Wire - Silver/LeadSilver Lead is the 15th studio album from musical pioneers Wire. It arrives on the 40th anniversary of their debut performance. Yet its about as far from nostalgia as you could get. This is the sound of a uniquely addictive 21st century psychedelic post punk. Colin Newman and Matt Simms guitar work is alternately jagged and luminous, while bassist Graham Lewiss ear catching lyrics are vivid yet oblique. Meanwhile, drummer Robert Grey provides a

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' the spark came in 2010 when the group was commissioned by the City of Chicago to compose a suite of music rooted in its ties to the area's noted jazz and improvised music communities

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is the lone full length album from Johnny Moped (which in the grand tradition of Alice Cooper was the name of both the band and its lead singer)