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The boys are back in town, as goes the popular Twitter meme. Hey, someone should maybe write a song about that. NO ENCORE returns with yet more dispatches from the ever-evolving world of music... ACT ONE: A rock star exit leads the…

2016 is going to go down in the books as a pretty horrible and grim year and yes, while lots of bad things did indeed occur and a great many beloved cultural heroes bowed out, good stuff happened too. No, really. Google it. There were good…

Well, it would be rude not to, wouldn't it? After all, we've had the 20 Best Songs of the year to date* so this is the only logical follow-up. Following a truly rigorous selection process, we've come up with a fair reflection of the…