I love the wire in that it introduces me to lots of music, and is among the few magazines taht actually write about music i listen to and want to listen to.
BUT, I fucking HATE the journalism (if that makes sense... I mean the way it's written). Everett True makes my skin crawl. I had the displeasure of meeting him at a Jens Lekman gig in Brighton. YUCK.
The list is ok. I have to admit I haven't listened to much of it, and there are things I would include that aren't in there (wont get into that now as I plan on doing some sort of end of year list soon
). Definitely better than rough trade's crock of shite (although if it's based purely on sales then it's actually very interesting).