The Wire's Records of the Year 2024
Bumper double issue . On the cover: 2024 Rewind: the Year in Underground Music , including the Top 50 Releases of the Year ; the Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year ; Critics’ Reflections : our writers discuss their memorable cultural experiences of the past 12 months. Columnists’ Charts : our specialist critics delve deep into their musical niches from noise to modern composition. Plus: YATTA : the New York based artist fuses noise, pop and improv with a spiritual sensibility. By Stephanie Phillips; Music Ex Machina : the epic history of algorithmic music is surveyed at a new exhibition in Lausanne. By Robert Barry; Bridget Hayden : the Vibracathedral Orchestra member swaps free rock for folk on a stark new album. By Lucy Thraves; Sakina Abdou : Ground and improvisation. By Stewart Smith; Oranssi Pazuzu : Mutant metal. By Derek Walmsley; Black Rain : Neo- Neuromancer . By Phil Freeman; Michael J Schumacher : Living space sounds. By Kurt Gottschalk; Invisible Jukebox: Pat Thomas : will the pianist and improvisor have a grand time with The Wire ’s mystery record selection? Tested by Seymour Wright; Global Ear: Zurich : the peripatetic noise scene resists gentrification in Switzerland’s biggest city; Unlimited Editions : tape label Strategic Tape Reserve prepare to fail. By Antonio Poscic; The Inner Sleeve: Pamela Z on Robert Rauschenberg’s Talking Heads cover; Epiphanies : Rafael Toral learns that music is the boss; 40 pages of reviews and much more.
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