The 26 June edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Blixa Bargeld & Nikko Weidemann, Swans, Błoto, Anna Nacher & Marek Styczyński, Otaco, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker and more ...

British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory ...

In The Wire 497, Esi Eshun reviews Mourning [A] BLKstar's eighth album, Flowers For The Living, which explores strategies for resistance ...

Listen to a recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman ’ s closing set at this year's Stihia festival near Moynaq, ...

According to Austrian broadcaster Kunstradio’s manifesto, radiophonic art is “radio made by artists”. 1920s post-First World War playwrights were exploring surrealism in radio drama, and producers, ...

Watch a video of Crystabel Efemena Riley performing at London’s Ormside Projects to accompany her interview with Abi Bliss in The Wire 497 “I remember at our first gig, people were just shouting, ...

An opporutnity for musicians of all backgrounds interested in improvisation to work with vocalist Amirtha Kidambi, electric bassist Farida Amadou and double bassist Luke Stewart. Brooklyn Ibeam, 29 ...

The experimental music and sound work coming out of Dhaka is driven forward by three key sensations: anger, frustration and resolve. Everything is politicised in Bangladesh. Every element of ...

Sound and video installation investigating climate change, its psychological impacts and “the sonic memory of nature”. There will also be a live choral performance which is the result of workshops and ...

The 5 June edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, Cécilia Angeles, Joy Guidry, Anika, Mark Stewart, Larry ...

Two evenings of ad hoc combinations of improvising musicians drawn from a pool of ten – a format devised by guitarist Derek Bailey in the 1970s. Compered by Stewart Lee, the pool comprises Khabat Abas ...

New documentary about the transgressive musician and artist who co-founded Coum Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, integrating P-Orridge’s conception of magick into their countercultural ...