• The Wire #507

The Wire

The Wire #507

The Wire is an independent print magazine covering a wide range of global alternative, underground and experimental music. They've been publishing since 1982.

In this issue: 

  • Sunn O))): The robed pair get lost in the woods of the Pacific Northwest for their new album. By Rob Turner

  • Delphine Dora: The French multi-instrumentalist fuses made up language and spiritual texts in her metaphysical music. By Miloš Hroch

  • Jair-Rohm Parker Wells: The bassist and composer channels the vibrations of ECM into his low end explorations. By Phil Freeman

  • The Sleeves: Guitarists Tara Cunningham and Jack Cooper take a scalpel to indie pop. By Lucy Thraves

  • Brion Gysin: Collaborator Ramuntcho Matta reflects on the artist’s freshly reissued Dreamachine album. By Daniel Spicer

  • Invisible Jukebox: Irmin Schmidt: Will the Can founder doo right by The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Leah Kardos

  • Regan Bowering: Under the drumskin. By Derek Walmsley

  • Holy Sun Opera House: Sounding the corridors of the unconscious. By Stephanie Phillips

  • Global Ear: Battle of the bells in Moretonhampstead, Devon. By Clive Bell

  • Unlimited Editions: Outernational sounds by way of Brighton’s Hive Mind label. By Daniel Spicer

  • The Inner Sleeve: MIC on Black Sheep Wall’s I’m Going To Kill Myself

  • Against The Grain: Deborah Nash on the transportive power of the jukebox

  • Epiphanies: Young Adam Bohman’s pocket money opens up a world of improvised music

London, UK; 23x28cm; 98 pages; May 2026, monthly