In this Issue: a review of TACO!'s event BLURT, held in August 2024!

As well as:

Keiji Haino: From Black Blues to grey hairs, the Fushitsusha figurehead keeps pushing into rock’s outer limits. By James Hadfield. The Primer: John Butcher: A user’s guide to the saxophone innovator, from groups and collaborations to solo meditations. By Seymour Wright. Seppuku Pistols: Danko Iida’s anarchic performance troupe brings together the legacy of punk with Japanese pre-history. By Biba Kopf. Shamica Ruddock: Dub echoes and sonic fictions evoke postcolonial and diasporic experience in the work of the London artist. By Esi Eshun. Invisible Jukebox: Wolfgang Voigt: Will the Kompakt founder prove a Total success with The Wire’s mystery selection? Tested by Derek Walmsley. Global Ear:The psychedelic jams of Buzz’Ayaz unite the divided city of Nicosia. By Robert Rigney. Unlimited Editions: Nashazphone connects the global noise underground with North African sounds. By Louis Pattison. The Inner Sleeve: Céline Gillain on Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man