Music Features
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Real Estate (Interview)
In this brief phone interview, Juan Edgardo Rodríguez caught up with Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile about the band's production technique, their nurtured collaborative dynamics, and the concept of timelessness in music.
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Overlooked Albums #19: Jimmie Spheeris: Isle of View
Barely-known sensitive troubador? Check. Woefully under-appreciated in his time? Check. Met a tragic end? Check. Welcome to the life of Jimmie Spheeris: a tale that may ring familiar, but you're unlikely to have heard.
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The Singles Bar - 7th November 2011
Roll up, roll up and enter The Singles Bar. Unfortunately, there are no alcoholic drinks nor eligible guys and gals looking for love, but instead we've got reviews of all of today's releases, which is much better, right? Right?!
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Staff Playlist #11: Foreign Language Songs
Ola! Wilkommen to notre playlist nouveau! As you can see, we may not be the masters of language, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate great music from around the world.
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Overlooked Albums #18: The Cramps - Stay Sick!
It may have been nearly three years since lead singer Lux Interior's passing, but the influence of garage punk trailblazers The Cramps lives on. Here, Angel Aguilar takes up the tale of their 1990 album, Stay Sick!
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The Singles Bar - 31st October 2011
The Singles Bar is here! Not that you should need any extra incentive to read it, but you may wish to know that we've got our polish and duster out, and awarded a big, gleaming TEN for the first time since the feature began.
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The No RipCast: Volume 4
Join David Coleman, Juan Edgardo Rodriguez and Matt Montgomery as they discuss the legacy of the recently-departed Steve Jobs, foreign language pop and the mysterious case of Motown's failed West Coast offshoot.
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The Singles Bar - 24th October 2011
After last week's shockingly amazing line-up of singles, will this week's selection manage to keep it up? Probably not, but fingers crossed all the same.
Mark Davison is your guide to this week's new releases... -
The Singles Bar - 17th October 2011
Yes, it's that time already. The time when one lucky No Ripcord writer gets a list of songs, a laptop, a stiff drink and sets out to write the most comprehensive guide to the week's singles in all of web-land.
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The Singles Bar - 10th October 2011
Tirelessly listening to the week's new releases so that you don't have to, Joe Rivers presents this week's Singles Bar, featuring Kate Bush, Veronica Falls and more.
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