wild beasts

UK band Blossomer have released their brand-new extended-play HLLW, which was released via Instant Karma on January 11, 2019. The EP opens with the title track ‘HLLW’. The song is majestic and soaring, with the effortlessly gentle tone of…

New Music Weekly is your one stop shop for new releases in the world of music each and every week. From the best of the best, to some of the rest, Mark Conroy is here to give you the lowdown on what you might have missed. This week: Wild…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where HeadStuff staff and friends siphon through exciting art to craft essential listening experiences you didn’t know you needed. It's the most wonderful time of the year....End of the Year Lists time. Here we have…

Good news! Your core NO ENCORE trio of Dave Hanratty, Colm O'Regan and Craig Fitzpatrick are back together as one solid, wildly charismatic and opinionated unit. On the agenda in a busy hour; movies, TV shows, comedians but mostly…

Wild Beasts Boy King Indie music is struggling through a fallow period, looking upon an irreversible downward curve. Good bands are still making good albums, of course, but younger genres are producing interesting and exciting music far…

Man down in the NO ENCORE studio this week as Craig gives everyone a free tick on the bingo/drinking game as Dave and Colm hold down the fort. Not to worry as they're joined by ethnomusicologist (yep) and HeadStuff contributor Andrea…

Yep, there’s no two ways about it – your NO ENCORE brothers in arms simply had to weigh in on the whole Kimye/Taylor situation, despite host Dave’s protestations to the contrary. You read that correctly; Dave didn’t want to talk about Kanye…

It’s a day of joy and celebration in the NO ENCORE studio as colleagues and friends gather to honour the birthday of humble host Dave Hanratty. As such, it’s a pretty ramshackle affair as our merry trio are joined by the returning Zara…

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…