Like Lazarus (or ET), the Music Ally podcast is back from the dead. We have a new studio (courtesy of Sonos) so that it sounds like it’s not recorded inside a tin bath in a lift shaft. Plus old handers Stuart Dredge and Eamonn Forde are joined by two splendid quests – Jen Long of Dice.fm and Lucy Blair of Motive Unknown. Between them, they discuss some of the biggest stories of the year (as well as pick their favourite marketing campaigns of 2015). These include: New Music Friday and why it might have made people more excited about record releases; Beats 1 and how the Americans are taking to a style of broadcasting that the UK has been spoiled with for decades; and if the idea of “full-stack music” has legs. Bonus content: Eamonn briefly revives his incredible (trans: not incredible) impression of singing man Bob Dylan while Jen and Lucy explain why they represent all women ever in music – past, present and future. WARNING: there is some fruity language from the off.