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• The playlist: reggae, dancehall and soca – Machel Montano, Face T, Protoje and more

  06-03-2015 23:32
  
  Sweep away those post-carnival blues with tracks from a Montreal singjay talent, a soca monarch heavyweight and others in this festive playlistSince last week’s reggae, dancehall and soca playlist, the monster party that is Trinidad carnival has come and gone. Those suffering from carnival tabanca are most likely drowning their sorrows in soca – after all, a whole carnival season has just started throughout the Caribbean. But Trinidad and Tobago’s soca monarch competitions have identified
  
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• #SLOWNEWSDAY: McDonald’s Sponsors SXSW, but Expects Artists to Play for Free

  06-03-2015 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SXSW is the place to be if you enjoy being an advertising target. Yes, there’s a lot of music, but there’s a lot of brands...
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• Shoegazi: how Title Fight went from hardcore to post-rock

  06-03-2015 21:30
  
  The Pennsylvanian punks have gone from hardcore to shoegaze on their new album. They explain how they got there, via William Faulkner, the Cure and veggie burritos Continue reading...
  
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• The 10 best operas by women

  06-03-2015 21:03
  
  From the 17th century to the present day, there are hundreds of operas written by women – many shamefully unknown and underperformed. From a modern adaptation of Alice in Wonderland to an early gem, here are a few favourites
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• Apple Is On a Streaming Suicide Mission…

  06-03-2015 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Spotify is slashing the price on its subscription plans, eliminating restrictions on free, and spending hundreds of millions to convert paying iTunes users. Google is now...
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• This One Time at Bandcamp… Artists Made Over $100 Million

  06-03-2015 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bandcamp is known for being an artist-friendly service. The company generally takes 15 percent of digital sales and 10 percent of physical sales, which is...
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• DJ Pierre’s favourite tracks

  06-03-2015 19:00
  
  The Chicago acid legend behind Phuture empties the contents of his psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Reveals The First Time She...

  06-03-2015 18:32
  
  The American sweetheart lets MTV in on some of her most important first times
  
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• Katie Hopkins Vs. Kelly Clarkson... Round Three!

  06-03-2015 18:11
  
  The Celebrity Big Brother star has taken another swipe at "awesome" Kelly and she doesn't hold back...
  
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• Smith Quartet review – Steve Reich headlines minimalist bill

  06-03-2015 17:55
  
  Kings Place, London
  The Smiths’ neat ensemble playing brought music by Reich, Meredith Monk and New York’s Bang on a Can community to Minimalism Unwrapped Continue reading...
  
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• Alban Gerhardt/Steven Osborne review – superbly instinctive

  06-03-2015 17:38
  
  Wigmore Hall, London
  The wonderfully satisfying partnership of cellist and pianist made for fresh interpretations of Debussy, Beethoven, Schnittke and Messiaen Continue reading...
  
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• The week in music: Race 'silos' on BBC radio, Hall & Oates smack down a cereal company and more

  06-03-2015 17:38
  
  Our weekly music news roundup, from DJ Nihal’s scathing comments about a lack of diversity at BBC radio to a new museum exhibition about Björk and the Blurred Lines court case Continue reading...
  
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• Panda Bear review – spine-tingling beauty from a sonic sorcerer

  06-03-2015 17:02
  
  Electric Brixton, London
  The singular Noah Lennox proves his voice is as hypnotic as his songwritingYou can never be certain with such things, but it seems likely that this is the first time Electric Brixton has played host to an artist sampling Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker to deliver a tender, harp-led ballad about terminal cancer.Panda Bear, AKA Noah Lennox, has always been the most singular of artists – not that you’d know it as he ambles on to the unadorned stage in a baggy grey jumper.
  
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• Sleeping With Sirens: 'This Is A VERY Important Record For Us'

  06-03-2015 17:00
  
  Kellin Quinn tells MTV why he wants to surprise everyone with Sirens’ new music...
  
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• Blondes DO Have More Fun! Kim And Kanye Put On Serious PDA In Paris

  06-03-2015 16:04
  
  The socialite was seen giggling with hubby Yeezy as they were snapped by the paps in the French capital...
  
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• Sleaford Mods: ‘Pop has eaten itself. We’re fed up with the lot of it, mate’

  06-03-2015 16:01
  
  Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson rails against the state of the music biz, and the Samey Winehouses and bland waxworks it churns out
  Rock star posing does my head in. Mate, you are not sexy, you are not Brad Pitt, stop it. Comical rock stardom, classroom posing, is a redundant gimmick, a yesteryear stage prop. Related: In praise of… the Sleaford Mods | Editorial The music business has become about as interesting as a Thomas Cook holiday brochure Continue reading...
  
