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• Courtney Marie Andrews: Honest Life review – candid country daydreaming

  19-01-2017 23:30
  
  (Loose Music)Entranced by the myth of the open road, Arizona songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews once spent four days crossing America on a Greyhound bus and her sixth album, which is the first to bring her to wide attention, skews heavily towards country tradition. Andrews has the observant eye of the bartender she once was, pinpointing the little horrors that make romantic disasters stick in the mind: on How Quickly Your Heart Mends she’s crying in a bar toilet while “the jukebox is
  
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• Cherry Glazerr: Apocalypstick review – female empowerment and aural fizz bombs

  19-01-2017 23:15
  
  (Secretly Canadian)Fronted by 19-year-old high school graduate Clementine Creevy, Cherry Glazerr have come on hugely since their debut, Haxel Princess, written when the singer was 14. A rejigged lineup and White Stripes producer Joe Chiccarelli have made for a far more robust sound, which channels old school DIY post-punk (Kleenex, the Slits), and vintage riot grrrl via Pixies-style bittersweetness and big angular riffs. The tunes provide vehicles for Creevy to have her say on subjects from empo
  
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• Ronika: Lose My Cool review – effervescent disco stylings

  19-01-2017 23:00
  
  (RecordShop)Ronika’s sparky dance-pop debut Selectadisc wasn’t just one of the best albums of 2014 – it also seemed to have healing properties. On the month it was released, the autoimmune disease that frequently left her housebound or in hospital went into remission. No surprise, then, that this follow-up remains upbeat, with explorations into 90s R&B and hip-hop joining her synth-heavy disco stylings. The likes of All Comes Back 2 U and Dissolve are undoubtedly accomplish
  
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• Get An Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look At Little Mix's Brand New 'Touch' Music Video

  19-01-2017 23:00
  
  We literally cannot wait for this video to drop...
  
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• Menace Beach: Lemon Memory review – motorik and mind-expanding psych

  19-01-2017 22:45
  
  (Memphis Industries) Related: Menace Beach: 'You need this many people to make this much noise' Even in an era in which 90s revivalism is the default mode, Ratworld, the debut album from Leeds sort-of-supergroup Menace Beach, felt particularly beholden to its influences: Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Galaxie 500 et al. Yes, it was a lovingly constructed facsimile, fuzz-swaddled and full of hooks, but a facsimile nevertheless. Good bands soon get bored of such mimicry, though, and follow-up album Lemon
  
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• Austra: Future Politics review – theatrical pop for alienated people

  19-01-2017 22:30
  
  (Domino) In Katie Stelmanis’s dystopia, we are an anxious species. The Canadian songwriter and producer’s third album describes a world in which technology alienates us. Its title track – about greed, the “system” and a need to fight evil with empathy – acquires a pointed sense of prophecy through being released on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. But unlike other apocalyptic art – Blade Runner or Gary Numan’s Replicas – it lacks
  
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• The Molochs: America's Velvet Glory review – like it's 1965 all over again

  19-01-2017 22:15
  
  (Innovative Leisure)It’s not a surprise to see the Molochs are on the same label that brought the world the Allah-Las. Like their fellow Los Angelenos, the Molochs are in thrall to that point in the mid-60s where beat groups, garage bands and psychedelic outfits began to merge into each other. There’s a drowsiness about their music – they tend towards the mid-tempo, Lucas Fitzsimons drawls his vocals, and the guitars jangle more than growl – that means they don’t qu
  
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• Tycho: Epoch review – studies in electronic inconsequence

  19-01-2017 22:00
  
  (Ghostly International)Nominations for the electronic music Grammy are generally awarded to the year’s least exciting electronic music, and so it proves with this instrumental outfit headed by Californian producer Scott Hansen, whose Epoch is in with a shout for the 2017 prize. Underpinned with Radiohead-style fidgety live drums and topped with arena-hopeful guitar lines, Hansen adds his own flavours – diluted Kompakt pulses, very occasional melodies – to create fussy math-prog
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about doom

  19-01-2017 21:00
  
  Make your nomination in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 23 January Ever get the feeling things can’t get any worse for you or the world? This week we want your recommendations where musicians have captured this doom-mongering mood and put it to song.RR regular who posts in the comments as pussel will select from your nominations and produce the playlist, to be published on 26 January. He says of the sense o
  
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• 10 Ways To Get Over Trump Blues

  19-01-2017 20:01
  
  Good luck, guys.
  
