We're just past the halfway point of the year (only five months till Christmas, how grim is that?) and it's been so front-loaded that there's arguably been too much good music released between January and June (which is the timeframe where…

Chance the Rapper Coloring Book It has been fascinating to watch the recent industry reactions to the changing way that people consume music. Instead of some artists only making their work available for purchase upon release, the new…

James Blake The Colour In Anything James Blake is certainly an artist who is beloved by other artists. In the space between his first and third albums, the perennially shy producer has received a mind boggling assortment of lofty praise…

Episode five of the NO ENCORE podcast begins in solemn fashion as HeadStuff Music Editor Dave Hanratty and Newstalk rock and roll business wordsmith Craig Fitzpatrick weigh up the passing of the brilliant, brilliant Prince, shortly after…

HeadStuff music editor Dave Hanratty is joined by co-hosts Craig Fitzpatrick of Newstalk and Colm O'Regan of Hot Press magazine for some music-related chatter before the studio is invaded by Joe Panama and Stevie Darragh of the mighty…

The 1975 I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It It has been fascinating to observe just how intent the entire music industry is on ruining everything for itself all over again in recent years. An…