wire: february 2015

On the cover: Mica Levi (From underground pop star to acclaimed film composer, the artist also known as Micachu is a modern polymath); inside this issue: Invisible Jukebox: John Carpenter (The veteran film maker and composer is spooked by The Wire's mystery record selection); The Primer: Hiphop mixtapes (A user's guide to the major playas in rap's underground economy, from 50 Cent to Lil B); Inside the Red Bull Music Academy (In Tokyo, Derek Walmsley investigates the utopian ideals of the global music brand's banner event); Global Ear: Florence; Ohio punk 1975-80 (The Rust Belt's weirdest, compiled by Edwin Pouncey); Matana Roberts; The Pop Group; D'Angelo and the Vanguard.