Watch Andy Jordan perform ‘Geography’ in the latest in our Stagedoor Sessions series

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For the next episode in our Stagedoor Sessions series of acoustic performances, we welcomed down Andy Jordan (of Made In Chelsea fame) last week, who belted out an impressive rendition of his new single, Geography as part of our ongoing alliance with YouTube channel...

Spoils & Monkey Wrench tell us their Top 10 new tracks

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Following the release of their debut EP Enemies In The Dance earlier this week, dance collaborators Spoils & Monkey Wrench have given us an inside-look at their Top 10 tracks that are currently shuffling in their headphones. Take a listen to all the tracks below,...

Stagedoor Sessions: Story Books cover Lykke Li’s ‘Love Out Of Lust’, and perform original ‘To Be Good’

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Regular Stagedoor FM readers may have noticed we've been showing a lot of love for YouTube channel Ont'Sofa recently, and there's a good reason behind this (besides the fact the team there are made up of some jolly-good chaps!). Earlier in the year, we forged...

Feature: The Blurred Lines Between Inspiration and Copyright Infringement

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Words by: Dr Ewan Kirk Senior lecturer at Birmingham City University’s School of Law On Tuesday, the District Court of Southern California ruled that the Robin Thicke song Blurred Lines was in fact an infringement of Marvin Gaye’s Got To Give It Up. The case raises some...

Competition: Win one of three copies of Katy B’s new album, ‘Little Red’

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In celebration of the recent release of Katy B's sophomore album Little Red (reviewed here), our good friends over at Katy's PR agency have supplied us with three copies of the new LP to give away to our UK readers. Check out how you...

Ryan Ashley tells us his Top 6 most influential tracks

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Following yesterday's unveiling of his collaboration with Blonde on Foolish, we caught up with young British vocalist Ryan Ashley, who's let us in on his six most influential songs that have influenced his forthcoming debut album. The as-yet-untitled album (still yet to receive an official...

Backstage: DJ Q tells us his top 5 most ‘ineffable’ producers

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Following on from his impressive debut album Ineffable (reviewed last month, here), we caught up with British bass/garage producer DJ Q to understand more about which other producers have stood out for him in the past, alongside the iconic tracks that have made their...

Feature: What Is A Hit Single?

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Words by: Nathan Miller Follow @NateMills !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Featuring the hit single... We often see several variations of this phrase lumbered on the fronts of album covers and carefully placed in TV adverts as a marketing tactic to bump up record sales. However, this begs the...

Exclusive Mix: Alex Adair – ‘Making Music Feel Better’

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Soundcloud really is a wonderful proposition, and you needn't look much further than Alex Adair for proof of that. Back in 2014, the young producer threw on his silky-smooth debut Make Me Feel Better, a track that surprisingly was only created as part of...

Feature: Mobile Phones and Pop Music

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Words by: Adam Foley Follow @Foley77 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Most of us now have a portable music player sat in our pockets that has the ability to access pretty much any song that has ever been recorded, which feels like it will have pretty seismic implications on...