wire: august 2021

Every copy of the August issue will come with a CD of the 56th volume in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 16 new or archival tracks by Space Afrika, Silzedrek, Kasai Allstars, Olenc, Mia Zabelka & Icostech, Masayoshi Fujita, Luca Formentini, Tony Lugo, and more. Meanwhile, in the magazine, a new interview with former Wolf Eyes member and fixture of the US Midwest noise scene Aaron Dilloway who talks to Emily Pothast about his must-see lockdown performances and his new collaborations with Lucrecia Dalt and Body/Head. Plus: Louise Gray on the long and notorious career of European vocal and performance artist Katalin Ladik; the first couple of Chinese free rock Li Jianhong and Wei Wei take the Invisible Jukebox text; and much more!