Music Features
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Happy Anniversary... Doolittle
As the Pixies classic turns 25, Carl Purvis looks at why Doolittle still endures, quarter of a century on.
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Slint's Spiderland Box Set
Spiderland, the 1991 landmark release from Louisville, Kentucky quartet Slint, is reissued as an extended boxset with a feature length documentary.
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Digitalism (Interview)
In advance of a headline set at London's Village Underground on April 19, Digitalism's Jens “Jence” Moelle talks to Craig Stevens about the group's relationship with their label Kitsuné, the wave of electronic music sweeping the US and UK, and the legend that is the Palermo Disko Machine.
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Overlooked Albums #36: The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Bad pressings, infighting, drug addiction - a tale of "what could have been" from the nearly-men of punk.
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Lady Lamb The Beekeeper (Interview)
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper's debut album has garnered a lot of buzz since it came out at the start of 2013. No Ripcord spoke over the phone with the project's mastermind as sole member, Aly Spaltro, about Ripley Pine, touring and what's next.
Joe Marvilli chats with the creator of one of 2013's best debuts... -
Happy Anniversary... Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Believe it or not, it's now been twenty years since Aphex Twin released his seminal collection. Even harder to believe, upon release, it made #11 in the UK album chart.
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Happy Anniversary... The Downward Spiral
For its 20th anniversary, Joe Marvilli looks back at Nine Inch Nails' defining masterpiece, an exploration of self-destruction and crafting chaos into melodies.
Joe Marvilli travels down the spiral again... -
Carnaval Bahidorá - A Celebration of Mexican Indie Liberty
Mexico's musical scene is thriving after decades of difficulties and one corollary of this is an ever-growing number of music festivals. Earlier this month, Carlos Dávalos visited one of the newest additions to the calendar: Carnaval Bahidorá.
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Banned From the Internet
You think everything's available on the internet? Think again.
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Prince: Live at Koko, London 16/2/14
It seems like everyone's been talking about Prince this month, following his announcement to promote his latest record with a series of low-key, short notice gigs. And we here at No Ripcord are no different.
Mark Davison caught a cold for this, but was it worth it...?
