WIRE, ISSUE 431, JANUARY 2020

Περιεχόμενα

2019 Rewind: the year in underground music
Releases of the Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we counted up the votes
Critics' Reflections: Our contributors look back on 2019's cultural highs and lows
Science Fiction: Worlds beyond. By Claire Sawers
Residencies: Adventures with the avant jet set. By Clive Bell
Columnists' Charts: Our specialist critics select music that shook their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to noise
Criticism: Shade tolerance. By Emily Bick
Streaming: Clouding the issue. By Mark Sinker
Hobbyism: Scene unheard. By Rob Hayler
Archive Releases of the Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up
Invisible Jukebox: Hildur Gu?nado?ttir: Will the cellist and composer bow under the weight of The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Lizzie Davis
Unlimited Editions: Discus Records
Unofficial Channels: 64 Quartets
Empath: Philadelphia four-piece let their feelings flow. By Neil Kulkarni
Pod Blotz: Tech trash and future flash from the Los Angeles polymath. By Louis Pattison
Adam de la Cour: High art and kitsch meet in the UK film maker/composer's work. By Robert Barry
Global Ear: Mexico City: The capital city is a melting pot for contemporary jazz. By Howard Mandel
The Inner Sleeve: Joe Muggs on 'Ard Corrr by Well 'Ard
Epiphanies: Nature nurtures, according to Ben Ponton of :zoviet*france:
Print Run: More Fun In The New World: The Unmaking And Legacy Of LA Punk by John Doe with Tom DeSavia & Friends; The Punk Reader: Research Transmissions From The Local And The Global by Russ Bestley, Mike Dines, Alastair 'Gords' Gordon & Paula Guerra; The City Was Yellow: Chicago Jazz And Improvised Music 1980-2010 edited by Mike Reed; Women In The Studio: Creativity, Control And Gender In Popular Music Sound Production by Paula Wolfe; On Time: A Princely Life In Funk by Morris Day with David Ritz; Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History Of Soundsystem Culture by Joe Muggs & Brian David Stevens; Tony Conrad: Writings by Tony Conrad, Constance DeJong & Andrew Lampert; The Arithmetic Of Listening: Tuning Theory And History For The Impractical Musician by Kyle Gann
On Screen: Roy Dipankar Extreme Nation
On Site: Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus, London, UK; David Tudor & Composers: Inside Electronics, New York, US
On Location: Semibreve, Braga, Portugal; Plastique Fantastique: A Friends' Rendezvous @ Mars Year Zero, London, UK; King Midas Sound, London, UK; Sonica, Glasgow, UK; Moor Mother + Klein + Galya Bisengalieva, London, UK; Pan Daijing: Tissues, London, UK; David Byrne's American Utopia, New York, US; Bob Mould, London, UK
Soundcheck
The Boomerang