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#500 October 2025
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MAG

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WIRE 500 WIRE 500
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9/19/2025

"The 500th issue of the magazine comes with a special commemorative silver gatefold cover featuring brand new artwork by The Wire's long standing resident graphic artist and illustrator Savage Pencil. The contents of the 500th issue add up to another unmissable monthly despatch from Wire central and include: Natural Information Society + Bitchin Bajas: Natural Information Society, the protean, Organic Music Society inspired collective lead by composer Joshua Abrams, have collaborated extensively with fellow Chicago cosmic drone power trio Bitchin Bajas. The latest outcome of their long-running partnership is this year's album Totality on Drag City. By Emily Pothast and Bill Meyer; OvO: The industrial-infused noise rock duo from Ravenna, Italy mark 25 years of high octane sonic confrontation with the release of their new album Gemma, featuring guest vocals from Duma's Lord Spikeheart, on Canada's Artoffact label. By Claire Biddles; Weston Olencki: The South Carolina born, Berlin based composer and trombonist has worked with composer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse and duo Rage Thormbones while racking up a catalogue of solo releases via Superpang, Tripticks Tapes and Lonform Editions. Their forthcoming new album Broadsides will document an environmental sonic travelogue of the American South. By Daryl Worthington; Fay Victor: The New York jazz vocalist's 2024 album Life Is Funny That Way contributed to the reappraisal of pianist Herbie Nichols as a visionary innovator, under-appreciated in his time. By Stewart Smith; and many more."