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• Kaleo: A/B review – warbling, fedora-clad rock with not a single original idea

  23-06-2016 23:00
  
  (Elektra/Atlantic)Kaleo could not be more 2016 if they buried Trump, Brexit and a Beyoncé think-piece in a time capsule. They look as if they have been styled by Coachella. They sound as if they’re from 1960s Texas, but in fact come from Mosfellsbaer in Iceland. Their frontman has that pigeon-warble that afflicts so many young singer-songwriters these days, and their drummer wears a fedora. In our post-Spotify era, it’s not unusual for musicians to magpie inspiration from anyw
  
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• M Craft: Blood Moon review – melodic night-sky prettiness

  23-06-2016 22:45
  
  (Heavenly) What is it about log cabins and pop? Ever since Bon Iver came along in 2007 with For Emma, Forever Ago, hordes of musicians have retreated to wood-based solitary confinement in the hope of similar inspiration. Martin Craft’s third album – and his first solo outing since 2009’s Arrows at the Sun – is the latest to take this tack: he ended up ensconced on the edge of the Mojave desert, surrounded by “otherworldly silence”, while he made Blood Moon. Sa
  
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• The Felice Brothers: Life in the Dark review – Americana for the Trump era

  23-06-2016 22:30
  
  (YepROC)The Felice Brothers recorded their new album on a farm, and clucking chickens even ended up on the recordings. Their Dylanesque Americana – all wheezing accordion, fiddles and folk tales about forgotten bandits – occasionally conjures up the atmosphere of a heady barn dance. But this rustic, deceptively homely backdrop provides a clever vehicle for songs that subtly but powerfully address the suddenly shakier foundations of Trump-era America. The nine songs see wedding dresse
  
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• DJ Shadow: The Mountain Will Fall review – cut-and-paste turtablist's inventive return

  23-06-2016 22:15
  
  (Mass Appeal) Coinciding with the comeback of fellow plunderphonic luminaries the Avalanches, Josh Davis returns with his first album in five years. Like the former, he no longer works exclusively in samples – though nor has he abandoned them entirely: an ambient 1970s composition forms the basis of the title track. But whether or not the majority of the music is original often seems besides the point – the irreverent, and sometimes slightly irritating, cut-and-paste aesthetic remain
  
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• David Bowie fans celebrate the star in front of Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage

  23-06-2016 22:14
  
  The singer performed twice at the festival, the last time in 2000.
  
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• "Nashville" star Will Chase going back to Broadway

  23-06-2016 22:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and singer Will Chase will be going from "Nashville" on TV to the Renaissance on Broadway. He's taking over the role of William Shakespeare in "Something Rotten!"
  
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• The Avett Brothers: True Sadness review – minor digressions from rootsy rockers

  23-06-2016 22:00
  
  (American/Island/Republic)The Avett Brothers’ ninth album arrives with an open letter by Seth Avett, in which many words are written but very little is said: True Sadness, he explains, is a patchwork quilt, both thematically and stylistically, wherein “the roughest denim and the smoothest velveteen” entwine. Given their 16-year climb to success, their digression into more unusual textures feels like a bid to break out of the tweed and into something a little more mainstream. Th
  
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• Transglobal Underground: Digging the Underground Vol 1 review – eclectic dance pioneers' early magic

  23-06-2016 20:00
  
  (Nation Records)Transglobal Underground shook up English music in the 1990s by mixing house, hip-hop and dub with influences from Africa, Asia and the Arab world. The band are still going, but this new selection, modestly billed as “rare releases, unfinished remixes and never before released gems from 1991 to 1998” is a reminder of their early years, and it sounds impressively fresh. The lineup then included Natacha Atlas, now a major star in Europe, and she is featured here on sever
  
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• Billy Bragg leads tributes to MP Jo Cox at Glastonbury festival

  23-06-2016 19:49
  
  Singer leads festivalgoers in rendition of We Shall Overcome, accompanied by women wearing suffragette ribbonsThousands of voices rang out across Glastonbury festival as campers joined in song to pay tribute to MP Jo Cox.The singer Billy Bragg led festivalgoers in a solemn version of We Shall Overcome, as people spilled around the sides of the packed Park stage to celebrate her life. He was joined on stage by Emily Eavis, carrying her newborn baby, and hundreds of women – many wearing the
  
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• Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra: AHEO review – rousing fusion workout

  23-06-2016 19:45
  
  (Glitterbeat)This energetic, sometimes chaotic fusion set results from a visit that Africa’s finest percussionist – the Afrobeat hero Tony Allen – made to Haiti to perform in the main square of Port Au Prince alongside Haitian and western musicians. It wasn’t an easy gig – the band had just five days to rehearse, and the concert was not recorded as planned. These recordings were made at rehearsals, with overdubs added later, and are dominated by chanting Haitian voc
  
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• MTV’s Best of E3 Awards 2016: 25 Of The Best New Games Coming Soon!

