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• Hermitude: beyond the Blue Mountains to new hip-hop heights

  25-06-2015 23:32
  
  How did two classically trained jazz nerds from Katoomba set the gold standard for a hip-hop crossover in the Australian charts – and beyond?“I remember coming out of the studio and hearing a rumbling sound. Luke slid past sideways in his car, doing a massive handbrake turn, looking me right in the eye.” Drummer-producer Angus Stuart (El Gusto) is talking about keyboardist-producer Luke Dubber (Dubs), the other half of production duo Hermitude whose Dark Night Sweet Light album reached No
  
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• Michael Head & The Strands: The Olde World review – sublime set of unreleased songs and outtakes

  25-06-2015 23:30
  
  (Megaphone)Related: My favourite album: The Magical World Of The Strands by Michael Head and the StrandsAfter fronting the revered-but-unsuccessful Pale Fountains, Shack and the Strands alongside his guitarist brother John, Michael Head was once dubbed “Britain’s greatest songwriter (recognise him?)” by the NME. The Magical World of the Strands, from 1997, is a particular lost classic: gently psychedelic, Love-influenced songs about heroin addiction, which moved one Guardian writer to tear
  
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• Neil Young + Promise of the Real: The Monsanto Years review – on angry, brilliant form

  25-06-2015 23:15
  
  (Reprise)Related: Raging in the free world: the many furies of Neil Young An anti-GM food concept album by Neil Young may not seem a thrilling prospect, I grant you. But although People Want to Hear About Love, as he acknowledges on his song of that title, shouldn’t he talk about “the corporations hijacking all your rights”, too? And on-form and on-song – as he undoubtedly is here (he also has a pop at Starbucks, Walmart and Safeway) – Young is still a force to be reckoned with. There
  
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• RP Boo: Fingers, Bank Pads and Shoe Prints review – forward-looking footwork followup

  25-06-2015 23:00
  
  (Planet Mu)Footwork is a breakneck mutation of ghetto house that’s been banging out of speakers at upwards of 150BPM since the late 90s. In Chicago, it encourages the very specific dance style of its title: twisty foot movements that fall between house dance and breakdancing. For the rhythmically challenged, that means toe-tapping at a furious speed to its frenetic mix of jackhammer vocal samples and skittering, pounding lo-fi drum machines. The genre has been in the ascendant for a while but,
  
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• Saint Raymond: Young Blood review – slick, safe pop made for soundtracking Made in Chelsea

  25-06-2015 22:45
  
  (Asylum Records)Callum Burrows is an average 19-year-old from Nottingham, but by night he becomes Saint Raymond, a singer popular among teens and Made in Chelsea music coordinators. He’s had support slots with Ed Sheeran and Haim. He’s been in the studio with Jacknife Lee, producer for Taylor Swift, One Direction and U2. And he’s now releasing a debut album; which sounds like a hit record made for the Snapchat generation, or the byproduct of a major-label focus group. The omnipre
  
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• LA Priest: Inji review – genre-hopping done right on a woozy, joyous debut

  25-06-2015 22:29
  
  (Domino) In a way, it’s no surprise that LA Priest’s Sam Dust has released a debut that sounds as if each song was written by a different artist. He blurred genres while fronting Late of the Pier from 2004 until 2010, imbuing that band’s thrillingly eclectic take on nu-ravey pop with an irrepressible teenage energy. Now, in his mid-20s, he’s pouring varying thicknesses of woozy, 70s pop shimmer over Inji, sliding from joyous dance music to langorous balladry in a way that’s wildly inve
  
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• Rickie Lee Jones: The Other Side of Desire review – delightful crowdfunded comeback

  25-06-2015 22:15
  
  (The Other Side of Desire Music)Times could hardly be tougher for commercially overlooked types like Rickie Lee Jones, who funded this album through a PledgeMusic campaign and by selling off old stagewear. It ends a 10-year writing drought: finally struck by the urge to make new music after three LPs of covers and re-recordings, she’s looked to her newly adopted home, New Orleans, for inspiration. The city has got under her skin in subtle ways, however, and it takes digging to discern them. Th
  
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• Sony Now Faces Legal Action Over Its Spotify Contract…

  25-06-2015 22:12
  
  It’s been a rough year for Sony. All their dirty laundry is being aired for the world to see, but it’s hard to feel bad...
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• The Party (This Is How We Do It) (Ft. Montell Jordan)

  25-06-2015 22:12 via mtv.co.uk
  
  The Party (This Is How We Do It)
  
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• Black: Blind Faith review – marvellous Euro balladry from Colin Vearncombe

  25-06-2015 22:00
  
  (Nero Schwarz)Colin Vearncombe will forever be preserved in pop aspic as the maker of 1987’s melancholy worldwide hit Wonderful Life – No 1 in Austria! – but he hasn’t stopped working, despite his not having breached the top 40 for 27 years. Blind Faith, his seventh album under the Black flag, is a marvellous little thing – a less temperamental, less self-regarding cousin to Scott Walker’s first four solo records. Like them, it’s steeped in European balladry, and filled with delici
  
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• Exclusive: The CEO of Universal Music Group Is About to Get Fired…

  25-06-2015 21:20
  
  The following is a Digital Music News exclusive.  Once again, you read it here first. Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Lucien Grainge is now fighting...
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• Taylor Swift is now giving Apple Music exclusive rights to stream her 1989 album

  25-06-2015 21:02
  
  Will you just look at this seismic volte face from the world’s most crusading popstar.
  
