NO ENCORE

Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick are reunited once more. NO ENCORE is complete, and completely in tune when it comes to the thorny subject of music's most intimate staple... the duet. A strong Top 5 in its honour this week. Before that, Lana Del Rey is back with a brand new album. It's all happening!ACT ONE: Technical difficulties strike early but we recover in time to preview our next Track X Track episode.ACT TWO (7:10): Cardi B defended. Sting has regrets. Lemmy is number one with a bullet. Lana's not done yet. Meat Loaf back in the big time – all the news that's fit to podcast.ACT THREE (24:17): Lana Del Rey. Chemtrails Over the Country Club. Reviewed.ACT FOUR (41:02): Hollywood nightmares. Chart classics. Regrettable team-ups. Murder ballads. And just plain murder. It's our Best & Worst shouts for Top 5 Duets!NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to throw us the price of a karaoke song on some kind of mystical jukebox. Patreon.com/noencore for bonus episodes – new one on Monday! – episode previews and playlists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Céad míle fáilte! NO ENCORE goes all patriotic in the shadow of St. Patrick's Day as Dave Hanratty and guest co-host Zara Hedderman combine to reveal the very best and most jaw-droppingly dreadful songs about Ireland in this week's Top 5.Before that, a rundown of music's biggest night – the Grammys! Did you watch it? Do you care? Should you? What about the involvement of Fontaines D.C. this year? Much to discuss and plenty more on this episode.ACT ONE (4:54): News! Grammy Awards, Sally Grossman RIP, PlayIrish down, Billie Eilish breaks records, The Beatles are divided, the long-awaited return of Chris Gaines, and Zara's difficult reading material.ACT TWO (39:53): Top 5 Best & Worst Songs About Ireland.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to feel a little bit more Irish by supporting our fiercely independent show – patreon.com/noencore for bonus episodes, playlists, previews and our eternal gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE's movies-and-music side project returns with a film that is definitely not a David Bowie biopic, honest. 1998 cult sensation Velvet Goldmine is up for discussion!What's with Ewan McGregor's accent? What kind of career has Jonathan Rhys Meyers had? Is there an actual point to this film? Are the tunes any use? All that and more up for debate on this glitter-drenched episode...ACT ONE: Arthouse gems. Sunday afternoon dad-core. Prestige TV shows. Jean-Claude Van Damme. It's all happening in What We've Been Watching.ACT TWO (31:48): Velvet Goldmine.Every episode of NO POPCORN is right here: http://spoti.fi/38ZBjOO NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to throw us the price of a cinema ticket in return for bonus episodes, playlists, previews and our eternal gratitude: patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which our two semi-cocooned heroes recall some very recent (and very raw) emotional rollercoasters they’ve experienced when venturing outside (quite the preamble), before they dive into a busy week of musical goodness. It’s the eternally non-fungible, one and only NO ENCORE!ACT ONE: Dave gets caught in a storm (is it hailing? he hadn’t noticed) and Craig (that be me) one-ups a furry nemesis.ACT TWO (6:24): Our usual hypothetical-festival update takes an odd turn, Mumford abandons a son, Gene Simmons might have a point and so End Times are surely upon us. And that’s all before Dave leaves it up to Craig to explain non-fungible token technology. News gonna news.ACT THREE (29:12): Speaking of non-fungible tokens, Kings Of Leon just made history by releasing a record that way. Will they be reinventing the wheel musically with When You See Yourself? We’d settle for a return to early glories. As Craig starts treating a Zane Lowe interview like a deep Freudian text, Dave, well, he tries his very best with it…ACT FOUR (48:22): On a totally unrelated note, we take a look at the Top 5 Sell Out Moments In Music History. Those times when artists dramatically compromised their creative vision to chase buco dinero, essentially. We’re not here to judge. Just have a little fun. That okay with you?If that’s very much okay with you, why not support the show so we don’t have to sell out to Mega Globotech or Jay Z or some such? You can become a valued and adored patron over on patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the most wonderful time of the year – NO ENCORE reviews the RTÉ Choice Music Prize~! Not a lot of ceremony this year for obvious reasons but a great story to celebrate in the form of Denise Chaila's victory. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick are joined by Nialler9 Podcast co-host Andrea Cleary to discuss the event.There's also a controversy-themed Top 5 to run down, the return of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and Dave once again finding himself duking it out with Picture This. The more things change...ACT ONE (3:50): RTÉ Choice Music Prize in review.ACT TWO (29:15): The rest of the news from a busy week including Van Morrison's eyebrow-raising song titles, Taylor Swift's Netflix remorse, Soulja Boy's wrestling beef, Craig's summer lament, and the sad demise of bands.ACT THREE (49:55): Nick Cave. Warren Ellis. Carnage. Reviewed.ACT FOUR (1:01:19): From radio silence to televisual terror, we go through our shouts for Top 5 Banned Songs as Dave finds himself struck down by technological censorship along the way.