Spotify’s partial catalogue of underground genres such as grime and jungle distorts listeners’ understanding of their history ...

To accompany his report on Artetetra in The Wire 498, Miloš Hroch explores a playlist of recent releases from the Italian cassette label ...

Noise, sound, dada and wild interplay combine when Beam Splitter – the Berlin based improvising duo of Audrey Chen (vocals) and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (trombone and electronics) – are joined by UK ...

Listen to the music we played Gina Birch in her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 498 Each month in the magazine we ...

Daylong festival organised by the legendary jazz club featuring Theon Cross, Jazz Jamaica, Cosmic Fusion, Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Ensemble, and more. London Ronnie Scott’s, 2 August, 11am–5pm, free.

Simon Coates compiles an annotated playlist to go with his report on Manila’s underground music scenes in The Wire 498 ...

Former Raincoats bassist and vocalist continues her solo avant-pop-punk resurgence with Trouble (Third Man Records). Birch took the Invisible Jukebox test in The Wire 498 August issue ...

Transdisciplinary learning experience organised by experimental choir Musarc. With workshops, talks by artists including Loré Lixenberg, satellite events in the city, and the collaborative creation of ...

Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music July 2025 Clockwise from top left: Susu Laroche by Laurie Lynch, Bob Vylan by Malini Vaja, K Of Arc by Xanthe Hutchinson, OSEES by JPD ...

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