Wire
Object 47

It’s strange to have one of the great post-punk bands of all-time — indeed, one of the vanguards of the genre that’s had such a massive impact on cont...

Calling anything a "return to form" by Wire would be ignoring that the band has no form—its career has been dedicated to reinvention, moving from the ...

The first thing you’re likely to note about Object 47, is that the lyrics are filled with questions. Actually, wait, ha ha, that’s a lie. The first th...

In the right hands, there’s nothing better for a guitar than the sound of a solid-state amplifier. The transistorized amp, seen in the late ’70s and e...

"Please let me help you remember / Your memory's shot / You've lost the plot." That refrain -- from the caustically chiding "Mekon Headman" -- is more...

Usually, when a band has been around for 30 years and is most famous for the material produced in its first five years, the praise for new albums tend...

It's been said before, but Wire's music has never sounded dated. More than 30 years on from the release of the seminal post-punk band's debut, "Object...

Always a band with a keen aesthetical sensibility, Wire deal in shapes, angles, and colours, be it in their elegant artwork, writing tracks about map ...

Object 47 marks an unexpected turning point in the 30-year history of Wire: It's their first album that doesn't feature all the original members. Wh...

Even though this is Wire's 47th recording (counting EPs, singles, live albums and god knows what else), the band's reputation still mostly rests on it...