NO ENCORE

Colm may have jetted off to the permanently bright surroundings of Norway (yep, again) but Dave and Craig are in fine form as they welcome David Higgins back to the pod for a raucous episode that takes in not one but TWO album reviews. We really do spoil you sometimes… ACT ONE: The gang report […]La entrada NO ENCORE #065 | USDA Certified Lean se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The NO ENCORE flux capacitor fires up once more as host Colm O’Regan serves as guide on a trip all the way back to 1981, to examine the Irish musical fare of the day. Joining him on the trip is ever-present co-host and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness, as Planet Parade’s Andy Lloyd and musician/producer Gavin […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1981 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some political humour for the week that’s in it, why not. Your latest round of NO ENCORE is just as controversial as Dave finally breaks his festival hiatus only to find his spirits severely dampened by rain. There’s plenty more up for debate, including the new alt-j record which… sounds like an alt-j record, and […]La entrada NO ENCORE #064 | We Can’t Answer That In An Open Setting se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are back in town and they’ve brought nu metal sensation Daithi along for the ride this week. All kinds of musical fun and games await, as well as a look at James Vincent McMorrow’s fourth record. ACT ONE: Is Dave on the verge of breaking his festival ban? ACT TWO: A pretty sparse […]La entrada NO ENCORE #063 | Nothing Ruins A House Party Like A Concept se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One more time with feeling – NO ENCORE turns the clock back to run the rule over a set of Irish albums from a given year. 1997 takes centre stage on this particular edition, as an excellent panel debates the merits and demerits of what is, as ever, a painstaking selection of music. This time […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1997 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yep, we’re switching from Mondays to Fridays. Exciting. You can still listen on the Monday but now you have the option to get your NO ENCORE fix right in time for the weekend. How better to start off the new era than to shake things up with new co-hosts? It’s a temporary situation as both […]La entrada NO ENCORE #062 | Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss… se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Twin Peaks day, everyone! Er, that is if you’re listening to this on the Monday. If not, fear not, for the NO ENCORE wrecking crew kick this edition off with some thoughts on the cult phenomenon. Talk soon moves to the sad passing of grunge icon Chris Cornell before the gang settle into the usual […]La entrada NO ENCORE #061 | So Much Styles That It’s Wasted se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave returns with thoughts on two summer blockbusters before the boys get down to the usual mix of music-related happenings with everything from wrestling (yeah, again) to new songs and a structure-bothering album on the agenda. ACT ONE: A sidestep into film territory as Dave delivers the verdict on Alien: Covenant and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword […]La entrada NO ENCORE #060 | The Podcast That Misses The Old Calvin Harris se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time once again to step into the past in order to weigh up the cream of the crop of the Irish music scene. This time out it’s 1984, a very special year indeed for NO ENCORE host Dave Hanratty. He and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness are joined by a panel of experts including Celina Murphy […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1984 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With neither a Dave nor an ENCORE in sight, Colm O’Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick put the music world to rights for another week. Will they go ape for the new Gorillaz album? Is Katy Perry’s latest track as tasty as it appears? And what’s found when sifting through the embers of Ja Rule’s festival of […]La entrada NO ENCORE #059 | Monkey Business se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back at it again with sideways glances and informed debate, your NO ENCORE crew go in-depth on two albums of note as a busy week lies ahead. There’s all the usual news and new music to ponder, too, but before all that, Craig Fitzpatrick has something important to say… ACT ONE: Craig speaks from the […]La entrada NO ENCORE #058 | United Podcast of Horror se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE once again travels back in time for THE REVISIT as Irish albums from a given year duke it out for critical supremacy. 