Another new Wire magazine, which of course means another amazing big ol' batch of new (and not so new) modern music. This month on the cover Detroit Techno technicians Underground Resistance, inside: hip hopper Flying Lotus, guitarist / bagpiper David Watson, sound artist Daniel Menche, Global Ear on Addis Ababa, sound / performance artists Juneau/Projects/, Invisible Jukebox with JG Thirwell of Foetus, musician, noisemaker and label honcho Russell Haswell, guitarist Loren Connors, jazz legend Sonny Simmons and as usual pages and pages of reviews (cds, lps, 7"s, shows, performances, installations, happenings, books, films, DVD's) and finally a back page Marx Brothers gospel (?) epiphany from Howard Mandel.
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It's the Christmas edition of everyone's favorite new music mag. But you wouldn't necessarily know it from the cover. Just the same awesome collection of weird and wonderful new sounds from all over. On the cover, Pram. Inside: experimental house producer Bruno Pronsato, composer Lionel Marchetti, Iraqi musician Amir ElSaffar, Global Ear On Buenos Aires, visual artist David Ellis, Invisible Jukebox with Michael Gira (Swans, Angels Of Light), AQ faves Burial, an essay on Roxy Music, primer on Harry Parch, and the usual selection of reviews: records, cds, dvds, books, films, installations, performances and more. And on the back page, and old school jungle Epiphany.
The always fascinating year end 'Rewind' issue of The Wire, a magazine that most people who shop at aQ probably already read, and if not, probably should. This month Radian guitarist Stefan Nemeth, electronic musicians NSI, Global Ear on Pacitan (in Java), musical historians and re-enacters Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Invisible Jukebox with AMM's Keith Rowe, ex-Japan drummer Steve Jansen, aQ fave Six Organs Of Admittance, an eyewitness account of one of our favorite scenes, Sweden in the late sixties and early seventies: Parson Sound, International Harvester, Trad Gras Och Stenar and more, the usual massive collection of reviews, lps, cds, tapes, dvds, performances, installations, festivals, books, films, exhibitions, etc., a back page Epiphany from Napalm Death founder Nick Bullen reflecting of Crass, and of course since it's the Rewind issue, various writers and artists look back on 2007, discussing the highs and lows of a tumultuous year. In addition to the Wire's best records of 2007, and lists from the Wire staff, as well as various "The Year In�' pieces, you also get lists and reflections from Robert Wyatt, Battles, Grinderman, Ricardo Villalobos, Pram, Om, Laub, Rhys Chatham, Pole and more. Always a good read, and lots of lists to pore through and find all the goodies you may have missed in 2007...
Once again, more Adventures In Modern Music from UK institution the Wire. On the cover, Vladislav Delay, inside, local space rockers Wooden Shjips, dancehall legend Warrior Queen, UK folkies Cath and Phil Tyler, Global Ear on Baltimore (from AQ pal and one half of Matmos, Drew Daniel, recently relocated to Baltimore from SF), Cross Platform on modern opera, Invisible Jukebox with George E. Lewis (hmm, still surprised at how many ripe-for-Invisible-Jukebox, Wire-worthy artists have yet to be tested), electronic hipsters Hot Chip, Brooklyn noise rockers Sightings, and the usual assortment of reviews, records, tapes, cds, installations, books, performances, films, dvds and loads more...
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New Wire magazine time. The usual dizzying assortment of weird new music, from jazz to noise and pretty much every stop in between. On the cover British improv legend John Butcher. Inside, singer songwriter Baby Dee, aQ fave soundmaker Brendan Murray, another a fave, freedrone one woman combo Valet, Global Ear on Brisbane, composer Jed Speare, an awesome Invisible Jukebox with Andrew WK, electronica legends Autechre, artist and folkie Michael Hurley, and of course the usual array of reviews, cds, dvds, lps, eps, performances, installations, festivals, shows, books, movies and loads more. Back page Epiphany found in Atari Teenage Riot's The Future Of War. As always a great read, and if you're anything like us you'll probably end up with a big ol' list of new records and books to track down...
