U2

This week, Sean Spicer said some things about Hitler, Kendrick Lamar released an album, and new drugs are set to become available for people living with cystic fibrosis. It was also National Pet Day, so that was nice. #SeanSpicer claims…

It's Irish album flashback time once again on NO ENCORE as Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness step into 1988 alongside the lively panel of DJ, MC extraordinaire and all-round culture vulture Rick O'Shea, HeadStuff Music Editor Andrea…

‘Are you a U2 fan?’ is a question I’ve been asked so many times I’ve lost count. The question reads differently depending who I’m with. I shirk when asked in a certain circle of friends, those brought up on a diet of post-punk and indie…

It was a highly eventful evening in The Workman's Club, Dublin, as NO ENCORE - The HeadStuff Podcast Network's only music podcast - turned 50 in some style. There was NO ENCORE LIVE! Not your usual instalment, this episode takes in…

THE REVISIT podcast returns to tackle a given year in Irish music and the gold standard thereof. It's gone all Y2K - remember that particular hysteria? - this time out as regular hosts Dave Hanratty and Delorentos man Kieran McGuinness…

The RTE Choice Music Prize, that is. This week, your NO ENCORE wrecking crew boasts a roundtable of academic music-related excellence as it welcomes back Kieran McGuinness of Delorentos fame alongside your regular trio of Dave, Craig and…

Recorded before the insecure drummer from The Blizzards @'ed Craig on Twitter, the latest NO ENCORE is a whirling dervish of life, love, the future and wait no hang on that's not what we're about at all. It's a music podcast, so let's talk…

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…

A Bruce Springsteen gig is never run of the mill. I’ve seen him eleven times now, all told. The first time was the Tunnel of Love tour, and since then I’ve seen him reunite the E Street Band, play solo, and play with the Seeger Sessions…

Baby, I compare you to a shift from a rose on the gray. - Shift From A Rose, Seal But I would never shift anyone Who doesn't burn me like the sun And I remember every shift Like my first shift Like my first shift - And I Remember…