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• Spoek Mathambo presents Fantasma – a ray of South African sunshine

  06-03-2015 15:55
  
  100 Club, London
  The Soweto-born rapper’s new group mixes electronic beats with echoes of Ice Cube and Kanye West in an exceptional performance Continue reading...
  
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• Justin Bieber Roasters Announced - But He's Holding Out For Seth Rogen

  06-03-2015 15:20
  
  Pop star takes to social media inviting funnyman to give him a hard time...
  
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• Rihanna drops new track teasers

  06-03-2015 14:09
  
  The Umbrella singer has unveiled tasters of three new songs from her upcoming eighth album on Instagram.
  
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• #TGIF! R3wire & Varski's Friday Mixtape Is Here. And It's BIG!

  06-03-2015 14:00
  
  Get your weekend started with this mix from our Club MTV DJs featuring Clean Bandit, Shift K3y, Alex Adair and more...
  
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• Florrie, Calvin Harris, The Vaccines: this week’s new tracks rated and slated

  06-03-2015 14:00
  
  In the Guide single reviews, no one is safe, especially that chancer Calvin Harris Continue reading...
  
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• Fast & Furious Cast Go Skydiving In Cars In Extended Clip

  06-03-2015 13:52
  
  Poor Tyrese Gibson hasn't got a head for heights in new trailer...
  
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• Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Taking A Power Stance On Buffy Comeback

  06-03-2015 13:28
  
  The actress seems firm on the likelihood of a reunion...
  
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• Hugh Jackman's Wolverine Threequel To Shoot In 2016

  06-03-2015 13:28
  
  The X-Man ain't going anywhere...
  
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• Taylor Swift Shares Make-Up Free Selfie After Going To Extreme Lengths To Avoid Being Papped!

  06-03-2015 13:27
  
  As cat Olivia Benson steals the limelight in this pic, video footage has emerged of T-Swizzle reversing like a truck in a bid to avoid photographers...
  
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• Watch The Rock Lay The Smack Down HARD On Fast And Furious Co-Star Jason Statham

  06-03-2015 13:11
  
  Action star Jase can take a pretty good wrestling bump by the looks of it...
  
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• First Look! Cara Delevingne's The Face Of An Angel Debuts New Trailer

  06-03-2015 13:06
  
  Watch a promo clip from the new Amanda Knox movie…
  
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• Come on pilgrims, let rock'n'roll shrines rest in peace

  06-03-2015 13:00
  
  As with other rock ‘holy grails’, the campaign to turn Ian Curtis’s home into a museum misses the point that the magic was in the musicThe current campaign to turn Ian Curtis’s home in Macclesfield into a museum dedicated to the late Joy Division singer has left New Order’s Bernard Sumner “torn”, as he believes it might become a “monument to suicide”. If the campaign is successful, it’ll be among a number of sites regarded as worthy of “pilgrimages” by the supposed rock�
  
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• The Charlatans – watch them performing So Oh live

  06-03-2015 12:54
  
  As they tour the UK, here are the Charlatans performing the first single from their Modern Nature album Continue reading...
  
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• McDonald's Are Offering To Pay Musicians In Chicken Nuggets

  06-03-2015 12:45
  
  Despite being worth almost 100 billion dollars, McDonald’s would rather not pay artists they ask to play for them...
  
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• WWE's Lana May Be An Ice Queen But She Certainly Melts Our Hearts

  06-03-2015 12:44
  
  Rusev's lovelier half doesn't look nippy in the slightest in this sub-zero cool new photo shoot...
  
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• Ex Hex: 'It's empowerment that we're expressing'

  06-03-2015 12:36
  
  The DC trio talk fake friends, creating a scene and discovering the power of powerpopEx Hex know a thing or two about reinvention. The Washington DC trio have risen from the ashes of a series of other flamed-out bands to pull themselves together anew, dusting off the vestiges of past relationships and turning those memories into the rollicking, joyous music that punctuates their debut album, Rips. Mary Timony (guitar, vocals), Betsy Wright (bass) and Laura Harris (drums) came together as Ex Hex
  
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• Big Sean On Girlfriend Ariana Grande: "I Appreciate Her"

  06-03-2015 12:20
  
  The rapper tells MTV News that their collaboration 'Research' is NOT about their romance...
  