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Time for a new Wire magazine, and a whole heaping helping of weird and wonderful new music. This month, on the cover, Gudrun Gut, inside: dubstepper Benga, free noise combo Religious Knives, techno minimalist Robert Hood, Global Ear on Bogota, Columbia, media artist Cory Arcangel, Invisible Jukebox with Michael Rother (Neu!, Harmonia, etc.), free jazz legend Henry Grimes, legendary and much missed hip hop producer J Dilla, a Primer on seminal avant rock outfit Henry Cow, the usual ton of reviews, cds, lps, shows, installations, films and otherwise, a back page epiphany from Volcano The Bear's Daniel Padden on his favorite world music discoveries.
This month's Wire comes with the latest in their sporadic Wire Tapper series of samplers. This one, as always, is packed with new music from Talvin Singh, Kaffe Matthews, Our Sleepless Forest, Illusion Of Safety, Pink Skull, Fluorescent Grey, Nico Muhly, Never Enough Hope, Yellow6, Tangtype, Lars Akerlund and more!
Seems like only yesterday, but it's Wire time again. Another heaping helping of modern music, from free jazz to dark drone to minimal techno to noise rock and everything in between.
On the cover this month Wolfgang Voigt, to coincide with the forthcoming GAS reissues (YES!), inside: trumpeter John Hassell, Dexplicit, practitioner of a new house music sub genre called 'bassline', Frans De Waard of Beequeen, Goem, etc., Global Ear on Vancouver, an overview of this year's AV festival, Invisible Jukebox with techno legend Carl Craig, New Zealand guitarist and soundmaker Dean Roberts, artist and improvisor Max Eastley, legendary Japanese guitarist Kan Mikami, and of course reviews by the bucket full, cds, lps, videos, dvds, performances, installations, books, reissues, 7"s, cd-r's and anything else worth reviewing, Inner Sleeve this month features one of our favorite records (and one you might not expect to see in the Wire), Iron Maiden's Powerslave, and a back page Epiphany from Lawrence English, on quelling boredom in Australia with an explosive Boredoms performance...
This month's adventures in modern music include, on the cover, Carla Bozulich and her new group Evangelista. Inside, aQ fave Machinefabriek, jazz percussionist Dylan Van DerSchyff, Chicks On Speed's Anat Ben-David, an awesome Invisible Jukebox from the Wu Tang Clan's RZA, another aQ fave, soundmaker and Fluxus artist Yoshi Wada (interviewed by our own Jim Haynes), sampling soundartist Vicki Bennett of People Like Us, Canada's most enduring noiseniks, the Nihilist Spasm Band and of course, a vast array of reviews, from cds to 7"s, movies to installations, performances to books, and a final page Epiphany from cellist Mark Wastell.
You should probably pick this up every month, regardless of the precise details of who's on the cover and what exactly's written about inside, 'cause even if you've never heard of the artists interviewed and reviewed, you probably will find them interesting. And you probably DO pick this up every month. But, for what it's worth, this month's installment of this essential British magazine of "adventures in modern music" features a nasty-looking Mark Stewart (of crucial post punkers The Pop Group) on the cover, along with AQ fave drone-jazzers The Necks, trumpeter Bill Dixon, .snd (taking the Invisible Jukebox test), 'aquacrunk' artist Rustie, (another) trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, a Cecil Taylor epiphany, and lots more...
THE magazine for the adventurous, and eclectic, music lover. This time, Tricky's on the cover (sporting some sparkly eyeshadow) and inside this 98 page issue there's everything from the noise of Sick Llamas and the Fag Tapes label to the psych folk of Maher Shalal Hash Baz's Reiko Kudo to the heavy dronedoom of Asva... all stuff AQ customers should be interested to read about. And plenty more, including a primer on digital dancehall, and an "Invisible Jukebox" session with free jazz saxophonist Joe McPhee. Plus the usual columns, charts, news, scene reports, color photos, and reviews reviews reviews. As always, pretty much essential.
The Wire gets political as "audio activists" Ultra-red make the cover this time. Elsewhere in this latest issue of the indispensable British magazine covering all kinds of new (and old) music (jazz, electronic, dub, improv, noise, avant-rock, techno, world, psych, etc.), you'll meet wax cylinder collector Alex Kolkowski, dubstep duo Dusk & Blackdown, ethno-experimentalist Ghedalia Tazartes, and others. There's also Tom Recchion's "epiphany" over Eno's Obscure label, our pal Sami Sanpakkila of Fonal Records talking about his favorite album cover, the usual tons of reviews to check out, and, last but not least, an "Invisible Jukebox" test taken by not one, but two infamous indie rock outsiders: Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair!
