On the cover: Seefeel: The pioneering post-rockers push their sound both in detail and depth on their first new full length album in 15 years. By Abi Bliss; Ibrahim Alfa Jnr: The Brighton based techno pioneer takes stock after a brush with mortality. By Steph Kretowicz; Asher Gamedze: The South African percussionist shuffles the vocabulary of jazz drumming. By Francis Gooding; Magic Tuber Stringband: The North Carolina trio weave local ecology and history with quietly radical folk. By Bill Meyer; Emilie Škrijelj & Tom Malmendier: The French/Belgian duo stage improvisations in forgotten, interstitial and dramatic outdoor settings. By Daryl Worthington; Invisible Jukebox: Guttersnipe: Will the Leeds/Berlin based noise rock duo gutter out in The Wire’s mystery record test? Tested by Stewart Smith; KINACT: Rituals of waste. By Xenia Benivolski; Egg Meat: Scrambled speech. By Claire Biddles; Paul Pinto: Operatic overwhelm. By Kurt Gottschalk; Global Ear: Metal endurance in besieged Beirut. By Erling Lorentzen Sogge; Unlimited Editions: International improv via Paris’s Potlatch label. By Seymour Wright; The Inner Sleeve: Little Annie on Miles Davis’s Kind Of Blue; Against The Grain: London’s sound systems thrive in community spaces. By Derek Walmsley; Epiphanies: Eugene S Robinson marvels at the integrity of Iggy Pop; Blarf: Prankster film scores. By Philip Brophy; Jake Muir: Morphing metal. By James Gormley; DJ Shadow: Sampleadelic sides. By John Morrison; Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane: Heaven on Earth. By Dave Mandl; MaerzMusik: Berlin’s bleeding edge. By Peter Margasak; Assembly: Somerset House subversions. By Ilia Rogatchevski, and much more.