1994 was the year when Ray Houghton spurred Ireland to a memorable victory over Italy in the World Cup but there were similar heroics back home, as this collection of records […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1994 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A wrestling reference in the title can only mean wrestling references on the show itself, and this episode of NO ENCORE does indeed kick off with grappling. That, and a wedding, but stay tuned for all the news, a fun interview, the best/worst new tracks and a thorough look at the new Kendrick Lamar album. […]La entrada NO ENCORE #057 | This Podcast Is Scheduled For One Fall se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of the phenomenal Prince. As such, the NO ENCORE crew felt it only right and proper to pay tribute to The Purple One with an in-depth Listening Guide for newcomers, novices, die-hards and everyone in between. That’s just one highlight of a Bantum-assisted episode which also features […]La entrada NO ENCORE #056 | Contrasting Styles se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turn the clock back once more as NO ENCORE takes the temperature of the Irish music scene in 1985. It’s a serious panel of experts this time out as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness are joined by Nadine O’Regan (Sunday Business Post, Today FM), Dan Hegarty (2FM, 2XM) and Nialler9 (The Irish Times, all-round one-man music bible). […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1985 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rumours are true – Dave and Colm stayed up til much too late/early to watch all seven hours of this year’s WrestleMania spectacular. Craig, evidently much more of a grown man, did not. With things already tense between our intrepid trio, does this mean for the future of NO ENCORE?! The Ultimate Thrill Ride: ACT ONE: Recapping the aforementioned grapple-fest and […]La entrada NO ENCORE #055 | The Ultimate Thrill Ride se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s a reference to both a film starring Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter and the NO ENCORE featured album review this week which, incidentally, kinda-sorta divides the room as Dave, Colm and Craig reconvene to make sense of all the music that’s fit to chat about. Also on the show – Elaine Mai drops by to […]La entrada NO ENCORE #054 | Play Misty For Me se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are back in town, as goes the popular Twitter meme. Hey, someone should maybe write a song about that. NO ENCORE returns with yet more dispatches from the ever-evolving world of music… ACT ONE: A rock star exit leads the wrecking crew into the news, as Electric Picnic, the career struggles of Laura […]La entrada NO ENCORE #053 | Zombies With No Conscience se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE once again turns back the clock in order to evaluate a select group of Irish albums from a given year. This time out the team are 2002-bound – a simpler era when Roy Keane caused a national uproar, nu metal was still making an impact and Matt Damon took on the mantle of Jason […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 2002 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are back in town the studio together for the first time since the triumphant live outing at The Workman’s Club. Craig’s fresh from yet another wild stag weekend, Colm is basking in the afterglow of judging the Choice Music Prize and Dave… well, Dave is still pretty opinionated and possibly misunderstood. On this […]La entrada NO ENCORE #052 | I Like My French House To Be Slightly More Substantial se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can possibly be left to say about Ed Sheeran, ‘Galway Girl’ and its parent record? Plenty, as it turns out. With Colm off performing jury duty, Dave and Craig are joined by their former Hot Press colleague Celina Murphy to try and make sense of things. Well, as best they can at least… ACT ONE: […]La entrada NO ENCORE #051 | Beef With Hans Zimmer se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Irish album flashback time once again on NO ENCORE as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness step into 1988 alongside the lively panel of DJ, MC extraordinaire and all-round culture vulture Rick O’Shea, HeadStuff Music Editor Andrea Cleary and the wildly talented and funky CC Brez. As ever, your intrepid audio adventurers aim to determine the gold standard of […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1988 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a highly eventful evening in The Workman’s Club, Dublin, as NO ENCORE – The HeadStuff Podcast Network’s only music podcast – turned 50 in some style. There was NO ENCORE LIVE! Not your usual instalment, this episode takes in everything from the rather underwhelming Longitude line-up to how going to a Busted gig led to Jedward fans giving Dave […]La entrada NO ENCORE #050 | NO ENCORE LIVE~! se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s mere days to go until NO ENCORE LIVE at The Workman’s Club, so it’s little wonder that Dave Hanratty, Colm O’Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick are in a lively mood this week. Grizzled veterans that they are, though, there’s another busy week in the world of music to get through – and from Dave’s adventures […]La entrada NO ENCORE #049 | Nailed it. se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reunited – and it feels so good! Emerging from his period of convalescence with a brand new lease on life, Dave Hanratty rejoins Colm O’Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick to consider another week in music. Along the way, they also welcome Participant, who gears up for his Sampler EP launch with a classic NO ENCORE grilling. […]La entrada NO ENCORE #048 | ¡Participant Participates! se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to party like it’s 1992 on THE REVISIT as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness turn back