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• Readers recommend: songs from or about Canada

  25-06-2015 21:00
  
  Neil Young? Joni Mitchell? This week pick out music that goes beyond the big stars to capture the spirit, culture, and landscape of this vast, bilingual country
  O Canada! Land of the beaver, the goose, bear and moose, the maple, caribou, mountie and loon. Such a landscape of vast space – the second biggest of any nation in the world, behind Russia, but larger than China and the US, and with the world’s biggest volume of fresh water in a whopping, lapping 31,700 lakes. As Canadian singer-song
  
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• Glastonbury 2015: Women's Institute cakes go down a storm, with a teacup

  25-06-2015 20:20
  
  Somerset chapter of 100-year-old organisation keeps party people in tea, cakes and shade as festival enjoys sunny prelude to bands descending on Worthy Farm Related: Glastonbury 2015: Thursday as it happened, as the festival got into its stride It’s 11am at Worthy Farm and before the ladies of Somerset Women’s Institute open their doors to the Glastonbury masses, they have an important ritual to perform. Clutching a song sheet, as they stand together behind a table heaving with cakes, they b
  
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• Totó La Momposina: Tambolero review – a fresh take on a classic

  25-06-2015 20:00
  
  (Real World) Back in 1993, the Colombian singer Totó La Momposina introduced the Afro-Indian traditional music of her country’s Caribbean coastal region to a global audience with her classic album La Candela Viva. She celebrates her 75th birthday by returning to Womad next month, and as a taster, here’s a recreation and reimagining of that record, produced by John Hollis, who worked on many of the original recordings. He searched out the master tapes, and discovered unreleased songs a
  
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• Taylor Swift to put hit album '1989' on Apple Music

  25-06-2015 18:32
  
  (Reuters) - Pop star Taylor Swift said she would put her latest hit album "1989" on Apple Music, days after Apple Inc did an about-face, agreeing to pay artists during a free trial of its new streaming music service. Apple on Monday bowed to pressure from Swift and some independent music groups and labels after its decision of not paying artists created a furor in the music community. "After the events of this week, I've decided to put 1989 on Apple Music ... and happily so,&
  
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• Taylor Swift will allow Apple Music to stream '1989' album

  25-06-2015 18:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift is letting Apple Music stream her "1989" album — the only streaming service allowed to do so.
  
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• Taylor Swift Finally Puts 1989 On A Streaming Site, Though You'll Never Guess Which One!

  25-06-2015 17:54
  
  Only joking, it's actually really obvious…
  
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• Fear Not Foo Fighters Fans! Glastonbury 2016 May Be Your Year…

  25-06-2015 17:46
  
  The band are reportedly already booked for next year!
  
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• Taylor Swift autoriza streaming de "1989" en Apple Music

  25-06-2015 16:48
  
  NUEVA YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift permitirá que su álbum "1989" se transmita por Apple Music, el único servicio de streaming que podrá hacerlo.
  
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• Know Your Music? Love A Festival? Here’s Your Chance To Prove It…

  25-06-2015 16:43
  
  Calling all DJs! Find out how you could win the chance to play at this year's Leeds Festival...
  
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• 10 Bands To See At Roskilde This Weekend

  25-06-2015 16:25
  
  Because there ARE other festivals going on that aren't Glastonbury...
  
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• The Word Twerk Is Almost 200 Years Old And It’s Finally Been Added To The Oxford English Dictionary

  25-06-2015 16:07
  
  So we can all calm down now.
  
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• The enigma of Kanye West – and how the world's biggest pop star ended up being its most reviled, too

  25-06-2015 16:00
  
  Everything Kanye West does is an event, from the smallest interview to the biggest show. As he prepares to headline Glastonbury, one writer considers how West became the divisive figure he isHating Kanye West has long been an international pastime. At the Big Chill festival at Eastnor Castle in 2011 he complained that people looked at him “like I’m Hitler”. Footage of him walking with his wife, Kim Kardashian – head down to avoid paparazzi, and then smashing his head into
  
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• Bobbi Kristina Brown Taken Off Life Support, Boyfriend Nick Gordon Accused Of Assault

  25-06-2015 15:52
  
  Her family have given an update on her condition...
  
