Music Features
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Straight Outta Spalding: How a Lincolnshire power-pop legend ended up on a hip hop classic
Everyone knows the N.W.A. classic, Fuck tha Police — but how well do you know it? Do you know about its secret link to a Lincolnshire power-pop legend?
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February 2024 New Music Round-Up
What a month! February 2024 saw the release of several great records.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2023
It's time to reveal our top albums of the year. A time-honored tradition since 2002, our full list consists of 50 albums selected by the entire No Ripcord staff.
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Quarantine the Past: The Best of 2023
Our sister podcast, Quarantine the Past, is back after a break to discuss the best music of the year. Features disagreements, full scale fights, drama, and lots of excellent 2023 music.
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Musical Gaps: Pavement
Musical gaps. We all have them, especially in the streaming age where there's so much stuff to get through. But Pavement? Really?
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Release Round-Up (March 2023)
David and Juan discuss March’s new album releases, featuring boygenius, Sleaford Mods, Lana Del Rey, ZULU, Fever Ray, H. Hawkline, Steve Mason, and many more.
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90s Rewind: "Dusk" by The The
David Coleman, Gabbie Nirenburg, Juan Rodríguez and Joe Rivers take a look back at Dusk, the 1993 album by The The which signalled a change in direction and had an impressive list of collaborators.
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Release Round-Up (February 2023)
David and Juan explore February’s new album releases. February may be the shortest month, but there was an awful lot to get excited about including Andy Shauf, Maxo, Hamish Hawk, Liv.e, Shame, Paramore, and yes - Caroline Polachek.
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Quarantine the Past: Are 0/10 Music Reviews Ever Justified? Plus Whipping Boy
The QtP crew discusses whether 0/10 reviews are ever justified (apologies to Owl City) and explores the underrated 90s classic Heartworm by Irish band Whipping Boy. For extra fun, we've included a little archive featuring all our 0/10 ratings from the archive.
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Quarantine the Past: January 2023 New Music Round-Up
When it comes to new releases, 2023 has certainly started with a bang. David Coleman and Juan Rodríguez discuss the albums that shaped January, including releases from Meg Baird, Skyzoo, Måneskin, Complete Mountain Almanac, White Reaper, Belle and Sebastian, Italia 90, Lil Yachty, the Murder Capital, Ice Spice and more.
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