Dub producer, musician and songwriter Bovell is the guest selector alongside regular host, reggae historian and DJ David Katz. The evening starts with a Q&A at 7:45pm. London Upstairs At The Ritzy, 9 ...

A weekend celebrating zines, activism and radical creativity including free and pay-what-you-can panels, drop-ins and workshops. Glasgow Tramway and Hidden Gardens, 5–6 July, free/PWYC.

Issue 498 August 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 498. Inside our brand new issue: Bill Orcutt: The late blooming career of the former Harry Pussy ...

Sound and video installation investigating climate change, its psychological impacts and “the sonic memory of nature”. There will also be a live choral performance which is the result of workshops and ...

In The Wire 497, Esi Eshun reviews Mourning [A] BLKstar's eighth album, Flowers For The Living, which explores strategies for resistance ...

British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory ...

SEM FIO: Sintonizando Novas Frequências (WIRELESS: Tuning Into Novas Frequências) is a short film that attempts to capture something of Rio de Janeiro’s cultural life via its annual experimental music ...

Somewhat stripped down version of the Dakar-Berlin collaboration between drummers, vocalist Mbene Seck and producer Mark Ernestus from Rhythm And Sound, supporting their new album Khadim, out now.

The 19 June edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show featured tracks by Cosmic Ear, Mark Stewart, Ensemble Nist-Nah, Musarc, Matmos, Linda May Han Oh, Steve Lehman, Hekate, Three-Layer Cake and more ...

Two evenings of ad hoc combinations of improvising musicians drawn from a pool of ten – a format devised by guitarist Derek Bailey in the 1970s. Compered by Stewart Lee, the pool comprises Khabat Abas ...

Louis Moholo-Moholo (10 March 1940–13 June 2025) June 2025 Louis Moholo-Moholo in The Wire 400, London, June 2017. Photo: Anne Tetzlaff & Guy Bolongaro ...

Inspired by the earth, sea and space, this group show explores a sense of expanded time through multiple channel sound and video, artificial intelligence and nautical instruments. Artists include ...