Music Features

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.

Luiza Lodder has the skinny...

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.

Click here for the full run-down of the day's events...

Banned From the Internet

You think everything's available on the internet? Think again.

Alan Shulman comsiders

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...?

Overlooked Albums #35: The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy!

The right band and the right album in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe only now we can truly appreciate Go Girl Crazy!, the debut album from NYC's The Dictators.

Angel Aguilar has the story...

Happy Anniversary... Franz Ferdinand

In the first of a new series of articles looking at classic albums celebrating important milestones in 2014, Luiza Lodder takes us back a decade to remember four boys from Scotland who shook the world, then taught it how to dance.

I say, "Don't you know?"...