2012 Rewind
The Wire’s crucial review of the last 12 months in underground sound and music, including the releases of the year, opinions and reflections from a host of musicians and critics, and analyses of 2012’s most significant audio culture trends.

Global Ear Christchurch
In the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake, the New Zealand city’s experimental musicians are rebuilding the local soundscape. By Jo Burzynska.

Invisible Jukebox Bryan Ferry
The Roxy Music crooner does the Strand with The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Michael Bracewell.

Cross Platform Madge Gill
The complex legacy of the East London artist and medium is inspiring new work by David Tibet and others. By Frances Morgan.

Bites
Broadcast’s James Cargill on soundtracking Berberian Sound Studio; Ilan Volkov on conducting John Zorn; Ruff Sqwad’s Grime encrusted white labels; the return of ICP Orchestra; plus Unofficial Channels.

Epiphanies
Charles Hayward on how the Brussels Expo, alarm clocks and The Ipcress File introduced his young self to an interzone of sound.

The Inner Sleeve
Alasdair Roberts on Pan-Ra’s Music From Atlantis.

Print Run
New music books: a cultural biography of reggae legend Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee; Joe Morris’s handbook for improvising musicians; a new anthology of verbal notation.

On Screen
Films & DVDs: W+B Hein’s structuralist films; the story of Rodriguez in Searching For Sugar Man.

On Site
Exhibitions, installations, etc: People Like Us in Bristol; Mark Peter Wright in London.

On Location
Festival and concert reviews: Supersonic, Tusk, Death Grips plus Lee Gamble + Hieroglyphic Being.

Soundcheck A–Z

James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk
Jeb Bishop & Jorrit Dijkstra
Broadcast
Brokeback
Brothers Unconnected
Andrew Chalk
Michael Chapman
Éloïse Decazes & Eric Chenaux
Ducktails
Brian Eno
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Barry Guy/Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
Hamilton Yarns
King Crimson
Gintas K
Radu Malfatti & Taku Unami
Monopoly Child Star Searchers
Norbert Möslang
Manuel Mota
Jon Mueller
Aki Onda
Pere Ubu
Michael Pisaro
Folke Rabe
Alasdair Roberts & Friends
Keith Rowe
Silver Pyre
Slomo
The Sonic Catering Band
Spaceape
DJ Spinn
Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson
Various Lithuanian Sound Art
Various Man Chest Hair
Various Touch. 30 Years And Counting
The Whammies