The Wire Magazine - May 495: aya

The Wire 495 

May 2025

On the cover: aya. Inside: Joke Lanz, Satch Hoyt, Bios Contrast, Ailie Ormston, Trân Uy Đúc, MIC (Master Of Inane Conversation), Laura Cocks, John King, Invisible Jukebox: Alvin Curran, Epiphanies: Surgeon on William S Burroughs, The Inner Sleeve: Seymour Wright on Anne Gillis, Global Ear: Copenhagen, Unlimited Editions: Greyfade, Against The Grain: No more jazzy music. In the review sections: Gryphon Rue, Eska, Dead Pioneers, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, Kim Salmon & Masami Kawaguchi, Strata-East reissues, music under Stalin, Matthew Shipp, Borealis, CTM, 160 Unity, Mona Mur, Carl Craig, Peaches, a tribute to Julius Eastman, and specialist columns from avant rock to Size Matters. Plus: charts, letters, listings.