LEAH KARDOS

A continually updated list of writing for The Wire magazine

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  • The Wire December 2024 (Issue 490) review of The Crying Out of Things by The Body (p42)
  • The Wire December 2024 (Issue 490) review of Decimation Of I by Meemo Comma (p48)
  • The Wire December 2024 (Issue 490) Electronics column feat. AGF, Emptyset, Maral, Gábor Lázár, Steve Moore, Mystery Time, claire rousay, Squarepusher (pp56–7)

  • The Wire November 2024 (Issue 489) review of The Last Will & Testament by Opeth, Storm Corrosion reissue by Storm Corrosion, and Powder Dry by Tim Bowness (p55–6)


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  • The Wire July 2024 (Issue 485) Invisible Jukebox interview with Karl Bartos (p20–23)
  • The Wire July 2024 (Issue 485) Review of Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three (p50)
  • The Wire July 2024 (Issue 485) Electronics column feat Dasychira, Agnes Haus, Heith, Nkisi, Alva Noto, Finlay Shakespeare, Trigger Object, µ-Ziq and Wave Arising (p63–4)
  • The Wire July 2024 (Issue 485) Film review of Eno (dir. Guy Hustwit) (p75)



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  • The Wire September 2023 (Issue 475) Review of OMNII by Blevin Blectum (p52)
  • The Wire September 2023 (Issue 475) Review of Kaijupop by Soft-Bodied Humans, Blue Forty-Seven by Minaru, and Live In London by Winkhaus with Steve Beresford (p62)
  • The Wire September 2023 (Issue 475) Book review of Music Farther Outside: Experimental Music During Brexit And The Pandemic by Bill Shoemaker(p77)

  • The Wire August 2023 (Issue 474) Review of Zone Black by Emil Amos (p48)
  • The Wire August 2023 (Issue 474) Electronics Column, feat. Belbury Poly, Blawan, Blessed Are The Hearts That Bend, Ben Carey, Corin, Cruel Diagonals, Richie Culver, Iceman Junglist Kru, Unhuman & Petra Flurr (p64–65)

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  • The Wire June 2023 (Issue 472) Totally Wire-d special: 'Dead Beat Descendants', interview feature with Heidi Heelz of The Fallen Women (p33)
  • The Wire June 2023 (Issue 472) Review of Machine Dreams by Zubin Kanga (p52)
  • The Wire June 2023 (Issue 472) Review of I Want More by Donny McCaslin (p54)
  • The Wire June 2023 (Issue 472) Feature review of The Pruttipal Index by Goodiepal & Bananskolen and A Janitor's Manifesto by Gunnar Gunnsteinsson (p61)


  • The Wire April 2023 (Issue 470) Review of Miracle-Level by Deerhoof (p52)
  • The Wire April 2023 (Issue 470) Review of Infinity Pool (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and No Highs by Tim Hecker (p54)
  • The Wire April 2023 (Issue 470) Review of Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume: (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) by Yves Tumor (p62)
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  • The Wire March 2023 (Issue 469) Review of Fragile States, a compilation by New Weird Australia (p50)
  • The Wire March 2023 (Issue 469) Review of Under An Endless Sky by Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States of Alchemy (p51)
  • The Wire March 2023 (Issue 469) Review of Feeling Body by Nyokabi Kariũki (p52)
  • The Wire March 2023 (Issue 469) Review of Loverboy by Meemo Comma (p54)
  • The Wire March 2023 (Issue 469) Book review of Blank Canvas: Art School Creativity From Punk To New Wave by Simon Strange (p74)

  • The Wire February 2023 (Issue 468) Electronics column, feat. Blightcaster, Groupshow, Kl.ne, Alva Noto featuring Martin L. Gore & William Basinski, Shelley Parker, Camilla Pisani, Tobacco, Kurt Uenala featuring Dave Gahan, Simona Zamboli (p60)
  • The Wire February 2023 (Issue 468) Review of Blue Period by Beauty Pill (p65)
  • The Wire February 2023 (Issue 468) Review of I Really Want to Bomb You by Jill Kroesen and Instant This/Insant That: NY NY 1978–1985 by Various (p66)
  • The Wire February 2023 (Issue 468) Review of Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki (dir. Michelle Heighway) (p74)
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  • The Wire May 2022 (Issue 459) Review of The Turning Year by Roger Eno (p44)
  • The Wire May 2022 (Issue 459) Review of Keep This Be The Way by Helms Alee (p46)
  • The Wire May 2022 (Issue 459) Review of Lovotic by Soundwalk Collective (p54)
  • The Wire May 2022 (Issue 459) Electronics column, feat. Lucrecia Dalt, Kælan Mikla, Gábor Lázár, Left Hand Cuts Off The Right, K Of Arc, Kevin Richard Martin, Tentenko, µ-Ziq, VHS¥DEATH (p57)
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  • The Wire April 2022 (Issue 458) Review of Epiphanies by Various (Hallow Ground) (p44)
  • The Wire April 2022 (Issue 458) Review of Raum by Tangerine Dream (p50)
  • The Wire April 2022 (Issue 458) Book review of The Light Pours Out Of Me: The Authorised Biography of John McGeoch by Rory Sullivan-Bourke (p72)

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  • The Wire January 2022 (Issue 455) Critic's Reflections on 2021 - Leah Kardos (p44)
  • The Wire January 2022 (Issue 455) Review of Atem by Die Wilde Jagd (p63)
  • The Wire January 2022 (Issue 455) Review of Second Spring OST by Peter Zummo (p72)
  • The Wire January 2022 (Issue 455) Book review of Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll by Lenny Kaye (p86)
  • The Wire January 2022 (Issue 455) Electronics column, feat. Hadi Bastini, The Black Dog, Eartheater, Lachrymose Rescue, Goldblum, Jlin, Alva Noto, Stealing Sheep & The Radiophonic Workshop, Tangerine Dream (p76)
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