wire: february 2014

Hang on to your hats, folks: the cover story in the February issue of The Wire features the underground music scoop of the century - the first ever face to face interview with the most enigmatic and elusive, not to mention one of the most inspirational and uncompromising, musicians of the times, the legendary Jandek. The interview was conducted over three days in December in Minneapolis by David Keenan and is now spread across ten pages of the February issue, along with photographer Alec Soth's brilliantly evocative portraits of the mythical representative of Corwood Industries. And what he reveals about the philosophies and experiences that have shaped his unique music over the last 40 years will blow the minds of the initiated and transfix the imaginations of neophytes. Plus: Edwin Pouncey on the extreme sonics of the former Skullflower guitarist Stefan Jaworzyn, UK noise maker and computer composer Russell Haswell takes The Wire's Invisible Jukebox test, London producer Visionist, Multiple Tap's new Japanese sounds, and over 100 album, gig, film and book reviews.