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Wire's 'Pink Flag', 'Chairs Missing', and '154' Resonate Decades Later
The first three albums from groundbreaking punk/post-punk band Wire still serve as a benchmark for what punk rock could be at its best as well as where underground music would go in the decades that followed.
17 Jul 2018
Music
Wire: Silver/Lead
On their 16th album, Wire sound more like themselves than ever, yet refuse to become complacent.
28 Mar 2017
Music
Rockaway Beach Is the Surreal Festival That Avoids Fatigue
In a society stricken with music festival fatigue, Rockaway Beach aims to be an antidote for all that ails the average show-goer.
26 Oct 2016
Interviews
As If Response Were Based on Fact: A Conversation With Wire
It's been nearly four decades since Wire put out Pink Flag, one of the most seminal rock albums of the modern era. Now, with their 15th studio effort, Colin Newman and Graham Lewis are fiesty as ever with zero signs of slowing down.
17 May 2016
Music
Wire: Nocturnal Koreans
Though Wire have radically reinvented themselves in the past, Nocturnal Koreans finds them aiming their formula just slightly to the left.
20 Apr 2016
Music
Immersion: Analogue Creatures
Swim~ co-founders Colin Newman and Malka Spigel resurrect Immersion in the name of mellow, ambient surf.
02 Mar 2016
Music
Wire: WIRE
Eponymous albums aren't for amateurs, and Wire's 13th chunk of full-length steel proves it.
21 Apr 2015
Music
Burning Bridges With Wire
Colin Newman is a rock legend. Wire have been churning out great self-released LPs for years, and their new one is no exception.
20 Apr 2015
Music
Githead: Waiting for a Sign
Githead were never ones to put a great deal of passion into their pop. But even by their standards, this album feels a bit cold.
05 Jan 2015
Music
Malka Spigel: Gliding
Spigel gets a new band to play old songs. They not only sound new but, in some cases, completely different.
29 Jun 2014
Reviews
Wire Never Propped Up Punk's Posing Corpse: 'Read & Burn'
"With the meaningless luxury of hindsight", Wilson Neate echoes back at the band its own detachment -- and its dry wit. This reverberates with his own sharp, honest, but affectionate reaction to Wire's sounds and moods.
05 May 2013
Music
Down to This: An Interview with Wire
With one of the most dynamic records of their legendary career fresh in people's minds, Wire's Colin Newman found a surprisingly receptive French audience, which is why Wire's new live disc is so uncompromising. Newman tells PopMatters all about it.
04 Apr 2012
Television
Five Is Enough: The Inevitable Decline of 'Mad Men'
I am as excited as a person could possibly be for the beginning of the fifth season of Mad Men, but I worry that the season won’t be as good as we want it to be.
21 Mar 2012
Music
20 Questions: Githead
With a love of Eastwood and Bosch, this supergroup tackles 20 Questions while basking in the warm critical glow that third album Landing has received.
31 Jan 2010
Music
Githead: Landing
Githead delivers solidly with its third full-length album, even if it’s a long drive with no destination.
13 Dec 2009
Music
Bruce Gilbert: Oblivio Agitatum
The former Wire guitarist's first new solo material in a decade is, in a word, pretentious.
22 Nov 2009
Books
Pink Flag by Wilson Neate
Neate's book encourages a discourse on LPs which could be lost but which stubbornly survives; the vinyl jostles with mp3s for (real and virtual) space in certain hipsters' record collections.
17 Sep 2009
Music
Wire: Object 47
Old post-punk pros effortlessly whip up the most accessible record of their career, and one of the best.
17 Jul 2008
Reviews
Wire: The Scottish Play: 2004 [DVD]
Two distinct performances from post-punk pioneers Wire; one consistent vision.
Dan Nishimoto
18 Sep 2005
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