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STOP PRESS: the Tse Tse Fly Middle East radio programme returns to the airwaves with the Chile-based Radio Tsonami, featuring sonic adventures from the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The first episode airs tonight. Listen online here > radiotsonami.org/
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Publication day for Andi Harriman and The Cure's Disintegration is here! We've had a Cure-shaped hole in the series for a long time and we can't wait for you to read this one.
Get your copy: geni.us/cures-disintegration
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Happy publication day Yousef Srour and his induction into the 33 1/3 series: Frank Ocean's Blonde. We're beyond excited to have this in the series.
Get your copy: geni.us/frank-oceans-blonde
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Fri 23 Oct Dub Me Always reggae w/Moa Anbessa International, official afterparty for the premiere screening of the Diane Jobson documentary Miss Jobson, showing in Screen Two at 7pm.
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8:30pm-1:00am
Upstairs at the Ritzy
Brixton SW2 1JG
Free entry - reach!
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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
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Black music events in London are more likely to be "cancelled, shut down and restricted" than white-run events, new study has found
Full story:
mixmag.net/read/black-music-…
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Jamaican psychological thriller Stew Peas is set to make history as the first Jamaican film to be distributed by Caribbean Cinemas, with a simultaneous theatrical release across seven Caribbean territories on October 29.
Written, directed and produced by Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly, the film will be screened in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua, Guyana, St Lucia, St Kitts and the US Virgin Islands.
The milestone comes as the film celebrates six nominations at the inaugural Caribbean Film Awards, including individual recognition for Nixon-Kelly in the Best Director category and Kerry-Ann ‘Chiney K’ Collins for Best Actress.
The regional expansion follows the film's successful run in Jamaican cinemas and paves the way for a limited US theatrical release in January 2027.
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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…
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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
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I reviewed two albums for the latest issue of The Wire magazine: 'Refractions', the new set from Cornelius, and a fascinating compilation called 'Japanese New Wave On Dub 1980 – 1985' that looks at the influence of dub on the Japanese post-punk movement. In stores and online now
Jealous. Would have loved to have done this interview. One of my releases of the year, too 👇
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What banned or challenged books are already on your shelves? 📚
For #BannedBooksWeekUK, Index CEO @JFSteinfeld
shares some from her bookshelf.
Pick up a banned book, tell us your favourite, and join the campaign @BannedWeekUK.
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#BannedBooksWeek2026 is in full swing. Book bans are real. They are still here and not always in the places you would expect.
This year, we reported how a school library in Greater Manchester underwent a purge in which 130 books were targeted.
indexoncensorship.org/2026/0…
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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/
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🎵 In Motion 2027 applications are now open.
In Motion is for UK-based creators who are ready to invest time, attention and energy in deepening, expanding or reimagining their practice over an 18-month period.
📅 Apply by Monday 2 November 2026
🔗 bit.ly/InMotion2027
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Today is Bandcamp Friday! Thank you for your support today, and every other ♥️♥️♥️
We’ve got an upcoming album from @killalters available for pre-order, new music from Crying Laughing, @mgeddesgengras, & Mukqs, and like 150 other classic HausMo joints to discover!
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Black history and culture are part of Trojan’s story every day of the year. 🧡
For Black History Month, we’ve put together a playlist celebrating some of the artists and sounds that have shaped Jamaican music and influenced the world beyond.
Listen here Trojan.lnk.to/bhm25FA
agreed. a good example of the excellent, disruptive stuff happening in uk underground/diy music right now.
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Fri 9 Oct Dub Revolution book talk + DJ sets by David Katz, Ras P from Entebbe sound system & General Echo sound system at Walthamstow Free Trade Hall, 7pm-1am eventbrite.co.uk/e/dub-revol…
