NO ENCORE

Two episodes in three days? The decadence. Business as usual for the NO ENCORE trio with definitely nothing different whatsoever. Meanwhile, Bruce is back. ACT ONE: Dave quite literally Takes Back Sunday. ACT TWO: News. ACT THREE: T-Swift enters Ally Mode, Drake steals the show, and a smouldering soul keeps his level. ACT FOUR: The Boss goes soulful country, but how does album #19 from Bruce Sprin...

NO ENCORE returns with a special feature presentation. Very much the man of the moment; Dermot Kennedy is enjoying a meteoric rise in the music world. Dave Hanratty caught up with Kennedy during his recent four-night stand at Dublin's Olympia Theatre for a lengthy and open chat about just about everything... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave and Daithí go remote this week as Craig sells out once again. Luckily, we caught up with HEALTH frontman Jake Duzsik during the Los Angeles noisemakers' recent trip to Dublin. On the agenda; social media dos and don'ts, politics, video games, pop culture, and a great deal more. Elsewhere this week; Daithí attends the swankest gathering of his young life, and Dave... doesn't. ACT ONE: Daithí a...

A highly emotional episode of NO ENCORE as Dave and Craig report back from Colm's Norwegian nuptials, Daithí basks in his glory, and Kobina makes an overdue appearance.  On top of that, please enjoy lengthy public service announcements on the returns of both Girl Band and Jai Paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last few months on NO ENCORE we’ve interviewed many Irish artists at different stages of their careers. One point that continues to come up (either on or off the mic) is how hard it is to make a living writing music.  It got me thinking about a question; Who actually is writing music full time anymore? There’s the obvious ones, the really successful acts that are at a very high level. and...

NO ENCORE's last stop before the team decamp to Norway for marital bliss welcomes returning guest George Morahan to the table.   Game of Thrones' series finale, Moby's terrible prose, Hayden Thorpe's debut album and a great deal more are on the agenda, and that's all you're getting show notes wise this week as we've all been struck down by various maladies. Enjoy... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Dave returns from a fateful and frenzied trip to Paris to report on Metallica live, airline trauma, personal injury, and chance encounters. Elsewhere, the boys sink into the new album from The National, run the rule over an increasingly erratic Game of Thrones narrative, and consider the merit of superstar pop team-ups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yep, it's Nu Metal Vampire Music Video: The Movie. Dave Hanratty and David Higgins pivot the NO ENCORE music axis to the movies once more as they tackled 2002's bizarre Queen of the Damned. Was Stuart Townsend really the best choice to replace Tom Cruise? Why do most of the characters not get a proper introduction? Did you expect Lestat to sound like Jonathan Davis when he sings? And is th...

NO ENCORE is back, as is host Dave Hanratty. The boys are reunited in time to discuss the Met Gala, Game of Thrones, last week's Murder Capital smackdown, the new Big Thief album, and why Daithí isn't going to Colm's wedding. ACT ONE: A busy preamble takes in most of the above and more. ACT TWO: Met Gala fallout, Wu Tang honoured, Tool toy with our emotions, and some reminiscing on a b...

The year is 2019 AD and Earth’s population has been decimated to the point where there’s no one left to assume NE hosting duties bar Craig Fitzpatrick. We’d say may God have mercy on our souls if it wasn’t already clear he had completely forsaken us. But wait, who’s that in the distance?  Yes, it’s Captain Fiddle himself ready to save the day! With Daithí back onboard, we’ve another two-man power...

NO ENCORE is back on a two-man vibe with another packed deep dive into the realm of all things music. There's a chat with SOAK as she releases new album Grim Town, thoughts on Kanye's Sunday Service, Dave versus the national broadcaster, and the hotly-anticipated comeback from Vampire Weekend... ACT ONE: Dave talks Avengers: Endgame, gets into a social media ruck, and generally defends the...

Deep breaths. NO ENCORE's movies-and-music spin-off continues apace as NO POPCORN hits up an intensely grim venue to catch a punk band as they do their utmost to survive the night against a ruthless, murderous pack of neo-Nazis. Yep, it's Green Room, and it's really fucking intense... Is this the best horror of the decade? Is the violence impactful or gratuitous? Patrick Stewart; stunt...

The only way to make a Good Friday even better - the latest episode of your beloved NO ENCORE podcast. It's good on other days, too. This week, the boys welcome God Knows into the studio for a long-awaited, in-depth conversation. Elsewhere, there's some Fontaines fallout, a Coachella blitz, the new Anderson .Paak album, and a strangely lethargic Daithí for some unknown reason. ACT ONE: Dav...

