NO ENCORE

New season, new era, new rules.  Okay that last one isn't strictly true, I'm just quoting a  Scream  movie tagline. More on that kind of thing next week.  For now,  NO ENCORE  returns with  Dave Hanratty  joined by guest co-host  Mark Conroy , who brings a particularly heavy Top 5 subject with him – seriously, this episode goes to some unavoidably...

Okay, there's 'It's been a while' and then there's 'We haven't had a new one of these in a full year' – please welcome back the one, the only,  NO POPCORN~! Fashionably late to an unacceptable degree, the 'Movies x Music' side project of  NO ENCORE  finally returns with a bang – it's time to talk all about  TÁR .  Dave Hanratty  is joined by ace pop culture journalist...

Strap in, it's 2001; A Podcast Odyssey . Dave Hanratty is joined by the one-and-only Zara Hedderman to take a throwback look at the turn of the millennium, and the good, the bad and the ugly that music served up at the time. Why? Because of that new music documentary everyone is talking about, of course. Elsewhere, there's all the music news that's fit to podcast about, and Zara reveals some shock...

Thoughtful organic team-ups and shameless cash-grabs collide this week as the boys face off to determine the good and the bad of the humble supergroup.  Dave Hanratty is here, as are Craig Fitzpatrick (yes, still) and Sonic Architect Adam. A supergroup in its own right, surely.  And a super thank you to anyone who supports NO ENCORE on Patreon! For episode previews, playlists and bonus c...

Join us, won't you, as we enter... THE YARL ZONE .  Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick put the music world to rights once more, with a keen focus on the phenomenon that is 'The Yarl' – in short, it's a style of slurring singing made famous by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and many others. In-depth... well, it's a killer Top 5. Elsewhere, we've got gig reports, lots of news, and Dave oversha...

The boys are (still) back in town, baby!  Gather around the wireless for another rip-roaring edition of NO ENCORE ! It's a buoyant and busy affair, so let's get to it... ACT ONE (8:30): A stacked news section takes in Ed Sheeran's hot hot pivot, rugby atmosphere improvement, Liam Gallagher responding to Matty Healy, a bizarre mix-up involving Bring Me The Horizon, and much more. ACT TWO (49:2...

Following last week’s emotional bombshell, Craig Fitzpatrick and Dave Hanratty commit to a difficult future by refusing to share the same physical space – that’s right, it’s a Zoom-based episode. Unavoidable logistical circumstances or something more sinister? Who can say? In any event, there’s a lot to discuss this week. We’ve got respective cinema outings. We’ve got the musical element of the Su...

'Tis the season, and both love and heartbreak are in the air as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick bring you the NO ENCORE guide to the break-up song. On a highly-emotional episode we also find time for some bone-chilling film reviews, break down the biggest headlines from this year's Grammy Awards, and try and make sense of a genuinely sad moment for the show. ACT ONE: Dave reveals why abstract...

NO ENCORE returns! And what better way to roll back into the new season than with, yep - you guessed it, A QUIZ . Quizmaster Dave Hanratty presides over NO ENCORE Quiz Champion Craig Fitzpatrick while he defends his title against no other than friend-of-the-show and regular guest Zara Hedderman . A worthy opponent, indeed, but who will prevail? Only time will tell. Happy belated new year, dear lis...

We did it. We completed 2022. Music-wise, at least.  Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick saddle up once more to deliver their shouts for the 10 Best Albums of 2022. We laughed, we cried, we loved, we learned, we listened. Thanks for lending us your ears throughout the year. Much love! ACT ONE (3:08):  #10 through #6 in our long-player shouts. ACT TWO (33:47):  The Top 5 is revealed...

It's the penultimate NO ENCORE  of the year! Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick sit down in the company of Sonic Architect Adam for part one of our annual reflection corner. This year, we've scaled it back to 10  songs in a bid to really focus on the true gold, and also allow for the fact that we're not sure just how banner a year it was. But wait, come back! We have a brilliant list, t...

Welcome to the first ever (!) NO ENCORE best-of clip show! Join Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan for 2 hours and 25 minutes of the best moments that NO ENCORE had to offer in 2022 as curated by us here at NO ENCORE HQ, friends of the show and you, the listener. Enjoy, & we'll see you very soon for our end-of-year lists - which will be arriving on the following dates: Friday 23rd December - BEST S...

