In The Wire 500, Mattie Colquhoun argues that critics who seek to distance themselves from cultural pessimism too often fail ...

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers the ways in which Bobby Krlic’s psych-horror ...

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“The reason why is the big question,” Stephen Mallinder tells Abi Bliss in The Wire 499, as he reflects on Cabaret Voltaire’s forthcoming return to the stage. “I’m not entirely sure why, and maybe ...

Improvising trio of Colin Webster (alto sax), Andrew Lisle (drums) and Dirk Serries (electric guitar) celebrate their ...

In The Wire 500 it is the turn of US composer Lea Bertucci.

Tokyo’s Ftarri organisation (which evolved out of the Improvised Music From Japan label) proved its reputation for high quality improvised and lower case music many times over the last 20 years.

Film screenings, workshops and radio art plus live performances by aya, Mariam Rezaei, Poulomi Desai, @XCRSWX and The Shadow Ring. Workshops in no-input mixing, Super 8 film, and Beijing’s “non-music” ...

Stockholm’s Edition Festival teams up with a meditation centre for a series of Sunday matinee concerts by artists who have a meditation practice connected to Buddhist traditions: Kansan Zetterberg ...

A monthly improvised and experimental music night in Belfast livestreamed via the venue’s website. With short sets, time to chat and space to move: NIMF + Ruairí McCann (4 September), TSV + Isa Gordon ...