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Congratulations to our resident Captain Fiddle on the release of his superb new album, which is out now so go and listen to it! As such, he's not here on NO ENCORE this week. Filling in is the wonderful Brendan Canty, a man who knows a…

The Electric Picnic line up is here, and while it’s not the seismic shift we saw with Longitude, the acts on display are yet another sign of the Irish festival’s embrace of hip-hop and R’n’B as well as their move away from the guitar. The…

"If you know what's good!"  So goes the opening line to Justin Timberlake's single "Filthy", the first off his upcoming album Man In The Woods and his first since the dull yet catchy hit "Can't Stop The Feeling!". There was a time when…

Once upon a midnight dreary, Colm O'Regan returned from holidays to join Dave Hanratty and ethnomusicologist extraordinaire Andrea Cleary on the spookiest NO ENCORE yet. There's terrifying tales aplenty in the world of music news, some…

“This that prom shit, this that what we do don’t tell your Mom shit, this that red cup all on the lawn shit, got a fresh cut straight out the salon, bitch.” – Kanye West, ‘Bound 2’ R&B used to be known as “Race Records”. Music made…

Tyler, The Creator Cherry Bomb Odd Future probably don’t get the credit they deserve as a collective. Frank Ocean could be argued as one of the most exciting talents in the music business as a whole right now and he has two excellent…

The Brit Awards 2015 will forever be known as the year that, by order of Madonna, all capes in the land must be collected and burned at a stake. In a very male-driven, lacklustre night, her Holy Madgesty was to finish off the night with her…