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Too often accused of 'hating The Beatles', NO ENCORE's Dave Hanratty sets out to prove once and for all... that Yesterday is a complete shambles of a cinematic enterprise. Norma and Higgs are also present with their own hot takes on the…

Let's get emotional. NO ENCORE is back with a stacked agenda in the form of a devastating Top 5 face-off, the first Bright Eyes album in almost a decade and the absolute STATE of the Irish government... ACT ONE: Craig's got mail.…

Dave is proud of that top five moniker but will he be as happy when the actual rundown occurs? Only one way to find out, dear listener, as NO ENCORE returns for a brand new episode set against a backdrop of a ferocious dead heat. There's…

NO ENCORE does the 'movies and music' blender mix again as Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams do their utmost to pay respect to the most beloved European knockout music competition there's ever been. Dave, Higgs and Norma may be a touch less…

Summer? Autumn? Who the hell knows. Whatever the weather, NO ENCORE is here. Another stacked edition on the cards as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick review Fontaines D.C.'s latest attempt at making the best guitar album ever made…

We did it guys, we made it through July! Take a moment, celebrate. Then listen to our latest episode, which is a joyous affair. Dave and Craig throw down on the apparently literally perfect new Taylor Swift album and then duke it…

  It's the weekend, it's NO ENCORE. Maybe it's the weekday. Up to you when you choose to listen, really. This week, Dave and Craig mull over a fresh top five that finds them slaughtering acts they generally adore or at the very least…

It's been a while, as yer man from Staind once warbled. NO ENCORE's music x movies spin-off comes in from the cold as Dave Hanratty, David Higgins and Norma Howard return with thoughts on two biopic-type efforts; Control and 24 Hour…

The boys are back in town remotely as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick reconvene after a couple of weeks of rotating co-hosts. Reunited and it feels so good, et cetera. On the NO ENCORE agenda this week? Why, the definitive, ironclad,…

"I'll try and get next week's episode down to an hour-and-a-half," Dave said. So much for that as NO ENCORE returns with another epic voyage. Craig sits this one out to celebrate his birthday and so the dulcet tones of Zara Hedderman…