Believe The Hype: No Ripcord Recommendations
Welcome to our Believe The Hype portal. Consider this a condensed guide to the very best new music reviewed on No Ripcord. Some of these picks provide a particularly challenging listening experience, while others will appeal to the vast majority on first listen; nevertheless, we consider them all to be essential examples of great music.
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While we update this page, here's a condensed list of all releases we've endorsed with the Believe the Hype tag in 2019.
Anderson.Paak - Ventura [9/10]
Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin [9/10]
Craig Finn - I Need a New War [9/10]
Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? [8/10]
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) [9/10]
The Futureheads - Powers [8/10]
Helado Negro - This is How You Smile [8/10]
Lana del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! [9/10]
Little Simz - GREY Area [8/10]
Matmos - Plastic Anniversary [9/10]
Oozing Wound - High Anxiety [9/10]
(Sandy) Alex G - Sugar [8/10]
Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow [10/10]
Sunn O))) - Life Metal [9/10]
Vivian Girls - Memory [8/10]
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising [9/10]
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Here's a condensed list of all releases we've endorsed with the Believe the Hype tag in 2017.
Big Thief - Capacity
Grandaddy - Last Place
Hey Colossus - The Guillotine
Jay Som - Everybody Works
Lorde - Melodrama
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination
The National - Sleep Well Beast
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent
Pumarosa - The Witch
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press
Sampha - Process
(Sandy) Alex G - Rocket
SZA - CTRL
The Clientele - Music for the Age of Miracles
The xx - I See You
Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life
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More releases will be added to Believe the Hype as the year progresses. Keep checking back for regular updates. For track recommendations, please visit our new Singles Blog page.