NO ENCORE

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten - Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick , teaming up to co-host  NO ENCORE  once again!  Sonic Architect Adam looking on, beaming with pride, of course. Craig returns to the fold in honour of the brand new Vampire Weekend album  Only God Was Above Us , as he details his career-spanning choice cuts from the New York City faithful.&n...

Freshly returned from Rome following his marathon heroics, news correspondent and  NO ENCORE  regular Richard Chambers is back with another batch of pop belters for all to enjoy.  The turn of the 2010s is under the musical microscope this week, as the boys explore the most ear-catching songs of the era - warning: parameters may vary as to what constitutes a 'banger' and wh...

Welcome back to Before The ENCORE , the limited-run that all the music industry podcast collectors immediately order on the last Monday of every month. Speaking of, if vinyl (or assorted physical musical release formats) are your thing, or you're an artist more about what is involved in getting a record pressed, this is the episode for you. This month, Sonic Architect Adam is joined by Peter Jones...

Salut! NO ENCORE is in celebratory mood this week as Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam hail an act worthy of being named after a spiral galaxy - the one and only M83.  Michael Pope , former frontman for Irish electronica titans Le Galaxie , is on-hand to list his favourite songs from the acclaimed French outfit.  Don't forget, you can get this and every new NO ENCORE episode 24 hour...

It's the most patriotic week of the year and we're barely talking about it, because that's how we roll.  The actions of Irish artists dominate the news section, though. Speaking of, Julie Hough of HAVVK fame returns in honour of new album To Fall Asleep , which is out RIGHT NOW.  Plus - some songs we don't feel all that great about listening to anymore.  Don't forget, you can get th...

Rejoice! Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan are joined in-studio by Luke Daly and David Prendergast of Overhead, The Albatross .  The band have just released emotive new single 'Your Last Breath' and we're going to talk all about it, oh yes.  Elsewhere on this episode, there's time for an ultra-brief news section before we get to our shouts for standout spoken word samples i...

Won't someone please think of the children? It's time to go full Helen Lovejoy as NO ENCORE examines some of the most eyebrow-raising controversies in music history. From immediately-outdated censorship to divine proclamations to mystifying monikers, Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan shine a quizzical light on scandals gone by. Don't forget, you can get this and every new NO ENCORE e...

It's 2024 and the last Monday of February, which means we're back in the world of the music industry and taking a look behind the scenes all over again! This edition of Before The ENCORE , I had the pleasure and privilege to sit down opposite Chris Bubenzer , producer extraordinaire and one half of Diffusion Lab . Chris has an extensive discography and is one of the main figures in production resp...

Let's get divisive .  NO ENCORE returns with a sequel as Dave Hanratty , Sonic Architect Adam , and returning guest co-host Zara Hedderman join forces to discuss the musical acts that simply do not do it for them.  Before that, we've got the usual mix of news and general life ramblings to enjoy - and don't forget you can get this and every new NO ENCORE episode 24 hours early and ad-free...

Broadcast after the fact from Sector 7G in the heart of beautiful Springfield, it's NO ENCORE ~!  Recorded on the most momentous night of the romantic year, Dave Hanratty , Sonic Architect Adam , and Mark O'Brien of Enemies and Royal Yellow fame show some love to the first family of animation by listing off their shouts for the finest musical exploits of... The Simpsons.  Before that, we...

Dreams...  and  nightmares. For what is a dream, and what is a nightmare? And how do they musically manifest?  Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam intend to find that out, alongside Kieran McGuinness of Delorentos, and now Driven Snow, fame.  Driven Snow, made up of Kieran and former Republic of Loose member Emily Aylmer, release their debut album  A Kind of Dreaming &n...

NO ENCORE is back for a brand new season and we've got an entire month of music - and some movies - to talk about.  Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan run the critical rule over multiple news items including the possible demise of Pitchfork , the inexplicable presence of the Mean Girls remake, the equally baffling popularity of Saltburn , the contenders for this year's RTÉ Choice...

It was the best of times, it was the…. Nope, that’s it! THE BEST OF NO ENCORE 2023 is upon us. Join Sonic Architect Adam as he takes you through plenty of laughs and great moments from Dave Hanratty and co. throughout the year from the show-proper.  Nothing but good vibes for your ears before the close of another wonderful year of programming for you, dear listener, at NO ENCORE . Thanks for...

