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• All Time Low Score First UK No 1 Album

  12-04-2015 20:50
  
  As Jess Glynne holds on to top spot in singles chart...
  
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• Rapper Nelly will be exonerated of drug charges when facts emerge – lawyer

  12-04-2015 19:43
  
  Rapper was arrested Saturday, allegedly with meth and drug paraphernalia – but lawyer says Nelly will ‘not be associated with the contraband’ Continue reading...
  
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• Coachella day two: Jack White, the Weeknd, FKA twigs and more

  12-04-2015 19:11
  
  The desert rang to the sounds of weird hip-hop, folk rock and sleazy R&B as the festival passed the halfway mark Continue reading...
  
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• Kendall Jenner Knows The Squaw At Coachella - See All The Celebs!

  12-04-2015 16:53
  
  A sea of famous faces floods into the Californian desert...
  
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• BBCSO/Oramo review – totally assured conducting, immaculate playing

  12-04-2015 16:05
  
  Barbican, London
  Sakari Oramo achieves incisive clarity in his juxtaposition of Nielsen’s great fifth symphony with works by Ravel and Prokofiev Continue reading...
  
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• Coachella fashion: Gypsters, sea punk, butt cheeks and tutus

  12-04-2015 15:04
  
  In years past, Coachella has been hailed as a fashionista festival, but based on what we saw this year, those days might be over Continue reading...
  
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• System of a Down review – noir-rock epics and the history of genocide

  12-04-2015 14:47
  
  Wembley arena, London
  The American-Armenian skull-pummelers deliver some worthy political messages amid a messy sprawl of intricate, disjointed hardcore Continue reading...
  
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• Spoilers Are Coming! First Four Episodes Of Game Of Thrones Season Five Leaked

  12-04-2015 14:45
  
  Pirate versions of industry preview DVDs pop up on torrent sites...
  
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• LoneLady review – adding thrills and upping the drama

  12-04-2015 14:13
  
  Oslo, London
  The fragmented elements of Julie Campbell’s disquiet disco are powerfully reassembled in a short, svelte and thunderous set Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Hawkins obituary

  12-04-2015 13:37
  
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• Between Worlds review - nothing like as affecting as it ought to be

  12-04-2015 13:25
  
  Barbican, London
  The best moments in Tansy Davies’s new 9/11-set opera are the simplest, but there’s no real sense that this is about what librettist Nick Drake calls the ‘most important event of our time’ Continue reading...
  
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• Listen to Stephen Hawking cover Monty Python’s Galaxy Song

  12-04-2015 13:00
  
  Forget your post-punk rarities and jazz-fusion reissues – no Record Store Day crate-haul is complete without the great physicist’s limited-edition comedy cover single. Have a listen and let us know what you think Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox take part in Monty Python sketch – video
  Tidal may have enlisted a crack team of influential superpowers for its world exclusives, but there’s one musical behemoth Jay Z overlooked when drawing up his musical illuminati list: Professor Stephen Hawki
  
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• Amber Rose And Amy Schumer In Hilariously Naughty MTV Movie Awards Promo

  12-04-2015 12:58
  
  Ladies take accessories into Fifty Shades Of Grey screening...
  
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• Sound The Beyoncé Alarm! Queen Bey Has Arrived At Coachella

  12-04-2015 11:21
  
  R&B star shares cute dancing GIF to mark her arrival...
  
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• Justin Timberlake And Jessica Biel Just Gave Their Baby The Most Awesome Name

  12-04-2015 10:33
  
  Stars come straight out and reveal their offspring's moniker...
  
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• Tracey Thorn: ‘When I listen to bands, I only really hear the singer’

  12-04-2015 10:00
  
  Tracey Thorn’s 2013 memoir was a huge hit, and now the Everything But the Girl frontwoman has written a second book, about the art of singing. In this extract, she talks about how we relate to singers, the importance of finding a distinctive voice – and why Dusty does it best• Tracey Thorn Q&A: ‘I’d kill to be able to sing like Adele’We love singing, don’t we? Both doing it and listening to it. We sing when we’re happy and celebrating – Happy Birthday to You – and we sing
  
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• Tracey Thorn: ‘I’d kill to be able to sing like Adele’

  12-04-2015 10:00
  
  The Everything But the Girl frontwoman, whose book about the art of singing is out this month, on Twitter, The X Factor - and why she hasn’t toured in years• Naked at the Albert Hall by Tracey Thorn, extract: ‘When I listen to bands, I only really hear the singer’ Continue reading...
  
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• Say What!? Louis Tomlinson Is The Bookies' To Join X Factor

  12-04-2015 09:33
  
  One Direction star reportedly in pole position to replace Louis Walsh...
  
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• Say What!? Louis Tomlinson Is The Bookies' Favourite To Join X Factor

  12-04-2015 09:33
  
  One Direction star reportedly in pole position to replace Louis Walsh...
  
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• Jenufa; St Luke Passion/MacMillan; Swanhunter – review

  12-04-2015 09:30
  
  Theatre Royal, Glasgow; Barbican; Linbury Studio, London
  Scottish Opera’s Jenufa transposed to the west of Ireland makes perfect sense. And the Britten Sinfonia lead an outstanding performance of James MacMillan’s St Luke Passion Continue reading...
  
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• Courtney Barnett; Jessica Pratt – review

  12-04-2015 09:30
  
  The Junction, Cambridge; St John at Bethnal Green, London
  Courtney Barnett unleashes her exquisitely observed lyrics, while time stands still for Jessica PrattGreat injustices abound in pop, just as they do in the wider world. Music fans are forever face-palming, wondering why some new no-mark sits atop the charts while another self-evidently superior artist languishes, little known and unrewarded. There must be a world, runs the logic, in which deadpan Australian sing-talker Courtney Barnett is
  
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• Bop English: Constant Bop review – deliriously easy to listen to

  12-04-2015 09:30
  
  (Blood and Biscuits)If he is known at all, Texan rhythm alchemist James Petralli – alias Bop English – is most familiar as the ringleader of a restless band called White Denim. When they first started around eight years ago, White Denim’s hipster-baiting name failed to forecast adequately that band’s deranged excellence, stretching beyond trend or fashion. In White Denim, Petralli and his cohorts combined punk velocity, jazz-level virtuosity and an indefatigable commitment to groove: con
  
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• Olivia Chaney: The Longest River review – an enchanting, stately creation

  12-04-2015 09:00
  
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• Villagers: Darling Arithmetic review – more love-gone-wrong songs

  12-04-2015 09:00
  
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• Billie Holiday: Lady Day review – sheer unstudied elegance

  12-04-2015 09:00
  
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• Shostakovich: String Quartets 1, 8 & 14 CD review – profoundly stirring

  12-04-2015 09:00
  
  Borodin Quartet(Decca) Continue reading...
  
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