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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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James Gormley presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 1 October edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Don Cherry, Glass Triangle, Agnes Haus, Ziúr and more
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Two newly reissued albums showcase the seismic psychedelia of George Clinton’s Funkadelic at its rawest and most disruptive, writes John Morrison in The Wire 512 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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“A trip through the other side of enlightenment”: Funkadelic reviewed - The Wire
Two newly reissued albums showcase the seismic psychedelia of George Clinton’s Funkadelic at its rawest and most disruptive, writes John Morrison in The Wire 512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, 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
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inside The Wire 512: Mike Watt The self-styled bass man has been at the 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. www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix, featuring Nina Simone, Luciano Berio, Cecil Taylor and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Wire mix: Kaja Draksler - The Wire
To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Wire spotted in the Tate Modern. Full list of Wire stockists here: www.thewire.co.uk/about/stockists
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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 www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 24 September edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Ak'chamel, The Giver of Illness, plus music by Harju, Joni Mitchell, Bill Orcutt and mo...
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix, featuring Nina Simone, Luciano Berio, Cecil Taylor and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Wire mix: Kaja Draksler - The Wire
To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, 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
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Inside The Wire 512: Aphex Twin Primer Richard D James is the mischievous wizard behind the era's most thrilling electronic music, from ambient experiments to drill 'n' bass and off yer face acid, in a journey spanning Cornish bedrooms, global festival stages and MTV www.thewire.co.uk/issues/512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Voice and sound theorist Zeynep Bulut talks to Xenia Benivolski about her latest book, which delves into the friction between voices, electromagnetic sound, synthetic speech and listening beyond the demand for fluency www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/i...
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Surfacing voices: an interview with voice theorist Zeynep Bulut - The Wire
Voice and sound theorist Zeynep Bulut talks to Xenia Benivolski about her latest book, which delves into the friction between voices, electromagnetic sound, synthetic speech and listening beyond the d...
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Philip Brophy's Secret History of Film Music column first appeared in The Wire in 1997 and ran for 15 episodes. With the latest issue of the magazine it returns once more to print. To read the original columns, take out a digital subscription for less than £5/month. www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by @saving-throw.bsky.social and featured music by Mali Obamsawin, Jay Mitta, BBBBBBB, Pamela Z and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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Emily Bick presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 17 September edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Mali Obamsawin, Jay Mitta, BBBBBBB, Pamela Z and more
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cuban drummer Francisco Mela’s free jazz odyssey continues on four new releases, writes Daniel Spicer in The Wire 512 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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"Omnivorous exuberance": Francisco Mela reviewed - The Wire
Cuban drummer Francisco Mela’s free jazz odyssey continues on four new releases, writes Daniel Spicer in The Wire 512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, @saving-throw.bsky.social plays 90 minutes of musical gems including tracks by October’s cover star Mike Watt & Invisible Jukebox artist Pamela Z, plus Bathroom, Mali Obomsawin and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1 extra.resonance.fm/schedule
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Philip Brophy's Secret History of Film Music column first appeared in The Wire in 1997 and ran for 15 episodes. With the latest issue of the magazine it returns once more to print. To read the original columns, take out a digital subscription for less than £5/month. www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In this latest instalment of The Secret History of Film Music, Philip Brophy considers how Jon Brion’s music engenders sympathy in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird (2017). www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
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Jon Brion: Sad Waltzes, Empathic Embrace and Anxious Fits - The Wire
In this latest instalment of the Secret History of Film Music, Philip Brophy considers how Jon Brion’s music engenders sympathy for the flawed characters in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After An...
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kim Gordon recalls injuring Mike Watt during a gig in 1980s NYC, from an interview in The Wire 197 (July 2000). Take out a subscription to The Wire for just £55 and gain full access to this interview and thousands of others. Subscribe here: www.thewire.co.uk/subscriptions/
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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Delighted I had the chance to experience this firsthand and write about it for @thewiremagazine.bsky.social - and- Euro folks should know that Zhao Ziyi, the organizer of You and Me, is about to be on tour in Europe- go see him!
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Inside The Wire 512: You and Me Festival When the minutiae of everyday life are mediated through smartphones and apps, how can the experimental music underground survive? Matmos's Drew Daniel visits Beijing to find out. Read the full article in the new issue: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra, which was hosted by @jjstannard.bsky.social and featured music by Julian Cope, Albert Bouchard, Black Mountain Transmitter, Zodiac Youth and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...
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Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire
The 10 September edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Julian Cope, Albert Bouchard, Black Mountain Transmitter, Zodiac Youth and more
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Wire's weekly radio show returns this evening on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra. Join @jjstannard.bsky.social for 90 minutes of sonic mischief featuring tracks by Julian Cope, A Tomb Full Of Stars, Albert Bouchard, Poppy H, and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT+1. extra.resonance.fm/schedule
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
To accompany his article on Aspen Edities in The Wire 512, Peter Margasak compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the Belgium label www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Unlimited Editions: Aspen Edities - The Wire
To accompany his article on Aspen Edities in The Wire 512, Peter Margasak compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the Belgium label
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JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Machine listening is transforming environmental sound into data points that support surveillance infrastructure, changing what it means to hear, argues Stephen Roddy in The Wire 512. The piece is now available to read online in full: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
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Against The Grain: Listening after Palantir - The Wire
Machine listening is transforming environmental sound into data points that support surveillance infrastructure, changing what it means to hear, argues Stephen Roddy in The Wire 512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At The Wire website, listen to the music we played to Pamela Z during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 512 - featuring Joni Mitchell, Annea Lockwood, Donald Swearingen, Clipping and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Invisible Jukebox mix: Pamela Z - The Wire
Listen to the music we played to Pamela Z during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 512
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2026 issue www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Office Ambience 512 - The Wire
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2026 issue
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Singer Cassandra Wilson, synthesist Patrick Gleason, and rapper Sensational all passed away in recent weeks. All were significant figures for The Wire. Here are three articles from sold out back issues of the magazine, which subscribers can still read in our online library.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Say no to AI slop with a subscription to The Wire magazine - the home of high quality, 100% independent music journalism for over 40 years. Subscribe today from as little as £16 for three months. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscri...
