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.
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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.
The 50 Best Post-Punk Albums Ever: Part 5, Joy Division to Gang of Four
This week we are celebrating the best post-punk albums of all-time and today we conclude with part five featuring Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads and more.
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’
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
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
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
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
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
Though Wire have radically reinvented themselves in the past, Nocturnal Koreans finds them aiming their formula just slightly to the left.
Immersion: Analogue Creatures
Swim~ co-founders Colin Newman and Malka Spigel resurrect Immersion in the name of mellow, ambient surf.
Wire: WIRE
Eponymous albums aren't for amateurs, and Wire's 13th chunk of full-length steel proves it.