the clock alongside MayKay (Fight Like Apes, Other Voices), Conall Ó Breacháin (We Cut Corners) and Brian Mooney (The Idiots, Jape, David Kitt, Trust Me I’m A Thief Records). As ever, the roundtable select five Irish albums from the year in question and attempt […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1992 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colm O’Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick are again embarking on a two-man expedition through the murky waters of the music world this week, as the half-century mark draws ever closer for NO ENCORE (tickets for the landmark live show available HERE). One of the first buzz albums of the year, Sampha’s Process, is in the critical […]La entrada NO ENCORE #047 | Trust The Process se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The streak is over. It was going to take something serious for Dave Hanratty to miss a recording for the first time, but a suspected bout of tonsillitis – [Dave note: a seven-hour spell in A&E confirmed that it’s actually glandular fever and I’m hating life right now] has felled the NO ENCORE mainstay this week. […]La entrada NO ENCORE #046 | Alternative Facts on Little Fictions se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE REVISIT podcast returns to tackle a given year in Irish music and the gold standard thereof. It’s gone all Y2K – remember that particular hysteria? – this time out as regular hosts Dave Hanratty and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness travel back to 2000 alongside Michael Pope (Le Galaxie), Brian Lloyd (Entertainment.ie) and Colm ‘Q’ Quearney […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 2000 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your beloved NO ENCORE boys are back in the saddle, despite illness doing its utmost to drive them apart. ACT ONE: Dave details his still-not-quite-over-it viral infection before the lads get stuck into some important news with everything from Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga’s upcoming Super Bowl appearance to will.i.am’s terrible advice. ACT TWO (17:40): […]La entrada NO ENCORE #045 | Hobbies Include Partying se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a raucous atmosphere in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave Hanratty and Colm O’Regan are joined by Dara Kiely and Daniel Fox of the wonderful Girl Band ahead of their Vicar Street headliner on February 17 in aid of Pieta House. On a reliably lively episode they discuss night terrors, wrestling, vomiting during gigs, more […]La entrada NO ENCORE #044 | GIRL BAND se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With The Revisit up and running – and tickets for the live spectacular on March 2 now on sale – it’s all go for the NO ENCORE trio of late. But when the mics are on it’s business as usual as Dave, Colm and Craig discuss and dissect the week’s goings-on, from festival rebranding and […]La entrada NO ENCORE #043 | The XX Factor se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT, in which we go back in time to a chosen year in Irish music and attempt to determine the gold standard of the era. Join regular NO ENCORE hosts Dave Hanratty and Colm O’Regan on a journey back to 1996 alongside Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness, Niamh Farrell of HamsandwicH and State Magazine Reviews Editor Zara Hedderman. […]La entrada NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1996 se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The RTE Choice Music Prize, that is. This week, your NO ENCORE wrecking crew boasts a roundtable of academic music-related excellence as it welcomes back Kieran McGuinness of Delorentos fame alongside your regular trio of Dave, Craig and Colm. On the agenda – why, the aforementioned rundown of the apparent Top 10 best Irish albums of 2016, […]La entrada NO ENCORE #042 | Spoiled For Choice se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WE’RE BACK. New year, new season, new music, same old NO ENCORE fun and games. Dave Hanratty and Colm O’Regan are joined in-studio by State Magazine Reviews Editor Zara Hedderman for an hour-or-thereabouts of music-related chat including the latest news happenings, brand new tracks, an in-depth look at the latest offering from hip hip sensations Run […]La entrada NO ENCORE #041 | Season II: Back In The Habit se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No detailed breakdown again this week for it’s special countdown time once more as Dave, Craig and Colm join forces to bring you their top 20 albums of 2016. It’s the final episode of NO ENCORE until we return in January so let’s do this! EXIT MUSIC: It’s a surprise.La entrada NO ENCORE #040 | THE TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2016 ~! se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There will be no breakdown this week but rather a very special countdown as Dave, Craig and Colm join forces to bring you their top 20 songs of the year. There’s big names, some surprise entries and a quite ridiculous overuse of one adjective in particular for which Dave is profusely sorry for. EXIT MUSIC: You’ll have […]La entrada NO ENCORE #039 | THE TOP 20 SONGS OF 2016~! se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a thud, unfortunately. In the final ‘regular’ episode of the year – LISTMANIA is right around the corner, folks! – the NO ENCORE boys tackle Abel Tesfaye’s latest effort