimental music centre in The Wire 499
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our September 2025 issue
Volume 48 of The Wire's subscriber only download compilation includes tracks by Crystabel Efemena Riley, Meat Strap, Labake Sabbath, Violeta Garcia & Hora Lunga, Nahja Mora, Annie Bloch & Emily Wittbrodt, M.I.C and more
Listen to the music we played to DJ Haram during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 499
The 24 July edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured new and forthcoming music from Object Collection, Larum, Ziúr, Endlings + VNM, and more
Wassily Bosch curates a special Wire mix of music from the Russian noise underground
The 17 July edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured an exclusive guest mix from Anvar Kalandarov, musician and founder of Uzbek label Maqom Soul, as well as tracks by Cheb Bakr, tedzi, Stimulator Jones, DJ DIE SOON and more
To accompany his report on Artetetra in The Wire 498, Miloš Hroch explores a playlist of recent releases from the Italian cassette label
Listen to the music we played Gina Birch in her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 498
Simon Coates compiles an annotated playlist to go with his report on Manila’s underground music scenes in The Wire 498
The 10 July edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Ho99o9, Giant Claw, SANAM, Ovo, Chicago Underground Duo, Cate Le Bon, and more
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our August 2025 issue
To accompany the review of his new album Yowzers in The Wire 497, Ben LaMar Gay produces an exclusive Wire mix
The 3 July edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Susu Laroche, Rufige Kru, Youth Code, The Sabres Of Paradise, Alien Boys, OSEES and more
To accompany her interview in The Wire 497, guitarist and composer Nina Garcia creates an exclusive Wire mix of her own music alongside works by Conlon Nancarrow, Sophie Agnel, Guttersnipe, and more
The 26 June edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Blixa Bargeld & Nikko Weidemann, Swans, Błoto, Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński, Otaco, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker and more
The latest Wire Tapper CD is attached to the cover of all copies of The Wire issue 498, August 2025. Subscribers can download the album here
The 19 June edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Cosmic Ear, Mark Stewart, Ensemble Nist-Nah, Musarc, Matmos, Linda May Han Oh, Steve Lehman, Hekate, Three-Layer Cake and more
Composer Dean Hurley and music editor Lori Eschler reflect on the experience of working on David Lynch and Mark Frost’s cult classic Twin Peaks and compile a mix of music highlighting its abiding influence
Listen to a recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman’s closing set at this year's Stihia festival near Moynaq, Uzbekistan