$ean Wire works best in the morning. He likes to write in the studio, just him and the engineer, a beat playing on a loop as he feels his way toward a verse. Other ...

“You better watch your step, you shouldn’t place your bet,” singer-bassist Graham Lewis sings serenely on the chorus of Wire‘s new single “Cactused,” which will appear on their upcoming album, Mind ...

The oral history of just about every punk rock act formed between 1976 and 1980 begins with a common anecdote: So-and-so schmo saw such-and-such band, and realized, “Hey, I could do that.” What ...

On May 25, Pink Flag Records—the label run by Wire frontman Colin Newman—released three hardcover book sets chronicling the British band's iconic first three LPs: 1977's Pink Flag, 1978's Chairs… By ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Everntually, every era of music becomes ripe for nostalgia. Older bands reform or soldier on, and are wheeled out to perform their hits ...