Edan
The Boston DJ/MC/producer trawls widely, from Old School hiphop to 60s freakbeat heroes. By Hua Hsu

Derek Bailey
David Toop plus a host of admirers and fellow musicians pay tribute to the pioneering guitarist who died in December

Invisible Jukebox: Steve Reid
The fusion drummer nails down tracks by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Temptations and more. Tested by Mike Barnes

Bardo Pond
Philadelphia’s psychedelic freeform collective reveal the secrets of their sonic vortex. By Marc Masters

Battles
David Stubbs skirmishes with a leftfield New York ‘supergroup’ slugging it out at the frontline of rock and electronics

Birgit Ulher
The self-taught Hamburg trumpeter and artist expands her instrument’s lexicon of sputters. By Julian Cowley

Sleeparchive
Philip Sherburne attempts to unravel the Berlin minimal Techno producer’s complex web of identities

Global Ear
It may not be one of Britain's most glamourous cities, but Hull harbours a surprisingly large alternative music scene, reports Jez Riley

Epiphanies
Johny Brown's discovery of Russian dissident Sasha Baschlachov renews his faith in song

Print Run
Interrogation Machine: Laibach And NSK, by Alexei Monroe; It's About That Time: Miles Davis On And Off Record, by Richard Cook; The Study Of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-One Issues And Concepts, by Bruno Nettl

Cross Platform
Miya Masaoka: Rewired kotos and bioacoustic barnstorming; Reviews: Brazilian Tropicália exhibited in London, plus Robert Ashley, Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer, Jim White and more on DVD, Plus, The Inner Sleeve: Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + The Plastics) on Team Dresch; and Go To: Our monthly Net trawl

On Location
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK; The Young Gods, London, UK; Broken Social Scene, London, UK; Dial-A-Diva, Glasgow, UK