The Wire #489
225 x 280mm, 98 pages + CD
London, UK
Monthly
Published since 1982
Publisher: Tony Herrington
Editor: Emily Bick
Art direction: Guillaume Chuard
A must for any underground music fan, The Wire reports on alternative, underground and non-mainstream musics, ‘waging war on the mundane and the mediocre.’
November 2024's cover star of The Wire celebrates the Sun Ra Arkestra luminary, Marshall Allen, who this year has celebrated his 100th birthday whilst also releasing his first ever solo album (proof it's never too late to try something new!). If you haven't heard of Sun Ra Arkestra, this issue is a great introduction to explore their intergalactic mythology and decades of compositions coined as 'cosmic jazz' formed in the mid-1950s. Also featured are other long-running collectives, including 1980s Japanese punk ensemble, Frank Chickens and, Lithuanian avant-rock band, Ir Visa Tai Kas Yra Gražu Yra Gražu.