Music Features
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Overlooked Albums #40: The Clean - Vehicle
Our overlooked albums series continues with Dunedin music scene veterans The Clean.
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HAWK (interview)
Fresh from an impressive 9/10 rating in The Singles Bar for their new EP, Clock Hands, folk-influenced quartet HAWK catch up with Joe Rivers about writing, collaboration and defying categorisation.
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Before They Were Famous: Craig Barnes and the Greatest Song of All Time
Gabbie Nirenburg relives her days of running a college record label and catches up with an old friend who has a novel approach to keeping the songwriting process fresh.
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The Singles Bar - 2nd March 2015
We're BAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!
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A Modern Return: Idlewild Interviewed
Scottish mainstays Idlewild return after a five year hiatus with their latest Everything Ever Written. In this exclusive interview with No Ripcord, we discuss what lead the band to revitalize the Idlewild name, treading a thin line between nostalgia and novelty, and how they see themselves after a significant hiatus.
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No Ripcord's Guide to 2014
2015 is nearly upon us, but before it gets here, let's recap on the year that was.
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Top Albums of 2014: Part Two
Here are No Ripcord's top 25 albums of 2014. Did your favourite make the cut?
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Top Albums of 2014: Part One
Sorry for keeping you waiting (again). Hot on the heels of our Top Tracks list, here's the Top Albums one, divided into two parts to beef up the suspense.
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Top 40 Tracks of 2014
2014 is drawing to a close, but what were the best songs to come out of this year? Let No Ripcord be your guide as we give you all the answers you need.
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Smoove & Turrell (interview)
With Elaine Constantine's film, Northern Soul, now in cinemas, No Ripcord caught up with funk group Smoove & Turrell to talk about all things Northern, and a little bit more.
Joe Rivers has his lino and talcum powder at the ready...