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Our final seasonal gift of the year to you, dear listener!Sonic Architect Adam returns with our annual epic of our favourite moments on the podcast-proper for plenty of laughs to keep you company over the holidays.As is our usual modus operandi, we shall be taking January to rest up before a new year of NO ENCORE. Don't worry though, Patreon members will continue to get their dose of bonus content in our main-feed absence.Speak soon and thanks for listening in 2024. See you next year!

The year is almost dust and we're not about to sign off without examining the standout moments of 2024 in music - that's right, it's our increasingly ramshackle awards rundown!Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan are joined by Craig Fitzpatrick and Richard Chambers to go through the best, worst, and weirdest happenings from the calendar year.The boys detail their favourite songs and albums of 2024 before handing out the non-corporeal gongs for the likes of 'Phenomenon of the Year', 'Villain of the Year', 'PR Disaster of the Year', among others.You'll hear all about the incendiary Kendrick/Drake feud, Charli XCX's BRAT-fuelled dominance, Sabrina Carpenter's "very normal amount of horny" summer, the hugely successful - and highly divisive - latest chapter from Fontaines D.C., and plenty more besides.A huge THANK YOU to all listeners of NO ENCORE this year - we're grateful for your ears, and your support - special shout-out to those who have signed up to patreon.com/noencore for our regular stream of bonus content.Speaking of the Patreon, Davey and Mikey's Film Club Year in Review episode is imminent, and Dave will be dropping a couple of solo movie-themed episodes in January.The regular NO ENCORE feed will be taking a hopefully well-deserved breather until February, but do enjoy our upcoming 'Best Of' highlight reel episode, as curated by Adam.Happy Christmas to you, dearest listener, and here's to a great 2025~!

THE NO ENCORE QUIZ returns to decide once and for all who is to become the undisputed NO ENCORE QUIZ Champion as current title-holder Zara Hedderman faces off against Craig Fitzpatrick for 2024's trivia round-up.Both are undefeated, but who will come out on top? Tune in to find out!-Follow Zara on X / InstagramFollow Craig on X / Instagram Tickets to Peter McGann's 'Ah No' Tour

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Vote early, and vote often. NO ENCORE returns with the final 'regular' episode of 2024, with the great Carl Kinsella for company. As Ireland goes to the polls, it's time to focus on the often eyebrow-raising clash between politics and music as Carl delivers his shouts for the most interesting election-based audio material going. Beforehand, a very busy news section taking in all the reaction to Kendrick Lamar stealing the weekend headlines, the continued slow death of cinema etiquette, and plenty more besides. You can check out Carl's weekly 'Surrealing in the Years' column on The Journal here, and follow him on Bluesky, X, and Instagram if you so desire. And if you want more bonus NO ENCORE content, please consider supporting us on Patreon - our Film Club returns this week with a deep dive into T2: Trainspotting and, naturally, the original film that spawned it. Sign up now @ patreon.com/noencore As for this very episode... ACT ONE: Carl learns more about Ireland's hardest-working band. ACT TWO (14:40): All the Kendrick Lamar GNX fallout that's fit to podcast about, how movie musical Wicked is leaving chaos in its wake, Ed Sheeran versus Manchester United's new manager, and a shocking display from Boyz II Men - it's this week's news section! ACT THREE (1:09:44): Top 5 Election Songs

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A departure from the usual format this week in celebration of I Leave You This, the new album from NO ENCORE favourites Overhead, The Albatross. Vinny Casey, Luke Daly, and David Prendergast join Dave and Adam in-studio to discuss their superb sophomore record and the many ups and downs of the OTA story so far, from personnel changes to onstage disasters to the seeming end of the road for the band, to the glorious rebirth and exciting new direction that followed, and the life experiences that paved the way.You can purchase a copy of I Leave You This - including a very tasty-looking vinyl pre-order - at the OTA Bandcamp page here, stream the album visualizer here, and follow the guys on Instagram here.As for our own bonus content, there's a new Album Club landing this Sunday as Adam ups his Confidence Man game, and Film Club with Davey and Mikey returns the following Sunday with T2 Trainspotting. Sign up to the NO ENCORE Patreon today for just five euro a month to access!

It's a long one this week, which feels fitting given the ambitious and expansive theme - why yes, the humble concept album finally falls beneath the NO ENCORE microscope.Julie Hough returns to the studio with five such records for company, and some insight into her latest musical project - PostLast. As ever, there's plenty of news and other such things to discuss, so let's do it to it before it does it to us... ACT ONE: Adam and Dave survive respective individual disasters and plug various wares accordingly. ACT TWO (16:20): Julie explains why she took on yet another new endeavour - check out PostLast's debut EP Pull Me Into The Open Sea at your earliest convenience. ACT THREE (27:30): A busy news section takes in a very early 2000s scrap, an x-rated problem with the Wicked movie, the record collection of a serial killer, slights against Rick Rubin, and Noel Gallagher's latest innovation. ACT FOUR (1:04:19): Top 5 Concept Albums-Follow Julie Hough on InstagramTickets to Daithí's Ableton seminarListen to PostLast on Spotify