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• Paula Patton Opens Up On Robin Thicke Split

  06-03-2015 12:18
  
  Everything happens for a reason, says actress…
  
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• Fifty Shades Of World Book Day - Boy Banned Over Cheeky Costume

  06-03-2015 12:13
  
  Mum hits out after son excluded from fancy dress event...
  
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• Nathan Sykes Unveils New Solo Track 'More Than You’ll Ever Know'

  06-03-2015 11:54
  
  Listen to The Wanted star's first solo efforts, ahead of the release of his debut single, right here...
  
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• Jared Leto 'Does A Kim' And Dyes His Hair Peroxide Blonde

  06-03-2015 11:18
  
  But don't assume that's the hair colour he's chosen to play The Joker...
  
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• Is this the most glamorous music festival of them all?

  06-03-2015 11:02
  
  You don’t have to be old or elitist to enjoy a picnic and an opera at Glyndebourne.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Dyed Her Hair And The World Went Krazy!

  06-03-2015 10:47
  
  After Kimmy unveiled her new platinum blonde locks in Paris, we round up some of the best memes from the world wide web...
  
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• Ed Sheeran Set To Make Acting Debut In Bollywood Blockbuster?

  06-03-2015 10:34
  
  Ginger pop ninja reportedly agrees to cameo in Indian movie...
  
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• Madonna says guardian angels of the metaphysical world saved her after Brits fall

  06-03-2015 10:32
  
  Singer says both the physical world and the metaphysical world were at work to protect her after she tumbled down steps while singingMadonna “wouldn’t have survived that fall” during her performance at the Brit awards if she had not been in good shape, she has said. In an interview with the New York Times, the singer attributed her remaining relatively unscathed to her knowing how to fall as a result of riding horses, and to something a little less earthly.“I have core strength, and I kn
  
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• Rihanna Teases Not One, But Three New Tracks - Listen Here!

  06-03-2015 10:04
  
  RiRi is officially back! The star has previewed songs Higher, Dancing In The Dark and American Oxygen and we have them all for your ears here..
  
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• Harrison Ford Rushed To Hospital After Plane Crash

  06-03-2015 10:04
  
  Star Wars legend was forced to crash land his small aircraft on a golf course...
  
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• Jack White was mystery buyer who paid $300,000 for first Elvis recording

  06-03-2015 09:52
  
  White’s Third Man Records is to reissue the acetate of My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches begin on vinyl for Record Store DayWhen an acetate of Elvis Presley’s first ever recording was auctioned in January, the identity of the buyer who paid $300,000 (£197,000) was kept secret. Now it can be revealed that the mystery shopper was Jack White, who is going to release My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches Begin on vinyl for Record Store Day on 18 April.The revelation c
  
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• Kurt Cobain's childhood home has sale price cut by $100,000

  06-03-2015 08:52
  
  The house in Abderdeen, Washington – featuring a hole in the wall punched by young Kurt – can now be yours for just $400,000 Continue reading...
  
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• GIRLS Star Adam Driver Goes Shirtless For V Man - What Would Hannah Say?!

  06-03-2015 08:23
  
  The actor strips off and admits he's "petrified of the Internet"...
  
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• Why Ghostpoet's Shedding Skin is the one album you should hear this week – video

  06-03-2015 08:00
  
  Alexis Petridis recommends Shedding Skin, the third album by Coventry's Mercury-nominated anti-rapper Ghostpoet. He says this bleak and lovelorn album sees Ghostpoet shifting from electronics and Afrobeat towards a live band and monochromatic guitar-led alt-rock. But his sound and style remain as distinctive as ever
  
  • Watch Ghostpoet perform Off Peak Dreams in an exclusive Guardian live session Continue reading...
  
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• Madonna: Working out saved me from injuries after fall

  06-03-2015 06:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Exercising regularly has been like a prayer answered for Madonna: The singer says thanks to staying active, she didn't suffer much after falling during her performance at the Brit Awards.
  
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• Womadelaide: family ties bring Gotye and guru Djalu Gurruwiwi together

  06-03-2015 01:45
  
  The pop singer will perform with Djalu Gurruwiwi, a spiritual keeper of the didgeridoo, his Yolngu gospel musician son Larry and their Bärra band following a meeting last year that made Gotye one of the familyWomadelaide 2015: 10 more musical acts to see Continue reading...
  
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• How Much You Should Be Charging For Merch

  06-03-2015 01:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I was just at a show last night at the Echo in east LA. A band from Philly was the 2nd of 3 acts. The...
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