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• Potus playlist: Barack Obama shares his favorite summer tracks on Spotify

  14-08-2015 22:43
  The US president freshens America’s musical palate with a survey of tried-and-true classics and discoverable new artists ranging from soul to rock to jazzIf playlists on streaming services are the future of music discovery, then why shouldn’t the president of the United States get in on the action? On Friday the White House’s newly refreshed Spotify account gave listeners the opportunity to get a glimpse of Barack Obama’s musical tastes with a pair of newly refreshed summ
  
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• Dear SoundCloud, Please Stop Ruining Music. Signed, an Artist You Just Removed.

  14-08-2015 21:52
  
  The following comes from JakK’D, a DJ duo from New England that just had their SoundCloud page removed after multiple warnings.For real… Our JakK’D profile was taken down today ( inserting 45 sad face emojis right now ). We get it, you guys suck now as a platform, you think everyone is on this copyright infringement tip, but lets think back to old school hiphop, old school house music, fuck even rock songs sample each other ( & don’t get me started on country; No of
  
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• The Marriage of Figaro at Edinburgh festival review – Fischer's innovative take on Mozart

  14-08-2015 20:19
  Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
  Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra ditch the rules for this ‘staged concert’, but ultimately the results are conservative“Mozart’s music is extremely theatrical and his theatre is extremely musical,” writes Iván Fischer, conductor and director of this Budapest Festival Orchestra production in the programme notes. Searching for what he calls “an organic unity” between stage and score, Fischer ditches
  
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• Dr Dre tops UK albums chart for the first time with Compton

  14-08-2015 19:04
  The rapper’s album hits the No 1 spot in its first week of release, while Charlie Puth’s ode to Marvin Gaye shoots to the top of the singles chartDr Dre’s first solo studio album in 16 years, Compton, has scored the rapper his first-ever UK chart-topper. The album features guest appearances from artists such as Eminem, longtime collaborator Snoop Dogg and fellow Compton native Kendrick Lamar, and debuted on streaming service Apple Music.
  Compton shifted 28,000 more units in com
  
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• Beyond the main stage at Wilderness Festival 2015 - in pictures

  14-08-2015 18:46
  This year’s sun-soaked Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire featured headliners Björk, George Clinton and Ben Howard, but beyond the main stage there was plenty to see and do for young and old alike. All images: Simon MinettContinue reading...
  
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• Obama releases music playlists on Spotify

  14-08-2015 18:15
  
  CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — By day, President Barack Obama enjoys the music of such artists as Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and the Bobs — Dylan and Marley.
  
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• Ruby Rose Is Well Aware Of Her Twin Status With Justin Bieber And We Love Her Reaction!

  14-08-2015 18:13
  
  Justin should be flattered, tbh.
  
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• Obama to release music playlists on Spotify

  14-08-2015 17:30
  
  CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — The White House is launching an official channel on the popular music streaming service Spotify with a pair of playlists it says President Barack Obama created himself.
  
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• Thrash ’n burn: why 1985 was metal's defining year

  14-08-2015 17:04
  Thirty years ago a seemingly endless parade of bands and landmark albums changed metal forever – and the global scope of its rise was impressiveIt’d be impossible to pinpoint one exact moment in time that truly encapsulates the long, colorful and often bloody history of heavy metal, but if forced to choose, 1985 would make for a strong contender. The genre had finally begun to find its footing, emerging from the hazy days of the proto-metal 70s to gain strength, power and, most impor
  
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• The week in music: Pink Floyd are over (yes, really) and FKA twigs surprises us

  14-08-2015 16:59
  AC/DC’s Phil Rudd refuses to give up the fight and Arcade Fire release a love-it-or-hate-it documentary in our weekly music news roundupThe people who saw Smith’s set at Glastonbury in June have probably only just emotionally recovered, but the musician and poet has more material on the way. She’s due to co-write and co-produce a Showtime TV mini-series based on her memoir, Just Kids. Don’t hurt us too much, Patti. Please. Continue reading...
  
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• Kevin Owens Tweets NXT 'Guests' Johnny Gargano And Tommaso Ciampa Are Dorks

  14-08-2015 16:55
  
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• New band of the week: Sea Moya (No 66)

  14-08-2015 16:34
  The German trio specialise in swirling, hazy electronic funk, and are equal parts krautrock and psych
  Hometown: Berlin. The lineup: Elias Foerster (vocals, guitar, synth), Iven Niklas Jansen (bass, synth), David Schnitzler (drums, modular synth).Continue reading...
  
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• 19 LOL Jennifer Lawrence Quotes To Live Your Life By

  14-08-2015 16:33
  
  "Eating is one of my favourite parts of the day", and more hilarious gems.
  
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• Headbangers: heavy metal fans - in pictures

  14-08-2015 16:20
  Metalheads caught at the moment they go totally berserk is the subject of award-winning Danish photographer Jacob Ehrbahn’s new book Headbangers , published by PowerHouse Books on 29 September. Ehrbahn traveled across Europe where he captured the chaos of fans at festivals such as Copenhall, Wacken Open Air and Metaltown Continue reading...
  
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• 17 Things You Never Knew About Paper Towns & The Fault In Our Stars

  14-08-2015 16:03
  
  Because knowledge is power.
  
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• 17 Things You Never Knew About Paper Towns & The Fault In Our Stars

  14-08-2015 16:03
  
  Because knowledge is power.
  
