Vampire Weekend

It's been a long-awaited return for Vampire Weekend fans, and their fifth studio album, Only God Was Above Us (OGWAU) does not disappoint. Breaking away from their previous Afro-Americana and folk-inspired sounds, this album is a…

As we near the halfway mark of 2019, the HeadStuff music writers have picked out 9 of the best albums of the year so far. From Bridie to Billie, scroll down to read about our personal favourites. Grim Town - SOAK Is this the coolest…

NO ENCORE is back on a two-man vibe with another packed deep dive into the realm of all things music. There's a chat with SOAK as she releases new album Grim Town, thoughts on Kanye's Sunday Service, Dave versus the national broadcaster,…

NO ENCORE finally goes to Colm's neck of the woods as the podcast touches down in Cork for the Quarter Block Party festival. A lively episode takes in everything from the new Franz Ferdinand album to Justin Timberlake's dodgy innuendo to…

The NO ENCORE crew summon Daithi from the subs bench for a typically raucous episode that tackles ALL aspects of the past seven days or so in the music world. Were you at Electric Picnic 2017? Us neither, but we have a review... ACT…

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam I Had A Dream That You Were Mine With the blow of multi-instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij's departure from Vampire Weekend still fresh comes his collaboration with former Walkmen frontman…

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…

In 1997 and 2000, Radiohead gave us back-to-back releases that would immeasurably change the direction of alternative rock. If the first, OK Computer, redefined the sound of the guitar-driven band, then the follow-up would completely…