Inside our brand new issue:
Totally Wire-d: A 20 page special unpicking everything you wanted to know about Mark E Smith and The Fall by the totally Wire-d writers’ squad: Claire Biddles, Graham Duff, Esi Eshun, Louise Gray, Michael Fenton, Jo Hutton, Leah Kardos, Stewart Lee, Craig Leon, Eugene S Robinson, Bruce Russell, Dave Segal, Richard Thomas, Spenser Tomson, Brian Turner and Kek-W
House Of All: Tessa Norton talks to the new band formed by ex-Fall members about life after Mark E Smith
Invisible Jukebox: No Home: Will The Wire’s mystery record selection raise Fucking Hell for the London DIY artist? Tested by Meg Woof
Nondi_: Pennsylvanian footworker reports from Flood City. By Neil Kulkarni
Kristen Roos: Vancouver synthesist embraces limitations. By Robert Barry
Natalia Beylis: Kyiv born sound artist makes water magic. By Brian Coney
Andy Akiho: Sculpted sounds from the US composer. By Kurt Gottschalk
Unlimited Editions: Edition Telemark. By Peter Margasak
Unofficial Channels: The Deep Ark. By Michaelangelo Matos
Global Ear: Oakland: Anti-gentrification in the East Bay. By Collin Smith
The Inner Sleeve: DJ Scotch Egg on Faust’s You Know Faust
Epiphanies: Adele Bertei heeds the siren call of Patti Smith
Print Run: ESG’s Come Away With ESG by Cheri Percy; Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music In 1970s San Diego by Bill Perrine; Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by Dan Franklin; Season Of The Witch: The Book Of Goth by Cathi Unsworth; Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes And Rainbows by Vivian Ardley with John Coles & Dave Gelly; Empire Roller Disco: Photographs By Patrick D Pagnano by Sara Rosen & Patrick D Pagnano; The Future Of Rock And Roll: 97X WOXY And The Fight For True Independence by Robin James; Ain’t But A Few Of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story by Willard Jenkins (Editor)
On Screen: Jordan Albertsen Boom: A Film About The Sonics; Christina Batte WNYU: The World’s Best Radio Station In The World
On Location: Bergamo Jazz Festival, Bergamo, Italy; aya x MFO, London, UK; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Birds Of Paradise, Utrecht, Netherlands; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Claire Rousay, London, UK; The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York, US; Moin, London, UK; Fred Moten/Brandon Lópes/Gerald Cleaver, London, UK; Sixth Edition: Festival For Other Music, Stockholm, Sweden; Tremor, São Miguel, Portugal; Object Collection: HOUSECONCERT + Neil Luck & Mimi Doulton, London, UK; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands
