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The legendary group Wire are headlining a free "festival" on Friday, May 30 as part of New York City's annual River-to-River concert series. The band are best known for the troika of albums they released between 1977 and 1979 - Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154 - which demonstrated their freakish propensity for sonic evolution; while it's impossible to encapsulate the "Wire sound", my stab would be "Beckett-punk." And despite their advanced age (and the departure of original rhythm guitarist Bruce Gilbert), Wire are still vital: last fall saw the release of the excellent third edition of their Read & Burn EP series, and their latest full-length album, Object 47, is slated to drop in July. Suffice to say that I will be there on the 30th - there being, I suppose, the South Street Seaport - and seeing as free is free, I hope that you will be as well.
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