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Having turned the ripe old of age of 100, NO ENCORE returns to tackle a fresh musical agenda once more. David 'Higgs' Higgins returns in his capacity as guest pundit and knowledgable American sports fan, as the boys use their combined…

Vince Staples Prima Donna Second album syndrome must really weigh heavy on the minds of many artists who release stellar debuts, but perhaps more so for those in the hip hop world. Young rappers who burst onto the scene with a…

Yep, there’s no two ways about it – your NO ENCORE brothers in arms simply had to weigh in on the whole Kimye/Taylor situation, despite host Dave’s protestations to the contrary. You read that correctly; Dave didn’t want to talk about Kanye…

As most of us pessimistically predicted, it was Taylor Swift’s 'Bad Blood' that took home the Grammy Award for Best Music Video last week. One accepts the inevitability of the award academies such as the National Academy of Recording Arts…

Pusha T King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude Following on from his 2013 critically acclaimed solo début My Name Is My Name, Virginia-born rapper Pusha T drops a teaser in King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude which serves…

Selena Gomez Revival I’m of that strange inter-generation of people who never really got Selena Gomez the first time around; slightly too old for Disney stars, more focused on Nickelodeon. My first non-peripheral engagement with Gomez,…