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Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this summer in Beijing I had my head split open by an amazing festival called You and Me that was organized by 19 year old Zhao Ziyi. I have a feature article in the new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social about this festival and Yan Jun and Mattin’s performances in particular. Check it out!
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The Invisible College @jjstannard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WATT ON EARTH?!? It’s the Oct 2026 issue of your friendly neighbourhood @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bandcamp.com · 01/09/2026
Great to see my piece “Listening in the Shadow of Palantir” in the October issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's Against The Grain series. It examines how machine listening techniques turn sound into data for contemporary infrastructures of surveillance with increasingly troubling results.
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Antonio @alteranthony.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mike Watt! ❤️❤️❤️ Inside the new @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, among many great pieces, you'll find my reviews of new music by @capgrasman.bsky.social & Eugene Thacker, OSEES, SML, Faith Coloccia & @dorjitashi.bsky.social, Bhajan Bhoy, plus a full-page Avant Rock column – with even more great music!
Avant Rock column page from The Wire #512, feat. Body Stuff, Cheer-Accident, Flowers Must Die, Brad Frye, Squid Pisser, De Staat and Hana Stretton.
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Wire 512 is out now! Featuring Mike Watt on the cover, plus an Aphex Twin primer, Kaja Draksler, a You and Me Festival report, Truck Violence, Finn Loxbo, Pamela Z’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Order your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What began as an arts funding protest has grown into a constellation of site-specific performances at this rural Norwegian event, writes Peter Margasak in The Wire 511. Read the full review here: www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...
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Logan Sounds Off @logansoundsoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I discover music recommendations through magazines and web sites such as @bandcamp , where do you discover new music? @uncutmagazine.bsky.social, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, @hotpress.com
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Inside The Wire 511: Rump State Ex-Sightings guitarist Mark Morgan and Norwegian sidekick Gaute Granli get down and dirty with their distorted guitar loops and chopped and screwed lo-fi experimentation By Erick Bradshaw. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
To complement her interview in The Wire 511, Korean American composer Lucy Liyou creates an exclusive Wire mix www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Wire mix: Lucy Liyou - The Wire
To complement her interview in The Wire 511, Korean American composer Lucy Liyou creates an exclusive Wire mix
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read an extract from Lauren Martin's new oral history of dubstep, Aftershock: The Seismic Impact Of Dubstep, in which Laurie Osborne aka Appleblim and Sam Shackleton recall the development of their influential Skull Disco label. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
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Read an extract from Aftershock: The Seismic Impact Of Dubstep - The Wire
In this extract, taken from the chapter “Mystical Warriors”, Laurie Osborne aka Appleblim and Sam Shackleton recall the development of their influential Skull Disco label
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good piece on collective listening events by @derekwalmsley.bsky.social in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. In addition to the concerns he raises, I also get a "100 records you must hear before you die" vibe—a certain groupthink about the handful of LPs that "matter." www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
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Against The Grain: Collective listening events - The Wire
Collective listening events respond to a cultural need, but are at risk of co-option by wellness and lifestyle marketeers, argues Derek Walmsley in The Wire 511
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
To complement her interview in The Wire 511, Korean American composer Lucy Liyou creates an exclusive Wire mix www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...
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Wire mix: Lucy Liyou - The Wire
To complement her interview in The Wire 511, Korean American composer Lucy Liyou creates an exclusive Wire mix
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read an extract from Lauren Martin's new oral history of dubstep, Aftershock: The Seismic Impact Of Dubstep, in which Laurie Osborne aka Appleblim and Sam Shackleton recall the development of their influential Skull Disco label. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
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Read an extract from Aftershock: The Seismic Impact Of Dubstep - The Wire
In this extract, taken from the chapter “Mystical Warriors”, Laurie Osborne aka Appleblim and Sam Shackleton recall the development of their influential Skull Disco label
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"One can’t help but wonder why he hasn’t received greater attention" Chicago poet and performer Marvin Tate presents vivid vignettes of magic and loss on his elusive new album, writes Mosi Reeves in The Wire 511 www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"One can’t help but wonder why he hasn’t received greater attention" Chicago poet and performer Marvin Tate presents vivid vignettes of magic and loss on his elusive new album, writes Mosi Reeves in The Wire 511 www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...
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Logan Sounds Off @logansoundsoff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of my favourite music magazines for discovering new music is @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. On this issue of the magazine, sunn o))) are the cover! What's your favourite music magazine? You can buy new issues of The Wire here: www.thewire.co.uk/home/
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Inside The Wire 511: Nuno Canavarro Robert Barry speaks to the reclusive Portuguese composer, who recalls his times in youthful art rock bands, experiments in sound production and film scores, and the making of cult album Plux Quba. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
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claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
how about listening to this playlist while u read my invisible jukebox interview with jennifer in the current issue of the wire :))
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do you usually buy The Wire from your local TG Jones store? Is it one of the stores that is closing down? You can buy single issues of the magazine from our online shop, or you can take out a subscription, and get free membership to our complete online library. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
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