A&R time travellers and unnecessary reissues are stifling a new generation of artists, says Britt Brown. Where is our faith in art made by the living?

Bangkok based blogger Peter Doolan unravels the colourful mix of Thailand’s popular music scene. His blog Monrakplengthai is featured in The Wire 364.

Richard Thomas is left hungry for ideas by the consumer feeding frenzies unleashed by music festival programmers out to fill every seat at the table

Clive Bell wonders about the fate of the musician-instrument relationship in the age of the laptop.

Derek Walmsley traces the tracks that give their own spin on the history of not just reggae, but the entire existence of Jamaica, continuing on from his Compiler essay (The Wire 363).

"The end of the world has already happened and we are all living in that apocalypse together." Yan Jun takes the temperature of two of China's biggest cities and their music.

A new generation of field recordists is challenging the myth of the invisible figure with a microphone in work that celebrates presence rather than absence.

The author guides us through a selection of sound art compilations of uncurated sounds and words, based on her contribution to The Wire 363 Compiler issue.

Tony Herrington decodes the covers of two radical political book publishers with musical roots

Neil Young's Pono player is the latest entry in a debate over the fidelity of digital sound which simplifies the relationship between the medium of music and its experiential message. By Philip Brophy.

Novelist and poet Stewart Home listens in to getting pumped, and works out some listening suggestions for the more discerning gym bunny.

Writer, musician and activist Christopher DeLaurenti on sonic protest and his field recordings of social change.

Yan Jun on beer in Singapore, venues in Beijing and bloody Russians

Tony Herrington crashes Noise of Art's bogus celebration of 100 years of electronic music.

The Israeli pianist, vocalist and sound artist introduces us to Tel Aviv's underground and emerging experimental music scene.

Reasserting the roots of Kraftwerk’s sound in African-American R&B and jazz reveals how the soul of electronic dance music is being throttled by the dead hand of the culture industry. By Tony Herrington

Reasserting the roots of Kraftwerk’s sound in African-American R&B and jazz reveals how the soul of electronic dance music is being throttled by the dead hand of the culture industry. By Tony Herrington

Clive Bell laces up his travellin' shoes and goes for a wander through the clips, clops and squeaks of footwear in music.

“Somewhere between a travelling cinema and theatre troupe, a kiss-a-gram...” Read an interview with the artist and film maker about her multifaceted, confrontational Party For Freedom audio visual work. By Nathan Budzinski

Read an interview with the late composer Robert Ashley, who died on 3 March 2014