Carter Tutti Throbbing Gristle’s most enduring partnership is retrofitting its earliest recordings for the post-Industrial era. By David Keenan

Cecil McBee The veteran jazz bassist outlines the freedom principles underpinning his work with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and the Strata-East label. By Phil Freeman

Steve Coleman The New York saxophonist’s constantly challenging compositions are getting their due, with multiple awards and an ambitious new album. By Howard Mandel

Invisible Jukebox Sleaford Mods The Nottingham duo work their way through The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Derek Walmsley

Sex And Broadcasting A new film goes behind the scenes at New Jersey’s WFMU. By Abi Bliss

The Gil Evans Project Composer Ryan Truesdell unearths Gil Evans’s lost scores. By Larry Jaffee

Sacred Tapes Reeling in the Salford underground. By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Mumdance The London producer goes in search of proto-sounds. By Maya Kalev

Global Ear Mexico City Young sound artists are taking themselves out of the picture. By Julio Lorea

On Screen New films and DVDs: the Sensory Ethnography Lab’s Manakamana and a portrait of Lary 7

Print Run New music books: A history of New York hardcore, Garrison Fewell’s interviews with improvisors and more

On Site Recent exhibitions: William S Burroughs: Can You All Hear Me? in London

On Location Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Inga Copeland, HCMF, International Mystery, a Charlie Haden tribute and more

The Inner Sleeve Alvin Curran on his Canti E Vedute Del Giardino Magnetico and Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri

Epiphanies A storming Peter Brötzmann set blows novelist Alan Warner away

Soundcheck A–Z

Africa Express Marc Almond Aphex Twin Björk James Blackshaw The Blind Shake Peter Brötzmann/Keiji Haino/Jim O’Rourke Michael Chapman Sabisha Friedberg with Peter Edwards Future Brown Ghostpoet Steve Gunn And The Black Twig Pickers Hanoi Masters Jojo Hiroshige Jam City Jarboe & Helen Money KFW Mordant Music New Vocabulary Nots Joanne Robertson Schneider Kacirek Senyawa Shackleton Sherwood & Pinch Hideaki Shimada Shit And Shine The Silence Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith & John Tilbury Rob Smith Various Starting Gate Sergei Tcherepnin Tlaotlon Venom André Vida Ryley Walker Wiley

David Borden William S Burroughs Eyeless In Gaza The Go-Betweens Joe McPhee Elsa Marie Pade Popol Vuh Jordan De La Sierra Soft Machine Spontaneous Music Ensemble Sun Ra And His Astro-Infinity Arkestra Various A Distant Invitation: Street & Ceremonial Recordings From Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia And Thailand Various Charred Remains Various Folk Music Of The Sahel Vol 1: Niger Various The Travelling Archive: Folk Music From Bengal: Field Recordings From Bangladesh, India And The Bengali Diaspora Vox Populi! Yabby You Dennis Young