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We kicked off our Best New Irish Music series here at HeadStuff last month with a cracking playlist covering the ten best tunes of August, and we're going one better for September with eleven of the finest songs around the land. …

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the month’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 18 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here.…

NO ENCORE is a man down as Colm flounces off to hang out with his impending in-laws. That leaves Dave and Craig to welcome the returning Fionnuala Jones, she of Daily Edge, Goldenplec and hailing from The Big Town with a Hill fame. On…

Colm may have jetted off to the permanently bright surroundings of Norway (yep, again) but Dave and Craig are in fine form as they welcome David Higgins back to the pod for a raucous episode that takes in not one but TWO album reviews. We…

The boys are back in town and they’ve brought nu metal sensation Daithi along for the ride this week. All kinds of musical fun and games await, as well as a look at James Vincent McMorrow’s fourth record. ACT ONE: Is Dave on the…

Yep, we're switching from Mondays to Fridays. Exciting. You can still listen on the Monday but now you have the option to get your NO ENCORE fix right in time for the weekend. How better to start off the new era than to shake things up…

It's a raucous atmosphere in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave Hanratty and Colm O'Regan are joined by Dara Kiely and Daniel Fox of the wonderful Girl Band ahead of their Vicar Street headliner on February 17 in aid of Pieta House. On a…

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…

From an outrageous year in Irish music, it’s no surprise that this year’s Choice Music Prize 2017 shortlist is solid as hell. Decided by a panel of Irish ‘industry types’, the winner will be announced on the 9th of March 2017. For those not…

Greetings. NO ENCORE returns minus one Colm O'Regan who was busy preparing for Electric Picnic at time of recording but luckily Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick are joined by George Morahan and thus don't get bored of one…