Lorde

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…

In recent years, Romanian-born producer Emi Dragoi has worked on tracks for the likes of G-Eazy, Tory Lanez, and Sasha Sloan. Now, he's signed a publishing deal with Duke City, the label of Grammy-nominated producer and artist King Henry.…

2017 happened, whether we liked it or not. We’ve had a week or so to open our eyes again after the Christmas hibernation period, and it would appear that we have to do it all over again in 2018. Donald Trump is still the president of the…

Happy Listmas, one and all~! Yep, it's that time of year again as the NO ENCORE wrecking crew run down the very best songs of the year. Let's do this. The NO ENCORE Top 20 Songs of 2017

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…

Jack Antonoff is an industry guy. You know him even if you don’t think you do. Check under the hood of any pop album released in the last few years and there’s a decent chance that Antonoff’s fingerprints are in there somewhere. Antonoff…

It's a jam-packed edition of NO ENCORE this week with gig recaps, a fresh listening guide, a fun interview with the excellent Ho99o9 and all the usual regular fun and games to boot. Exciting. Zara Hedderman returns as Colm continues to…

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…

Your glorious NO ENCORE trio convene to make sense of things in a post-Trump world. It's a fun episode though, honest. ACT ONE: Reaction to President Trump, Michael Stipe's present and past strange activities, Lorde pens a very…