Every month, like clockwork, the UK's premier magazine devoted mainly to the sort of music we love cranks out another informative issue. Here it is again, with techno maven Richie Hawtin on the cover, along with the likes of Lucky Dragons, Benge, Runhild Gammelsaeter (of Thorr's Hammer and Khlyst), Ingrid Laubrock, and more. David Grubbs has the "Epiphanies" essay in the back, and Kawabata Makoto from Acid Mothers Temple does the "Invisible Jukebox" with Alan Cummings playing him the records. Pretty interesting. He spots Stockhausen and Gong straight off, taking more time with Ohkami No Jikan and Terry Riley, among others... Cummings stumps him with a tricky Afrirampo track. And there's a Helsinki scene report of special interest to certain AQ customers, since it's all about our favorite new musical movement, SKWEEE! Plus all the usual reviews and stuff.
Making this ish even more of a must buy than usual, it also comes with a free covermounted cd sampler, with stuff on it ranging from Grails to Moha!, cool.
First off, clever cover design this time 'round! A DIY lookin' b&w xeroxed array of cassette tape spines. It's in the spirit of this issue's special 14 page guide to music's "Unofficial Channels" - mixtapes, bootlegs, mp3 blogs, pirate radio and so forth. This special section includes an article by Edwin Pouncey about "Black Metal's unholy cassette rituals", talking about the likes of Dead Reptile Shrine! Amongst other interesting angles on the subject...
Also in this issue: 1-bit wonder Tristan Perich, rappers Yo! Majesty, SF improviser Gino Robair, Dutch electronic composer Dick Raaijmakers, Anthony Braxton in the '70s, Alan Licht interviewing experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, Hal Willner doing the "Invisible Jukebox", Robert Wyatt on a favorite piece of poster design, and much much more including the usual ton o' reviews.
As always, this issue of The Wire is required reading 'round these parts, what with having Antony of Antony & The Johnsons on the cover, as well as a primer on West African psychedelia, plus features on Florian Hecker, Graveyards, Noodles, Band Of Holy Joy, and more. One particularly interesting piece on a series of experimental BBC radio documentaries done in '50 and '60s by a couple of folk singers.
Also: plenty of reviews, columns, charts, all the usual good stuff. And, for the back-page "Epiphanies" item, there's Jonny Trunk waxing enthusiastic about Library Music. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
"2008 Rewind"! It's that time of the year, time for this crucial music mag's annual look back on the year that was - a big chunk of the magazine all about the records of the year, with lots of lists and commentary and thoughts about what went down in 2008. Also this ish: Animal Collective (doing the "Invisible Jukebox" feature), Emeralds and Peverlist interviewed, a Joy Division epiphany, a Knoxville scene report, and tons more, including the usual reviews and charts and columns and so forth. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Every month, we look forward to a new issue of The Wire to enlighten and enthuse us about favorite and soon-to-be-favorite musical artists. This time, the UK (and world's) premiere print magazine of adventurous sounds that aren't too metal features Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills on the cover. Also: No Neck Blues Band. A primer on William S. Burroughs. James Plotkin doing the "Invisible Jukebox'. A scene report on Tehran. Christian Carter of Charalambides writes about Jandek's album covers. Tons of reviews, all the usual necessities. And plenty more. Yay!
Ol' Bonnie Prince Billy aka Will Oldham peers from the cover of this issue. Inside, there's also dubstepper Zomby, black metallers Menace Ruine (about time some more black metal made it into The Wire!), free jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille, and avant vocalist Joan La Barbara... and much more of course. Reviews, columns, the "Invisible Jukebox" feature (this month's contestant, jazz guitarist Joe Morris), and a Cambodian 'scene report... As always, you need it.
Oooh, oooh. This issue of the Wire is has two features about particular AQ-faves: an article about the French prog genius of Magma and an interview with doomdronelords SUNNO))), who are on the cover! And there's lots more of interest in this month's Wire as well, from dubstepper El-B to Norwegian singer Susanna, noisican Sudden Infant and Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley (doing the "Invisible Jukebox" blindtest feature). And more! Including a piece about undersea field recordings! Cool. Plus there's a free cover-mount cd sampler, Wire Tapper 21, with tracks by Barbara Morgenstern, Shogun Kunitoki, Hitoshi Kojo, Pekka Airaksinen (of The Sperm), Sheik Anorak & Weasel Walter, and others to check out.