  23-06-2016 19:42
  
  25 of the most mind-blowing, the most innovative and the most bonkers games of E3 2016…
  
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• Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing riff for Stairway to Heaven

  23-06-2016 19:34
  
  Los Angeles jury finds Robert Plant and Jimmy Page did not steal the most famous passage from the 1971 anthem from the band SpiritLed Zeppelin has defeated a lawsuit that accused the band of stealing the opening riff in Stairway to Heaven, and cemented its place in rock’s pantheon.A jury in Los Angeles on Thursday cleared Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of pinching arguably the most famous riff of the most famous anthem in rock. Continue reading...
  
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• Adele's '25' coming to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal

  23-06-2016 19:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After selling close to nine million units since its November release, Adele is finally putting her "25" album on streaming sites such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal.
  
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• Zoe Rahman: Dreamland review – jaunty, eclectic jazz from fast-rising pianist

  23-06-2016 19:30
  
  (Manushi)The British/Bengali pianist Zoe Rahman, a Mobo winner in 2012 for her rootsy world-folk album Kindred Spirits, seems to have been focusing her thoughts on more intimate music in recent years. She toured with Courtney Pine a a popular ballads-devoted duo, worked with the double-bass star George Mraz and now release her first solo piano album of originals and jazz evergreens, with first takes producing most of the forceful and tender results. Rahman’s bass-stamping, McCoy Tyner-infl
  
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• Miroslav Vitouš: Music of Weather Report review – sharp responses to classic fusion

  23-06-2016 19:15
  
  (ECM)Weather Report, the great 1970s/80s fusion band, transformed the relationship between jazz instrumentation and creative electronics, and their vibrant sound and rhythmic audacity are influential still. Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, a founder member, paid tribute to their spirit but not their famous tunes on the 2009 album Remembering Weather Report. Now he visits the old material with a supple sextet (including elite New York drummers Gerald Cleaver and Nasheet Waits), kindling a se
  
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• Glastonbury 2016: Thursday - as it happened

  23-06-2016 19:05
  
  The gates have opened at Worthy Farm, the site is starting to fill up and the music is yet to begin. Follow how the pre-amble action went downShare your Glastonbury stories and pictures with the hashtag #GuardianGlasto or on GuardianWitness here6.05pm BSTSo that was your mud-spattered Glastonbury pre-amble. We’re off to check out the secret acts on the Williams Green stage, and the xx-chromosomed in the team will be heading to the women-only stage The Sisterhood – come back tomorrow
  
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• Stefano Bollani: Napoli Trip review – Naples love affair glitters with invention

  23-06-2016 19:00
  
  (Decca)Milanese pianist Stefano Bollani sees Naples as “a parallel universe in which I often wander, alone or with companions”. His tribute to the city devotes some of its 16 tight tracks to his virtuosic solo playing, and some to a fine new quartet including Neapolitan saxophonist Daniele Sepe and electronicist Jan Bang, with the serenely funky Manu Katché at the drumkit. There are jigging Naples street dances that become pressing contemporary grooves; the late singer-songwri
  
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• Chris Martin: ‘Coldplay are saying the opposite of walls and Brexit’

  23-06-2016 18:46
  
  The Glastonbury Sunday headliners get emotional about the power of music and their quest for the perfect hookIt is rather gratifying, when meeting a band who have sold 80m albums and are about to headline the world’s biggest music festival for the fourth time, in front of a global audience of millions, to find out that things were not always like this. Chris Martin, sitting backstage at a Zurich stadium on Coldplay’s world tour in mid June, tells me that he never got to go to Glaston
  
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• F**k It Friday: Demi Lovato

  23-06-2016 18:41
  
  Daaamn, Demi.
  
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• This Video Of Selena Gomez Dancing With A Sick Fan Might Just Be The Cutest Thing We've Ever Seen

  23-06-2016 18:30
  
  Audrey Nethery met SelGo in Louisville earlier this week...
  
