Music Features
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Richie Unterberger Interview
We talk to Richie Unterberger about his new book on the Who, which looks at the crucial period from the end of Tommy to the epic Quadrophenia.
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Slow Club (Interview)
As their UK tour begins, Joe Rivers catches up with Slow Club's Rebecca Taylor to talk new albums, being called twee and R&B side-projects.
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COMPETITION: Pure Festival
Pure Festival is coming to London in September and No Ripcord have two tickets to give away, absolutely FREE!
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Overlooked Albums #15: Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
For the latest in our long-running Overlooked Albums series, Angel Aguilar takes us back to 1974 and the release of Brian Eno's first solo album, the post-Roxy Here Come The Warm Jets.
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The Singles Bar - 5th September 2011
This week, Joe's deserted his duties on the singles column, so Mark Davison's volunteered to step in. A decision that he started to regret almost instantly.
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Ghostpoet (Interview)
Ahead of the announcement of the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize winner on 6 September, Craig Stevens had a chat with one of the nominees, Ghostpoet. The London-born Obaro Ejimiwe discussed the popularity of his music in the UK and overseas, how he came to be signed to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings and his upcoming UK tour.
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Reading Festival 2011
The last weekend in August sees the joint Reading and Leeds festivals, run by Festival Republic. Craig Stevens braved the elements and went to Reading for this year's installment.
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Pop Mythology: The 2-Tone past and multi-coloured future of the Gulliebon
2-Tone blended an energetic style of music that fused punk, reggae and ska with a sartorial elegance that owed as much to Jamaican gangster chic as it did to Mod aesthetics, and a politically savvy ideology that sought to unite black and white audiences. Coventry legend, Derek Wright, recalls how he found the Rude Boys’ sweet tooth.
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The Singles Bar - 29th August 2011
The Singles Bar is back! This week, Joe Rivers spends a warm summer day indoors so that he can cast his eye over new releases from eleven artists, including Cults, Katy B and Kaiser Chiefs. At no point did he write frightening verse to a buxom girl in Luxembourg.
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Staff Playlist #10: Covers
We're now into double figures with our staff playlists and this month we take on the sometimes thorny issue of cover versions. It's time to pay tribute to the innovative artists who can take someone else's vision and transform it.
Come on in, the water's lovely...
