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Producer Mike Stock Critiques Streaming's Impact on Pop Music Icons

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Producer Mike Stock on Streaming and Pop Music

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Frankie Beanie Releases New Single

Frankie Beanie’s supermodel* makes cigarette-rasped alterna-pop. New single ‘blue monday’ trades his deadpan Tesco-meal-deal wit for something more wistful, upbeat drums and acoustic guitar settling i

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Producer Mike Stock on Streaming's Impact on Pop Music

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Frankie Beanie Releases "blue monday"

Frankie Beanie’s supermodel* makes cigarette-rasped alterna-pop. New single ‘blue monday’ trades his deadpan Tesco-meal-deal wit for something more wistful, upbeat drums and acoustic guitar settling i

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Producer Mike Stock Critiques Streaming's Impact on Pop Music Stardom

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Producer Mike Stock on Streaming and Pop Stardom

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Producer Mike Stock explains why he thinks streaming has robbed us of “iconic” stars and great pop songs

Having crafted over 100 hits with Stock Aitken Waterman, the super-producer is back with today’s biggest stars in his sights

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Frankie Beanie’s new single ‘blue monday’

Frankie Beanie’s supermodel* makes cigarette-rasped alterna-pop. New single ‘blue monday’ trades his deadpan Tesco-meal-deal wit for something more wistful, upbeat drums and acoustic guitar settling i

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How It Was Made: Uakoz – Land Of Many (Planet Rhythm + Dub Techno)

Uakoz (@uakoz_) has been building his name through groove-led techno for years, and Land Of Many feels like one of the more complete statements in that lane. The London-based Italian producer has released on labels including ARTCORE, KMS Records, Kneaded Pains, and Odd Recordings, while also bringin

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Edu Schwartz Returns To Magnetic Magazine Recordings With “Pope-A-Dope”

Edu Schwartz has been a recurring name around the Magnetic orbit for a while now, and his new single, “Pope-A-Dope,” feels like a clean next step in that relationship. Out today via Magnetic Magazine Recordings, the track marks MMR070 and gives the Brazilian DJ and producer another sha

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Judge says dispute over reggaeton’s defining ‘dembow riddim’ is now a “battle of the experts” that only a jury can resolve

The copyright status of the ‘dembow riddim’ that originates in a Steely & Clevie track and has been used in so many reggaeton records will be decided by a jury. Experts disagree over whether the beat is an “original and protectable work” and a judge has ruled that only a jury can decide who is right

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Rico Nasty Releases New Album RX

A reunion with her longtime collaborator Kenny Beats, with contributions from 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady

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Rico Nasty Introduces New Album RX With “Cupcake”

A reunion with her longtime collaborator Kenny Beats, with contributions from 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady

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Rico Nasty Announces New Album RX, Reveals “Cupcake”: Stream

The record features calamitous new production from Kenneth Blume, formerly known as Kenny Beats. Rico Nasty Announces New Album RX, Reveals “Cupcake”: Stream Kiana Fitzgerald

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George Harrison's Beatles Songwriting Credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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Mr Eazi & Dre Skull Preview New Dancehall-Inspired Mixtape With Vybz Kartel Collab

Afrobeats and dancehall collide on the upcoming new project.

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James Blake reveals the unexpected samples heard on Death of Love

A highlight from recent album Trying Times, the track also features a rare Leonard Cohen sample approved by the artist's son

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"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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Mr Eazi & Dre Skull Preview New Dancehall-Inspired Mixtape With Sizzling Vybz Kartel Collab: ‘I Think It Captures My Other Side’

Afrobeats and dancehall collide on the upcoming new project.