Julia Holter The US songwriter-musician abandons the home studio and heads into the great wide open for her latest and most accomplished avant pop adventure. By Frances Morgan

Blurt Ted Milton’s jazz-punk renegades have remained discordant and defiant for four decades, as a new album and book of the ex-puppeteer’s collected lyrics attest. By Daniel Spicer

Music With My Insane Friend Melbourne duo James Wilson and Simon Bereux kick through the boundaries of rock, improv and electronic music. By Ben Watson

Invisible Jukebox Arnold Dreyblatt The minimalist composer seeks nodal excitation in The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Mark Smith

Bites Ramzi The Canadian producer celebrates sonic biodiversity. By Adam Harper

Iain Chambers The experimental composer takes it to the bridge. By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Kink Gong Field recordist Laurent Jeanneau reworks the sounds of his travels. By Steve Barker

Khyam Allami The oud player’s Alif project reconfigures Arabic music. By Clive Bell

808 The rhythmic engine of house and techno is celebrated in a new film. By Robert Barry

Global Ear Lima The archive releases of the Buh label are reigniting avant garde impulses in the Peruvian capital. By Russ Slater

The Inner Sleeve Klara Lewis on Micachu’s Feeling Romantic Feeling Tropical Feeling Ill

Epiphanies Lebanese vocalist Abdel Karim Shaar clears a pathway to the soul for Radwan Ghazi Moumneh aka Jerusalem In My Heart

On Screen New music books: two psychedelic histories, music by animals, Léon Theremin fictionalised, Nintendo music and more

Print Run New films and DVDs: Leah Gordon’s Haitian adventures and Hustlers Convention revisited

On Site Recent exhibitions: Pavel Büchler’s (Honest) Work and Caesura: A Forum

On Location Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Terraforma, Cannibal Ox, Shirley Collins, Matana Roberts and Maria Chavez, Temples and more

Soundcheck Battles Daikyofuroshiki Destruction Unit Amir ElSaffar Erraunt Jürg Frey David Grubbs & Susan Howe Helena Hauff Helen Hilde Marie Holsen Idjut Boys Low The Master Musicians Of Bukkake Mercury Rev Paul Metzger Micachu And The Shapes Midday Veil Phil Minton Tristan Murail Hermann Nitsch Public Image Limited Palmistry Pole DJ Richard John Russell Sabbath Assembly Slayer Terepa Various µ20 Vibracathedral Orchestra Otomo Yoshihide

The Boomerang Peter Brötzmann/Joe McPhee/Kent Kessler/Michael Zerang Pierre Henry Alan Jefferson Kåre Kolberg Iggy Pop Savant Helge Sten Morton Subotnik Cecil Taylor Universal Indians And Joe McPhee Various Introducing M-Base: Brooklyn In The 1980s Frank Zappa