Music Features
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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.
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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... -
Rifflandia Festival 2010
Hot Hot Heat, The Dodos, Hey Rosetta!, and a collection of Canadian and international talent played the third instalment of Victoria, BC's independent music festival.
Michael Skinnider reviews...
