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We're gonna make you a podcast you can't refuse.  NO ENCORE returns with a star-studded episode as Dave Hanratty and special guest co-host Peter McGann run the rule over the very best in gangster movie music.  From glorious needle drops to breathtaking original score work, the organised crime motion picture has boasted some genuinely incredible audio over the years – and we're happy to break the sacred code of omertà to deliver our favourites in this week's Top 5 face-off. If you're somehow unfamiliar with this week's co-host, Peter is a renowned Internet sensation funnyman hero type, and you can catch his Great Lad live stand-up show on tour this September at multiple venues across Ireland. Get your tickets at this here link.  And now, on with our packed show... ACT ONE (10:11): Sonic Architect Adam gives us an in-person landfill indie update, Royal Blood throw a right royal strop, Matty Healy doubles down, and if you could only go and see Barbie or Oppenheimer, which would you choose? It's the week in music – and film – news. ACT TWO (43:37): Top 5 Mafia Movie Music Follow Peter on Instagram Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wake up, it's a beautiful morning! Time to get some restorative, life-affirming music into our bloodstream. News Champion Richard Chambers returns to the show and there's much to discuss, including the latest mania surrounding Taylor Swift, the sad passing of the legendary Tina Turner, and that aforementioned energy rush of music to kick-start your day.  ACT ONE (5:45): Tina Turner remembered, Taylor Swift weirdness, Ed Sheeran reluctance, Donald Trump versus the Village People, and so much more - it's the week in music.  ACT TWO (44:47): Top 5 Morning Kickstarters.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE goes Top of the Flops this week with an exciting crossover episode of sorts... The wonderful and amazing Fionnuala Jones – host of Flop Culture and Bandwagons among many other things – returns to the guest co-host microphone for a vivid and sometimes shocking deep-dive into the most noteworthy flops to ever do it from a music point of view. All that and plenty of news to get stuck into: ACT ONE (4:49): An incredible piece of music gets the respect it deserves, Fionnuala reflects on this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Taylor Swift's latest spiky missive, and why The Weeknd wants you ti give his new television show a chance – it's the news ACT TWO (34:05): TOP 5 MUSIC FLOPS Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey, hope you like SHOUTY ANGSTY MEN. No, not Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan, but rather the many frontmen that feature in this week's Top 5.  It's time to get down to business with all things Midwest Emo - American, not Irish - and highlight the visceral diamonds of a deeply influential and beautifully noisy music scene.  And who better to guide us through this emotive world than the force of nature that is debuting guest co-host Hugh Carr?  ACT ONE: Let's introduce that man Hugh Carr.  ACT TWO (7:14): Much to discuss - Bruce Springsteen rocks Dublin, Wild Youth prompt a fevered Eurovision Song Contest debate, Pusha T ruins Dave's week, Bad Bunny fires up Puerto Rico with his WWE heroics... it's the week in music news!  ACT THREE (45:17): Top 5 Midwest Emo. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE returns with a cinematic proposition - brand new Irish film Lakelands is in cinemas now, telling the story of a promising GAA footballer who suffers a life-changing injury and the difficult fallout that follows.  Co-director, writer and producer Robert Higgins joins the show to discuss the making of the critically-acclaimed project, while NO ENCORE alumnus Daithí takes us behind the music of the original score he created for the film.  Lakelands is playing in select Irish cinemas from Friday, 5 May.  ACT ONE (4:17): Ed Sheeran in the dock yet again, Taylor Swift and Matty Healy provoke the gossip columns, Fall Out Boy get especially emotional, and Nick Cave endures some royal abuse - it's the week in music news.  ACT TWO (27:33): The music and the making of Lakelands.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's grind some gears. NO ENCORE is back and so too is the force of nature that is Zara Hedderman.  Zara joins Dave Hanratty this week to reveal some of the more irksome aspects about this beloved thing called music.  Let's go... ACT ONE (8:30): Dave vows to pronounce things better from now on, Frank Ocean fallout continues, Matty Healy would like to make amends, one of Taylor Swift's employees is suitably impressed, and what beloved sub-genre is finally maybe possibly making a glorious comeback? It's the news!  ACT TWO (31:17): Top 5 Music Pet Hates. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He's back. NO ENCORE's proud Cork prodigal son returns to the microphone to provide razor-sharp support – welcome back, Colm O'Regan! Dave Hanratty is only delighted to be reunited with his boy, even if it is via the medium of a Zoom screen.  The guys tackle a busy news section before getting to the main event – Colm's pick, no less. Let's talk about the most intriguing and show-stealing support acts we've seen over the years in the live arena, shall we? We shall! ACT ONE (4:55): Mark Sheehan of The Script RIP, Frank Ocean and Jai Paul make headlines at Coachella, a Lord of the Rings concert goes awry, good tidings on the Soundgarden front, and what's this about a 'lost' Oasis album? It's the news.  ACT TWO (36:06): Top 5 Show-Stealing Support Acts.