forbidden fruit

NO ENCORE returns to review a Kanye West album for the very first time, and what an album to start with. Elsewhere, there's live recaps of Forbidden Fruit and Nick Cave - who also gets his very own Listening Guide - some brief metal…

Some political humour for the week that's in it, why not. Your latest round of NO ENCORE is just as controversial as Dave finally breaks his festival hiatus only to find his spirits severely dampened by rain. There's plenty more up for…

Temptation got the better of me when, a few weeks ago, I purchased a Saturday/Sunday ticket for Forbidden Fruit 2017. This was the third year in succession that I had made the short trip from my former home in The Liberties to the Royal…

Greetings folks. Summer has come and gone and come again. And that’s only as of the time of me writing this. You’re in luck though, because this week’s digest contains things to do in the nice weather and things to do on your computer if…

Following last week's rather unfortunate debacle, we're back with a bang as future-pop warriors Funeral Suits gatecrash the studio (okay, they were invited) to deliver the most harrowing bird-related tale you'll ever experience. Short…

“You seen these guys live before?” “Nope.” “Angry.” So goes the exchange between my NO ENCORE partner in crime Colm O’Regan and my good self as Young Fathers take to the Original Stage, shortly after proven festival openers the…

Hello! How are you? It was a quiet couple of months around here while I was getting Juvenalia up and running but we've had loads of stuff in the ol' humour section in the last week or so. Give it a read. And listen to Juvenalia, we've had…

I was absolutely thrilled to talk to uber-talented DJ, musician, producer, all-round-sound-head, Kormac. I have been a big fan of Kormac for well over a decade. I was charged with organising the Graduation Party for my year in college, and…

Last night I sat down on the side of that new big Star Wars arcade game in Cineworld. It's the right height for sitting down and the vent was blowing warm air onto the back of my calves. Cinemas don't have couches in their lobbies for good…