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Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 8 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. This week, St.…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 2 below, or scroll to the bottom for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Despite all that has happened this year, music…

It's the final stop before NO ENCORE LIVE II hits Whelan's and the boys are very excited indeed. What's more, a year-long saga is finally resolved as ace DJ extraordinaire Claire Beck hops into the guest co-host seat. Chaos ensues.…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week:…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week; Bitch…

I won’t caveat this list with the usual ‘2016 was terrible’, we all know it was. Check out the 10 Worst Songs of the Year, for instance. Instead, we might choose to focus on something positive - this year has been one of the best for…

With a thud, unfortunately. In the final 'regular' episode of the year - LISTMANIA is right around the corner, folks! - the NO ENCORE boys tackle Abel Tesfaye's latest effort for global pop domination - Starboy. Before that, there's much to…

Dark times in the NO ENCORE studio as Dave loses a tooth, Craig deals with a sudden tragedy and Colm... is in pretty good form by comparison, actually. Elsewhere it's a bright summer day as the boys tackle a pretty shoddy batch of new…

Man down in the NO ENCORE studio this week as Craig gives everyone a free tick on the bingo/drinking game as Dave and Colm hold down the fort. Not to worry as they're joined by ethnomusicologist (yep) and HeadStuff contributor Andrea…