Bantum

A ridiculously stacked episode this week on NO ENCORE as the OG Three return to the fold. There's reviews of huge gigs, a great interview with Bantum and a genuinely insane foray into the world of music from a Hollywood superstar. Let's…

Roll up, roll up, and return to the year 1987 as NO ENCORE turns the clock back once more to assess the state of the Irish music scene from a bygone era. For this late '80s edition, Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness are joined by…

Dave returns with thoughts on two summer blockbusters before the boys get down to the usual mix of music-related happenings with everything from wrestling (yeah, again) to new songs and a structure-bothering album on the agenda. ACT…

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of the phenomenal Prince. As such, the NO ENCORE crew felt it only right and proper to pay tribute to The Purple One with an in-depth Listening Guide for newcomers, novices, die-hards…

It was a highly eventful evening in The Workman's Club, Dublin, as NO ENCORE - The HeadStuff Podcast Network's only music podcast - turned 50 in some style. There was NO ENCORE LIVE! Not your usual instalment, this episode takes in…

The RTE Choice Music Prize, that is. This week, your NO ENCORE wrecking crew boasts a roundtable of academic music-related excellence as it welcomes back Kieran McGuinness of Delorentos fame alongside your regular trio of Dave, Craig and…

WE'RE BACK. New year, new season, new music, same old NO ENCORE fun and games. Dave Hanratty and Colm O'Regan are joined in-studio by State Magazine Reviews Editor Zara Hedderman for an hour-or-thereabouts of music-related chat including…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where HeadStuff staff and friends siphon through exciting art to craft essential listening experiences you didn’t know you needed. To celebrate the release of Bantum's sterling second record Move - out today~! -…

Dave went to see Canadian rock 'legends' Nickelback in concert and lived to tell the tale, and tell it he does as NO ENCORE turns 30. Dave and Craig are joined this time out by the returning Ruairi Lynch aka ace producer Bantum, who…

It's like banter alarm, geddit? No wait, come back. That's all the #lad nonsense we have for you, mainly because episode four of the NO ENCORE podcast finds HeadStuff Music Editor Dave Hanratty and Hot Press one-man wrecking crew Colm…