Hozier

At the tender age of 11, Patricia Lalor started uploading cover songs to her YouTube channel. To date, she has amassed some 121K followers, with her cover of Hozier’s 'Cherry Wine' reaching over a million views and earning some great praise…

One final list to round out the year and, indeed, the decade. The end-of-year lists were tough to narrow down, so the task of picking just a few albums from an entire decade of music was straight-up Herculean. Inevitably, we had to leave…

Another year, another list. Here at HeadStuff we've taken a simple approach to the selection process—just picking our own personal favourites. There were some close calls and a few artists can count themselves unfortunate to narrowly miss…

It’s undeniable that 2019 has been a great year for Irish music. Many of the artists included below have found themselves on international end-of-year lists from huge publications. Others have delivered such promising debuts that they could…

The debut album is a statement of artistic creativity, intended to launch a musician's career proper. Not all hit the ground running, however. Even the most important bands in history don't always deliver great debuts. The Beatles debut…

Morrissey is a divisive figure but, love him or loathe him, there’s no denying the creative blast of work he and Johnny Marr were responsible for with The Smiths. The importance of the group's workhorse effort can be outlined simply.…

Welcome, players, to NO ENCORE #154. Jafaris drops in with just days to go until his debut album hits the world, an old friend makes his mark, and the gang try to solve the conundrum that is Andrew Hozier-Byrne. ACT ONE: Icelandic…

2019 has been an interesting year for music so far. Internationally The Specials hit the number one spot with their first release in almost two decades. Whilst at home, Hozier has just released his first album of new material in four years.…

Max Zaska, under the band name of Zaska, is releasing one of the most exciting Irish albums in recent years. It Takes A Village delivers a funk-filled look into our country’s soulful music scene as Max’s creations are brought to life with…

Sri Lanka’s loss is podcasting’s gain as Daithi makes his glorious return to NO ENCORE. Elsewhere in a week of shake-ups, Dave gets his hosting privileges revoked. But who is this mysterious “Michael Encore” getting Craig’s name wrong?…