Inside this issue:
2022 Rewind: the year in underground music
Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes
Critics’ Reflections: Wire writers discuss their cultural highs and lows for 2022
The New Vaudeville: Funny games. By Stewart Smith
Turntablists: Spin cycles. By Rob Turner
Columnists’ Charts: Our specialist critics excavate all crevices of the culture for this year’s most exciting music, from hiphop to modern composition
Books, Films & Events: Emily Bick surveys the year in print, cinema, audiovisual arts and live performance
Climate: Burning issues. By Phil England
Healing Sounds: Good vibrations. By Emily Pothast
Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up
Invisible Jukebox: Kali Malone: Our mystery record selection pulls out all the stops for the composer and organist. Tested by Derek Walmsley
Unlimited Editions: REC-on
Unofficial Channels: Xenwiki
Heith: The Milanese producer looks to magickal traditions. By Miloš Hroch
Venus Ex Machina: Cybernetics meet mythology for the researcher and composer. By Meg Woof
Kraus: New Zealand psych wizard goes for a float. By Kiran Dass
Daniel Bachman: The American Primitive guitarist chronicles climate crisis. By Louis Pattison
Global Ear: Kadıköy: The Istanbul neighbourhood is the home for metal and underground music. By Robert Rigney
The Inner Sleeve: Gaye Su Akyol on Morphine’s Good
Epiphanies: Meg Baird on Sheila Kay Adams and John Cohen
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