Jul 09, 2024 By Marina Malin

MEMORIALS, which features members of Electrane and Wire, have announced their debut album, Memorial Waterslides, and shared the new song, “Cut It Like a Diamond.” More

May 10, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Wire have announced the official release of Not About To Die, a collection of demos originally released in the early ’80s as an illegal bootleg. It will be out on June 24 via pinkflag. The band have shared a video for “Stepping Off Too Quick,” a track from the compilation. More

May 06, 2020 By Samantha Small

Just five months after the January release of Mind Hive, Wire will return with their forthcoming album, 10:20, due out June 19 (although originally scheduled for release on Record Store Day) via the band’s own label, pinkflag. Now the band have shared a sneak preview of the record with the first ever studio recording of “The Art of Persistence.” More

Oct 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another light week, in terms of compelling new songs this week. Hence, just like last week’s list, we only have a Top 8 again. The top two were pretty much a tie. We’re as surprised as you about our #1. More

Oct 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Post-punk legends Wire have announced a new album, Mind Hive, and shared its first single, “Cactused.” They have also announced some tour dates. More

Mar 30, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Wire will be following up their self-titled album released last year with a new mini album Nocturnal Koreans, April 29th via pinkflag. To get fans excited for the album they’ve shared “Noctural Koreans” and “Internal Exile.” More

Feb 12, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On April 21, British post-punk outfit Wire will release a new self-titled album. More

Dec 08, 2011 By John Everhart

Legendary U.K. post punk act Wire have announced the release of the live album The Black Session Paris, 10 May 2011. We have the details. More

Apr 17, 2011 By Raymond Flotat

Day two of Coachella continued day one’s comfort. Whatever advanced security they’ve implemented—or at least perhaps scalpers buying up lots of tickets that ultimately weren’t used—has helped make this year a comfortable festival again. There’s room to move around and enjoy just about every band. Even stranger, some bands that are legendary are experiencing small turnout. The only band that really drew a massive crowd was the Arcade Fire. More

Nov 15, 2010 By Laura Studarus

British rockers Wire are heading stateside for a series of dates beginning April 1st in support of forthcoming album, Red Barked Tree (out January 11 via Pink Flag). More

Oct 15, 2010 By Laura Studarus

British post-punk stalwarts Wire have announced new album Red Barked Tree (out January 11^th on Pink Flag). More

Dec 24, 2010 By Under the Radar Staff

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Here’s a survey from Colin Newman of Wire. More

Jun 13, 2018 By Ian Rushbury

In 1979, Wire were young men in a hurry. 154 was their third album. Their third album in two years. And just to make life even more interesting, each album is significantly different to the last. This long awaited reissue contains a further 27 demos and rarities which serve as a testament to their prodigious output. More

Jun 13, 2018 By Ian Rushbury

Coming less than a year after Wire’s debut record, Chairs Missing shows the band stretching out, and the aggressive, punk rock stylings of Pink Flag receding into the background. In spite of it being released in punk’s first foray, it manages to predict the sound of the early ‘80s (and beyond) with uncanny accuracy. More

Jun 13, 2018 By Ian Rushbury

Wire were signed by Harvest Records in the initial feeding frenzy of UK punk rock. They were probably expecting another band of snotty ne’er-do-wells, trotting out powerchord laden, angst-athons with a permanent sneer on their collective face. More

Apr 04, 2017 By Aug Stone

It’s not that Silver/Lead is a bad record. It’s not. But what is interesting about it—the atmospheric sounds and rhythms—are relegated to the background, if there at all, and then to only certain sections of songs. More

Apr 25, 2016 By Dan Lucas

2016 has been a bit of an oddity to date. How many other years can you think of where, even only at the quarter-year mark, so many of the best albums have been released by artists over 60? David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and John Cale are now joined by Wire. More

Jun 02, 2015 By Dan Lucas

There is something slightly odd about a band’s 14th studio album, 38 years on from their debut release, being self-titled. It is almost certainly unintentional, but there’s a neatness about the link between that and this, perhaps, being the first time they haven’t felt so ahead of the curve More

Jan 03, 2011 By John Everhart

It’s impossible to discount the cataclysmic influence Wire’s canonized, epochal late ‘70s triptych of Pink Flag, 154, and Chairs Missing had on the ‘80s American underground indie scene. R.E.M. paid homage with a cover of “Strange” on Document, and The Feelies and Minutemen were but two of the many legions admittedly galvanized by the band. More