Music Features
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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.
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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?"... -
No Ripcast: Volume 22
After a three month break, the No Ripcast team returns for a 2013 retrospective. Join us as we dissect the best and worst of the year in music.
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Forever Changes... Forever
From troubled recording sessions to obscurity to cult classic. The story of Love's Forever Changes is always worth telling.
Angel Aguilar is the man to tell it... -
Meet... Wilder Maker
Wilder Maker are on a mission to break down the boundaries of folk-rock. You should hear how they're doing it.
James McKenna has the skinny... -
Overlooked Albums #34: The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
An album that paved the way for punk a full decade in advance? Here's a story that deserves to be told.
And Angel Aguilar is the man to tell it... -
Man Man (Interview)
The shifting economics of the music industry have been tough on bands like American alt-rock group Man Man. Here, Dominic James Stevenson talks to the band in Berlin about the challenges they face.
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No Ripcord's Guide to 2013
It's our now-traditional look back at the last twelve months. Rejoice!
Pithy one-liners and sarcasm are just a click away... -
Top 50 Albums Of 2013 (Part Two)
You are just seconds away (on a decent broadband connection at least) from discovering our Top 25 albums of 2013. Who will triumph? Who will miss out altogether?
Take a deep breath and get stuck in... -
Top 50 Albums Of 2013 (Part One)
We know we've kept you waiting this year, and for that we are truly sorry. So let's just dive in, shall we?
The first half of our Top 50 Albums of 2013 is here...
