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Here at HeadStuff, our writers are forever consuming endless amounts of music on top of the stuff we already write about, and thinking about that music in all sorts of different ways so that our brains can compartmentalize the sheer volume…

World Goes Round was the moniker worn by Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers, Jeff Hull and Marty Walsh in 1989. The outrageously talented friend group, consisting of songwriters, singers and musicians from the late '80s LA music scene, pooled…

Wallis Bird erupts on her new album Woman. Her sixth record, socially conscious and emotionally charged, guides the listener through an almost conceptual thirty-seven minutes, as she executes eleven tracks of raw, effervescent excellence.…

Ethereal, pensive, and theatrical, Leon Seti has returned with another synth-pop gem in ‘Cobalt’. The Italian hit #1 in his nation’s charts with this release, another step towards consolidating his career. Conceptually, the album reflects…

Soul/Jazz/funk group Rose Ann Dimalanta are rapidly attaining critical acclaim and success in the touring arena, having just finished up their European leg. Their backgrounds alone should be enough to stoke the interest of any music lover:…

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…

In another difficult week for pretty much anyone with a pulse, it’s good to know that we can  still rely on the power of music to get us through.  That is, until it is inevitably outlawed, so just enjoy it while it lasts. This week,  two…

This year, a lot of shit happened. None of it was good. About one good thing happened on Twitter all year and that was Pokemon GO, and that wasn't even that good because the app kept crashing and nobody even plays it anymore. Pokemon GO did…

Packed, packed house this week in the NO ENCORE studio as film critic and American sports enthusiast Dave Higgins makes his grand return to the podcast and oft-referenced friend of the show Joshua Hughes comes in from the Toronto cold to…

All Tvvins IIVV Just before the chorus kicks in on 'Too Much Silence', the eighth effort on All Tvvins' self-titled (no, really) debut album, a sweeping synth line starts to augment the track and by the time Conor Adams starts to belt…