INSIDE THE WIRE 263 (JANUARY 2006)

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ON THE COVER: Rewind 2005: Eyes down for The Wire's annual selection of the year's best music, including the 50 Records of the Year, plus critics' and musicians' reflections on the last 12 month’s of underground music activity

FEATURES: Noah Howard, Invisible Jukebox: Nurse With Wound, Volcano The Bear, Tetuzi Akiyama, Burning Star Core, Dan Wilson, Yannis Kyriakides

REVIEWS:

SOUNDCHECK: Angels Of Light & Akron/Family, Robert Ashley, Aube/MB, Pierre Bastien, Bigg Jus, Blue Collar, Tom Carter & Robert Horton Duo, Gendos Chamzyryn, Echohce, Lawrence English, Gato Libre, Grizzly Bear, David Grubbs, Mats Gustafsson/David Stackenäs, Ben Gwilliam & Lee Patterson, Haco/Diane Labrosse/Martin Tétreault, Hasegawa-Shizuo, Fritz Hauser, Hecq, Kato Hideki, Initial Prayer, Ove Johansson, Nikaidoh Kazumi, K-Space, KTU, Christina Kubisch, Steve Lehman, Al Margolis/If, Bwana, Shawn David McMillen, Mi & L'au, Miminokoto, Minsk, Gordon Mumma, Neptune, Operettamorale, Henri Pousseur & Michel Butor, The Primetime Sublime, Community Orchestra, Steve Reid Ensemble, Terry Riley & Arte Quartett, Sawako +, David Shea, Spunk, Taurpis Tula, John Tilbury, Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Various: Choubi Choubi! Folk And, Pop Sounds From Iraq, Stephen Vitiello & David Tronzo, Mark Wastell, Trevor Watts, Wilco, Peter Wright, Michiyo Yagi and more...

PRINT RUN: Xenakis, by Nouritza Matossian; Warp, by Rob Young with Adrian Shaughnessy; and Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics Of Jazz In Britain by George McKay

CROSS PLATFORM: Black Mountain College & Playing John Cage: an exhibition and concert series at Bristol's Arnolfini explore the legacy of the legendary BMC; Sound And The City: Don Watson listens to Brian Eno and David Toop in Beijing. Reviews: Her Noise in London; Relay ~ NYC! in New York; The Nomi Song on DVD. Plus, The Inner Sleeve: Electrelane’s Emma Gaze on Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home; and Go To: Our monthly Net trawl

ON LOCATION: LMC’s Annual Festival of Experimental Music, London, UK; Okeanos, London, UK; Anton Lukoszevieve: The Art Of The Curved Bow, Cambridge, UK; High Zero Festival, Baltimore, USA; Ruff Sqwad, London, UK; On The Outside, Newcastle, UK

PLUS: Epiphanies: The Sprawl's Iris Garrelfs and Douglas Benford on ten years of club running in London; Global Ear: Toronto; Savage Pencil's Trip Or Squeek and more

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LISTEN to selections from our 50 Records of the Year
DOWNLOAD three Noah Howard tracks to accompany Phil Freeman's interview with Noah in this issue.
DOWNLOAD two exclusive tracks by Leicester's dada pranksters Volcano The Bear
LISTEN to the Tokyo Improv guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama
DOWNLOAD two exclusive tracks by Ohio violinist/sound artist C Spenser Yeh aka Burning Star Core
HEAR an unreleased track by Dan Wilson of Meadow House
DOWNLOAD three exclusive tracks from The Sprawl to celebrate the electronic music club's 10th anniversary
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