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Notes: Pack of 10x clear 10" vinyl record PVC sleeves.

Notes: MIDI Leads: 5pin DIN to 5pin DIN. All MIDI leads are made with twisted pair screened cable (as MIDI spec).

Review: Oxford's Foals, now ten years old and some seven years on from their debut, have pulled the neat trick of elevating themselves to dizzy heights without essentially compromising their kinetic mixture of art-driven experimentation and widescreen melodic grandstanding. Yet 'What Went Down', their fourth salvo thus far, shows a band newly reinvigorated, and somehow managing to be both heavier and more danceable in turn. As angry and inventive as ever, the howls of mainman Yannis Philippakis have lost none of their cathartic charge, the chime of their guitars remains as seductive, yet so vibrant and vivacious is this collection of songs that their elevation to festival headliner status seems a foregone conclusion.

Review: Second time around for the Bees' terrific debut album, Sunshine Hit Me, which wowed critics and buyers alike on its initial release way back in 2001. The epitome of a surprise hit with admirably DIY roots - the duo behind it, Paul Butler and Aaron Fletcher, famously recorded it in a limited home studio built in the back garden of a residential house on the Isle of Wight - the album has lost none of its allure all these years on. Woozy, summery and lo-fi, with hazy horns and glassy-eyed vocals rising above backing tracks that variously doff a cap to soul, rocksteady, ska, 1960s dream pop, psychedelia and a wealth of subtle global musical influences, Sunshine Hit Me is a warming, smile-inducing treat. This edition also boasts a sextet of bonus cuts, which seem to be a mixture of B-sides and tracks plucked from the pair's archives.

Review: Astonishingly, a decade has now passed since Todd Gauthreaux first donned the Tapes & Topographies guise. Since then, he has released countless inspired and immersive albums, offering up an attractive ambient sound rich in drifting chords, densely layered sound design and contemplative musical motifs. Plumage, his first full-length excursion of 2024, sees him pop up on ROHS! for the first time. He's typically delivered the goods, matching ocean-deep ambient soundscapes with slow burning, melancholic melodies, evocative flashes of field recordings, hazy aural textures and twinkling, occasionally sorrowful, piano solos. It's arguably one of his most accessible and aurally striking sets to date - not bad for someone whose output has been consistently excellent for some time.

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Keiji Haino: From Black Blues to grey hairs, the Fushitsusha figurehead keeps pushing into rock's outer limits. By James Hadfield.

The Primer: John Butcher: A user's guide to the saxophone innovator, from groups and collaborations to solo meditations. By Seymour Wright

Seppuku Pistols: Danko Iida's anarchic performance troupe brings together the legacy of punk with Japanese pre-history. By Biba Kopf

Shamica Ruddock: Dub echoes and sonic fictions evoke postcolonial and diasporic experience in the work of the London artist. By Esi Eshun

Invisible Jukebox: Wolfgang Voigt: Will the Kompakt founder prove a Total success with The Wire's mystery selection? Tested by Derek Walmsley

Global Ear:The psychedelic jams of Buzz'Ayaz unite the divided city of Nicosia. By Robert Rigney

Unlimited Editions: Nashazphone connects the global noise underground with North African sounds. By Louis Pattison

The Inner Sleeve: Celine Gillain on Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man

Jabu: Bristol's bass explorers reach dreampop nirvana. By Louis Pattison

Gregory TS Walker: A forgetten suite for planetariums is a celestial trip. By Claire Biddles

Viktar Siamaska: Improvisation and the airwaves provide solidarity for this Belarusian exile. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Epiphanies: Mark Webber has his mind expanded by Spacemen 3

Print Run: The Chronicles Of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast by SH Fernando Jr; Designed For Success: Better Living And Self-Improvement With Midcentury Instructional Records by Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder; Pressure Drop: Reggae In The Seventies by John Masouri; A Record Could Be Your Whole World by Bruce Russell & Luke Wood (Editors); Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts In Dr John's Gris-Gris by David Toop; Jazz Revolutionary: The Life And Music Of Eric Dolphy by Jonathon Grasse; I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True by Steve Wynn

