NO ENCORE

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 Inclu...

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. Hos...

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...

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...

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 publ...

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...

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...

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...

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 publi...

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...

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 s...

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...

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 primer...

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...

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 pu...

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 e...

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...

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 pub...

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 pr...

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...

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. Hos...

Dark times in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave loses a tooth, Craig deals with a sudden tragedy and Colm… is in pretty good form by comparison, actually. Elsewhere it’s a bright summer day as the boys tackle a pretty shoddy batch of new songs and go in-depth on the new album from Nick Cave […] La entrada NO ENCORE #025 | None More Black se publicó primero en Headstuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Significantly more hard-hitting than CM Punk in the octagon, it’s NO ENCORE 24~! Dave, Colm and Craig are back for more music-related chat as Michael Pope of Le Galaxie fame drops by for co-hosting duties. It’s a packed show with the usual goings-on and a considered look at this year’s Electric Picnic spectacular, where Mick found himself broadcast […] La entrada NO ENCORE #024 | A Long Time Ago i...

Greetings. NO ENCORE returns minus one Colm O’Regan who was busy preparing for Electric Picnic at time of recording but luckily Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick are joined by George Morahan and thus don’t get bored of one another/eventually resort to violence. Colm is a calming and important presence, you see. But fret not! The usual […] La entrada NO ENCORE #023 | Obama and the Dead Heads se p...

It’s about that time. Yep, Frank Ocean finally dropped the album. Two albums, technically. As such, it’s a full NO ENCORE roundtable of reflection this week as Dave, Colm and Craig welcome back Dave Higgins and Dean Van Nguyen in order to delve deep into the Ocean. Before that there’s some news of both serious and ludicrous stature […] La entrada NO ENCORE #022 | Five Go Down To The Ocean se publi...