Heroes. Villains. Regrettable PR disasters. Unavoidable phenomena.  And our shouts for our favourite music of 2023.  It's the year in review, with plenty of awards to hand out - some more coveted than others. It's longer than  Oppenheimer  yet shorter than  Killers of the Flower Moon . Truly, we went the distance. It is our Christmas gift to you, dear listener. Much love!&...

NO ENCORE returns for the final regular episode of the year and we've got a blockbuster guest in the wonderful and the amazing Fionnuala Jones . It's a lively one as the pair clash over modern-day list-based etiquette and consider their shouts for the very best and very worst songs that hit number one at Christmas but aren't actually about the festive season. ACT ONE (3:08) : Dave has an almighty...

NO ENCORE  travels to the wilds of County Clare (actually very peaceful, to be honest) for one week only as Dave Hanratty interrupts his time off to jump into a different studio – with the blessing from afar of Sonic Architect Adam, of course.  Local boy Daithí returns to the podcast, with his faithful drummer and operations manager Alex Ridley for company. With their powers co...

Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan returns to his Before The ENCORE hot-seat to chat to multi-instrumentalist and touring musician Caoimhe Hopkinson for a brisk November edition. You may know Caoimhe from her co-writes with April , or from touring most recently with Ailbhe Reddy , Pauline Scanlon and the Grammy-nominated Alison Russell , among many others. In this episode, Caoimhe takes us through how...

Fire up your iPod Nano - or Classic, if you had such a thing - as we turn the clock back to an era where the tunes were huge, the clubs were hopping, and... to be honest I kind of hate myself for writing that sentence. The music was REALLY GOOD, is what I'm getting at.  Ace newsman, author, podcaster, runner, and friend Richard Chambers returns to  NO ENCORE  HQ to keep Dave Hanratt...

Nostalgia is a funny thing, dear listener, in that it's really quite an intimately individual feeling and thus your definition of a nostalgic soundtrack will likely differ from ours but you should nonetheless hopefully enjoy our wistful main event this week.  Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam are joined by the brilliant Naoise Roo, who has just released her excellent new album&...

It's Sophomore SZN for NO ENCORE as emotive Dublin rapper Nealo returns to the studio to give us a taste of November Medicine , his long-awaited new record which releases on Friday, 17 November. Nealo is also on-hand to provide us with a guide to the very best Irish hip-hop as part of this week's main event. Before that, we have plenty of wild and exciting news from the world of music, and an in-d...

NO ENCORE welcomes back a prodigal son this week as the glorious booming tones of Colm O'Regan return to the hallowed co-host microphone.  Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam strap in for a Colm-selected Top 5; one that deals in unavoidable finality yet soars in triumphant legacy.  Before that, a stacked news section considers the implications of mixing the World's Favourite Band Ever...

Before The ENCORE returns with season 2's sophomore offering in the form of Wexford's finest Alex O'Keeffe . Alex is a producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and I have the great fortune of saying he is also a close collaborator of mine across several projects. While Alex's career as a producer is relatively recent, only going back a couple of years, his vast discography is all-the-more i...

Happy Halloween! Time for some terrifying audio as NO ENCORE revisits the endless goldmine that is cinematic horror music. Dave Hanratty is joined in studio by the wonderfully loquacious storyteller that is Paddy Hanna , a man of many musical projects, and a hardcore horror enthusiast to boot. Together the pair conjure up the most audacious, and the most spine-tingling sounds from the world of hor...

In which David Tapley takes a stroll to the NO ENCORE studio. There is, in fact, a new sheriff in town, and he's here to lay down the law on a certain plucky quartet from Dublin. Dave Hanratty is also present to rain down even harder blows on everyone's favourite spherical enthusiasts.   On the agenda this week - the brand new album from Tandem Felix, and everything you ever wanted or ne...

Tonight we're all going to be Rock and Roll Stars - it's time to finally put Oasis under the microscope, for better and for much, much worse. The glorious Hugh Carr returns to NO ENCORE HQ for all kinds of frivolity - he picked this Top 5 and he's damn-well going to defend this band to the hilt, despite Dave Hanratty's repeated misgivings. ACT ONE (5:30): Ed Sheeran confirms a morbid rumour, Bono...