To accompany her report on glint music in The Wire 502, Misha Farrant explores a playlist of releases from the enigmatic South London label

Listen to the music we played to Test Dept during their Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 502

Translation Loss Records and Pro Sound Effects share an exclusive early stream of Ann Kroeber and Alan Splet’s I Thought I Heard A Stranger

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

Juan San Cristóbal Lizama speaks to the Colombian duo Chúpame El Dedo to compile a playlist of music from Bogotá’s lively cumbia scene

Nyahh Records’ label runner Willie Stewart compiles a playlist to accompany new boxset The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection Of Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego, a companion to Bill Perrine’s book of the same name

Pierre Crépon selects tracks from the catalogue of US saxophonist Sonny Simmons, with input from Marc Chaloin, co-author of new autobiography Better Do It Now Before You Die Later

To accompany their interview in The Wire 501, Bristol duo Kinlaw & Franco Franco curates an exclusive Wire mix of celestial musings, cyber-noir, and trappist beats

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

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

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

The Necks share a track from their forthcoming album Disquiet

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

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

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

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

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

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