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• Rab Noakes: The Treatment Tapes EP review – brave, life-affirming set

  19-01-2017 20:00
  
  (Neon Records/Proper)From his days with Gerry Rafferty in Stealers Wheel to his adventurous 2015 album I’m Walkin’ Here, Rab Noakes has always taken a highly individual approach to song-writing, reflecting his love of Americana, British folk, and pop. When he was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer, and needed radiotherapy and chemotherapy, he responded by writing about the experience. The musical influences here include country and blues, and the sturdy melodies are matched by impressiv
  
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• Aurelio: Darandi review – Garifuna classics imbued with new energy

  19-01-2017 19:45
  
  (Real World/Stonetree)With its twanging and wailing electric guitars, throbbing hand drums and blend of African, Caribbean and Latin influences, the paranda music of the Garifuna people is compelling and unique. Soulful, lilting and yearning, these are the songs of the descendants of African slaves who escaped in a shipwreck, intermarried with the Arawak people of St Vincent, and now live along the Caribbean coast of central America. Since the death of Andy Palacio, singer-songwriter Aurelio Mar
  
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• Camilla George Quartet: Isang review – engaging jazz you want to dance to

  19-01-2017 19:30
  
  (Ubuntu Music)Camilla George is the London alto sax newcomer who recently emerged from the influential Tomorrow’s Warriors and Jazz Jamaica bands to a Mobo nomination and a warm welcome in jazz circles – particularly the ones that don’t feel dancing to jazz has something frivolous about it. Isang, which means “journey” in the Nigerian village in which George grew up, reflects the idiomatic sweep of this engaging and accessible set. Freebop modal pieces such as the o
  
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• The Best Wall Art To Pinterest Up Your Bedroom

  19-01-2017 18:30
  
  Seriously Instagrammable.
  
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• Ty Segall on Black Flag, T Rex and why the Kinks made so much sense in 90s California

  19-01-2017 18:14
  
  He may be the reigning king of slacker rock – but Ty Segall is as prolific as they come. He explains why the Kinks made so much sense to a kid in 90s CaliforniaTy Segall is 29, but looks younger. He comes across like a relaxed California surfer, with golden hair and a boyish demeanor. He says things are “rad”, that you should only do things “as long as they’re fun”. So far, so slacker.But as the reigning king of the garage underground, Segall is no slouch. On
  
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• This Ariana Grande Lookalike Is So Uncanny She Fooled Ari's Own Cousin

  19-01-2017 18:05
  
  This doppelganger of Ariana Grande is incredible.
  
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• Voting For MTV Brand New For 2017 Is Now LIVE!

  19-01-2017 18:00
  
  Get all the details on how to vote for your favourite artist here…
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry Gives Jedward An X-Rated Lap Dance

  19-01-2017 18:00
  
  Wow, Chloe really gives it her all.
  
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• This Is How The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Different On Nintendo Switch Than Wii U

  19-01-2017 17:50
  
  If you've been deciding whether to get a Nintendo Switch, you need to see this.
  
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• How Jack Your Body began house music's squelching electronic revolution

  19-01-2017 17:30
  
  Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley only made his 1986 track to amuse his friends – then it burst out of Chicago’s clubs and became a No 1 hit January 1987’s pop charts began cosily enough. A 1957 rock’n’roll staple was No 1 (Jackie Wilson’s Reet Petite). Elkie Brooks and the Housemartins sat in the top 10. Then, like a future shock, came Jack Your Body: a track built on a scruffy, electronic beat, a squelching, pulsing bassline, and the voice of a man breathing h
  
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• Gorillaz release Hallelujah Money

  19-01-2017 17:29
  
  Featuring vocals from Benjamin Clementine, this futurist gospel track warns of the corrosive influence of big business on politics. Who could they be talking about? The bad news? This week sees a misogynist, climate-denying authoritarian sworn in as the next president of the United States. The good news? Gorillaz have marked the historic event with a new track – their first in six years. Swings and roundabouts. Hallelujah Money is, as the title might give away, a song about the worship of
  
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• Ed Sheeran Reveals His ‘Divide’ Tour Is Kicking Off In March During Our Facebook Live Q&A

  19-01-2017 16:18
  
  As well as saying he would love to write a song with Beyoncé...
  
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• Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone review – melancholy vignettes for rainy afternoons

  19-01-2017 16:00
  
  Carner’s domestic-flavoured rap works because of its modest scale, non-accusatory vulnerability and its perfect matching of music to lyricsLoyle Carner cuts an impressively idiosyncratic figure among the ranks of hotly tipped British rappers. His breakthrough came not with a swaggering, self-aggrandising statement of intent, but a 2014 track called BFG, an understated, heartbroken rumination on the death of his stepfather. Carner sounded on the verge of tears – “Of course I&rsq
  
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• This Mean Girls/High School Musical Mash-Up Is The Definition Of Fetch

  19-01-2017 15:47
  
  This video mash-up of High School Musical and Mean Girls is amazing
  
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• 11 Things You Need To Know About The Inauguration

  19-01-2017 15:41
  
  We've got you covered.
  
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• Music Review: Run The Jewels packs a smart punch on 'RTJ3'

  19-01-2017 15:17
  There's a lot fire behind Run The Jewels and their latest album, "Run The Jewels 3." They're longtime hip-hop practitioners on a current come-up, riding a crest of notoriety as much for their infectious, two-headed rap attack as for their outspoken political stance.
  
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• All About Me [Explicit]

  19-01-2017 15:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  All About Me
  
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• Kylie Jenner's First Ever Instagram Photos Are Pure Gold

  19-01-2017 14:58
  
  Filters, celeb mates and food pics included.
  
