Music Features
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Top 50 Albums of 2010 (Part One)
Was 2010 a great year for music? Was it really? We round-up the year with our annual Top 50 Albums list. This is part one of a two part feature, albums 50 to 26. The Top 25 will be posted on Friday.
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The Year in Review 2010: Reissues
Stuck on what to buy for your significant other this holiday season? Juan Edgardo Rodríguez randomly muses about some of his perennial favorites.
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Staff Playlist #2 - Christmas
Tired of the same old Christmas songs year after year? Let the writers of No Ripcord help you out with our special, festive playlist
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Staff Playlist #1 - Earworms
In the first of a new series, No Ripcord writers reveal the tracks they can't get out of their heads at the moment.
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Overlooked Albums #1: Scott Walker - Scott 4
In the first of a new series examining under-appreciated albums, Alan Shulman travels back to Scott Walker's transitional period to give some love to Scott 4.
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Lennon 7.0: Some Time In New York City and Mind Games
John Lennon and Yoko Ono move to New York City, dodge deportation and assume the roles of dangerous people, or at least, as sympathizers of dangerous people. Then, Lennon retreats.
Sean Caldwell is playing some mind games... -
No Ripcord presents... The Art of the Mix
Lukas Clark-Memler has come up with fifteen foolproof rules for creating the perfect mixtape.
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My Evening at Later... with Jools Holland
It's been on the air since 1992 and this week, Joe Rivers went to see a live recording of Later... with Jools Holland.
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Lennon 7.0: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band & Imagine
In recognition of what would've been John Lennon's 70 birthday, Capitol/EMI has reissued all of Lennon's solo albums and compiled some new hit collections. Sean Caldwell attempts relevancy while tempting redundancy in his "Lennon 7.0" series.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: piss stain or wax polish?
It's time to look into the current state of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and its impending future.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez is obsessed with statistics...