On Screen: Dimitri Coats Free LSD; Ryusuke Hamaguchi GIFT

On Location: Cherche Encore, London, UK; Chuquimamani-Condori + Sunik Kim, London, UK; Mdou Moctar & Lia Kohl, Chicago, US; LCMF, Nice, France; Jandek, Rosendale, US; Supernormal, Oxfordshire, UK; Dark Energy, London, UK; Shame Fest, Vancouver, Canada; Desertfest London, London, UK; Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon, Portugal; Heroines Of Sound, Berlin, Germany

On Site: blurt, London, UK; Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom & Harun Morrison Dono, London, UK

Soundcheck: The Brainchild, Acid Mothers Reynols, Alaska & Steel Tipped Dove, Actress & Simon J Karis, Timothy Archambault, Nelson Bandela, Basic, Chat Pile, Chrystabell & David Lynch, Gerald Cleaver, Lukas De Clerck, Copper Sounds, Sarah Davachi, DNA? AND? + NU Unruh + Reynols, Karl D'Silva, Wendy Eisenberg, Elucid, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (Exit) Knarr, Bill Frisell/Andrew Cyrille/ Kit Downes, Zac Gvi & Clive Bell, The Hard Quartet, Hannah Holland, Jabu, JPEGMAFIA, Klein, Knife Liibrary, Lia Kohl, Klara Lewis, Robin Mackay, Mercury Rev, Miaux, Midwife, MXLX, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nexcyia, Daniel O'Sullivan, Ivo Perelman, Ivo Perelman/Iva Bittova/Michael Bisio, Ivo Perelman & gabby fluke-mogul, Ivo Perelman & Ingrid Laubrock, Ivo Perelman/Aruan Ortiz/Ramon Lopez, Ivo Perelman & Tom Rainey, Ivo Perelman/Fay Victor/Joe Morris/Ramon Lopez, Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley, Nicola Ratti, Tim Reaper & Kloke, Reynols, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Alan Sparhawk, Sun Araw, DJ Trace & HLZ, Tristwch Y Fenywod, Xiu Xiu, Yellow Swans

The Columns: Avant Rock by Edwin Pouncey; Critical Beats by Yewande Adeniran; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Steph Kretowicz; Global by Francis Gooding; Jazz & Improv by Phil Freeman; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

Boomerang: Aphex Twin, Broadcast, Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz, Hella, Ken Ishii, Byard Lancaster, Zden?k Liska, Wayne Shorter, Throbbing Gristle, Susumu Yokota, Frank Zappa

Notes: This mains charger has 2 USB sockets, each capable of producing 2100mA output. Ideal for charging tablet computers, smartphones, cameras and other devices.

- Blue LED power ON indicator
- Capable of charging two devices simultaneously

Notes: Inside this issue:

Annea Lockwood: Having explored the outer reaches of sound across a multi-decade career taking in burning pianos, animals and pulsars, the New Zealand composer turns her attention to love and loss. By Louise Gray

Once Upon A Time In Maida Vale: In 1970s London, Spanish exile Miguel JM Garcia Garcia established a space where anarcho punk and industrial music would flourish. By Nick Soulsby

Svitlana Nianio: The Ukrainian vocalist and keyboard player approaches folk song with an experimental ear. By Olena Pohonchenkova

Invisible Jukebox: Gerald Cleaver: Will the US drummer and electronic composer Adjust to The Wire's mystery record selection - or end up In The Wilderness? Tested by Collin Smith

Kramer: From Bongwater and Butthole Surfers to Palace, Low and now Laraaji - the US producer, musician and Shimmy-Disc proprietor continues to produce prosthetic memories. By Emily Pothast

Unlimited Editions: Guruguru Brain

Unofficial Channels: Radio Amnion

Coffin Prick: Moog and monotone from the Los Angeles synthesist. By Abi Bliss

Ellen Zweig: The New York based composer speaks out. By Robert Barry

Goat: Japanese rock gets polyrhythmic. By James Hadfield

Ziur: Digital to physical for the Berlin based producer. By Milos Hroch

Global Ear: Bucharest: DIY electronics vs minimal techno in the Romanian capital. By Steve Rickinson