This issue of England's indispensible music magazine The Wire is, as usual, packed with fascinating articles and interviews and reviews and so forth. Dubstepper Kode9 is on the cover, inside there's The Hospitals, Moondog, Belbury Poly, Pom Pom Records (techno from the Faroe Islands!), the Sublime Frequencies label and the UK tour of Group Doueh and Omar Souleyman, and more... There's a primer on music made with the Roland TB-303 bass synth, Momus talks about turning it down, and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh does the Invisible Jukebox feature - wherein all casual-like he mentions that someplace he's got a tape of Devo jamming in Conny Plank's studio with Eno, Bowie, and members of Can!! Drool.
Hey remember when The Wire was basically a jazz magazine? This issue's cover star Ornette Coleman harks back to those days for the UK's number 1 new music magazine. Inside, there's the usual eclectic array of coverage, from The Shadow Ring's Graham Lambkin to Korean-American avant vocalist Bora Yoon to AQ faves COMUS!! Plus guitarist Andy Moor from The Ex does the Invisible Jukebox, there's a scene report from the desert of Yemen, and of course plenty of stuff gets reviewed... yessir, another fine issue of The Wire.
Any magazine that puts the names of both Pierre Henry and Ramleh on the cover is all right with us. Which of course this long-running must-read music magazine from the UK is, obviously, since we happily sell a big stack of 'em ever month.
The Wire catches up with what French musique concrete pioneer is doing these days, and talks with underground '80s noiserockers Ramleh who are also back on the scene, and also delves into all sorts of other interesting stuff this ish. The actual cover star is techno / dub maven Moritz Von Oswald, and in addition there's pieces on Jacob Kirkegaard, Guiseppe Ielasi, Lucas Abela, and more, including all the usual Wire goodies like pages and pages of reviews, an "Invisible Jukebox" session (this issue's participant is Ariel Pink), a scene report (Berlin), etc. etc. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
'Nother issue of this essential new music monthly. On the cover, the Beat Konducta, Madlib! Also, Japan's Nisennenmondai, Chrystal Belle Scrodd aka Diana Rogerson, Andrea Parkins, Rolf Julius, the music scene in Belize, a primer on "British Visionary Jazz", an Invisible Jukebox session with Sleazy from Coil/Throbbing Gristle, and a feature on what they're calling "Hynagogic Pop": the dreamy noise music of Skaters, Pocahaunted, Emeralds... plus all the other usual Wire mag columns, reviews, and whatnot.
On the cover, onetime popstar David Sylvian, who in an interview discusses his trajectory into ever-more avant garde creative territory. Also, this issue has pieces on Japanese field recordist Aki Onda, singer Julie Tippetts, dubstepper Joker, and SF's own Caroliner weirdos, among others. AQ fave William Basinski is tested in the Invisible Jukebox feature. And there's all the usual reviews, columns, charts, news, ads, and whatnot.
This month's issue features Broadcast (on the cover) discussing their witchy new release, also spacey techno technician Dopplereffekt, "hypnagogic popster" Sun Araw, Romanian avant-composer Iancu Dumitrescu, the Master Musicians of Joujouka, and more, including Lou Reed given the Invisible Jukebox blindfold listening test by Alan Licht. Also, the Primer this issue is about kosmische krautrock music a la Ash Ra Tempel, Siloah, and Yatha Sidra amongst others. And Christian Marclay discusses the cover art of Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Plus all the usual reviews, columns, new bits, charts (where you'll find an Aquarius 15!), and more.
Oh, and this issue also features a free cover mounted cd sampler, The Wire Tapper 22, featuring Shits And Giggles, Zenlo, Pink Mountain, Climax Golden Twins, and 16 others.
