The Wire #503
225 x 280mm,100 pages + CD
London, UK
Monthly
Published since 1982
Publisher: Tony Herrington
Editor: Emily Bick
Art direction: Sean Charlton White, Oliver Long
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.’
On the cover of this December 2025 issue is Mulatu Astatke, a legend in the East African music sphere. Inside, he talks about his worldwide travels, reflects on his pinnacle LP ‘Ethio-Jazz’ from 1974, and brightly explains how he views his art as a musical science.
Alongside Astatke, there are Detroit cosmic jazz ensemble Griot Galaxy, Sheffield folk group,Emergence Collective, and genre-bending artist Alpha Maid, whose music intertwines grunge and dub with a nod to the sounds of her old friends.
Includes a juicy, 16-track Wire Tapper 69 CD.
£7.50