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to support the show! Bonus episodes, playlists and previews available @ patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pour out a can of motor oil, Daft Punk are no more. That's the lead news story on a busy episode that takes in the new album from Mogwai, an emotional reaction to that work, and a spotlight on instrumental music. It's Dave Hanratty. It's Craig Fitzpatrick. It's NO ENCORE~!ACT ONE (4:46): News! Daft Punk RIP, Kim and Kanye call it a day, a major European festival gets the go-ahead, Robbie Williams goes cinematic, and plenty more.ACT TWO (32:54): Scottish noise merchants Mogwai are back with 10th studio album As The Love Continues. More of the same or grand revitalising statement? Dave and Craig deliver their respective verdicts.ACT THREE (50:52): Top 5 Instrumental Songs.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to support our fiercely independent music show. Bonus episodes, playlists and previews available at patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back at it with the TRACK X TRACK album breakdown episode focus. This time around, Dave Hanratty is joined by Dublin singer-songwriter A. Smyth as he takes us through every song on just-released debut album Last Animals.We get into Smyth's past as frontman of Vann Music and why that experience ultimately soured him on making music altogether, how he picked up the pieces and decided to go out on his own, releasing this project in an unavoidably difficult time, getting attention from the likes of Badly Drawn Boy and Robert Carlyle, and plenty more.Last Animals tracklist:'Rain Boys''Yeah You Said''Don't Let Me Down''Say You Won't Mind''Me And My Old Man''River''Hero''Out Of The Disappear''When It Calls''Tempt'NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you'd like to support what we do. patreon.com/noencore for bonus episodes, playlists, previews and our undying gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greetings and salutations. Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick fly like trapped digital birds, bringing you a busy week in music news and a raucous Top 5 that examines the golden and the grotesque of the Irish Singles Chart over the past 20-and-a-bit years. It's NO ENCORE, baby!ACT ONE: A teaser of our first TRACK X TRACK episode of 2021.ACT TWO (8:40): Thoughts on the Framing Britney Spears documentary and the fallout thereof.ACT THREE (24:04): Other news! Alice Cooper, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams, Megan Thee Stallion and Hoobastank provide intriguing life updates.ACT FOUR (40:30): Many artists have scaled the summit of the Irish Singles Chart over the years. Dave and Craig set their sights on this century as they present the Top 5 Best & Worst efforts that captured the public's pocket money.NO ENCORE is on Patreon if you would like to help us propel some actually good songs to the top of the charts: patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nobody puts NO POPCORN in a corner. 1987's Dirty Dancing comes into focus as Dave Hanratty, David Higgins and Norma Howard reunite on Valentine's Day to discuss the revered and rhythmic Patrick Swayze/Jennifer Grey romance. Is this one of the great soundtracks? Does it have more to say than your average love-themed adventure? Is there enough dancing? And what does it have in common with The Irishman? All this and more on this episode.Every NO POPCORN episode is available at this playlist: http://spoti.fi/38ZBjOO  patreon.com/noencore for bonus episodes, playlists and previewsACT ONE: Five-star classics, Letterboxd favourites. Buzzy but disappointing current affairs. And lots more. It's our round-up of What We've Been Watching. ACT TWO (35:30): Dirty Dancing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the spirit of platonic love, Dave and Craig hand Sonic Architect Adam a live microphone (okay, it's his own microphone) for this week's musical smackdown. We've got a busy news week to contend with, the new Foo Fighters album and a Top 5 all about FRIENDSHIP. Exciting!ACT ONE (2:47): The Weeknd does his Super Bowl thing, The Boss runs afoul of the law, Phoebe Bridgers breaks the Internet, The Cribs recall the MySpace era, Dave Grohl Recommends Corner and #RickRubinInnocent – it's the news.ACT TWO (30:49): Foo Fighters are back with album number ten in the form of Medicine at Midnight, but does it prove a difficult pill to swallow?ACT THREE (46:57): Get your best mate involved, it's Top 5 Songs About Friendship.NO ENCORE is on Patreon and we really do appreciate your support. Get access to bonus episodes, bespoke playlists and our eternal love @ patreon.com/noencore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.