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NO ENCORE returns to review a Kanye West album for the very first time, and what an album to start with. Elsewhere, there's live recaps of Forbidden Fruit and Nick Cave - who also gets his very own Listening Guide - some brief metal…

Greetings! NO ENCORE is a house reestablished as your OG Wrecking Crew finally reconvene. But that's not good enough, so there's a guest onboard for company. On the agenda; music's most scorching beef of the moment, the new album from…

New Music Weekly is your one-stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week: Drake,…

NO ENCORE is back back back and it's brought a fresh Listening Guide along for company. This time out, Craig takes a deep dive into all things Manic Street Preachers, before latest album Resistance Is Futile goes under the…

Forget song of the summer. Who cares about the summer? The song of the year has already been decided and the ballots have been closed since March. The race was won when this particular song somehow made the line “I don’t really care if you…

Picture the scene: It's 2015 and Drake is the undisputed king of rap. He's completely redefined what a rap star could be and is well into his phase of absolute pop superstardom. He has helped flame the careers of Kendrick Lamar, Future, The…

YOUR terrible/terrific NO ENCORE trio are reunited and it feels so good. It's an all killer, no filler episode as Dave, Craig and Colm get straight to the point, keep it real and some other generic way of saying 'Hey, just listen to the…

Hello there, It's me, Alan. As you may have heard. I'm not going to be HeadStuff's Humour editor for much longer. Basically as soon as the new person says yes I'll vanish in a puff of smoke. What I'm saying is this is probably my last…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the low down on what you might have missed. This week; Drake,…

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…