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• ‘Boogie’ Is Yet Another Hard Track From The Hugely Talented Paigey Cakey

  23-06-2016 18:28
  
  With a hard rap beat produced by The Fanatix that borrows some real afrobeats influences, Paigey spits bars about getting rid of negative energies in her circle
  
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• Ariel Winter Slams Body Shamers: "I Looked Hot In That Dress. Please Get A Hobby"

  23-06-2016 18:15
  
  After receiving hateful comments about her risqué 'underboob' dress, Ariel Winter has hit back at the haters.
  
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• The Truth Behind Tom Hiddleston Calling Taylor Swift Romance A 'Roller Coaster'

  23-06-2016 17:59
  
  Those quotes aren't all as they seem...
  
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• Blood Orange: Freetown Sound review – a pop changeling's pell-mell scrapbook

  23-06-2016 17:24
  
  Jerking from 80s soul to spindly indie, via snatches of street noise and film samples, Dev Hynes’s grand personal statement is stuffed with fascinating ideas but feels unfinishedThe career of Dev Hynes is an intriguing one. As a pop producer and songwriter, he’s carved out a niche for himself in recent years, not so much as a reliable hitmaker, but as someone stars can turn to when their albums need an injection of scenester cool: Kylie Minogue and Carly Rae Jepsen have availed thems
  
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• Spencer Pratt Reminds Gigi Hadid He Helped Her Become Famous, She Unfollows Him On Twitter

  23-06-2016 17:09
  
  All in a days work from the former The Hills star...
  
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• Tegan and Sara review – pointed new songs a statement of intent

  23-06-2016 17:02
  
  Koko, London
  The Calgary-born twins combine more impressively than ever, but the promise of arena-sized success means they might have to overhaul their bare-bones stage presenceIt’s half-time at the first of Tegan and Sara Quin’s only two UK shows this summer, and the Calgary-born twins are doing a good job of forgetting that they’re 35 years old. Having just played “two bangers in a row” – Stop Desire and U-Turn, from new album Love You to Death – they&
  
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• Adele's '25' Will Be Available On Spotify Tonight...Just Ahead Of Her Glastonbury Performance

  23-06-2016 16:51
  
  Today's cynical thought of the day...
  
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• Preoccupations review – blisteringly intense

  23-06-2016 16:49
  
  Shacklewell Arms, London
  The band formerly known as Viet Cong have changed monikers yet lost none of the ominous tension that defined their cathartic post-punkThe band on stage tonight were still called Viet Cong one year ago. But following protests, hate mail and several cancelled shows, they announced a name change. To the protesters, the idea of white, western-educated men appropriating the name of a brutal insurgent group was crass and offensive. The band, to their credit, took a step back a
  
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• Premiere: Kid Bookie Unveils New Mixtape ‘You’ll Rate Me When I’m Dead’

  23-06-2016 16:47
  
  Created alongside Christie, who provides some solid vocal segments throughout the release, the eight track project twists and turns from fast-paced, energetic, hard-hitting bars sprayed over powerful beats to much more thought provoking, measured tunes that see Bookie cover getting really introspective in places.
  
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• Fifth Harmony Turn Up The Heat For Hot AF 'All In My Head' Music Video

  23-06-2016 15:38
  
  The band have somehow managed to get sexier than Work From Home.
  
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• Club MTV Is Partnering With Holi Festival Again!

  23-06-2016 15:10
  
  We had so much fun last year we HAD to be part of it all again...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Scotty T Is Encouraging Everyone To Vote In Brexit

  23-06-2016 14:15
  
  Scotty T is encouraging everyone to take part in today's Brexit vote, but is he in or out?
  
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• Gemma Styles: Ex-Miss GB - Role Model Or Bad Influence?

  23-06-2016 13:23
  
  "Love Island fever has gripped the nation."
  
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• Jurors in Led Zeppelin copyright trial to deliberate for second day

  23-06-2016 13:13
  Jurors in Led Zeppelin's copyright infringement trial were due to begin a second day of deliberations on Thursday to decide whether the English rock band ripped off the opening chords of "Stairway to Heaven" from an American group. The lawsuit was brought in 2014 by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the estate of the late Spirit guitarist and songwriter Randy Wolfe. It accuses Led Zeppelin of copying the opening riff to "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's 1967 instrumental "Taurus." The trial start
  
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• Kylie Jenner Had A Bit Of An Awks Accident On A Night Out Last Night

  23-06-2016 13:07
  
  Kylie may or may not have gotten a drink all over herself last night...
  
