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Daniel Lopatin: Bling Tones and Digital Iridescence - The Wire
1+ week, 2+ day ago (93+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent Adam Sandler as Howie Bling in Uncut Gems (2019) In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Daniel Lopatin's score for Uncut Gems (2019) and its context within an aesthetic…...
Against The Grain: UK rap is hijacked by London’s police force for clicks - The Wire
3+ week, 5+ day ago (263+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent London's Metropolitan Police persecutes UK rap while using it for self-promotion, argues Hugh Morris in The Wire 506 Aside from the deep unseriousness of the Met's new form of communication, and the reputational…...
Against The Grain: Western modes of criticism overlook music's spiritual dimensions - The Wire
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (225+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent Music can act on listeners in ways that Western modes of engagement and criticism overlook or erase, argues Moravian composer and vocalist Julia "lehla in The Wire 505 A young woman came up…...
The Wire Issue 505 - March 2026
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (351+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent d'lek: The New Jersey hiphop duo's new album continues an extraordinary orbit taking in improv, hardcore and metal along the way. By Joseph Stannard The Primer: Bring The Noise: From scratched vinyl…...
Against The Grain: Archiving anarcho-punk - The Wire - Adventures in Sound and Music
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (303+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent The London based MayDay Rooms" anarcho-punk archive is a valuable resource for radical cultures and politics today, writes Seth Wheeler in The Wire 503/4 Flicking through the pages of an old diary, Dunstan…...
“Postmodern future funk rock”: Melvin Gibbs reviewed - The Wire
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (228+ words) Donate now to help The Wire stay independent The latest project from bassist Melvin Gibbs updates the bold collage techniques of 1970s Miles Davis and Teo Macero, writes Phil Freeman in The Wire 500 Melvin Gibbs Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 Hausu Mountain CD…...
Michael Abels: Song Lines and Slave Songs - The Wire
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) Donate now to help The Wire reach 500 issues Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams as Chris and Rose in Get Out (2017) In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Michael Abels's musicalisations of Black aspiration in Jordan…...
Against The Grain: Rosie Esther Solomon on queer nightlife and underground music - The Wire
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (76+ words) Donate now to help The Wire reach 500 issues British trans existence in 2025 is precarious, making the intersection of underground music and queer nightlife liberatory and life affirming, writes Rosie Esther Solomon By Rosie Esther Solomon Your comment - all comments are…...
“Steeped in dystopian dread”: Clipping and Black Rain reviewed - The Wire
1+ year, 3+ day ago (805+ words) Clipping Dead Channel Sky Sub Pop CD/DL/2xLP . Black Rain Neuromancer Room40 DL/LP . Some context: William Gibson's Neuromancer first came out in 1984, the same year that the hi ... In The Wire 494, Ken Hollings reviews two albums inspired by William Gibson's…...