The oral history of just about every punk rock act formed between 1976 and 1980 begins with a common anecdote: So-and-so schmo saw such-and-such band, and realized, “Hey, I could do that.” What ...

From free jazz to doomy drones, outsider artists have always found a home in the Wire. Its creators reflect on upending the orthodoxy, coining genres – and their hatred of big-name rivals “We were the ...

On May 25, Pink Flag Records—the label run by Wire frontman Colin Newman—released three hardcover book sets chronicling the British band's iconic first three LPs: 1977's Pink Flag, 1978's Chairs… By ...

For all the many times that HBO's The Wire has been praised to the heavens on this site, one element of the show has barely merited a mention: the music. In most other television dramas, this would ...

Influence and being influential is an interesting thing. As the saying goes, “the innovators don’t always get paid,” the artists who influence art are always the ones who seem like they’re ...