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The boys are back in town the studio together for the first time since the triumphant live outing at The Workman's Club. Craig's fresh from yet another wild stag weekend, Colm is basking in the afterglow of judging the Choice Music Prize…

What can possibly be left to say about Ed Sheeran, 'Galway Girl' and its parent record? Plenty, as it turns out. With Colm off performing jury duty, Dave and Craig are joined by their former Hot Press colleague Celina Murphy to try and…

It's Irish album flashback time once again on NO ENCORE as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness step into 1988 alongside the lively panel of DJ, MC extraordinaire and all-round culture vulture Rick O'Shea, HeadStuff Music Editor Andrea…

It was a highly eventful evening in The Workman's Club, Dublin, as NO ENCORE - The HeadStuff Podcast Network's only music podcast - turned 50 in some style. There was NO ENCORE LIVE! Not your usual instalment, this episode takes in…

Time to party like it's 1992 on THE REVISIT as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness turn back the clock alongside MayKay (Fight Like Apes, Other Voices), Conall Ó Breacháin (We Cut Corners) and Brian Mooney (The Idiots, Jape, David Kitt,…

Colm O’Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick are again embarking on a two-man expedition through the murky waters of the music world this week, as the half-century mark draws ever closer for NO ENCORE (tickets for the landmark live show available…

The streak is over. It was going to take something serious for Dave Hanratty to miss a recording for the first time, but a suspected bout of tonsillitis -  has felled the NO ENCORE mainstay this week. Regardless, his able colleagues Colm…

THE REVISIT podcast returns to tackle a given year in Irish music and the gold standard thereof. It's gone all Y2K - remember that particular hysteria? - this time out as regular hosts Dave Hanratty and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness…

Your beloved NO ENCORE boys are back in the saddle, despite illness doing its utmost to drive them apart. ACT ONE: Dave details his still-not-quite-over-it viral infection before the lads get stuck into some important news with…

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…