The 16 October edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Danz CM, Pray-Pax, Joanne Robertson, Akiko Yano, Alpha Maid and more

Listen to the music we played to Lord Spikeheart during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 501

In The Wire 501, Robin James argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2025 issue

The 9 October edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Black Eyes, Eric Wetherell, GORZ, Andy Blade, Masma Dream World, and more

Felix Kubin compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the nonconformist German label ZickZack, in honour of its founder Alfred Hilsberg who died in August

A new Foley based production at London's Royal Court Theatre invites us into the sound-making world of animals, writes Giles Bailey

Six Finger Satellite frontman and synth player J Ryan talks to Joseph Stannard about the making of the Rhode Island group’s newly reissued 1995 Severe Exposure album

The 2 October edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Klein, Raphael Rogiński & Ružičnjak Tajni, Iva Bittová, The Good Ones and more

In an extract from a new collection of writings and interviews by James Tenney – edited by Robert Wannamaker, Lauren Pratt and Tashi Wada – Douglas Kahn interviews the US Fluxus composer and theorist in 1999 about his influences and works

The Necks share a track from their forthcoming album Disquiet

The 25 September edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Anthony Moore, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Olan Monk, People Of The Wind and more

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers how Justin Hurwitz manipulates, distorts, multiplies and caricatures jazz traditions in his collaborations with director Damien Chazelle

To accompany his report on Collapsing Drums in The Wire 500, Spenser Tomson explores a playlist of releases from the pandemic-born label

The latest project from bassist Melvin Gibbs updates the bold collage techniques of 1970s Miles Davis and Teo Macero, writes Phil Freeman in The Wire 500

The 18 September edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Katokye, weed420, BBBBBBB, otta, No Disc, and many more

In an extract from his new book, Ian Thompson charts the development of Red Noise, a collection of anarchist and communist musicians brought together during the Paris protests of May 68

To accompany their interview in The Wire 500, Berlin based US composer Weston Olencki curates an exclusive Wire mix of music by their close collaborators

The 11 September edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Ornette Coleman Trio, Weston Olencki, feeo, Valentina Magaletti & YPY and many more

Listen to the music we played to Lea Bertucci during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 500

In The Wire 500, Mattie Colquhoun argues that critics who seek to distance themselves from cultural pessimism too often fail to deal with the unresolved impasse at the heart of 21st century pop culture

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2025 issue

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers the ways in which Bobby Krlic’s psych-horror scores trap the audience in Ari Aster’s protagonists’ terror

In The Wire 499, Byron Coley reviews the final studio album by the late US troubadour Michael Hurley

To accompany his report on Ftarri in The Wire 499, Derek Walmsley explores a playlist of recent releases from the Japanese improv label

Beirut based avant rock group SANAM curate a special mix of music to accompany their interview in The Wire 499

Watch exclusive footage of Cabaret Voltaire preparing for their forthcoming performances in October and November

To complement his interview with Chris Burn in The Wire 499, Seymour Wright discusses tracks from across the musician’s varied career

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

In The Wire 499, the Moreskinsound duo of musician and writer David Toop and performance artist Ania Psenitsnikova argues that categories like music and dance limit our understanding of sound and movement

Listen to the music we played to DJ Haram during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 499

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, Master Of Inane Conversation and more

In an extract from his new book, Daniel Martin Feige outlines the basic principles and skills involved in improvisation

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Michael Abels’s musicalisations of Black aspiration in Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) and Us (2020).

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

The reissued early 1990s output of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns aka The Sabres Of Paradise still cuts deep, writes Ken Hollings in The Wire 498

Wassily Bosch curates a special Wire mix of music from the Russian noise underground

Spotify’s partial catalogue of underground genres such as grime and jungle distorts listeners’ understanding of their history, argues Derek Walmsley

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 US author and former Wire contributor and staff member has died after a long illness

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

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy analyses the techno roots of Irène Drésel’s unrelenting score to Eric Gravel’s 2021 social critique Full-Time (À Plein Temps)

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

In The Wire 497, Esi Eshun reviews Mourning [A] BLKstar's eighth album, Flowers For The Living, which explores strategies for resistance

