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Colin Newman and Malka Spigel on Nanocluster, Collaboration, and Musical Independence

Colin Newman and Malka Spigel on Nanocluster, Collaboration, and Musical Independence

Colin Newman and Malka Spigel discuss their collaborative project Nanocluster and the importance of collaboration to maintain artistic independence.

The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever

The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever

Explore 50 of the most brilliant, impactful, innovative, and controversial albums of the classic post-punk era, the reverberations of which will be felt for generations.

Wire Finally Embrace the Old, Forbidden Bootleg ‘Not About to Die’

Wire Finally Embrace the Old, Forbidden Bootleg ‘Not About to Die’

Not About to Die is a bootleg cassette of scrappy Wire demos recorded in the late 1970s that circulated in the early 1980s. It’s finally an official release.

Wire’s ’10:20′ Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

Wire’s ’10:20′ Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

On 10:20, Wire retain the sound they've been cultivating for the last few albums and use it to reinvigorate and reinterpret tracks from their various periods.

Wire’s ‘Mind Hive’ Shows the Post-Punk Band at Their Inimitable Best

Wire’s ‘Mind Hive’ Shows the Post-Punk Band at Their Inimitable Best

Post-punk pioneers Wire continue their late period renaissance with a new synthesis of all of their most endearing qualities on Mind Hive.

Immersion Continue to Live Up to Their Sly Name on ‘Sleepless’

Immersion Continue to Live Up to Their Sly Name on ‘Sleepless’

Colin Newman and Malka Spigel remain as prolific as ever. Immersion mach 2.0 may end up being just as prolific as 21st century Wire.

Wire’s ‘Pink Flag’, ‘Chairs Missing’, and ‘154’ Resonate Decades Later

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.

Wire: Silver/Lead

Wire: Silver/Lead

On their 16th album, Wire sound more like themselves than ever, yet refuse to become complacent.
Rockaway Beach Is the Surreal Festival That Avoids Fatigue

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.
As If Response Were Based on Fact: A Conversation With Wire

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.
Wire: Nocturnal Koreans

Wire: Nocturnal Koreans

Though Wire have radically reinvented themselves in the past, Nocturnal Koreans finds them aiming their formula just slightly to the left.
Immersion: Analogue Creatures

Immersion: Analogue Creatures

Swim~ co-founders Colin Newman and Malka Spigel resurrect Immersion in the name of mellow, ambient surf.