The Inner Sleeve: Abdullah Miniawy on Fela Kuti's Fear Not For Man

Epiphanies: Sunik Kim and the human nature of Conlon Nancarrow

The Wire Tapper 62: A track-by-track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: Twist: An American Girl by Adele Bertei, Living Metal: Scenes Around The World edited by Bryan Bardine & Jerome Stueart, Decolonial Metal Music In Latin America by Nelson Varas-Diaz, Composing While Black: Afrodiasporic New Music Today edited by Harald Kisiedu & George E Lewis, John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life edited by Nick Shilton, The Great Psychic Outdoors: Lo-Fi Music And Escaping Capitalism by Enrico Monacelli, Uncurating Sound: Knowledge With Voice And Hands by Salome Voegelin, Singularity Codex: Matthew Shipp On RogueArt by Clifford Allen, Cosmic Scholar: The Life And Times Of Harry Smith by John Szwed

On Screen: David Cronenberg Naked Lunch; Emil Spoelder The Dream Syndicate: How Did We Find Ourselves Here?

On Location: ZEZ, Zagreb, Croatia; The Silent Eye, London, UK; Why The Mountains Are Black, Konitsa, Greece; 24-Hour Drone, New York, US; Model/Actriz, London, UK; Hawkwind + Voivod, London, UK; Blue Now, London, UK; Impressions Of John Coltrane: Nat Birchall Quintet + David Angol Quartet + Ed Jones/Dominic Lash/Mark Wastell + Alan Skidmore, London, UK; Thing In The Spring 15, Keene, US; Suzanne Ciani + Li Yilei, London, UK; Sonar, Barcelona, Spain; Sophie Agnel, London, UK

On Site: XXL Dreams, The Hague, The Netherlands; Museum Of Portable Sound, Portsmouth, UK/Online

Souncheck: Eve Aboulkheir/Lasse Marhaug, Emil Amos, Steve Beresford & Angharad Davies, Lea Bertucci & Lawrence English, Adam Bohman/Martin Hackett/Sue Lynch, Dominic Coles, Mike Cooper, John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/ John Edwards/Steve Noble, Aaron Dilloway, Aaron Dilloway & AMURTARITI, Kevin Drumm, Baxter Dury, The End, Fabio Frizzi, JB Glazer, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Roysum, Hackedepicciotto, I Paesani featuring Gunter 'Baby' Sommer, Illegal Crowns, Kassel Jaeger, Killer Mike, Sunik Kim, Kœnig, Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik, Ana Kravanja & Vitja Balsalorsky, Laraaji & Kramer, Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, The Nonidentical, Oxbow, Lucie Pachova, Sally Potter, Michael Allen Z Prime, Qow, Jer Reid & Tony Bevan, Dean Rodney Jr & The Cowboys, Renata Roman/Paola Ribiero/Laura.aLL, Kristen Roos, Rrose, Sexmob, Ben Scher, JG Thirlwell/Mivos Quartet, Pat Thomas, Pat Thomas & Caroline Kraabel, Pat Thomas/Chris Sharkey/Luke Reddin-Williams, David Toop & Lawrence English, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval/Lars Petter Hagen, Ute Wassermann, Weird Beard, Semay Wu, Ziur, ZULI, Various Disruptive Frequencies

The Boomerang: Air Miami, Dorothy Ashby, Autechre & Hafler Trio, The Black Dog, Black Dog Productions, John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, Gate, High Rise, Harold Land, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Sandwell District, Saphron, Vivian Stanshall, Frank Zappa, Various Bullshit Detector Vols 1-3

Notes: Fits over 12" LP Record jacket. Will hold double album jacket.

12" Record Jacket Sleeve. No flap.

12-3/4 x 12-3/4".

2 mil Polyethylene.

Review: Sometimes an album title says it all. That's certainly the case with World's Funkiest Covers, an album of formidably sweaty and floor-friendly funk cover versions. While one or two will be familiar to crate diggers (or, in the case of Nostalgia 77's version of "Seven Nation Army", most people), there are plenty of unlikely gems to enjoy. Check, for example, Mighty Mo & The Winchester 7's electrofunk/raw funk jam "The Next Message", a brilliant re-imagining of hip-hop classic "The Message". Also worth a listen is Ray Buretto's excellent version of Stevie's "Passtime Paradise" and the Ebony Rhythm Band's crazy-but-brilliant "Light My Fire". Like the rest of the album, it's a serious freak out.