Wire Magazine 509 - July 2026 - EarthBall

 In our brand new issue:

EarthBall: The Canadian quintet’s freeform punk aesthetic embodies the values of the close-knit Vancouver Island scene. By Emily Pothast

DoYeon Kim: The bandleader and virtuoso gayageum player connects consciousness with the cosmos. By Stewart Smith

Onilu: The Philadelphia ensemble are riding a new wave of radical percussion playing. By Phil Freeman

Jocy de Oliveira: The Brazilian nonagenarian’s remarkable journey through piano, opera and vocal work is the subject of a new film. By Andy Cumming

Tomáš Šenkyřík: The Czech field recordist tracks the sounds, habitats and natural activity in his local surroundings. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Richard Dawson: Will The Wire’s mystery record selection reverberate with the Newcastle singer-songwriter? Tested by Claire Biddles

Eoobe: DIY electronics power the Amsterdam duo’s esoteric musical vision. By Hannah Pezzack

Aldana Duoraan & Tomáš Niesner: Siberia meets Central Europe in guitar and mouth harp duets. By Miloš Hroch

Global Ear: Sicilian capital Palermo’s chaotic and rebellious past has created hardy soil for music subcultures. By Alexander Samuels

Unlimited Editions: Daniyal Ahmed’s Honiunhoni label seeks out Pakistani sounds far from the beaten track. By Francis Gooding

The Inner Sleeve: Zoh Amba on Jason Molina’s Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go

Against The Grain: Can cold oi shed its troubled inheritance? By Seth Wheeler

Epiphanies: Unconscious (and conscious) bias is still a part of the art world for Infinity Knives aka Tariq Ravelomanana

Soundcheck: Chris Abrahams & Mark Wastell; Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson; Oren Ambarchi & Will Guthrie; Boards Of Canada; Jonas Cambien; Tara Clerkin Trio; Columbia Icefield; Chris Corsano & Tashi Dorji; Discovery Zone; Shane Embury; Brunhild Ferrari/Eiko Ishibashi/Jim O’Rourke; Forest Factory; Glissandro 70; Golems Of The Red Planet; Guttersnipe; The Handover; Kikù Hibino & Merzbow; Horse Lords; Hilary Jeffery; Mark Jenkin; Margareth Kammerer; Cate Kennan; Kneecap; Lolina; Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe; Magic Tuber Stringband; Master’s Ashes; Zoë Mc Pherson; Myra Melford & Satoko Fujii; Ava Mendoza; Neon Crabs; Tujiko Noriko; Jim O’Rourke & Jos Smolders; Otay:Onii; Cinna Peyghamy; Play Time; Lyra Pramuk; Los Pulpitos; Sha Ray & DJ Haram; Kira Roessler; Margo Sanda; Seefeel; Matthew Shlomowitz; Alister Spence; Aho Ssan; Sür Drone; Father Dionysios Tabakis; Tegh & Adel Poursamadi; Penelope Trappes; The Vampires; Visible Cloaks; Ben Vida; Voïvod

Boomerang: Brown Spirits; Amiri Baraka/The Jihad; The Congos; Ron Dealo; Vicky Durango; Michael Gregory Jackson; King G & The J Krew; Leonard & Roger; Comrad’ Oleau; Om; Super Furry Animals; Various Dressed In Black: Goth Divas From The Dark Side 1941–2025

The Columns: Avant Rock by Antonio Poscic; Critical Beats by April Clare Welsh; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Sam Davies; Jazz & Improv by Andy Hamilton; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

Print Run: The Museum Of Imaginary Musical Instruments by Deirdre Loughridge & Thomas Patteson; Maryanne Amacher: Intelligent Life by Maryanne Amacher, edited by Lawrence Kumpf; How Black Music Took Over The World by Melvin Gibbs; Queercore by Audrey Golden

On Screen: Ian Tuason Undertone; Anthea Kennedy & Ian Wiblin Alarm Notes

On Location: Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands; Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK; Colour Out Of Space, Brighton, UK; Counterflows Festival, Glasgow, UK; Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke + Richard Youngs, London, UK; Los Thuthanaka + DJ E, London, UK; Froglord + Space Pistol + Troll Mother, York, UK; Archipel, Geneva, Switzerland; Another Sky Festival 2026, London, UK; Only Connect, Oslo, Norway; EarthBall, Leeds, UK; Long Play Weekend, New York, US; Oscillation: From The Mothership, Brussels, Belgium

On Site: La Timpa Come Back, London, UK; Roy Claire Potter COMMS FAIL, Liverpool, UK