Dave indulges himself in all kinds of ways following the success of his Picture This expedition. Craig and Daithí look on, concerned. Elsewhere on NO ENCORE this week - Sarah Corcoran of Pillow Queens stops by to chat their new single and upcoming tour with SOAK, bold fashion choices, cinema etiquette and whether or not the whole punk thing really is kicking off. Speaking of, there's hype-aple...

NO ENCORE at the movies returns with a double bill. First up, Dave Hanratty and David Higgins ingest about as much of yawn-some Motley Crüe tribute The Dirt as they can stomach. The main event, however, looks at the life and times of the explosive N.W.A. as F. Gary Gray's 2015 effort Straight Outta Compton comes into focus. Does the movie do a good job of highlighting the cultural impact of N....

A very special guest hits up NO ENCORE HQ this week with an important purpose. Dave reports on an epic, life-changing journey. Daithí played his part. Craig did not. Elsewhere, the boys look at Billie Eilish's debut album and engage in questionable shopping etiquette. ACT ONE: Yes, Dave actually did that. Five nights of it, no less. Hear the whole gory story and do bail over to JOE to read mor...

Craig flees to Spain like an exiled lord as Dave and Daithí hold down the NO ENCORE fort. There's an in-depth look at Drake's 3Arena takeover, a chat with Rushes as he releases his debut EP, and Dave's grand return to school amongst plenty more. ACT ONE: Daithí does Drake as Dave buries himself in The Dirt. ACT TWO: Scott Walker RIP, Bo-Raps gets the scissors, Dr. Dre has social media...

The best damn music podcast in town returns with reports of great live music and violently theatrical happenings, a lively chat with Soulé and some good old-fashioned emo wanderings. ACT ONE: Live correspondence from Anderson .Paak's Dublin visit, as well as a recap of Daithí's exciting birthday. ACT TWO: Little Green Cars switch off their respective engines, MySpace somehow makes headline...

NO ENCORE's deep dive into the world of music-related cinema continues with the epic, the bizarre, the hilarious, the tragic, the essential Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Dave Hanratty and David Higgins sit down to try and make sense of one of the most compelling music documentaries in the game. Why did Metallica agree to make this? Who are the heroes and villains of the piece? And how are w...

NO ENCORE returns as Dave, Daithí and Craig welcome Molly Sterling for a chat, provide further dispatches from the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, and muse on bathing etiquette. ACT ONE: NO POPCORN #002 incoming, but what band 'Hurt' Dave this week? ACT TWO: The boys got their vox pop on at the Choice - hear some immediate hot takes from Nialler9, The Point of Everything, Tony Clayton-Lea and Zara...

A pleasure to welcome musical force of nature, Other Voices presenter and all-round legend Mary-Kate Geraghty to the co-hosting hot seat. Fun is had, cans are cracked, and there’s also room for more serious discussion in a newsworthy week for all things music. ACT ONE Dave regales us with tales of his jaunt to London for a Billie Eilish gig (he saw a Union Jack cushion, basically). His hotel was t...

Welcome, players, to NO ENCORE #154. Jafaris drops in with just days to go until his debut album hits the world, an old friend makes his mark, and the gang try to solve the conundrum that is Andrew Hozier-Byrne. ACT ONE: Icelandic awkwardness, Massive Attack-soundtracked weirdness, and Academy Award-uselessness - it's the preamble. ACT TWO: The boys cop what a mess they've made of this wee...

It's time for your beloved NO ENCORE music podcast to take a deep dive into the world of cinema. NO POPCORN is our new semi-regular look at a film that boasts a certain music-themed flavour; be it a biopic, a musical or something that just has a musician in it for five minutes or less. And what better way to kick things off than by breaking down the Academy Award-winning Bohemian Rhapsody? OG...

You'd know Colm was gone, given that it's time for THE LONGEST EPISODE OF NO ENCORE TO DATE. But hey, that's what happens when you welcome Tebi Rex to the studio for a long, intimate chat. Throw the return of Daithí as he ably breaks down The Gloaming's new album and an in-depth review of an awards show that nobody cares for and, well, yeah, this one's epic. ACT ONE: Dave and D...

In which we make a shock decision to cover an electro-industrial album rather than the latest long-player from the biggest pop star on the planet… And then can’t help discussing new Ariana Grande in-depth at the top of the show anyway.  Elsewhere, Craig didn’t really watch the Grammys but has opinions on it and Dave’s been hanging out in the media section of a church. ACT ONE Yep, so Craig won’t b...