NO ENCORE

It's 2022, and what better way to close out January than with a booster dose of Before The ENCORE! We're back, baby. And better than ever after our Christmas Break.This month, I sat down with Bekah Molony; an artist manager, stage designer and booker. Lengthy chat, many many topics covered and really enjoyed learning about Bekah's role in the industry.Bekah currently manages rap artist Celaviedmai and has done stage design for artists like shiv, Nealo & Bobbi Arlo. Click through the names to see hear their music if you aren't familiar already.Enjoy, and see you all next month.-Sonic Architect Adam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And breathe. The new season of NO ENCORE continues apace as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick reunite and attempt to set the musical world to rights once more.First order of business – a personal life update from Dave that also somehow finds space for some bizarre humour. Wouldn't be like him.Beyond that we've got a notably spicy news section, an album that provokes quite the rant and a signature Top 5 to take us home.ACT ONE (1:05): Dave speaks about the passing of his father John.ACT TWO (14:06): Dave speaks about why tweeting is a bad idea.ACT THREE (21:33): It's the news, baby. Meat Loaf RIP, Neil Young battles Joe Rogan, Damon Albarn suffers Swift wrath, and can those crazy Morrissey and Marr kids ever work it out?ACT FOUR (42:53): Yard Act are the hot new hipster UK band of the moment. The Overload is their album. This is our review of both.ACT FIVE (55:59): In honour (?) of Ireland's newfound relaxed approach to Covid-19 restrictions, we detail our Top 5 Songs About Freedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over Blue Monday? Good, it’s just another day of the week. So let’s kick on with the rest of 2022 – NO ENCORE returns with a Craig/Zara/(silent) Adam power trio special.Dave will be back on the mic next week but, before that glorious moment, there’s an FKA twigs alb… mixtape to debate and our Top 5 'Days Of The Week’ Songs to discuss.If you'd like to support the show, please consider hitting up patreon.com/noencore. Every little helps us and thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to date.ACT ONE (7:35): Rhapsodising over Ronnie Spector while Bono and Robbie Williams show their vulnerable sides, Sheeranville becomes the next Graceland, we stumble across some breaking Steely Dan news and, yes, Craig On Ye!ACT TWO (37:04): FKA twigs explores her collaborative side on Caprisongs but will Zara and Craig be on the same page? Probably an implied spoiler in there, yes, students of subtext…ACT THREE (54:35): Our Top 5 Songs With The Name Of A Day In The Title. Both a mouthful and a very fun time, which someone ends up simultaneously being one of our most leftfield and downright typical segments in ages.**Some audio gremlins got into Zara's audio file this week so we had to use out backup Zoom audio - please forgive the slightly lower fidelity this week dear listener, it's been a while!** - Sonic Architect Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, this is Listmas.And what have we done?Another year over.A new NO ENCORE countdown just begun~!It's time to run down the very best long-players of the year gone by as we go from #20 down to #6 before pivoting into a Top 5 debate to decide the overall Best Album of 2021.Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Zara Hedderman are in the collective driving seat one more time – please enjoy our final episode of the year and thank you very, very much for listening to us in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let me hear you SCREAM.NO POPCORN returns for the final time in 2021 with one hell of a choice for a Christmas movie – Mark Wahlberg's 2001 rags to riches hard-rock adventure ROCK STAR~!That's right, it's the tale of a wannabe... who got to be.Is this a comedy? Are the songs any good? Do we root for Mark Wahlberg's character? Just how many things can one seemingly average man invent in his lifetime? Just how many narrative dead ends can one movie commit itself to?All these questions and more shall be answered as Dave Hanratty and David Higgins get ready to stand up and shout...ACT ONE: What We've Been Watching including House of Gucci, The Last Duel (again), Petite Maman, Spencer, Beckett, and Lamb.ACT TWO (19:25): Rock Star. