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Our MALCONFORT release gets the #2 spot on PopMatters’ best albums of the year list! It’s reassuring to see experimental music of this kind to get such high honour! ► “While dissonance is one pillar, the other two foundations are ambiance and psychedelia” Official video -

Veliki antikapitalistički intervju za Jutarnji. LOL.

The Quietus Albums of the Year are here! Try to resist jumping straight to number one. And let us know which of your favourites made the list. buff.ly/4fUS3XG Norman Records #tQCharts

For this 🔥 bumper issue, I had the immense pleasure of profiling @Strategictaper! I also wrote the Avant Rock EOY column, reviewed new music by Jana Irmert (Fabrique Records), Bogdan Raczynski (Disciples), and Abdullah Miniawy, and reflected on (cultural) life in 2024.

Simply the best metal EOY chart around.

My The Wire Magazine Avant Rock chart for 2024. In the accompanying reflection, I also namecheck Buñuel, Chat Pile, Cuntroaches, Uniform, Mamaleek, Tzompantli and a few others.

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Body Meπa - 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒖𝒃 - featured in the year-end edition of The Wire Magazine as one of Antonio's favorite avant rock albums. Stoked to see this one featured alongside albums we love by Still House Plants, Mdou Moctar, Lord Spikeheart, & The Body! 💟😊✌️

heres 100 dumbass 2024 releases that are p alright in my opinion - ordered as best as i could. senhor douglas wins a free dinner at the texas roadhouse for winning aoty. no other bullshit pubs be doin that man however hope y'all can find something new and cool. appreciate y'all❤️

life is pretty good because you can just listen to music all the time and then die and that’s a pretty sweet deal already

Individual charts by The Wire Magazine contributors are always my favorite part of the EOY list season.

To accompany his report on Strategic Tape Reserve in The Wire 491/492, Antonio selects music from the back catalogue of the playful Cologne label. @Strategictaper thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/u…

I wrote about some of my fave tracks/albums from the @Strategictaper catalogue for The Wire Magazine website. Feat. 🔴 (angel marcloid), @budokan_boys, dr amy cutler, Whettman Chelmets and more. 🔗 thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/u…

Whoa, hey! Excellent article up I'm the Wire on Strategic Tape Reserve, and I got a nice mention. Thank you so much, Antonio!

Za Кulturpunkt, pišem o 2024. kroz prizmu nepristojnih, angažiranih i odrješitih glazbenica i albuma: od brutalnog metala do suptilne ambijentale. Ft. PTP, Red Hot presents Transa & more. Od "naših", slava pripada Zvezdama grajnda, Kijametu i Manji Ristić. 🔗kulturpunkt.hr/kritika/zvukov…

Japanese-born, New York-based saxophonist Ayumi Ishito makes her horn sound like everything and anything – bar a saxophone #AyumiIshito (feat. Kevin Shea and George Draguns) - Roboquarians, Vol. 2 buff.ly/3PnscMm (((((((577)))))))

David Lynch is Forever

David Lynch (20 January 1946–16 January 2025) The US filmmaker has died aged 78. As a tribute, we have made the extended cover feature that appeared in The Wire 486 - for which Lynch also designed the cover - free to read in our online library. thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the…