NO ENCORE  returns amidst illness and a hellacious World Cup schedule for the final 'regular' episode of 2022 before we get in the game for our End Of Year highlights package. For now, please enjoy an album review, a stacked news section and a Top 5 that sure does stand alone until we inevitably do a sequel as boy does this one warrant it. ACT ONE:  Some quick #SpotifyWrapped discussion...

It's the pod you've all been waiting for... That's right, it's Before The ENCORE and it's the final episode of 2022! I couldn't think of anyone better to share the stage with this month than my first visual-based guest in the music industry, Ruth Medjber . Ruth is a household name when it comes to music photography in Ireland and abroad, having toured with homegrown hero Hozier and Arcade Fire , c...

Sláinte! Raise your audio glasses (ears) as NO ENCORE returns for a boozy brunch affair. Dave Hanratty & Craig Fitzpatrick stumble into your path and corner you in the smoking area to chat about their favourite subject of all... why it's music, of course! So let's have a toast for the douchebags, let's have a toast for the podcast, it's a stacked broadcast so let's get going. ACT ONE: Bono Box...

It's a full NO ENCORE house and a packed schedule this week as Dave and Craig welcome top newsman Richard Chambers to the dance. On the agenda? The strange music of American politics, some big gig reviews, and an adrenaline-fuelled Top 5... ACT ONE : Richard reports back from a busy and musically intriguing Stateside jaunt, Dave hits up Converge in Berlin, Craig strolls the Pavement, and Adam chec...

The dynamic duo of Craig and Zara welcome you into their whirlwind week of giggery, continental trips and girl group delights… and disasters. If you love the show and want to support our weekly endeavours, please consider hitting up Patreon.com/noencore. Every little bit helps!  ACT ONE:  With Dave doing Berlin, we’re free to wax lyrics about our night out with Bob Dylan - and...

Break out your best Letterman and/or leather jacket and grab the Brylcreem - it's time to turn the clock back to Dave's long-established favourite era of music - THE 1950s~! A packed episode of NO ENCORE features quite the throwback, alongside a typically stacked, probably somehow controversial news section. TURN IT UP! ACT ONE (7:42): A tumultuous news section takes in some big losses in the worl...

Welcome back listener! It's colder and darker this month for sure but I'm happy to say that this interview brought me a lot of warmth, and hopefully it does so for you as well. This month is a very special episode for me. I was fortunate enough to be able to sit down with the wonderful Philip Magee for this episode; a phenomenally prolific music producer and mix engineer but also a mentor and frie...

Did somebody say 'stacked episode', did they?! Well, if you  did , congratulations – welcome to an absolutely stacked episode. NO ENCORE  is back with Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and eventual special guest Neil Dexter, here to unpack his excellent debut album  I'll Be Ready  and get involved in a vintage Top 5 scrum. We also have some music news and would you believe...

We go again. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick team up to debate the merits of love in a musical context. They also check in on Matty Healy's latest profound-or-otherwise declarations and consider the week in music news. It's  NO ENCORE  and it's here to brighten up your day. Also, we have a brand new episode of our recommendations corner  NO AUX CORD  out right now over on&n...

As the lads turn over a new(s) leaf, what better time to get acquainted with the impact of the written word on popular – or otherwise – music?  That's right, it's the kind of Top 5 that would be right at home in a library... until things get much too noisy, of course. ACT ONE (3:30): Animal Collective fall prey to an increasingly difficult touring industry, Tom DeLonge rejoins his pop-punk fa...

Turn up the heating (if you can afford it). Break out the long hot water bottle (if you have one). Stir that hot chocolate into oblivion (or gently, if you prefer). It's time to take a musical deep-dive into all things FREEZING COLD. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrrick convene in the warm environs of Sonic Architect Adam HQ for another round of  NO ENCORE . Let's go, baby! ACT ONE...

Following an unavoidable snafu or two last week, Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick return and thus NO ENCORE  is reborn anew~! We are indeed back, back, back with a stacked episode. We've got news. We've got a brand new contentious pop culture list. We've got OVERHEAD, THE ALBATROSS . And we've got a Top 5 dedicated to the hard-working souls of the world. Let's go... ACT ONE (4:06...

*Return of The Mack by Mark Morrison plays intensely* Sonic Architect Adam here, in your feeds on a FRIDAY of all days! Why, I hear you ask? Well, unfortunately due to circumstances outside of all at NO ENCORE HQ's control, Dave and Craig have been unable to record this week. All is ok, don't worry, but in their place this week I've moved up my return to Before The ENCORE by a couple of days. Thin...