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• 'No record label, no promotion, no merch, no reason not to tour Japan'

  06-11-2015 23:38
  
  Brisbane band Toxic Bears are serious about their music, less so about the music business ... or turning a profit Some people go to church. We play in a band. If you haven’t seen Toxic Bears down at Brews Bros (our friend’s microbrewery in Brisbane where the cops have stopped bands playing now anyway), chances are you haven’t seen us.We merge punk with Latin, funk, Jamaican disco, the Purdie shuffle. Write songs about real life encounters with bikies, shock jocks, wannabe gigol
  
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• Green & Gold

  06-11-2015 21:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Green & Gold
  
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• Music Review: Steve Forbert's raggedly fresh 'Compromised'

  06-11-2015 21:43
  
  Steve Forbert, "Compromised" (Ridge Rock Music/ADA)
  
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• The 7 Strangest Saxophones In the World

  06-11-2015 20:34
  
  (image: Todd ‘Big Horn’ White (CC BY-SA 3.0))
  Most of the saxophones in the world are one of three flavors: tenor, alto, or soprano (the last made most famous by Kenny G).  And if you went to band camp you probably know the bigger, baritone (or ‘bari’) sax.
  But since the invention of the saxophone in 1840 by Adolph Sax, some outlandishly strange variations have been created.  Here are just 7 of them.
  1. The Contrabass Saxophone(image: Blaise Garza; bl
  
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• The Hunger Games Reboot: Mockingjay 2 Cast On Jennifer Lawrence's Replacement

  06-11-2015 19:42
  
  Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, Natalie Dormer and more reveal who THEY think should replace Jennifer Lawrence in the inevitable The Hunger Games reboot.
  
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• One Direction Prove Just How Much They Love Their Fans With 'History'

  06-11-2015 18:45
  
  We're on our 38th listen.
  
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• YouTuber Of The Week: Bethany Mota

  06-11-2015 18:40
  
  Oh heeeeeey girl.
  
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• Happy Birthday Lorde! Here Are 19 Times Her Instagram Was Real AF

  06-11-2015 18:20
  
  Lorde is 19 today, so let's celebrate with some bad-ass Insta selfies...
  
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• Talib Kweli Taps Bitcoin to Build a Stronger Fanbase

  06-11-2015 18:05
  
  Brooklyn-based hip-hop artist Talib Kweli has partnered with ZapChain to bring a new Bitcoin-powered community platform.  In a ZapChain community, users can reward each other for good posts with small amounts of bitcoin.  This enables contributors to earn real money when they post something that a community finds valuable.Talib Kweli is known for 2004’s A Beautiful Struggle album, and 2007’s Eardrum. Kweli’s latest album is titled Indie 500 and is in collaboration wi
  
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• Yung Bush Takes On Kano Classic, 'Ps & Qs'

  06-11-2015 18:04
  
  GRIME
  
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• Holly Hagan Proves She's A Worldie In Her Hottest Bikini Pics To Date… Oh And Gets Hit By A Wave

  06-11-2015 17:55
  
  Phwoar!
  
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• One Direction's Biggest Achievements

  06-11-2015 17:50
  
  #ProudOfOneDirection
  
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• Rita Ora and Section Boyz Tell Us They 'Don't Ramp' on Forthcoming Album

  06-11-2015 17:44
  
  GRIME
  
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• Elsa Hosk’s 37 Hottest Instagram Pictures

  06-11-2015 17:32
  We really could have just picked them all, though.
  
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• #TGIF! Your Bonfire Weekend Starts With A Bangin' Club MTV Mixtape

  06-11-2015 16:54
  
  Incoming tuneage alert...
  
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• Chase & Status Unveil Part 1 of Their ‘London Bars’ Project

  06-11-2015 16:39
  
  GRIME
  
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• T Bone Burnett to write songs for Roy Rogers musical

  06-11-2015 16:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett has donned a white hat and jumped in to rescue the score to a musical about American icons Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Flaunts It All In Insta Selfie, But We're More Interested In Her Two Bath Mats

  06-11-2015 15:29
  
  Surely one would be enough. SURELY.
  
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• Amy Winehouse biopic: Noomi Rapace in talks to play Rehab singer on the big screen

  06-11-2015 15:00
  
  Hollywood actress Noomi Rapace is in talks to star in the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic. Variety reports that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress could soon portray the late singer in Kirsten Sheridan's as-yet-untitled film. "Amy's music is felt so deeply by the audience because it was deeply personal.
  
