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When The National dropped ‘Tropic Morning News’ as the lead single for their new album in January, it very much felt like the Cincinnati indie icons had delivered a top tier track to rival their 2007-2013 peak (the four records from Boxer…

We’ve covered our favourite Irish records of 2020 and now it’s time for the final list of the year—the best albums of 2020. From much-needed pop escapism to doom-laden indie folk, with a few lockdown recordings thrown in for good measure,…

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…

We did it guys, we made it through July! Take a moment, celebrate. Then listen to our latest episode, which is a joyous affair. Dave and Craig throw down on the apparently literally perfect new Taylor Swift album and then duke it…

Taylor Swift broke the Irish Internet today when she wore a geansaí. It launched a thousand versions of the same joke - she looked a bit like one of the Clancy Brothers. In today's BONUS episode we look at the history of the Aran…

Your core NO ENCORE trio are back together as Dave, Craig and Daithí finally convene again. On the agenda; Slipknot in conversation, Taylor Swift's latest long-player, and a brief dive into James Bond territory... ? ACT ONE: Craig…

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…

Two episodes in three days? The decadence. Business as usual for the NO ENCORE trio with definitely nothing different whatsoever. Meanwhile, Bruce Springsteen is back. ACT ONE: Dave quite literally Takes Back Sunday. ACT TWO:…

The year is 2019 AD and Earth’s population has been decimated to the point where there’s no one left to assume NO ENCORE hosting duties bar Craig Fitzpatrick. We’d say may God have mercy on our souls if it wasn’t already clear he…

NO ENCORE returns to tackle this week's musical happenings as Fionnuala Jones makes her grand debut alongside Dave and Colm, with Craig once again succumbing to the horrors of college work. With everything from impromptu gigs to the new…