The Wire

The Wire is the world's leading independent monthly music magazine. The first issue was published in 1982. More than three decades on the magazine remains committed to reporting on a dynamic global network of underground, alternative and experimental musics by publishing journalism and photography by some of the subculture’s most original and authoritative critics and observers.

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Dernier numéro

Mdou Moctar, Mazen Kerbaj, The Primer: Éliane Radigue, Invisible Jukebox: Jeff Parker x Ben LaMar Gay, Tim Hecker on Fugazi, Reinhold Friedl on Xenakis, Hedvig Mollestad, Duma, Italians Do It Better, Cecil Taylor, Valery Vermeulen, Freestyle Fellowship, faUSt, Swell Maps, hcmf, Archie Shepp, Björk, GLOR1A, London pirate radio, Original jungle samples, Voyager Golden Record, and more.

Also this month: download the last ever SHAPE anthology featuring 24 tracks including SIKSA, Audrey Chen, Still House Plants, Black Pulse, Tomaga, Zoë Mc Pherson, Grand River and more. Get it here: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr.

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