Black Sheep's main druid dude, Julian Cope, is cooler than thou in shades and black leather vest on the front cover. Also this ish, good readin' as well about the likes of Peter Walker, OOIOO, Cornelius Cardew, Bernie Krause, Mordant Music, and plenty more, including a scene report from Java, and an "Invisible Jukebox" session with director Jim Jarmusch. Plus all the usual columns and charts and reviews and stuff, of course. Need we say it? If you read our list/website, you should also be reading The Wire. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Holy crap, it's our favorite rapper, Sensational posing in some cool shades on the cover. You know it's gonna be a good issue of this indispensable music magazine already. Then, inside, there's also features on Ben Frost (who has an AQ Record of the Week this week, you may have noticed), Oneohtrix Point Never, pianist Lubomyr Melnyk (good for him!), Dam-Funk, a primer on prog greats King Crimson (now we're really talking!), and plenty more interesting and diverse musical subjects... plus all the usual columns, charts, and reviews, lots of reviews... Oh, and there's a David Keenan article on "The now sound of Sheffield" including Harappian Night Recordings and a bunch of other related acts we're now curious to check out. Cool... though at first we were expecting a piece on True Sheffield Black Psychedelia, which ISN'T touched upon here, nothing about Black Vomit or Skultrol or the like, well perhaps next time if Keenan sticks around the place and really starts delving?
2009 REWIND! The Wire's annual end of year issue, with their big list of Record Of The Year (do you have 'em all? One of this week's AQ Records Of The Week comes in at #2, guess which one), and various writers' and musicians' reflections on the year that was.
Plus: Monolake, Janek Schaefer, Josephine Foster, and plenty more. As always, maybe especially this issue, essential reading for the musically obsessed (you probably!).
"Zen and the art of space exploration" is the tag line on the cover, for a feature on free jazz vet Wadada Leo Smith. Also this ish, everyone from Eliane Radigue (taking the Invisible Jukebox test) to David Grubbs to Basic Channel's Mark Ernestus to Mattin of Billy Bao. And much much more. The usual charts and columns and tons of reviews and all that too. As always, can you afford NOT to read The Wire?? You might be missing out on something... ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Another month, another Wire, another few hours to spend readling about all sorts of interesting music & musicians. This issue features Alasdair Roberts and "the wyrd sound of Glasgow" on the cover, along with stuff about Maria Rosenfeld, The Moodies, Chocolate Monk's Dylan Nyoukis (doing the Invisible Jukebox), Yabby You (RIP), Geiom, and more... including the usual reviews, news, charts, columns, and so forth. Our fave thing this: the pictures of French sound artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot's installation in London, a roomful of finches and plugged-in electric guitars on which they can perch. We'd love to hear it!
Yay! Konono No.1 and their "Congotronics" on the cover! And also stuck to the cover, "The Wire Tapper 23" cd sampler w/ Han Bennink, Clogs, The A Band, Raymond Dijkstra, Rolf Julius, Aaron Martin, and a whole bunch of others we haven't ever heard of. Inside, interviews and stuff about Joanna Newsom, Giacinto Scelsi, Eleh, Edgard Varese, Stefan Goldmann, The Gaslamp Killer, and more. Plus all the usual interesting reviews and columns and charts and all. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Latest issue of this British modern music mag, chock full of goodies as always, on the cover, NY electronic weirdos Excepter, while inside: an Invisible Jukebox with Kid Creole aka August Darnell, John Weise writes about fellow noisemakers the Haters, Aaron Dilloway writes about Drunks With Guns, William S. Burroughs, Chicago house music duo Virgo, nu-glo-fi outfit Toro Y Moi, rapper Lil B, German label Jahtari, Global Ear on Vancouver, filmmaker Craig Baldwin, saxophonist Daniel Carter, experimental music in Seoul Korea, and pages and pages of reviews of records, cds, 7"s, lps, tapes, films, performances, concerts, installations and more more more. Finishing off with a final page Epiphany about robotic music and psychedelics...
Another issue of the magazine we can't live without. Cover model: "Hamburg cosmonaut" Felix Kubin, interviewed by Momus. Also: Demdike Stare, Rangers, Hudson Mohawke (doing the Invisible Jukebox), Carsten "Alva Noto" Nicolai, Actress, and plenty more. Plus the usual helpful reviews, news, charts, scene reports (Fukuoka, Japan), etc.
This issue of the UK new music magazine that we here are all pretty much REQUIRED to read, features the hoodied image of Kevin Martin aka The Bug on the cover, he's also well known from such projects as God, Ice, and Techno Animal. We're definitely keen on reading that one. Also this ish, disco proggers Chrome Hoof, David Toop talks about London's swinging '60s sonic radicals, there's scene reports from Columbia and Poland, Alex Nielson reveals his love of Sinatra's Only The Lonely, and Oneohtrix Point Never is the Invisible Jukebox's next victim. Plus, DJ Nate, Michael Pisaro, Konx-Om-Pax, and more, including all the usual news, reviews (lots of reviews), charts, columns, etc. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
On the cover, field recordist extraordinare Chris Watson (a marvelous photograph featuring him getting up close and personal with an array of butterflies or moths)! Inside, also: Chicks On Speed, Terror Danjah, Julian Lynch, Surgeon, an essay on/overview of cosmic disco, and plenty more...
