Music Features

An Immodest Introduction (to non-post-indie-alterna-tronica)

An Immodest Introduction to a few things non-post-alterna-indie-tronic.

Top 50 Albums of 2003

Here's one from the archives for you: No Ripcord's top 50 albums of 2003, finally reclaimed from the Internet ether.

Raveonettes (An Interview With Sharin Foo)

The Culture Bunker #5

Summer is here and while many of you are out enjoying it, our resident Miserable Bastard, Peter 'Fuck Life' Mattinson has instead been musing on his fragile youth, the nature of ageing and a deep-seated hatred of the months July and August.

Really Good Aussie Bands: A Lesson in Introspection

The Culture Bunker #4

He left the North, he travelled South... with his increasingly frequent trans-national exploits, it seems Peter Mattinson is trying to keep Virgin Rail solvent on his own. Recently he's been to London to experience the end of something precious, and visited his own personal Holy City.

50 Degrees of Separation: Best New US Hip Hop

Later With Jools Holland Presents Louder (DVD)

The Culture Bunker #3

While most youths spend their time underneath lampposts drinking White Lightning and hurling abuse at elderly passer-bys, Peter Mattinson had a more innocent way of passing puberty. He spent it playing computer games and contributing further to the collapse of his wrist muscles.

Selling The Drama Once Again: The Fire Theft Demos