The reissued early 1990s output of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns aka The Sabres Of Paradise still cuts deep, writes Ken Hollings in The Wire 498 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Evening organised by Arts For Art (the people behind Vision Festival) including a roundtable discussion between artists who curate spaces around NYC to find ways to support the community – with ...

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.

Issue 498 August 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 498. Inside our brand new issue: Bill Orcutt: The late blooming career of the former Harry Pussy ...

On first listening, the striking eighth album from seven piece Ohio collective Mourning [A] BLKstar boasts a palpable sense of its own significance. Which is not to say that it feels self-important.

British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory and life affirming, writes Rosie Esther Solomon ...