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Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where we pick a theme and, er, make a playlist around it. Sometimes you might get an essay, other times you might get just one sentence as a precursor to the laser-focused audio delights that await below. Keith…

There are no shortcuts on the latest NO ENCORE, but the boys are joined by the excellent duo of John Duignan and Conall Ó Breacháin aka We Cut Corners for some lively chat. They're lovely gentleman who make really great music that you…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where we pick a theme and, er, make a playlist around it. Sometimes you might get an essay, other times you might get just one sentence as a precursor to the laser-focused audio delights that await below. Perhaps …

The gang are back together and are joined by guest co-host Zara Hedderman. Zara is a music writer who specialises in the kind of jokes that can only be described as ‘your mileage may vary’. She’s right at home on a rambunctious episode that…

The Strokes Future Present Past Did Shia LaBeouf pulling on a Strokes t-shirt in Transformers really mark the point of no return? The former Disney child star turned vaguely amusing surrealist already has much to answer for, so it might…

DOUBLE FIGURES, AWWWWWWH YEAH. Ahem. To celebrate hitting the big One-Zero, your NO ENCORE boys - Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Colm O'Regan - welcome Kieran McGuinness from the excellent Delorentos on board as a special guest…

Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman Universal/Republic When Ariana Grande presented Saturday Night Live in March, she dedicated part of her opening monologue to a fun, jazzy number entitled ‘What Will My Scandal Be?’. Hazards that have…

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…

Overhead, The Albatross Learning To Growl I was a little late to the Overhead, The Albatross hype. I encountered them first on the NO ENCORE podcast, where they chatted about music, life as musicians in Ireland, and were generally just…

Prince, the greatest musical artist to ever walk this planet, has passed away. The temptation when we lose such impossibly outstanding humans is to convince ourselves of their immortality. “He can never truly die.” “He’s one of those people…