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE returns to your ears once more, this time joined by a very special guest co-host – the returning Ailbhe Reddy! The prolific singer-songwriter has just released sophomore album Endless Affair and is on the promotional trail – don't miss Ailbhe's upcoming double-header at Whelan's in Dublin on May 5th and 6th, or elsewhere if you can catch her. Ailbhe joined Dave Hanratty in-studio for a chat about her recent American jaunt, her new album, and performing on the Irish institution that is The Late Late Show. She also selected this week's Top 5 – all about movie needle drops.  But what is a needle drop, you ask? Well, it's the moment in a movie when a song plays out of nowhere in a bid to create some kind of atmospheric tension or manipulate your emotions in some form or fashion.  A genuinely impossible task to just nail down five of these each, but Dave and Ailbhe tried their very best. The results speak for themselves, hopefully... Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New season, new era, new rules.  Okay that last one isn't strictly true, I'm just quoting a Scream movie tagline. More on that kind of thing next week.  For now, NO ENCORE returns with Dave Hanratty joined by guest co-host Mark Conroy, who brings a particularly heavy Top 5 subject with him – seriously, this episode goes to some unavoidably emotional places, so be warned.  Elegies are the order of the day as the boys present their shouts for the standout musical numbers that honour those who have departed this mortal coil.  And if that sounds a touch too heavy for your Easter weekend, they also find time to throw Ed Sheeran under the bus. The metaphorical bus. We wish him no major harm. Honest.  ACT ONE (6:17): Ed Sheeran rubbishes the delicate art of music criticism, Dua Lipa boards the Barbie movie, Dave rants about the Barbie movie, Keanu Reeves shows love to one of his favourite bands, a former Red Hot Chili Pepper throws shade, James Hetfield pens his masterpiece, and just how much money does Diddy owe Sting? It's the news! ACT TWO (38:13): Top 5 Songs For The Dead Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay, there's 'It's been a while' and then there's 'We haven't had a new one of these in a full year' – please welcome back the one, the only, NO POPCORN~! Fashionably late to an unacceptable degree, the 'Movies x Music' side project of NO ENCORE finally returns with a bang – it's time to talk all about TÁR.  Dave Hanratty is joined by ace pop culture journalist Jenn Gannon and former Le Galaxie frontman Michael Pope to discuss the incredible orchestral psychological thriller union of director Todd Field and actor Cate Blanchett.  A complex motion picture, and a pretty tremendous one. What does TÁR have to say about 'cancel culture'? What do we think of its much-discussed ending? Was Cate Blanchett being serious when she described this as a "potentially career-ending" role? And how does The Blair Witch Project fit in? All of this and much more is discussed in this very episode.  Every NO POPCORN episode to date is available on Spotify here: https://tinyurl.com/y6m24m82  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strap in, it's 2001; A Podcast Odyssey. Dave Hanratty is joined by the one-and-only Zara Hedderman to take a throwback look at the turn of the millennium, and the good, the bad and the ugly that music served up at the time. Why? Because of that new music documentary everyone is talking about, of course. Elsewhere, there's all the music news that's fit to podcast about, and Zara reveals some shocking truths about acts that you couldn't pay her to see live! ACT ONE (4:50): Music film shut-out at the Oscars, Slash gets into the slasher business, Liam Gallagher goes up in the world, and a twenty-two-year-old Meg White debate causes the Internet to melt down. ACT TWO (42:42): TOP 5 SONGS FROM THE YEAR 2001 (BEST & WORST). Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thoughtful organic team-ups and shameless cash-grabs collide this week as the boys face off to determine the good and the bad of the humble supergroup.  Dave Hanratty is here, as are Craig Fitzpatrick (yes, still) and Sonic Architect Adam. A supergroup in its own right, surely.  And a super thank you to anyone who supports NO ENCORE on Patreon! For episode previews, playlists and bonus content hit up patreon.com/noencore today! ACT ONE (7:52): Glastonbury headliners provoke annoyance, Rolling Stone provokes The Weeknd, Jamie Lee Curtis provokes the nature of major concert planning - it's the news.  ACT TWO (44:37): Donald Trump is directly responsible for one of our TOP 5 SUPERGROUPS~!  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us, won't you, as we enter... THE YARL ZONE.  Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick put the music world to rights once more, with a keen focus on the phenomenon that is 'The Yarl' – in short, it's a style of slurring singing made famous by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and many others. In-depth... well, it's a killer Top 5. Elsewhere, we've got gig reports, lots of news, and Dave oversharing about his personal life. Truly, it wouldn't be like him... ACT ONE: Dave delivers the verdict on two very different live shows – an intimate Saturday night in the company of new Irish union Driven Snow, and a star-studded midweek engagement with Scottish kings Young Fathers.  ACT TWO (21:04): Damon Albarn briefly ruins Craig's weekend, Pink makes a shaky case for her defence, Sean Dyche cops to his muso leanings, and more – it's the week in news. ACT THREE (50:01): Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgggggh! It's our TOP 5 YARL ANTHEMS~! