The Wire Archive

Jazz dreams (opens in new tab)

The Danish artist achieves a beguiling flow state on her second solo album: a set of future standards full of empty space.

jg (opens in new tab)

A year after his moody collab with Nosaj Thing, the Montreal producer returns with his clubbiest album yet.

Album Review: Jeremiah Chiu – Edge Conditions (opens in new tab)

Jeremiah Chiu is a musician who thrives with a limitation.

It’s a Style Sport (opens in new tab)

Ishmael Butler explores the cosmos within on a shadowy and uncharacteristically introspective new album.

Beirut City Pop (opens in new tab)

Habibi Funk’s latest compilation shines a spotlight on the vintage soul, disco, and jazz that sprang up as a homegrown response to Lebanon’s brutal civil war.

Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize (opens in new tab)

She beat out Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Jade, Nia Archives, and more

Charli XCX Will Appear in a Martin Scorsese Film (opens in new tab)

She reportedly makes a cameo in What Happens At Night with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence

Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize (opens in new tab)

Charli XCX Cast In Martin Scorsese’s What Happens At Night Alongside Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Lawrence (opens in new tab)

Natalie Bergman Announces New EP I Killed A North American Songbird: Hear “White Oak” (opens in new tab)

Westside Gunn Announces New Album Heelmatic (opens in new tab)

Lead single “Zilla” features rapping on a camel in front of the Great Pyramid

The Strokes and Phoebe Bridgers to Play SNL (opens in new tab)

Oh and also Gracie Abrams

Zelooperz Announces New Album Pin Breakers: Hear “Beautician” (opens in new tab)

Jorja Smith, Corinne Bailey Rae, FLO, & More Cover Amy Winehouse With Mark Ronson At Back To Black 20 Tribute (opens in new tab)

SNL Taps Druski & The Strokes, John Mulaney & Phoebe Bridgers For Next Month (opens in new tab)

Chappell Roan Duets With Surprise Guest Christina Aguilera At Super Graphic Spectuacular (opens in new tab)

Interpol Plot 2027 North American Tour With Deafheaven (opens in new tab)

The two bands are linking up for a run through Mexico and the southern U.S.

Chris Lyons :: New Love for the Old Flame (opens in new tab)

After a pair of excellent albums fronting his New Orleans quartet Silver Synthetic, last year's Painters Street saw musician and vocalist Chris Lyons venturing into promising solo pathways.

2Hollis Announces 2027 Tour (opens in new tab)

The rapper-producer is trekking between North America and Europe from the winter through spring

W. H. Lung Share “Where Will You Go,” Announce Indefinite Hiatus (opens in new tab)

Westside Gunn Announces New Album Heelmatic: Hear “Zilla” (opens in new tab)

Daft Punk’s Iconic Pyramid Stage Is Becoming A LEGO Set (opens in new tab)

Giant Drag – “Song For My Funeral” (opens in new tab)

Fleetwood Mac Announce Fleetwood Mac Documentary (opens in new tab)

Fleetwood Mac: The Chain hits Apple TV in January

Kacey Musgraves Reveals Middle of Nowhere Companion Album (opens in new tab)

She’ll unvault the 16-track Tex Mex Tapes on January 15

Queens Of The Stone Age Play “Where The Goth Girls At?” On Fallon, Announce 2027 Tour (opens in new tab)

Westerman Announces New EP Reception: Hear “L/C” (opens in new tab)

Queens of the Stone Age Plot 2027 U.S. Tour (opens in new tab)

Josh Homme and the band also gave “Where the Goth Girls At?” its live debut on Fallon

Cate Le Bon, L’Rain, Starcleaner Reunion, & More Share New Songs On Everybody’s Got A Song To Sing Comp (opens in new tab)

Being Dead – “Man Or Myth” & Aquarium” (opens in new tab)

Taylor Swift Turns 20 (opens in new tab)

Being Dead – Man or Myth / Aquarium (opens in new tab)

Both vids directed + edited by Falcon Bitch ...

Being Dead Sign to Polyvinyl, Plan to “Take Over the World” (opens in new tab)

The Austin rock trio has also shared two new songs, one about dating a dolphin

Daft Punk Are Now Lego (opens in new tab)

And so is the Alive 2007 pyramid

Brandon Flowers Debuts Solo Song “Diamonds On Black Velvet” That Was Cut From The Last Killers Album (opens in new tab)

Forest Hills Stadium Will Cap Concerts, Ending Yearslong Legal Battle (opens in new tab)

Jimmy Webb :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview (opens in new tab)

Jimmy Webb has written some of the great songs in the modern American songbook.

Helena Deland Announces New Album Eternity Shrugs: Hear “Tip Of My Tongue” (opens in new tab)

Animal Collective Play Songs They Hadn’t Done In Decades At First Feels Show (opens in new tab)

Helena Deland – Tip of My Tongue (opens in new tab)

Helena Deland 's new album Eternity Shrugs is out January 22nd, 2027 .

The Buoys – Concrete Cowboy (opens in new tab)

Projecting energetic alt-rock across the globe, Sydney group The Buoys channel anthemic melodies and an unmistakable chemistry on their sophomore record ‘Concrete Cowboy’.

Alchemical Sisters (opens in new tab)

For their collaborative full-length debut, Eris Drew and Octo Octa hunkered down in their New Hampshire cabin to craft a celebratory, sample-heavy tribute to the maximalist dance music of yore.

Numbskull (opens in new tab)

On his first album in eight years, the Canadian DJ and producer reconnects with the guitar music of his youth, drawing on punk, emo, and shoegaze for an album that plays like a handmade mixtape.

Album Review: Charlie Parr – Rooming House (opens in new tab)

In Minnesota, Charlie Parr’s current home and native state, around 80% of low-income rental households spend more than 30% of their income on housing.

Totally (opens in new tab)

The Swedish polymath explores the sounds, language, and imagery of Americana on a drolly observational singer-songwriter album.

do you love the color of the sky? (opens in new tab)

The Los Angeles band dials up the hazy distortion and synthetic sheen surrounding its spacey blend of shoegaze guitars and breakbeats.

Talking Heads Announce New Book (opens in new tab)

With essays from Lorde, Debbie Harry, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and more

Dowsers – “Dogwood” & “Three Forks Of Cheat” (opens in new tab)

Kid Cudi Is Writing, Producing, And Starring In His Own Jean-Michel Basquiat Biopic (opens in new tab)

Watch Fontaines D.C. Perform on Jools Holland (opens in new tab)

The Irish rock band broke out Dopamine Chamber songs and more for their special 45-minute set