NO ENCORE

Due to some illness this week, Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam bring to you an episode of the Patreon-exclusive Album Club series, a fortnightly album digest where we speak about albums we love, from our collection or otherwise, or albums voted for by Patrons. If you'd like to get all available episodes of Album Club in-full, more bonus episodes in the form of our past series NO AUX CORD an...

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NO ENCORE is in unfamiliar territory this week thanks to last-minute technical issues, but thankfully there's a familiar face - and voice - for the company in the form of Internet comedy sensation Michael Fry .  Per the man's wishes, it's time to take the express elevator to musical Hades as we tackle the songs that would soundtrack our own personal hell.  Throw in a hopefully heavenly n...

Grab your best Topman V-neck, don your shutter shades, and dust off the glowsticks, it's time for  NO ENCORE  to hit the local indie disco.  Sonic Architect Adam might not be having it but returning guest Richard Chambers is here with an endless supply of enthusiasm for his chosen Top 5, and even Dave Hanratty is in the mix.  And for one week only, our news section is swap...

Plug in, charge up, connect, download, et cetera - it's time to get technological.  NO ENCORE  hacks into the mainframe to deliver a veritable information superhighway of music that deals with the positive and negative impacts of technology on us mere mortals.  It's the Top 5 brainchild of Tandem Felix avatar David Tapley , who makes his much-welcome return to the show. Dave Hanratt...

This month, Sonic Architect Adam returns to normal recording proceedings and welcomes Molly King to the studio. Molly is the head of development for Other Voices, an annual music festival that takes place in Dingle, County Kerry every winter, bringing together some of the world's biggest acts, as well as the finest Ireland has to offer for a weekend of very special live performances across their M...

NO ENCORE  returns bring an opposing approach to a pandemic-era Top 5 with a list of cover songs that for whatever reason have eclipsed their original form, and who better to join take you on this voyage than your faithful host Dave Hanratty, trusty Sonic Architect Adam, and reigning NE Quiz Champion  Zara Hedderman .   Listeners of the show will know Zara best for her aforemen...

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NO ENCORE  smashes it straight into the top corner this week by handing the coveted co-host debut cap to Fernando Torres enthusiast Carl Kinsella .  You may know Carl from his former work at JOE, or his current 'Surrealing in the Years' column at The Journal. You may know him from Twitter. You may simply know him as a friend.  In any case, former colleague Dave Hanratty and new...

Welcome aboard  NO ENCORE  airlines! Please store all baggage in the overhead compartments, respect onboard staff, and keep those safety belts firmly fastened.  We're taking flight this week with returning podcast co-pilot original Craig Fitzpatrrick, freshly touched back down on Irish soil after hitting up sunny Barcelona for this year's Primavera Sound.  And so we navigate an...

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Allow us to introduce ourselves -  NO ENCORE  returns with guest co-host Mark Conroy in tow, and he's bringing along five glorious song intros for your listening pleasure.  Can they compete with this week's bespoke intro of our very own? You decide.  All that, plus plenty of music news - you know the drill!  Hit up  Patreon.com/noencore  for bonus content, e...

This month, Sonic Architect Adam logs into Zoom for the first time in what feels like a lifetime to connect with Joe Furlong , bassist and musical director to stars such as Sorcha Richardson, James Vincent McMorrow , the star-studded Turning Pirate gigs that you may remember from Vicar Street, and now Hibernacle , a musical collaboration retreat-come-festival that celebrates the finest the country...

NO ENCORE  returns after a week off, and there's plenty of energy in the studio despite an alarming lack of decent music news in the world.  No matter, as we finally welcome the great Joe Panama back to the show, who brings us a quick sequel in the form of a fresh list of headline-making and head-scratching controversies in music.  Also - don't miss the latest episode of t...

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Well if it isn't our old friend, the LEITMOTIF.  Kind of amazing we haven't done this one before so fair play to debuting guest co-host  Seán Connolly  - a man you may know from online broadcasting behemoth  The TRY Channel , where he puts in a Herculean shift both in front of and behind the camera - for suggesting it.  But what  is  a leitmotif? Why, it's a musi...

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NO ENCORE  is here, fresh off the back of a 'chapeau'  from the Irish Times, extra controller in-hand, ready to enter split-screen mode, as Dave Hanratty  is joined by his faithful Sonic Architect Adam  who will solo speed-run some of the best licensed soundtracks the gaming sphere has to offer. (And by speed-run, we mean carefully dissect and discuss, of course). All of that,...

Join us for the final pre-summer edition of Before The ENCORE , where we aim to direct sunshine in the form of music industry conversations straight into your ears so you can put on the sunglasses of knowledge and wear them with pride . This month, Sonic Architect Adam is joined by producer and violinist formerly based in Dublin, now London, Molly Mansukhani . You might be familiar with her work a...

NO ENCORE  is back with a trip into the world of music-themed fakery... in the form of real songs written for fictional purposes.  'Solo artist of the written word' Sarah McKenna Barry  joins Dave and Adam this week, with songs and musical numbers penned exclusively to reside in the world of film and TV on the agenda.  And, following on from our Taylor Swift bonus epi...

It's a special bonus episode of  NO ENCORE  in honour of Taylor Swift releasing 11th studio album  The Tortured Poets Department  and everyone having an online meltdown about it.  One such major talking point emerged via American publication  Paste Magazine , which opted to withhold the name of the writer when publishing its review of  The Tortured Poets Departme...

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NO ENCORE  goes Hollywood once more as Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam go to the cinemathèque , take in the previews, and then leave before the film starts.  It's a celebration of the most arresting needle drops featured in movie trailers - blockbuster events and arthouse affairs inclusive.  Elsewhere, a quiet week leads to a pretty one-sided news section. At least Dave now k...

Cody Rhodes may have finished his story, but it's a fresh chapter in the  NO ENCORE  saga this week as 'The Donegal Dynamo' Hugh Carr makes his podcast return.  Hugh is just back from a trip to Philadelphia - the "best week of his life", apparently - where he took in many live professional wrestling shows, including the Granddaddy of Them All, the Showcase of the Immortals; WrestleM...

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