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Wire, Photo: Fergus Kelly
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Saturday Oct 18, 2008 (9pm)
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$20
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Released at the height of punk's coming-out party, Wire's Pink Flag was full of nervous, intellectually spiked tracks that were miles ahead of more cartoonish first-wave bands. And, by the time the Sex Pistols imitators started to catch on, the London quartet had already progressed to the moody atmospherics of Chairs Missing and 154. Many of the group's post-punk contemporaries have reformed over the last few decades, but Wire seem uniquely allergic to the notion of resting on past accomplishments. As such, the unresolved rock on the band's recent Read & Burn EPs firmly plants its restless artistry in the 21st century.
