Dub producer, musician and songwriter Bovell is the guest selector alongside regular host, reggae historian and DJ David Katz. The evening starts with a Q&A at 7:45pm. London Upstairs At The Ritzy, 9 ...

British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory ...

Issue 491/492 January 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 491/492. Inside our new issue: 2024 Rewind: the Year in Underground Music Releases of the Year: We ...

On the cover: David Lynch & Chrystabell : As their new album Cellophane Memories marks the culmination of 20-plus years of collaboration, the director and singer unpack their dream-like songs over a ...

1 Robert Wyatt Comicopera (Domino) 2 Burial Untrue (Hyperdub) 3 Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks) 4 OM Pilgrimage (Southern Lord) 5 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver (DFA/EMI) 6 Von Südenfed Tromatic ...

London based artist Aura Satz ’s latest work is an experimental documentary zooming in on sirens – from their history in various mythologies to their use as tools for defence and their current role in ...

Current 93's David Tibet made his first mark in the 'Industrial' culture of the early 1980s even though the was skeptical of the Industrial formula equating inept noise with socially 'transgressive' ...

Issue 493 March 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 493. Inside our brand new issue: Masma Dream World: Devi Mambouka channels the voices of the spirits on ...

Issue 494 April 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 494. Inside our brand new issue: Raven Chacon: The Diné/Navajo composer foregrounds unheard and silenced ...

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 ...

Issue 482 April 2024 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 482. Inside our brand new issue: Darius Jones: The New York based composer and saxophonist draws ...

Cecil Taylor, Madison, WI, 1971 In the few weeks left of the school year after the Stock Pavilion concert, I started sitting in on Taylor’s lectures. As soon as I could, I signed up for his class ...