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Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

It’s already been a hell of a year for Glaswegian art rockers Walt Disco. The band have enjoyed a rapturous reception as tour support with OMD and released a new album, ‘The Warping’, combining the anthemic with the deeply personal 
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Orbury Common: Common People

Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe
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Paddy Kingsland ‘Reg’

BBC Radiophonic Workshop legend Paddy Kingsland tells us about his reggae-influenced classic, ‘Reg’, the B-side to the 1973 single release of the ‘Doctor Who’ theme tune
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Keeley Forsyth: The Forsyth Saga

Keeley Forsyth’s latest offering is ‘The Hollow’, a bleakly beautiful and affecting symphony of operatic vocals and windswept soundscapes. Its inspirations? Scott Walker, a remarkable grandmother and an abandoned moorland mineshaft somewhere near Harrogate 
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Ride: Ride On Time

Together for eight years, apart for 19, and then back together for another 10. Life in Ride has often been a rollercoaster, but the band’s new album ‘Interplay’ is a synth-heavy triumph
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Jonny Trunk

Genial big cheese of the brilliantly esoteric Trunk Records, Jonny Trunk’s influences include squeaky plimsolls and pretending to be a falling leaf