The Wire 513 is out now! Featuring Matthew Shipp on the cover, plus interviews with Edward George, Tears|Ov, Gigi Masin, Nick Nicely, Tiiva, Bruno Silva, Liz Harris’s Invisible Jukebox, plus the history of prepared piano, and much more. Order your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

East Sussex based uncanny audiovisual event The Invisible College returns with a special Samhain edition on 30 October. In anticipation, representative Pearly Sandman presents an exclusive Samhain Mixtape of eldritch soundtracks and haunted noise. thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/t…

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly show, which was hosted by Misha Farrant and featured music by Otomo Yoshihide & Quentin Rollet, BETHLEHEM بيت لحم, Coil, Ans M and more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/m…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA, Misha Farrant hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing tracks by Otomo Yoshihide & Quentin Rollet, Willow Swan & Ellis Berwick, Coil, Squid Pisser (pictured) and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1. extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by dancefloormurder

Ludwig Göransson’s scores for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026) and Tenet (2020) trade on diegetic and instrumental ambiguities that intentionally disorient audiences in time and space, writes Philip Brophy in his latest Secret History of Film Music column thewire.co.uk/in-writing/col…

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2026 issue thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/o…

Read an extract from Do What You Fear Most: The History Of The Velvet Underground In this extract, taken from the chapter “No EPI, No Nico, No Andy”, Richie Unterberger explores the troubled reception of The Velvet Underground & Nico on its release in 1967. thewire.co.uk/in-writing/boo…

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by Lucy Thraves and featured music by Cujo, Uche Yara, Leafcutter John, Li Song, A Tomb Full Of Stars and more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/l…

Are you an unpublished* writer with ideas about why music, and music criticism, matter? New Voices is a competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire. Click the link for more information. thewire.co.uk/in-writing/ess…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA, Lucy Thraves hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, playing new music by Uche Yara, Cujo (pictured), Century Long Journey, Li Song and many more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Alex F Webb

Every copy of The Wire 513 comes with a free Wire Tapper 72 CD. The latest instalment in the compilation series features tracks by Noh Age, Finn Loxbo, Bow and Arrow, Century Long Journey, MADTEO featuring SENSATIONAL, La Tène, Nanaco Sato, Maurizio Ravalico/Isambard Khroustaliov, Nickolas Mohanna, Urbanfailure, Aksak Maboul, Oleg Gotskosik Quintet, The Bathroom Producers, Cornelius featuring Sean Ono Lennon, Viragezero and Yanik Soland. Wire subscribers can also download the compilation here: thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wire… Artwork by Hana Jelovšek

Thanks to Mixcloud for highlighting five recent Wire mixes. Track lists for all mixes are available on our website. mixcloud.com/blog/2026/09/24…

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by James Gormley and featured music by Don Cherry, Glass Triangle, Agnes Haus, Ziúr and more. thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/j…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA, James Gormley hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing new, forthcoming and newly released archival records by Don Cherry (pictured), Brandon Seabrook, Slaylor Moon and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Phillipe Gras

Inside The Wire 512: Mike Watt The self-styled bass man has been at the beating heart of America's punk Movement for half a century. He looks back on his career from Minutemen and The Stooges to improv and poetry and how he stays authentic as a sexagenarian jammer. By Alan Licht. Photography by Jack Bool.

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The Wire spotted in the Tate Modern. Full list of Wire stockists here: thewire.co.uk/about/stockist…

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by Shane Woolman and featured a guest mix by Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness, plus music by Harju, Joni Mitchell, Bill Orcutt and more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/s…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA , Shane Woolman hosts a special guest mix by shadowy trio Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness, as well as music by Harju, Ervin Omsk, Dur-Dur Band, yeongrak, Upsetters, Bill Orcutt, La Tène and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Griffin Hart Davis