Pierre Crépon selects recordings of Hanns Eisler’s political songs, ranging from 1930s shellac records to 1970s free jazz versions

To accompany his Invisible Jukebox with Tatsuya Yoshida in The Wire 470, James Hadfield selects tracks from the Ruins vocalist and drummer's back catalogue

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our April 2023 issue

Steve Barker selects tracks from the dub techno vocalist’s back catalogue of collaborations and solo releases

Following his interview with Slovenian band Širom in The Wire 469, Miloš Hroch locates more Eastern and Western European groups who are telling new tales with traditional regional instruments

To accompany his profile of the New York creative music label in The Wire 469, Kehinde Alonge selects standout tracks from the vast back catalogue of 577 Records

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our March 2023 issue

The retro-futuristic Berlin duo compile a mix of music that has influenced their own hi-tech sound experiments

The Burkinabe griot and Belgian electronics duo share a live recording of a recent show in Margate

Croatian archive specialist Fox & His Friends issues forgotten curios that flowered in the cracks of communist Yugoslavia. Antonio Poscic creates a playlist of standout tracks from the label's back catalogue.

Leeds based noisenik and promoter Theo Gowans assembles a playlist of tracks from his DIY discography

As the independent Palestinian hiphop label readies itself for another live show in London, Nihal ElAasar runs us through standout tracks from BLTNM's back catalogue to accompany her report on the collective in The Wire 465

New Zealand instrument builder and psychedelicist Pat Kraus compiles tracks from a selection of his albums released between 2003–2022

To accompany his essay in The Wire 467 on the ongoing tradition of absurdist humour in UK experimental and improvised music, Stewart Smith compiles tracks by a selection of notable contemporary sonic pranksters

Stream a selection of tracks from some the releases we listened to during the making of our February 2023 issue

Listen to a selection of tracks from this year's Top 50 Releases Of The Year, as voted for by The Wire's contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as those featured in the Top 50 Archive Releases Of The Year, in The Wire 467

The cultural geographer and live cinema artist premieres three tracks from her upcoming album Sister Time

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our December 2022 issue

Keith Moliné selects and discusses key collaborations in The Wire 466 cover star’s career

The Los Angeles based Iranian-American producer marks the release of her new album Ground Groove with an exclusive Wire mix, a sonic representation of her past and present