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• Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor on William Onyeabor: 'His music never felt cold, it was exuberant'

  19-01-2017 14:39
  
  The Hot Chip singer, who performed the late Onyeabor’s music with the Atomic Bomb! band, recalls the musician’s mystery, charisma and unflinchingly future-facing workThe first William Onyeabor track I ever heard was Good Name. It was 2011, and I only had a very low quality MP3, but the production of the music and the vocal delivery were so raw and exciting and felt so ahead of their time. I kept playing it in DJ sets, alongside modern house and disco records, and people would always
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry’s Most Outrageous Moments So Far

  19-01-2017 14:14
  
  Where to begin?!
  
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• Little Something

  19-01-2017 13:24 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Little Something
  
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• Cake

  19-01-2017 13:24 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Cake (Official Video)
  
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• What You Missed In Music: Ed Sheeran Built A Pub, Charli XCX Releases A Crazy New Single & More

  19-01-2017 13:06
  
  Also, Jamiroquai return, Boardmasters releases their line-up, Dirty Projectors announce a new record & MORE.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: the best of your 1980s 12-inch singles

  19-01-2017 13:00
  
  A reader takes a journey of discovery through your favourite 12-inch singles and remixes. Classics from Grace Jones, New Order and Happy Mondays make the cut
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your suggestions after last week’s callout. Thanks for taking part. Read more about how our weekly Readers Recommend series works at the end of the piece. Related: Tom Moulton on Grace Jones: 'They were like her slaves, just looking at her all goo-goo eyed'Contin
  
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• 16 Celeb BFFs Who Fell Out Because Of A Guy

  19-01-2017 12:58
  
  Noooooooo!
  
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• Bergen Philharmonic/ Gardner review – vibrancy and passion

  19-01-2017 12:49
  
  Symphony Hall, BirminghamWorks by Grieg and Walton showcased the orchestra’s confidence and feeling for colour, while soloist Truls Mørk gave a memorable reading of Elgar’s cello concerto
  The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – whose history goes back over 250 years – is riding high. Their chief conductor, Edward Gardner, has just extended his contract with them until 2020, and their recording of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass is nominated for a Grammy. It
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Just Showed Off Her Post-Baby Stretch Marks Because, You Know, She’s Human

  19-01-2017 12:35
  
  Celebs get stretch marks too, ya know.
  
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• 16 Curve Fashion Bloggers To Give You All Of The Style Inspo

  19-01-2017 12:14
  
  Love, love, LOVE.
  
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• After short hiatus, Lady Antebellum is back with new music

  19-01-2017 12:05
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The short hiatus country vocal trio Lady Antebellum announced in 2015 kept them apart for longer than they had been in a decade. Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley went in different directions on their solo albums, while Dave Haywood honed his skills as a producer.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen plays farewell gig for Barack Obama at the White House

  19-01-2017 11:57
  
  The Boss, a regular visitor to Pennsylvania Avenue, played a 15-song acoustic set for the president and his staffBruce Springsteen, pretty much a regular visitor at the White House recent years, bade farewell to the Obama administration by returning to the White House last week for a 15-song farewell gig for the president and his staff.The Springsteen fansite Backstreets, which reviews every Springsteen show, no matter how hard it might seem to get into, carries a report on the show, estimating
  
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• Zayn Malik's New Tattoo May Or May Not Be A Tribute To Gigi Hadid

  19-01-2017 11:52
  
  Zayn Malik has a new tattoo and it might be about Gigi Hadid
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Speaks Out About His Relationship With Zayn Malik

  19-01-2017 11:46
  
  “Things have happened in the past, of course."
  
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• Woman Arrested After Waving Palestinian Flag In Bella Hadid’s Face

  19-01-2017 11:42
  
  Oh and Kendall was there too.
  
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• Fifth Harmony Make First Public Appearance As A Four At People’s Choice Awards

  19-01-2017 11:18
  
  And the world didn't stop turning.
  
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• Ray BLK's Airing Her Dirty Laundry & That's Why She's Everyone's One To Watch

  19-01-2017 10:00
  
  We get to know the rising Catford R&B star, who's already been nominated for a MOBO...
  
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• Holly Hagan Snapchatted A Totally NAKED Video With Kyle Christie And Gary Beadle Can’t Cope

  19-01-2017 09:38
  
  Not a stitch of clothing in sight.
  
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• Alanis Morissette's former manager admits stealing $7m

  19-01-2017 08:51
  
  Jonathan Todd Schwartz pleads guilty to embezzling millions of dollars from singer and other celebritiesAlanis Morissette’s former business manager has admitted embezzling more than $7m (£6m) from the singer and other celebrities and agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors have said.Jonathan Todd Schwartz, 48, of Los Angeles, was charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return for failing to report the embezzled funds. Continue reading...
  
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• DO YOU KNOW ME?

  19-01-2017 08:47 via mtv.co.uk
  
  DO YOU KNOW ME?
  
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• Castle On The Hill (Lyric Video)

  19-01-2017 08:47 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Castle On The Hill
  
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• The Way I Do

  19-01-2017 05:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  The Way I Do
  
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