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys are (still) back in town, baby!  Gather around the wireless for another rip-roaring edition of NO ENCORE! It's a buoyant and busy affair, so let's get to it... ACT ONE (8:30): A stacked news section takes in Ed Sheeran's hot hot pivot, rugby atmosphere improvement, Liam Gallagher responding to Matty Healy, a bizarre mix-up involving Bring Me The Horizon, and much more. ACT TWO (49:25): Top 5 Bad Songs On Classic Albums.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following last week’s emotional bombshell, Craig Fitzpatrick and Dave Hanratty commit to a difficult future by refusing to share the same physical space – that’s right, it’s a Zoom-based episode. Unavoidable logistical circumstances or something more sinister? Who can say? In any event, there’s a lot to discuss this week. We’ve got respective cinema outings. We’ve got the musical element of the Super Bowl. We’ve got Matty Healy’s mission to get cancelled by his own loyal stan-base. And we’ve got some superb music for our latest Top 5 face-off.  Meanwhile, we want to hear from YOU about the future of this very show. Feel free to drop a mail to noencoreshow@gmail.com with any and all feedback, which is very much welcome. And we’re over on patreon.com/noencore if you can support what we do. ACT ONE: It’s the preamble in which we ramble – Craig reflects on his announcement and reports back from a romantic cinema jaunt. Dave, meanwhile, had some notable big-screen experiences of his own.  ACT TWO (21:24): A busy news section takes in the sad passing of De La Soul icon Trugoy The Dove, Rihanna’s date with the Super Bowl, U2’s upcoming Las Vegas-set Larry Mullen-less endeavour, and Matty Healy podcast anxiety. ACT THREE (1:01:19): Top 5 Title Tracks. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Tis the season, and both love and heartbreak are in the air as Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick bring you the NO ENCORE guide to the break-up song. On a highly-emotional episode we also find time for some bone-chilling film reviews, break down the biggest headlines from this year's Grammy Awards, and try and make sense of a genuinely sad moment for the show. ACT ONE: Dave reveals why abstract lo-fi horror sensation Skinamarink gave him a sleepless night, and Craig has a big announcement. ACT TWO (17:56): Attempting to recover from that bombshell, the boys set about putting the music news world to rights. We've got Grammy's, we've got Steely Dan remorse and we've got cinema etiquette - Zara Larsson must be stopped, insists Dave. ACT THREE (58:21): TOP 5 BREAK-UP SONGS (BEST & WORST) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NO ENCORE returns! And what better way to roll back into the new season than with, yep - you guessed it, A QUIZ. Quizmaster Dave Hanratty presides over NO ENCORE Quiz Champion Craig Fitzpatrick while he defends his title against no other than friend-of-the-show and regular guest Zara Hedderman. A worthy opponent, indeed, but who will prevail? Only time will tell. Happy belated new year, dear listener, and welcome back! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did it. We completed 2022. Music-wise, at least.  Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick saddle up once more to deliver their shouts for the 10 Best Albums of 2022. We laughed, we cried, we loved, we learned, we listened. Thanks for lending us your ears throughout the year. Much love! ACT ONE (3:08): #10 through #6 in our long-player shouts. ACT TWO (33:47): The Top 5 is revealed and the great debate begins. What will be crowned the coveted NO ENCORE Album of the Year for 2022? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the penultimate NO ENCORE of the year! Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick sit down in the company of Sonic Architect Adam for part one of our annual reflection corner. This year, we've scaled it back to 10 songs in a bid to really focus on the true gold, and also allow for the fact that we're not sure just how banner a year it was. But wait, come back! We have a brilliant list, trust us. And if you thought this meant you were being short-changed on the audio front... well, I mean, check that episode run-time. Thank you so much for being a supporter of the show in 2022. Hopefully you find a gem or two in this list, and don't disagree with us too much. Love ya.  ACT ONE: It's the preamble in which we do indeed ramble, but we save the most important words of all for the late, great musical genius that was Angelo Badalamenti. ACT TWO (5:47): The preamble for the list commences! Honourable mentions, Adam's own personal shouts, and our feeling on the overall quality of 2022. ACT THREE (20:22): We run through numbers 10 through 6 on the big Songs of 2022 countdown. ACT FOUR (59:00): The great Top 5 debate gets underway – what will take the ultimate crown as our most favourite song of the year? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the first ever(!) NO ENCORE best-of clip show! Join Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan for 2 hours and 25 minutes of the best moments that NO ENCORE had to offer in 2022 as curated by us here at NO ENCORE HQ, friends of the show and you, the listener. Enjoy, & we'll see you very soon for our end-of-year lists - which will be arriving on the following dates: Friday 23rd December - BEST SONGS OF 2022 Friday 30th December - BEST ALBUMS OF 2022 Chat then! -Dave, Craig & Adam. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.