The cover feature, "Retro-activity", is about "how the past percolates through the music of now", a collection of pieces by various writers about such things as the cold wave of the Wierd label, Mississippi's vinyl reissues, Creel Pone's musique concrete cd-r series, hiphop in the current crop of "hypnagogic pop", and much more. Also this ish: LA Vampires, Mordant Music, Roxy Music's Graham Simpson, Cindytalk, and plenty more, including the usual plethora of reviews and news, and a scene report on experimental music in Boise Idaho!
This month's cover story is all about about the "rogue transmissions" of "radio art", interestin' for sure. Then there's pieces on the Los Angeles Free Music Society improv collective, Swedish minimalist composer and Henry Flynt collaborator Catherine Christer Hennix, French sound-poet Anne-James Chaton, the techno "shanty-town sound" of Belem, Brazil, and more... Including Mike Watt taking the Invisible Jukebox test, and all the usual news and plethora of reviews. Plus a cover-mount cd sampler.
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Cryptic composer Jennifer Walshe is this issue's striking cover star. Inside, you'll also find a Primer on "techno enigma" Drexciya, AMM pianist John Tilbury doing the Invisible Jukebox, interviews with Bjorn Torske, Wim Mertens, and more... there's a scene report from Beirut, lots of reviews as usual, and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier writing about the cover art of one of her favorite Jorge Ben albums...
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Gotta read The Wire. This ish: Skull Disco's Shackleton on the cover. Also: Scientist, Nam June Paik, William "Whitehouse" Bennett, Jon Mueller, an epiphany about Ornette Coleman, and the Dead C's Bruce Russell on the cover art to Kevin Drumm's debut, plus lots of other things, many of which are reviews!!
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It's that time again, The Wire's year end Rewind issue, always highly anticipated, packed with year end lists, reflections from writers and musicians, always a good read, and a good way to discover lots of great music you may have missed.
But besides all that, the usual batch of far out sounds, this time around: Detroit rockers Death, Dutch composer Antoine Beuger, London video artist Weirdcore, Norwegian percussionist Terje Isungset (the guy who made all those awesome musical ice records!!), Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle (R.I.P.), Lichens (who just played an amazing in-store here), musician Pat Maherr (Indignant Senility, Expressway Yo-Yo Dieting), Global Ear on Leeds, Japanese sound artist and longtime AQ fave Toshiya Tsunoda, Invisible Jukebox with Scanner, EVP (aka electronic voice phenomena), electroacoustic composer Giuseppe Ielasi, and of course the usual massive batch of reviews, records, cds, films, videos, performances, installations, books and more more more...
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Another fine issue. On the cover, avant-popsters Deerhoof! Also: an interview with pianist Matthew Shipp, an Invisible Jukebox session with Hype Williams, and tributes to Captain Beefheart from Gary Lucas, Byron Coley, Savage Pencil, and others. And plenty more.
Another month, another Wire, at least that's something good about the passage of time.
This issue, Detroit techno DJ Theo Parrish on the cover. Also, an interview with composer David Beford, a report on a bunch of interesting sounding bands from Cambridge UK we've never heard of, the scene in Burkina Faso, an epiphany about Fugazi's Red Medicine, a session of the Invisible Jukebox with French composer Michel Chion, tales from an academic black metal symposium, and more, including all the many many reviews that we expect in each issue of The Wire.
Type artist Richard Skelton on the cover. Also on the cover (attached to it with gummy stuff) is another installment of The Wire's "Wire Tapper" sampler series, a cd with 20 tracks by lots of weird electronic and/or noisy folks. Inside this issue, you'll find Funkystepz, Peter Evans, Olivia Block, Charlie Nothing, Jenny Hval, and a piece on the legendary Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music center, among other things, including all the usual reviews. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Once again, our monthly must read is here.