for global pop domination – Starboy. Before that, there’s much to ponder from flat-pack furniture to impromptu quizzes to the use of Nickelback as a drink-driving […]La entrada NO ENCORE #038 | The Weeknd Has Landed se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The NO ENCORE boys are back – not in town, for they already reside there – with all the happenings in the music world, with everything from Kanye West’s hospitalisation to We Cut Corners’ recent headline show in Temple Bar to the return of Kate Bush to the brand new and final ever Funeral Suits […]La entrada NO ENCORE #037 | Don’t Hate The Players… se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Packed, packed house this week in the NO ENCORE studio as film critic and American sports enthusiast Dave Higgins makes his grand return to the podcast and oft-referenced friend of the show Joshua Hughes comes in from the Toronto cold to make his glorious debut. As ever, Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Colm O’Regan bring you right […]La entrada NO ENCORE #036 | Don’t Look Back In St. Anger se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your glorious NO ENCORE trio convene to make sense of things in a post-Trump world. It’s a fun episode though, honest. ACT ONE: Reaction to President Trump, Michael Stipe’s present and past strange activities, Lorde pens a very long letter, and Muse contrive to be even more awful. ACT TWO (22:00): Big returns, A-list collaborations […]La entrada NO ENCORE #035 | Great Podcast, Terrific Podcast se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Winter has come, so get warm with your red hot NO ENCORE wrecking crew as they welcome 2fm, Newstalk, Today FM and State Magazine‘s Jennifer Gannon to the dance. Up for discussion – Oasis and their Supersonic documentary, the pop merits and possible demerits of Charli XCX, the state of Justin Bieber and how Bono finally got […]La entrada NO ENCORE #034 | We’re Feelin’ Supersonic se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once upon a midnight dreary, Colm O’Regan returned from holidays to join Dave Hanratty and ethnomusicologist extraordinaire Andrea Cleary on the spookiest NO ENCORE yet. There’s terrifying tales aplenty in the world of music news, some ghoulish new songs and the haunting of We Cut Corners. (In other words, their new album is up for […]La entrada NO ENCORE #033 | Two Ghosts, A Ghoul and a Podcast se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fresh from headlining The Workman’s Club in typical raucous fashion as part of this year’s LINGO Festival, the one and only Sage Francis dropped by NO ENCORE HQ for a lengthy chat with Dave and the oft-referenced, rarely heard (for good reason) Producer Alan. On the agenda; show-closing group hugs, Wikipedia’s list of unusual deaths, awkward first […]La entrada NO ENCORE #032 | Sage Francis se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Holy Fuck by name and by nature this week on a feature-length episode as NO ENCORE chats to Brian Borcherdt of the profanely-monikered Toronto electronica outfit mere moments before a very raucous indeed Dublin headliner. With Colm still working on his tan, things are just as rambunctious in-studio as Dave and Craig are joined by […]La entrada NO ENCORE #031 | Holy Fuck! se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave went to see Canadian rock ‘legends’ Nickelback in concert and lived to tell the tale, and tell it he does as NO ENCORE turns 30. Dave and Craig are joined this time out by the returning Ruairi Lynch aka ace producer Bantum, who releases his second album THIS FRIDAY WOO HOO. It’s called Move and […]La entrada NO ENCORE #030 | Nickelback In The Habit se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yep, it’s yet another episode where Craig flagrantly absconds from podcast duty. He’d not last a day in the Night’s Watch. To be fair to the boy, he was legitimately under the weather at time of recording. “Zombified”, apparently, which let’s be honest doesn’t sound great. In his place, fellow Leixlip native, expert rocker of […]La entrada NO ENCORE #029 | The Craig Fitzpatrick Escape Plan se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s the truth. It’s a feisty episode this week as Craig reveals all about his feud with the drummer from The Blizzards, while Colm opens up about recent rucks with Jedward and Bastille. Elsewhere, Dave is relatively docile for once while living, breathing joke book Zara Hedderman makes her grand return to the studio. On the […]La entrada NO ENCORE #028 | Everyone’s a Winner, Baby se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave, Colm and Craig are all in studio to grill the sensational Wallis Bird. This is a special episode of NO ENCORE and not just because it’s released on a Friday (of all possible days), but because it’s fully a fun and insightful interview. Wallis isn’t successful in getting the job, in the end, but […]La entrada NO ENCORE #027 | Wallis Bird se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded before the insecure drummer from The Blizzards @’ed Craig on Twitter, the latest NO ENCORE is a whirling dervish of life, love, the future and wait no hang on that’s not what we’re about at all. It’s a music podcast, so let’s talk about music. There’s a significantly better Songs of the Week section […]La entrada NO ENCORE #026 | Living For The Weeknd se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.