wire: january 2023

2022 Rewind: The Wire's essential guide to the year in music will chart the highs and lows of another 12 months of never-ending change in underground culture. Our 2022 Rewind issue will be bigger than ever and will include our eagerly anticipated Top 50 Releases of the Year and Archive Releases of The Year charts, both compiled from the votes of more than 60 of our critics and contributors. Other features include new charts covering the books, events and films of the year, alongside cultural reflections from our roster of writers, our columnists' charts from avant rock to noise, essays on healing sounds and strategies, music's new vaudevillians, dispatches on music in Ukraine and Iran, and more. Inside the issue... Invisible Jukebox: London Afrofunk godfathers Cymande take the mystery record test; Global Ear: Robert Rigney hangs out on the Asian side of Istanbul as the city's nightlife coalesces in the liberated neighborhood of Kadiköy. Unlimited Editions: AGF's sound art and multimedia activism platform REC:on; Unofficial Channels: Xenharmonic Wiki resource for advanced tuning systems. Inner Sleeve: Gaye Su Akyol on Morphine's Good. Plus, full page interviews with Kraus, Heith, Daniel Bachman, and Venus Ex Machina.