In The Wire 503/504, Xenia Benivolski writes that as the speed of events and information flows increases, drone based slowness offers another mode of perception ...

London’s extensive railway infrastructure is both a refuge for DIY nightlife and under threat from gentrification, writes ...

Traditional instruments, folk cultures and mythic ideas of futurity offer slip roads exiting AI’s highway to a hollow future, argues Daryl Worthington in The Wire 503/504 ...

The music industry's uptake of AI complicates the boundaries between listener, artist and music in troubling new ways, argues ...

The Wire ’s Releases of the Year chart for 2025 was compiled from the individual votes of the magazine’s staff and contributors – here are those votes in full ...

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In The Wire 503/504, Lucy Thraves argues that luxury labels and conglomerates are keen to purchase some avant garde glory, but at a cost to experimental music and the ecosystem that supports it ...

DIY online radio stations allow humanity and personality to surface in a tide of soulless and reductive algorithmic playlists, argues Paul Rekret in The Wire 503/504 ...

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy explores how the signifiers of Black musics in Swarm are fragmented to indicate its main character’s psychosis ...

Adventurous music at Brighton pub, venue and creative hub run by musicians and artists: Listen Club: Kathy Hinde on sounds activated by and inspired by the wind (17 December), NYE: Flap To The Future ...

Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’ s team of staff and contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as ...