Another week of lockdown crawls to an end as the NO ENCORE boys signal the weekend. Rejoice. This week, Dave and Craig scrape the bottom of the written word barrel as they line up their shouts for worst lyrics in the latest top five…

IT'S THE SUMMER~! Get in! Seriously, stay in. NO ENCORE returns with a week of mostly no coronavirus-related news items, Car Seat Headrest's vague attempt to leap to the mainstream and a string of summer jams that should - mostly - lift the…

Oh, brother. It's a big one as the NO POPCORN team of Hanratty, Higgins and Howard re-convene to shine a light on the genuinely incredible BROS: AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS. A documentary on par with Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and This…

NO ENCORE is back at it for another week as Dave and Craig indulge in some highly cathartic critical takedowns of critical gushing. That's right, this week's top five is all about slaying some sacred cows. Figuratively speaking, of course -…

Your NO ENCORE listening experience returns following a nice long weekend in which we holidayed to other rooms of the house. Exotic stuff. This week, Craig tries to rein himself in during The Strokes review, Dave visits Sweden via the magic…

NO ENCORE's cinematic engagement project NO POPCORN returns as Dave Hanratty, David Higgins and Norma Howard get their best battle rap faces on for Eminem's semi-autobiographical adventure 8 Mile. Is Eminem any good? What's with Brittany…

Hey, it's a rare NO ENCORE mini-sode in honour of us finally setting up a Patreon page. You can access that page at patreon.com/noencore if you would like to consider supporting the show. For more on that, here's Dave with a passionate…

NO ENCORE returns with further social distant music podcasting as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick deliver their top five late-career highlights in what turns out to be a very good list if we do say so ourselves. There's also space for…

Physical distancing podcast vibes continue as NO ENCORE swings back into gear. This week, Craig and Dave do their best to work through the news, dive into the dark and moody return of The Weeknd and run down some songs they enjoy by artists…

NO ENCORE embraces social distancing as Dave and Craig connect from afar via the method of Skype. Determined to keep things upbeat, the boys cast their eyes over a grim news section, the debut album from Jay Electronica and their top five…