In this edited extract of a conversation recorded at London's ICA on 25 March 2026 for the launch of Shock Factory: The ...

To make sense of ongoing tech revolutions, a new generation of musicians is making music that metabolises electronic processes through analogue forms, argues Ryan Meehan The progressive music scene ...

Final performance in American bassist, producer and writer's multi-part residency with event promoter FourOneOne: extended musical work Nzambici sees Gibbs joined by players Immanuel Wilkins, Chris ...

In his latest Secret History Of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers how music elucidates Japan's post-war outlook in ...

Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul is joined by the Scottish Ensemble as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh The Queen's Hall, 23 August, 8pm, £54.50–£15.50.

Lithuanian artist and composer George Mačiunas loved forms and organisational strategies, as the history of the art movement ...

The great saxophonist has died aged 95. As a tribute, we have made the cover story from The Wire 18 free to read in our ...

50 Releases of the Year: We asked our contributors to vote for their top ten releases of 2025 then added up the votes ...

The 21 May edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Scott Walker, Marvin Tate, Fire-Toolz, Rosa Pistola and more ...

Dejected croonings from San Francisco’s Tony Jay and bedroom pop from The Gabys. London Shacklewell Arms, 2 July, 7:30pm, free/ticketed ...

At this year’s Mutek, the series of A/V performances (as well as Amon Tobin’s bombastic stage spectacle) were notable for treating visuals with an extra gravity that isn’t often extended to VJs and ...

Much of what could be called anti-genre metal made by electronic, electroacoustic, ambient or otherwise non-rock practitioners employs conceptual manoeuvres that are, by now, fairly well rehearsed.