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• Justin Bieber tells Alan Carr: I cried watching Amy Winehouse documentary

  06-11-2015 14:35
  
  The Canadian pop star, 21, said the Rehab singer was an “incredible” talent during an interview on Channel 4′s Alan Carr: Chatty Man.
  
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• Brotherhood Unleash Second Instalment in #GrimeRevived Mini-Series

  06-11-2015 14:24
  
  GRIME
  
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• Bugzy Malone Takes On Tupac's 'Changes'

  06-11-2015 13:59
  
  UK Rap
  
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• John Lewis Christmas advert 2015: Who is Aurora, quirky singer covering Oasis song Half The World Away?

  06-11-2015 13:48
  
  Ellie Goulding and Lily Allen are among the big-name singers to have recorded a song for the iconic John Lewis Christmas adverts in the past. Aurora Aksnes, who hails from Bergen in Norway, has covered Half The World Away, a song originally sung by Britpop icons Oasis. Risking the wrath of former band member Noel Gallagher, who wrote the song is a bold move for an up-and-coming singer at the tender age of 19 but it appears to have been well received so far.
  
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• 11 'Easy A' Moments That Happened To Everyone In High School

  06-11-2015 13:45
  
  Because Olive Penderghast isn't the only one who lied about her virginity...
  
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• The John Lewis Christmas Ad Is Here, But How Does It Compare To Previous Years?

  06-11-2015 13:24
  
  We've used the highly scientific Kim Kardashian crying face ranking system.
  
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• Sam Smith admits Drowning Shadows is saddest song he has written

  06-11-2015 12:59
  
  Sam Smith revealed his new track is the saddest song he has ever written. The 23-year-old singer debuted his new song titled Drowning Shadows from the album In The Lonely Hour on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show. "Because Drowning Shadows is the saddest song I have ever written and probably the least radio-friendly song I have ever written.
  
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• 9 Things Only Mixers Know To Be True

  06-11-2015 12:56
  
  These will speak to you, Mixers.
  
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• The Cast Of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Mark End Of Era With Adorable Selfie

  06-11-2015 12:13
  
  Well this is emotional.
  
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• Nadia Rose Drops By 1Xtra To Freestyle for DJ Semtex

  06-11-2015 12:01
  
  UK Rap
  
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• 67 Thoughts I Had While Watching The Final Hunger Games Movie (Mockingjay - Part 2)

  06-11-2015 11:55
  
  So many feels. So many gifs.
  
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• Justin Bieber Thinks We Should All Be A Little Kinder To Kylie Jenner

  06-11-2015 11:52
  
  Hey, we ARE kind to her.
  
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• Watch Adele perform Hello live for the first time during Graham Norton interview special

  06-11-2015 11:09
  
  It has taken three long years but Adele has finally given her first live TV performance. The British musician sang her new single, Hello, during a recording of her interview with Graham Norton, titled Adele At The BBC, in promotion of her long-awaited third album, 25. In a teaser from the special, which is set to air on 20 November, Adele performs the record-breaking ballad for the first time in front of a live studio audience.
  
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• Adele not allowed to send her own tweets due to 'drunk tweeting' in past

  06-11-2015 11:00
  
  The 27-year-old singer said her management check her tweets and they get “signed off” before they are posted, as she appeared on a special BBC show with Graham Norton.
  
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• Kesha Claims Her Career Is 'Effectively Over' If The Courts Won't Let Her Record Without Dr. Luke

  06-11-2015 10:58
  
  The singer hasn't released an album since 2012.
  
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• Will Smith says he will tour with DJ Jazzy Jeff

  06-11-2015 10:12
  
  The Hollywood star and musician says he has new tracks planned and is looking forward to heading out on the road.
  
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• Listen To Little Mix's Brand New Album 'Get Weird' Now On MTV TRAX

  06-11-2015 09:00
  
  Who's ready to get weird?
  
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• Does This Change Things? Facebook Is Now Streaming Music In Your Feed

  06-11-2015 08:55
  
  With nearly 900 million people using Facebook on their mobile devices daily, and 8 billion video views a day, getting back into music was the next logical step.
  And with that, Facebook has just created a new music feature named ‘Music Stories’.  The news follows reports of Facebook discussing their renewed interest in music with various different labels.
  Music Stories will allow users to sample 30-second clips of songs and albums shared in their feeds, with Spotify, Apple Music
  
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