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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

Soundcheck: 33; 89 The Brainchild; Actress & Suzanne Ciani; [Ahmed]; alone-a; Alvarius B; Laurie Anderson with Sexmob; Steve Austin; AVTT/PTTN; MC Paul Barman & Kenny Segal; Berndt / Schmidt; Lea Bertucci; Big Blood; Andy Blade; Blarf; Alan Braufman; Cabaret Voltaire; Corum; Joshua Chuquimia Crampton; Vladislav Delay Quintet; Dog Plug; E’DU & Judgitzu; Drew Gardner; Phil Geraldi; Phillip Golub; Gun Outfit; John P Hastings & Benjamin Mayock; Hatka; Brian James; Loraine James; JC Leisure Group; KINACT; K/S/R & Nihilist Spasm Band; Laibach; LINTD; Lorelle Meets The Obsolete; Lieven Martens; John McGuire; Jason Moran; Jason Moran / Blankfor.ms / Markus Gilmore; Jake Muir; Neurosis; Joachim Nordwall & Aaron Turner; Daniel O’Sullivan & Richard Youngs; Jeff Parker ETA IVtet; Rosa Pistola; Adriaan de Roover; Rouzbeh Shadpey; Irmin Schmidt; Serokolo 7; Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor; Shub; The Soft Pink Truth; Colin Stetson; TAK Ensemble; Silvia Tarozzi; Los Thuthanaka; Devin Townsend; Universal Cell Unlock; Universal Light; Used Condo; Miroslav Vitous; David Watson & Bill Nace; Ben Wendel; J Zunz; Xylitol: Various Pioneers

Boomerang: The Art Ensemble Of Chicago; John Cage / Lowell Cross / Toshi Ichiyanagi / David Tudorl; Doug Carn; Brion Gysin; Scritti Politti; DJ Shadow; Cecil Taylor Unit; Various The Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971–75; Various Randy’s 50th Anniversary Chapter One & Two

The Columns: Avant Rock by Tony Rettman; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Spenser Tomson; Global by Francis Gooding; Hiphop & R&B by Mosi Reeves; Jazz & Improv by Daniel Spicer; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

Print Run: Nocturnes And The Fascination Of Night Music by Susan Tomes; In Another World: The Four Seasons Of Talk Talk by Graeme Thomson; The Clean: In The Dream Life You Need A Rubber Soul by Richard Langston; Cosmic Music: The Life, Art And Transcendence Of Alice Coltrane by Andy Beta; Keith Tippett: Mujician – The Authorised Biography by Martin Phillips

On Screen: Nick Dwyer & Tuataroa Rapana Neill A Century In Sound; Ido Fluk Köln 75; Vincent Duceau: Köln Tracks

On Location: Object Collection, New York, US; Joanne Robertson + Slipper, Los Angeles, US; Ambrose Akinmusire & Sullivan Fortner, London, UK; Bill Orcutt Residency, New York, US; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Valentina Magaletti, London, UK; Sakina Abdou / Mariam Rezaei / Elaine Mitchener / Neil Charles, London, UK; Jeff Mills: Metropolis Metropolis, San Francisco, US; Klein, London, UK; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany; Assembly, London, UK; eavesdropping, London, UK; Sunday School VI: Noctifier, London, UK

On Site: Zahra Malkani Noorani Metal Sound, London, UK; Ain Bailey The Jamaica Project, London, UK; James Richards Fevers, London, UK