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Time once again to step into the past in order to weigh up the cream of the crop of the Irish music scene. This time out it's 1984, a very special year indeed for NO ENCORE host Dave Hanratty. He and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness are…

Back at it again with sideways glances and informed debate, your NO ENCORE crew go in-depth on two albums of note as a busy week lies ahead. There's all the usual news and new music to ponder, too, but before all that, Craig Fitzpatrick has…

NO ENCORE once again travels back in time for THE REVISIT as Irish albums from a given year duke it out for critical supremacy. 1994 was the year when Ray Houghton spurred Ireland to a memorable victory over Italy in the World Cup but there…

A wrestling reference in the title can only mean wrestling references on the show itself, and this episode of NO ENCORE does indeed kick off with grappling. That, and a wedding, but stay tuned for all the news, a fun interview, the…

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of the phenomenal Prince. As such, the NO ENCORE crew felt it only right and proper to pay tribute to The Purple One with an in-depth Listening Guide for newcomers, novices, die-hards…

Turn the clock back once more as NO ENCORE takes the temperature of the Irish music scene in 1985. It's a serious panel of experts this time out as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness are joined by Nadine O'Regan (Sunday Business Post,…

The rumours are true - Dave and Colm stayed up til much too late/early to watch all seven hours of this year's WrestleMania spectacular. Craig, evidently much more of a grown man, did not. With things already tense between our intrepid…

That's a reference to both a film starring Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter and the NO ENCORE featured album review this week which, incidentally, kinda-sorta divides the room as Dave, Colm and Craig reconvene to make sense of all the…

The boys are back in town, as goes the popular Twitter meme. Hey, someone should maybe write a song about that. NO ENCORE returns with yet more dispatches from the ever-evolving world of music... ACT ONE: A rock star exit leads the…

NO ENCORE once again turns back the clock in order to evaluate a select group of Irish albums from a given year. This time out the team are 2002-bound - a simpler era when Roy Keane caused a national uproar, nu metal was still making an…