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh boy. It's that time of year once again. LISTMAS IS UPON US~!That's right – it's time for part one of the NO ENCORE end of year spectacular.As the title rather gives it away, it's the Best Songs of 2021. Dave Hanratty, Craig Fitzpatrick and Zara Hedderman count 'em down from #20 to #6 before engaging in a Top 5 debate for the ages.What will be crowned the overall Song of 2021? The tension is real but so too is the love.And speaking of – thanks for being here with us, dear listener. Hope you discover a few gems on this one.And if you love what we do – don't be a stranger to our Patreon page. Top 20 Albums of 2021 next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave and Craig are here in the depths of winter to warm you up with a nostalgic deep dive into the year we’ve dubbed “Summertime For Humanity”. Final standard episode of the year, so we’re getting a bit meta, getting a bit silly.ACT ONE (7:24): The 2021 news ain’t done. Wanna know about a Queen member launching a foul-mouthed attack on Sacha Baron Cohen, what The Coronas have in common with a Belgian death metal band, and how Prince William kickstarts his Monday morning? Course ya do!ACT TWO (25:11):  Time to make a compelling case for 1999 being The Most Noteworthy Year Of All Time. Dave brings us the worst songs that year had to offer, and Craig brings the very best (plus a monologue, plus a megamix…) for an unmissable Top 5.Patreon.com/noencore if you’d like to send some Christmas cheer our way, and get bonus content in return! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

December is but a few days old so you know what that means – it's time to go full Christmas!That's right, it's the very best and the absolute dirt worst of festive sonics, as delivered by Dave Hanratty (in full Grinch mode) and Craig Fitzpatrick (generally on the side of the season). So, let's do it to it before it does it to us...ACT ONE (4:56): The trawl through the news week brings clarification from Brian May, redemption for Yoko Ono, Craig's review of the Beatles documentary everyone is watching, honour for Rihanna, a ruck for Rod, and respect for Don McClean.ACT TWO (27:08): Top 5 Christmas Songs – Best (Craig) and Worst (Dave). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**EDIT - audio now fixed! Sincere apologies**Did you miss me? I bet you didn't, but here's a new pod anyway!My latest edition of Before The ENCORE was one of my first ever recordings, and I was very fortunate to have had the pleasure to sit down and speak to one of my good musical friends for a lengthy chat.Robert O'Halloran is more colloquially known in the music industry as lo-fi producer extraordinaire JarJarJr. He first rose to prominence in the Irish scene by featuring as the man behind the music on Kojaque's Bubby's Cream, one of the notable tracks on the Deli Daydreams mixtape, all the while gathering millions (yes, millions) of plays on Soundcloud and creating a name for himself as a seminal player in the lo-fi hip-hop instrumental genre worldwide.In this episode we discuss moving platforms, creative blocks and how to navigate them, finding your feet as a producer and his Splice sample pack, as well as many other musings in between. It's a long one but informative for sure, so strap in and enjoy.-Sonic Architect Adam Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take a week off and the music world goes into overdrive. Typical.Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick reunite with plenty to discuss; from a transcendent live experience to an intimate brush with a bona fide mega-star to the new Adele album to, but of course, a spotlight focus on the legendary genre that is... DIVORCECORE~!NO ENCORE is back, baby! Support us on Patreon if you're in the mood – https://www.patreon.com/noencore – new episode of NO AUX CORD in a few days!ACT ONE (3:36): Dave went to For Those I Love. It was emotional.ACT TWO (11:35): Dave went to the Garth Brooks press conference. It was also emotional.ACT THREE (26:39): In other news... Brian May has some thoughts on the BRIT Awards' new direction, the Grammy Awards are back, The Weeknd would rather play video games, and Adele has saved music, apparently.ACT FOUR (38:09): Speaking of Adele, how's that new album sound? The boys drill down into 30.ACT FIVE (54:53): Top 5 Divorcecore Songs – Best (Dave) & Worst (Craig). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.