wire: january 2013

Our massive annual survey of the past 12 months in underground music, including the Top 50 Releases of The Year, the Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year, and a mass of genre charts, all voted for by our crack squad of contributors, who also give us their personal highs and lows of 2012. We also take an in depth look at some of the year's lesser commented on trends and developments, and ask a number of the year's most active musicians and players to deliver their verdicts on the cultural year. Also inside the issue: Invisible Jukebox: Bryan Ferry (yes, really); Collateral: Damage Mark Fell; Cross Platform: Madge Gill and David Tibet's Myrninerest; Epiphanies Charles Hayward; Global Ear Christchurch, New Zealand; Inner Sleeve: Alasdair Roberts; Unofficial Channels; Bites; Ruff Sqwad; Patrick Farmer; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra play John Zorn