Particularily interesting this issue, the cover story by Simon Reynolds on the husband and wife team who run the LA label Not Not Fun, responsible for a lot of cool releases from the likes of Sun Araw, Umberto, High Wolf, Pocahaunted, Robedoor, Magic Lantern, Ducktails, LA Vampires, etc.
Also: David Toop delves into "mellow soul", Mute founder Daniel Miller is tested by the Invisible Jukebox, there's a Sao Paulo scene report, "anarchic hiphop" is examined, and plenty more, including the usual slew of reviews, including the new Ulver.
Artsy mathrockers Battles are hanging around colorfully on the cover, cool pic! Inside, they talk about their new album Gloss Drop, which features guest vocals from both Eye Yamantaka and Gary Numan! Also in this issue of this monthly must-read for musical obsessives like us, there's interesting essays from Chris Cutler (against filesharing) and Simon Reynolds (about the current trend of "retromania"), an "Invisible Jukebox" session with Demdike Stare, a feature on sea shanties, and a scene report from Hong Kong, amongst other interestin' stuff... Plus the usual news, reviews, etc.
Cover story: the legendary singer-songwriter Roy Harper. Hat's off! Also this ish, there's John Maus, People Like Us, John Wall, Nils Okland, and more, including a piece about the music of outsider artist Adolph Wolfi (the release of which we're very much looking forward too, soon, on Sub Rosa). Plus all the other usual Wire goodness; reviews, news, etc.
If you read our list, you should probably also read The Wire. Just sayin'. And a lot of you do.
The latest issue of this music magazine outta the UK features the mysterious Zomby on the cover. Also inside: Forest Swords, BBC Radiophonic Workshop founder Daphne Oram, Tiawanese pipa virtuoso Luo Chao Yun, Kemialliset's Jan Anderzen, a Primer on Jim O'Rourke (that could have taken up the whole issue!), and an interesting essay by Bob Ostertag on why he now gives away his music for free online and what he's learned from that. Plus more, including all the other usual good stuff you expect in The Wire, reviews, charts, etc., AND a free cover-mounted cd sampler, Wire Tapper 26.
Another issue of one of any weird music fan's must-reads... this time, Italian freeks My Cat Is An Alien get the cover spot. Also this ish: Prurient, Andy Stott, Jana Winderen, an "Invisible Jukebox" session with John Carpenter collaborator, soundtrack composer Alan Howarth, and more, including an article on Fela Kuti's London years, and an interesting piece by Not Not Fun's Amanda Brown about how filesharing etc. is destroying the DIY underground. Plus the usual reviews and news and suchlike. ----* ----* Compilations : ----*
Vinyl abusing composer/conceptualist Christian Marclay is on the cover, talking with David Toop inside this issue of The Wire. Also: Bill Orcutt, Scanner, Chris & Cosey (doin' the "invisible jukebox") and plenty more - including Sun Araw's Cameron Stallones recounting adventures in Jamaica recording with The Congos! Also, there's a Primer on "Militant Tuning" featuring the likes of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Harry Partch, Tony Conrad, and more... Plus The Wire's usual batch of reviews, news, etc.
Another great issue of this indispensable & adventurous music magazine. On the cover, DJ/ Rupture. Also, everyone from our pal Drew Daniel of Matmos (on "queer sound") to Christoph Heemann to David Lynch to Gang Gang Dance, and more. Including David Toop talking about the SMiLE sessions. And, there's a free cd sampler bagged with this ish, The Wire Tapper 27, featuring "20 new, rare or unreleased tracks from Blank Disco, Palmer Eldritch, Praed, Gary Smith/Silvia Kastel/Ninni Morgia, Soema Montenegro, Artifact Shore, The Drift, Dimitris Bakas, Dalglish, Konntinent, Toddlers, Ekoplekz, Artifact Shore, La La Vasquez, Phog Masheeen, ROBERTS, Action Beat, The Astroboy, Ektoise, Mathon and ton." Definitely some new stuff to check out there.
On the cover of this issue of this adventurous music lovers must read mag, krautrock guitar/electronics explorer Manuel Gottsching (of Ashra), with the story of his classic album E2-E4.
Inside, also: A primer on Turkish psych! aQ fave Grouper! Techno mavens Sandwell District! Composer Roger Reynols! Jukin' duo Spinn & Rashad doing, naturally the "Invisible Jukebox"! And plenty, plenty more. Including all the vast plethora of reviews as usual.
