No Ripcord
Encyclopedia
No Ripcord is an online
music and film magazine based in Sheffield
, England
.
The website was originally created in April 1999 by editor-in-chief David Coleman and A.M. Booth. The current version of the site, which launched on 27 April 2008, was designed by Sean Hodge and developed by Ronny López using Drupal
.
No Ripcord celebrated its tenth anniversary in April/May 2009 by publishing a special series of features, which focused on the last decade of music and the role of the music critic. The site's "Believe The Hype" section provides a round-up of essential new releases.
No Ripcord's album reviews are used by notable aggregator Metacritic
to compile weighted average scores for new releases.
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
music and film magazine based in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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History
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
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No Ripcord celebrated its tenth anniversary in April/May 2009 by publishing a special series of features, which focused on the last decade of music and the role of the music critic. The site's "Believe The Hype" section provides a round-up of essential new releases.
No Ripcord's album reviews are used by notable aggregator Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
to compile weighted average scores for new releases.