wire: september 2015

On the cover: Julia Holter (The US songwriter-musician abandons the home studio and heads into the great wide open for her latest and most accomplished avant pop adventure). Inside this issue: Blurt (Ted Milton's jazz-punk renegades have remained discordant and defiant for four decades as a new album and book of the ex-puppeteer's collected lyrics attest); Music With My Insane Friend (Melbourne duo James Wilson and Simon Bereux kick through the boundaries of rock, improve and electronic music); Invisible Jukebox: Arnold Dreyblatt (The minimalist composer seeks nodal excitation in The Wire's mystery record selection); Ramzi (The Canadian producer celebrates sonic biodiversity); Iain Chambers (The experimental composer takes it to the bridge); Kink Gong (Field recordist Laurent Jeanneau reworks the sounds of his travels); Khyam Allami (The oud player's Alif project reconfigures Arabic music); Global Ear: Lima.