Jay Z

It's common in Ireland to see a sign saying 'soup and sambo offer' or 'tea and sambo'. In Ireland this doesn't raise an eyebrow but for people from other countries it is a really strange thing to see. The word 'sambo' is an old - fashioned…

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: The…

Dave, Colm and Craig are back once again and getting used to this whole 'all three guys present for the same episode' schtick, so maybe that'll catch on if we're very lucky. A packed episode of NO ENCORE takes a look at the huge and…

Happy Christmas, it's the podcast. NO ENCORE is back with an absolutely stuffed episode, so let's act accordingly and see what's going down in the music world, shall we? ACT ONE: Dave and Colm report back from Wolf Alice in 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…

Back once again for the renegade master, your NO ENCORE collective bring all the noise on a busy week. News, songs, TWO albums and a Top 10. What more do you want - blood?? ACT ONE: Some talk on The Big Fight. ACT TWO: News! Jay-Z…

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…

It’s a busy week in the world of music, so there’s plenty for our tenacious trio to wade through. With Craig mic’d up and all, eyes are cast towards a pair of new albums, another example of exclusive-release chicanery, Dave’s favourite…

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…

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…