Music Features
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WOLF ALICE - BELFAST, MANDELA HALL. 04/03/2016
Carl Purvis checked out one of the UK's most exciting bands on the first night of their 2016 UK and Ireland tour, and very much enjoyed his evening.
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Quick Takes (February 2016)
It's the return of our newest ongoing Quick Takes feature, where critics Juan Edgardo Rodríguez and Carl Purvis (with special guests) give their abbreviated opinions on some albums we missed in the previous month.
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Sam Cooke: Strolling through the Night Beat
Night Beat was Sam Cooke's twelfth album. By the time of its release, he was miles ahead of his contemporaries, having gained control of his music and his career, and this had a definitive impact on the sound of his albums.
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Tracking Force - 1
A new column that explores the pleasures and perils of vinyl.
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Quick Takes (January 2016)
In this new monthly feature, writers Juan Edgardo Rodríguez and Carl Purvis offer a few condensed thoughts on some of the past month's most notable releases.
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Bowie Remembered (Part Five): A Life Eternal
So long and Godspeed, Starman.
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Bowie Remembered (Part Four): Married Man, Wily Obscurantist
In part four of our tribute to David Bowie we witness a more personable side to the always-impenetrable icon, as he turns the page from debonair man-about-town to a life of domestic bliss.
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Bowie Remembered (Part Three): The Imperial Years
We've reached the midpoint of our Bowie tribute, which can only thing one thing...Let's Dance!
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Bowie Remembered (Part Two): Philly Soul Enthusiast Moves to Berlin
In part two of our Bowie retrospective we explore the first stages of Bowie's post-glam career, as he serves up soul and makes history in Berlin.
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Bowie Remembered (Part One): David Jones Becomes David Bowie
This week on No Ripcord we remember the life and career of one of popular music's true greats, David Bowie.
Read part one of our tribute here...