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• Robert Glasper Trio review – an enthralling performance by a contemporary master

  14-08-2015 16:02
  Ronnie Scott’s, London
  Glasper is both a disciplined virtuoso and a freethinking, genre-bending pianist to rival Herbie Hancock and Thelonius MonkThe 37-year-old Texan piano star Robert Glasper seems to melt the discrete notes of a keyboard into a seamless stream, and transform the sound of every piano he plays. A jazz virtuoso who cannily disguises it, a hip-hop artist who rarely hits anything hard and an improviser with a classical pianist’s care for the weighting of every sound, G
  
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• Chelsea Wolfe: the drone-folk singer who transformed sleep paralysis into high art

  14-08-2015 16:00
  Artist emerges from cocoon in California’s mountains with new album Abyss after leaving the noisy glitz of Los Angeles “Living here feels a bit like The Walking Dead,” says Chelsea Wolfe. The 31-year-old artist moved to the mountains north of Los Angeles to record her latest album, Abyss. She wanted out of the city, and thirsted for a place that was quiet, desolate and surrounded by nature.Continue reading...
  
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• The playlist: pop – Lana Del Rey, Chvrches, Astropol and more

  14-08-2015 15:08
  Identity crisis, ‘nasty’ synth pop and Lana Del Rey toting a big gun – put your headphones in for the best in pop this weekIt feels like VV, formerly VV Brown, formerly Vanessa Brown, has been going through some sort of permanent identity crisis. Even now, after launching new single Shift and her forthcoming third album under the moniker VV, her YouTube channel still refers to her as VV Brown. Moulded into a sort of doo-wop throwback in 2009 for her debut Travelling Like the Li
  
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• How To Be J-Law’s BFF In Six Easy Steps

  14-08-2015 15:00
  
  Because who doesn't want a bit of Jennifer Lawrence in their lives?
  
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• Can You Guess Which WWE Legend Has Won The Most Matches On Pay Per View?

  14-08-2015 14:36
  
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• Roman Reigns Takes Brutal Steps To KO Kofi And Nev...

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• Dornik review – shimmering R&B in a jazz-funk haze

  14-08-2015 14:16
  Bringing a muso’s knowledge of funk to his new singing career, Jessie Ware’s former drummer just needs to share more If Dornik Leigh’s professional relationship with Jessie Ware wasn’t already known, you might have guessed it. Until his “private hobby” took off in the shape of his own career as a singer, he was Ware’s drummer, and her tasteful aesthetic is encoded in his shimmering R&B. As with Ware, there’s also a formlessness to his onstage p
  
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• What's All This About The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air Getting A Reboot?

  14-08-2015 14:15
  
  Now this is a story all about how… well, you know the rest!
  
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• How MC Bugzy Malone put Manchester on the grime map

  14-08-2015 14:06
  It may be thought of as a London thing, but grime has been flourishing up north for over a decade. Meet the acts who are waving the flag for the Rainy City…If you had checked the UK album charts a couple of weeks ago, you would have found unsigned MC Bugzy Malone’s Walk With Me nestled between Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie at No 8. Another week, another slamdunk for the grime genre’s second coming, its fans hungry for Bugzy’s frank tales of life growing up in “the
  
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• WWE: Will The Rock Be Appearing At SummerSlam?

  14-08-2015 14:05
  
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• Sherwood & Pinch’s favourite tracks

  14-08-2015 14:00
  Dub don Adrian Sherwood and dubstep pioneer Pinch empty the contents of their psychic record bags Continue reading...
  
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• 15 Times Amy Schumer Won Life

  14-08-2015 13:44
  
  Because ultimate funny girl goals...
  
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• Kylie Jenner Wears Her Mum Kris Jenner's Swimming Costume And It Fits Like A Glove

  14-08-2015 13:30
  
  Err WOW!
  
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• The Most Badass Villain In Westeros Is Set To Return To Game Of Thrones

  14-08-2015 12:40
  
  All the red wedding memories come flooding back...
  
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• Taylor Swift Is 'Obsessed' With Great British Bake Off Which Means She's Just Like Us, Right?

  14-08-2015 12:30
  
  Soz Paul.
  
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• Miley Cyrus Reveals Hannah Montana 'Gave Her Body Issues'

  14-08-2015 11:07
  
  It wasn't all fun and games playing the girl who had the best of both worlds...
  
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• Disclosure Premiere New Track 'Willing & Able' Featuring Kwabs - Listen Here

  14-08-2015 11:04
  
  And we can't stop listening to it...
  
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• Disclosure Premiere New Track 'Willing & Able' Featuring Kwabs

  14-08-2015 11:04
  
  And we can't stop listening to it...
  
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• #TGIF! Going To Club MTV Derry-Londonderry This Weekend? Listen To This...

  14-08-2015 11:00
  
  R3wire and Varski get you pumped for this weekend's Club MTV takeover with tunes from NERVO, Galantis and more...
  
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• Rihanna to advise coaches on The Voice US

  14-08-2015 09:51
  
  The Diamonds singer will hand out her tips on the ninth season of The Voice US.
  
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• The Music Industry Is Complicated. But Here’s a Bunch of Pictures of Babies Wearing Headphones

  14-08-2015 06:48
  
      Images by (top to bottom): Steven Pisano, Tedsblog, Greg, docraven, Jo Jakeman, Craig Wyzik, Ashley Webb, Aaron Coe, markheybo, Philippe Put, all licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (CC by 2.0).
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• Executive Shuffles: Pandora, 8tracks, APA

  14-08-2015 01:49
  
  Scott Riggs is Pandora‘s new Principal Product Manager of Content Programming. Chris Harrison, Pandora’s VP of Business Affairs and General Counsel, has left the company...
  The post Executive Shuffles: Pandora, 8tracks, APA appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• SoundCloud Facing Legal Action ‘Before Thanksgiving,’ Sources Say

  14-08-2015 00:39
  
  Legal threats against SoundCloud from major content owners are now intensifying, according to sources, with filings likely to happen within a few months if negotiations...
  The post SoundCloud Facing Legal Action ‘Before Thanksgiving,’ Sources Say appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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