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The Wire Issue 455

Adventures in Sound and Music.  Founded in 1982, The Wire is the world's leading print and online music magazine celebrating the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical musicians on the planet, past and present.

The Wire 455

January 2022

The 2021 Round-up!

On the cover: 2021 Rewind, The Wire’s massive annual survey of the year in sound and music, including the top 50 new and archive releases of the year, critics’ reflections on where we are now, and columnists’ charts and analysis from avant rock to noise. 

Plus: Invisible Jukebox: Loré Lixenberg x Elaine Mitchener, Saadet Türköz, Giant Claw, Circuit Des Yeux, Reiko & Tori Kudo, 40 pages of reviews, and much, much more.

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