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• Watch 52 Seconds Of Exclusive Terror From New High School Horror, 'The Gallows'

  25-06-2015 15:35
  
  Watch this new clip from The Gallows exclusively on MTV. Not having your phone has never been so horrifying...
  
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• Who Knew That Finn Balor Was Such A Fan Of Lego?

  25-06-2015 15:13
  
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• Vance Joy builds US momentum while opening for Taylor Swift

  25-06-2015 14:51
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy — still riding the wave of success of his double platinum single, "Riptide" — has two things working in his favor these days. First, he pens very catchy songs with heartfelt lyrics.
  
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• Marriott, Universal Music form partnership

  25-06-2015 14:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Marriott is getting into the music business, so to speak.
  
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• Pharrell Williams Shows Some Serious Love For Adele

  25-06-2015 14:00
  
  The superstar called her a 'masterful writer'...
  
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• WWE Tough Enough: Dianna 'Can't Feel Her Legs' Due To Ice Bath

  25-06-2015 13:56
  
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• You'll Never Guess Which Beloved Fast and Furious Character Is Returning For The Next Movie

  25-06-2015 13:55
  
  Well this is exciting…
  
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• WWE: Lana's Having A Pool Party, But You're Not Invited

  25-06-2015 13:20
  
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• Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner & Rumoured Boyf Tyga Take On Cannes Together

  25-06-2015 13:10
  
  Oh and Kris Jenner was there too, awks…
  
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• James Taylor's Number 1 Album After Five Decades

  25-06-2015 13:04
  
  Nearly half a century after his debut, rocker James Taylor has finally reached number one in the US album chart. The 67-year-old singer-songwriter's new album Before This World sold 98,000 copies, downloads or streaming, according to the Nielsen Music tracking service. Before This World, Taylor's first album of new material since 2002, marks a return to his brand of nostalgic, guitar-driven folk rock.
  
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• WWE: Tyson Kidd Surgery 'A Success' As WWE Stars Make Hospital Visit To Support Injured Pal

  25-06-2015 12:33
  
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• 15 Celebrity Couples We Shamelessly Ship Because We're Only Human

  25-06-2015 11:50
  We will go down with this ship...
  
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• Dalai Lama To Join Music Fans At Glasto

  25-06-2015 11:48
  
  The Dalai Lama is to make a guest appearance at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday to "promote his message of compassion". Festival organiser Emily Eavis said: "We're honoured to welcome the Dalai Lama to Glastonbury 2015. The key themes during the Dalai Lama's visit "will be the promotion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's message of compassion, non-violence and the oneness of humanity", a spokesman said.
  
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• #ThePowerOfMakeup Is Our New Favourite Hashtag And Here’s Why

  25-06-2015 11:31
  
  We love make-up. We love no make-up. We WILL continue to experiment with both.
  
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• Shia LaBeouf Has Cut His Head Open During Filming Of American Honey, Ouch!

  25-06-2015 11:25
  
  The actor has injured his head and hand, ouch...
  
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• Ghetto Pays Tribute to Esco in ‘Esco’s Spirit’

  25-06-2015 11:01
  
  HARD
  
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• Zayn Malik & Joe Jonas Are BFFs At Valentino Fashion Show

  25-06-2015 10:41
  
  It's the perfect match...
  
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• Chrissy Teigen’s Topless, Spaghetti-Eating ‘Seriously Popular’ After Party Is Life Goals

  25-06-2015 10:39
  
  The model knows how to have real fun…
  
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• New Music: Lay Z Feat. JME & Frisco – That’s What I’m On

  25-06-2015 10:09
  
  GRIME
  
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• Insomnia, anxiety, break-ups … musicians on the dark side of touring

  25-06-2015 09:00
  Long hours in vans and solitary hotel rooms. Screaming fans when you’re on stage, then back home to feed the cat. Musicians talk about the psychological dangers of life on tourWhile many may envisage the life of a touring musician to be that of a glorified jetsetter, the reality is far from idyllic. A recent study by charity Help Musicians UK found that over 60% of musicians have suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Singer Al
  
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• Taylor Swift Reserves the Right to Smash Any Photographer’s Camera…

  25-06-2015 08:36
  
  Photographer Jason Sheldon went viral when he posted this contract and accused Taylor Swift of being a total ‘hypocrite’.  Swift’s management said the deal was ‘misrepresented,’...
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• J Balvin cancels Miss USA appearance over Trump's comments

  25-06-2015 05:01
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colombian singer J Balvin canceled a planned performance at the Miss USA pageant following comments pageant owner Donald Trump made about Latinos.
  
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• Waiting For Love

  25-06-2015 03:31 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Waiting For Love
  
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• Elbow's Guy Garvey to showcase acts on iPlayer

  25-06-2015 01:02
  
  The Elbow singer will share his favourite tunes and pick out musical highlights on BBC’s iPlayer.
  
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