Two of a kind. Birds of a feather. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick combine once more to run the rule over the music world. On the agenda this week – lots of news including a shock nu metal return (turns out we're not done with it,…

An aspiring performer goes to Hollywood to pursue her dreams but ends up being forced into drug abuse and prostitution: this is not an uncommon narrative arc used to highlight the murky spaces that cloud the entertainment industry. Irish…

If you’re a gamer, you’ve probably already heard the stereotypes more than once: Lazy. Unmotivated. Disengaged. Gamers have gotten a bad reputation for years based on some silly stigmas and pop culture references.  The reality? As of 2020,…

Hard to believe we've been doing this over a year and this is our first big disagreement. This week on I Know That Face, Andrew and Stephen break down the career of Christopher Abbott from his Broadway beginnings to his consistent indie…

NO ENCORE's music x movies side hustle returns with a rather revered turn-of-the-century affair; the John Cusack-fronted hipster relationship dramedy that is High Fidelity. Is lovesick protagonist Rob Gordon charming or toxic? How much Jack…

The Summer is officially here, restrictions are slowly lifting and May is looking like a good month! There's no better way to celebrate this than with a playlist update that's packed with the finest Irish urban jams. The songs on this…

Tomorrow’s Creatures  A series of tanka in Irish and English, in 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, in response to artwork by Masood Hussain  (Kashmir) by Gabriel Rosenstock  neacha a thiocfaidh  an daonnaithe 'bheidh iontu  ó – cad atá romhainn …

Family is something we cannot ignore. For many of us, it can be a feeling of love and warmth, a connection to someone and an understanding between a group of blood relatives or, in many cases, people who aren’t related at all. Whether…