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• The #DogsAtPollingStations Twitter Trend Is The Excuse You Didn't Even Need To Get Out And Vote On Brexit

  23-06-2016 13:04
  
  The excuse you didn't even need to vote in or out on the Brexit EU referendum - the #dogsatollingstations hashtag that's trending on twitter. See pics at MTV.co.uk
  
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• Hard as Nails: getting hammered by the harshest band in America

  23-06-2016 13:00
  
  They’re the ‘audio equivalent of shoving your face into a blast furnace’ and are the latest purveyors of powerviolence. Don’t forget your ear plugsMost hardcore punk can sound like nothing more than a sonic blur with very little to differentiate one song from the next. But deep within the crevices of the genre are bands who stayed true to a loud-fast-rules ethos – established by bands like Cro-Mags and Black Flag – while still being harbingers of what the genr
  
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• New Order: our favourite ever festivals

  23-06-2016 12:52
  
  From playing on a truck in Leigh to a drunken nightmare in Scandinavia, the band pick the wildest weekends of their four decades in musicContinue reading...
  
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• Blac Chyna Opens Up About Rob Kardashian Becoming A Dad

  23-06-2016 12:20
  
  Blac Chyna thinks that her baby daddy Rob Kardashian will be 'great' and 'supportive'.
  
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• Show Your Pride With The 30 Of The Best Rainbow Fashion And Beauty Buys

  23-06-2016 12:03
  
  To celebrate Pride and all things LGBTQIAPK, here's the best rainbow themed fashion and beauty buys to shop right now.
  
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• Camila Cabello Addresses Shawn Mendes Dating Rumours

  23-06-2016 11:25
  
  The Fifth Harmony singer has all of the answers.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Does Bella Lestrange Chic As The Face Of The Marc Jacobs AW16 Campaign

  23-06-2016 11:16
  
  Most summers the fashion and beauty trends are all about floaty skirts, florals and soft pinks.But this summer is slightly different and following on from Kylie Jenner making black lipstick the trend of the season, big sister Kendall Jenner is following suit in the seriously gothic new campaign that she's shot for Marc Jacobs. Full story at mtv.co.uk
  
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• Kanye West To Premiere Famous Video Tomorrow And Will Charge Fans For The Pleasure

  23-06-2016 11:03
  
  It'll probably be worth it though...
  
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• Pakistan mourns murdered singer in attack claimed by Taliban

  23-06-2016 10:58
  Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned down in the port city of Karachi in an attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban. Amjad Sabri, 45, was one of South Asia's most popular singers of the "qawwali", Sufi devotional music that dates back more than 700 years. Devotees thronged the ambulance carrying Sabri's body to the funeral, blocking its progress.
  
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• First Power Rangers Movie Poster Is Revealed And It's All Types Of Mysterious

  23-06-2016 10:56
  
  Oooooooh WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
  
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• Darth Vader Confirmed To Appear In 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

  23-06-2016 10:31
  
  It was hinted at in the film's first trailer, but it's finally been confirmed... YASSS!
  
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• Patricia Kopatchinskaja in praise of minimalism – less is much, much more

  23-06-2016 08:00
  
  Minimalist music is far from a modern invention. The violinist picks her favourite works that prove that you can get something out of nothingSengai, the renowned Japanese Zen-master made innumerable small paintings for his visitors. Consider his famous frog who says: “If one could get wisdom by contemplative sitting (zazen), I should be very wise indeed.” In a few simple brush strokes he questioned rituals and at the same time shows the holiness of a modest frog. Continue reading...
  
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• Jury deliberating in Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven plagiarism trial

  23-06-2016 03:58
  
  In closing arguments, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were criticized for ‘selective’ memories and ‘convenient’ truths in their testimonyA key chapter of music history could be rewritten by a jury that began deliberating Wednesday over whether Led Zeppelin ripped off a riff for its epic Stairway to Heaven.A lawyer representing the trust of a deceased songwriter criticized members of Led Zeppelin for “selective” memories and “convenient” truths in testi
  
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• Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams finalise their divorce

  23-06-2016 01:39
  Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have officially ended their six year marriage. Although Mandy, 32, and Ryan, 41, previously struggled to reach an agreement on money, they have now settled upon the division of their assets. According to the report, musician Ryan will be paying his ex $425,000 in cash because his share of takeaway assets is deemed to be worth more than hers.
  
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• Robbie Williams confirmed for Take That 25th anniversary tour

  23-06-2016 01:34
  
  As Take That approach their 25th anniversary, they've got a real treat instore for fans: Robbie Williams will be involved! The Angels hit maker will join his former band mates for a tour – and they're even planning to write new music. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald confirmed the exciting news during a chat with The Sun, but sadly it seems not all of the members will be back for good. Jason Orange quit the group in 2014, and Howard, 48, confessed he's got no plans to return.
  
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