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Inside The Wire 432 | February 2020
41 Reviews Index 42 Soundcheck New vinyl, CDs, downloads and streams,
plus reissues and specialist columns, including:
43 Folklore Tapes As above, so below. By Spenser Tomson
51 RAIC/Samuel Goff Coven ready. By Joseph Stannard
64 The Meters Park ’n’ ride. By Phil Freeman
68 Print Run New music books: CC Hennix’s matters,
double lives, prog chronicles, gangsta rap, and more
72 On Screen New films and DVDs: Liam Barker’s Voice
Of The Eagle: The Enigma Of Robbie Basho; Posy Dixon’s Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story
73 On Location Recent festivals, gigs and clubs:
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Joëlle Léandre, Unsound NY, and more
79 On Site Recent art events: Phill Niblock; Jason
Moran
10 Unlimited Editions Recital Records
10 Unofficial Channels Auctioneers
12 Marcela Lucatelli The Brazilian composer and improvisor gets her shriek on. By Philip Clark
14 Nava & Shayna Dunkelman Percussive siblings bond over the beat.
By Kurt Gottschalk
18 Terry Allen Weird country’s master storyteller returns. By George Grella
Global Ear 16 Malta Creativity flourishes quietly in the shadow of turmoil. By Kurt Buttigieg
67 The Inner Sleeve Freedom To Spend on Heroin 98 Epiphanies Ryley Walker gives in to the temptation of Christian ska punk
Invisible Jukebox 20 Mayo Thompson Will The Wire’s mystery record selection trigger a “Free Form Freak-Out” for the Red Krayola founder? Tested by Alan Licht
24 Katie Gately Bereavement and ritual inform the new album from the Los Angeles based avant pop auteur. By Emily Pothast
28 Frank Denyer With his unusual instrumental combinations, and penchant for microtonality and extended technique, the English composer offers sanctuary from sensory overload. By Sam Richards
34 Wire Since 1977’s Pink Flag, Wire have crushed and expanded rock at will. With their 17th album Mind Hive dropping, the most stable line-up in the band’s history discuss facing the future while repurposing the past. By Dan Barrow
4 Masthead 6 Letters 8 Bitstream News and more from under the radar
40 Charts The Office Ambience and other playlists
91 Out There Festivals, concerts, gigs and club listings
96 Subscribe Print, digital, downloads and CDs
Cover: Wire photographed by Joss McKinley
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