British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory and life affirming, writes Rosie Esther Solomon

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

To accompany his report on Dusty Ballz in The Wire 497, Daryl Worthington explores a playlist of recent releases from the label that celebrates new music from China

The 12 June edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Burqa Boyz, Moin, Iceman Junglist Kru, DJ Haram, Incapacitants, Abdullah Minawy, Slikback, Susu Laroche and more

Simon Coates compiles an annotated playlist to go with his report on Dhaka’s underground music scenes in The Wire 497

Watch a short film that explores the experimental music scene in Rio de Janeiro through the lens of the city’s Novas Frequências festival

Listen to the music we played DJ Scotch Egg in his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 497

Watch a video of Crystabel Efemena Riley performing at London’s Ormside Projects to accompany her interview with Abi Bliss in The Wire 497

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our July 2025 issue

The 5 June edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, Cécilia Angeles, Joy Guidry, Anika, Mark Stewart, Larry Stabbins & Mark Sanders, and more

Chiara Rendeková compiles an annotated playlist to go with her report on Bratislava’s underground music scenes in The Wire 496, as the city resists authoritarian crack downs

In The Wire 496, Jo Hutton argues that radiophonic art is its own highly developed and theorised artistic practice, not merely an offshoot of electroacoustic music

The 29 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Hampus Lindwall, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Purple Trap and more

To accompany his interview in The Wire 496, Montreal vocalist and producer Quinton Barnes creates a special mix of his own music alongside tracks by Aby Ngana Diop, Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane, RP Boo, and others

Philip Brophy analyses the musical rendering of emotional and cultural deception in Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s scores for Smile (2022) and season one of The White Lotus (2021)

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The 23 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured an exclusive guest mix from vocalist and composer Nadah El Shazly, as well as tracks by O$VMV$M ft gnome GOD, Kin’Gongolo Kiniata, El Kontessa, Bad Sound & DJ Marfox, Miso Extra and more

Flutist, sound artist and composer Barbara Held worked closely with Japanese composer Yasunao Tone, who died earlier this month. Here, she remembers their collaborations and friendship

To accompany his report on Colorfield Records in The Wire 496, Daniel Spicer explores a playlist co-curated with label boss Pete Min

The 15 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Marc Melià, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Nova Materia, DJ Haram, David Van Tieghem, Quinton Barnes, and many more

In an extract from his new book, Jamie Taylor remembers the first time he went to visit Ken Patten’s studio, home to early iterations of The Human League, Vice Versa (later ABC), Heaven 17 and Clock DVA

Listen to the music we played to billy woods during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 496

To accompany his interview in The Wire 495, Kolkata producer Nilotpal Das, aka Bios Contrast, creates a special mix of his own tracks alongside music by influences including Aphex Twin, Madvillain, AR Rahman, and My Bloody Valentine

The 8 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by billy woods, Youth Code, Fatboi Sharif & Driveway, Flying Lotus, Pixel Grip, Youth Code and many more

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our June 2025 issue

A collection of new electronic and experimental music compiled and annotated by SHAPE+ for The Wire. Like all releases in the Below The Radar series, this edition can be downloaded by both print and digital subscribers to The Wire

The 1 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Nadah El Shazly, Arturas Bumsteinas, Wukir Suryadi, Li Jianhong, IZ, Noor Zehra Kazim, Der Expander Des Fortschritts and more

To accompany his interview in The Wire 495, the Vietnamese producer and video artist Trân Uy Đúc curates a special Wire mix in collaboration with Glasgow based DJ Maicol

Read an extract from Daniel Spicer’s Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution And The Politics Of Improvisation, in which the author reconsiders the connections between the German saxophonist's playing and that of Albert Ayler

In The Wire 495, Daniel Spicer reviews five albums that form part of a Strata-East reissue programme that celebrates the rich legacy of the New York label

Josh Feola compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on the Danish capital’s DIY underground in The Wire 495

The 24 April edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Sun Ra, Ambrose Akinmusire, Stefan Niculescu, Ukandanz, Maggie Nicols & Dan Johnson, Chris Cochrane's Collapsible Shoulder Big Band, Poor Creature, and more