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• The Big Moon: Love in the 4th Dimension review – nostalgic indie with wide-eyed conviction

  06-04-2017 22:00
  (Fiction)The golden age of indie might be over, but The Big Moon are resuscitating its corpse for one last hurrah. As if recorded on a grotty Camden bar crawl, the quartet’s debut crashes and careens, as romantic as it is ramshackle, with Pixies-style quiet/loud contrasts a staple structure of their songs. Hopeless love story Cupid is a cross between early Libertines and Freakin’ Out-era Graham Coxon, its lyrics berating the sugary-drink-fuelled braggadocio of a misguided l
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about Britain

  06-04-2017 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 10 April We’re looking for songs about the UK this week. Keep an eye on the comments for more of a steer on the topic.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 10 April to post your nomination and make your justification. RR regular Paul Hayes (who posts in the comments as Fuel) will select from your recommendations and produce the playlist, to be published on 6
  
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• Accounts frozen at charity backed by One Direction

  06-04-2017 20:00
  
  Believe in Magic, also reportedly supported by Olly Murs, Michael Bublé and Little Mix, investigated after multiple complaints of mismanagementA family-run charity backed with millions of pounds by the band One Direction has had its accounts frozen during an investigation into allegations of misconduct.Believe in Magic, co-founded by a mother and daughter after the daughter had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, is being investigated by the Charity Commission following “multiple co
  
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• Bach's St Matthew Passion review – the Armonico Consort span the sacred and the secular

  06-04-2017 19:21
  
  St John’s, Smith Square, London
  Ian Bostridge’s operatic Evangelist galvanised a mixed performance of Bach’s sprawling dramatic oratorioBach’s St Matthew Passion is sometimes seen as the opera he never wrote. It is sprawling, musically ambitious and acutely dramatic, boasting a large cast as well as two choirs and orchestras. This performance from the Armonico Consort and Baroque Orchestra – directed from the harpsichord by Christopher Monks and with Ian Bostridge a
  
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• FIF: Laith Ashley

  06-04-2017 19:04
  
  Dayummm, that's what you call Friday inspiration...
  
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• Depeche Mode's Martin Gore: 'The alt-right liking us is baffling'

  06-04-2017 18:55
  
  The band are battling back against an endorsement from right-wing extremist Richard Spencer, says their songwriterAfternoon, Martin! A couple of years ago I asked your mate Dave what the next Depeche Mode album would sound like. That, he said, was the million-dollar question. Turns out your new album sounds like a Depeche Mode album.Yes! There are certain things we can’t get away from as a group and we do have our unique sound. Having a singer with a distinctive voice makes songs instantly
  
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• Your Ultimate Ibiza Opening Parties 2017 Guide

  06-04-2017 18:46
  
  Summer's just round the corner so it's time to start booking your flights to the White Isle...
  
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• French pop star Jain: an electropop journey from Congo to Colbert

  06-04-2017 18:32
  
  The UK and US are catching on to the synth-playing singer, whose explosive sound blends global influences in a multicultural rebuke to the likes of Le PenJain has gone awol. It’s early March and the French pop star is due to soundcheck for a second sold-out night at L’Olympia in Paris. Her name is in foot-high letters above the 19th-century venue’s front door. Just before 5pm, the 25-year-old, born Jeanne Galice, rushes up Boulevard des Capucines looking apologetic. She had gon
  
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• Companies Now HAVE To Publish Their Gender Pay Gaps: Here's Why That's So Important

  06-04-2017 17:54
  
  YES ladies.
  
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• Hannah Witton's Guide To Doing It

  06-04-2017 17:35
  
  Yup.
  
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• 13 Times Riverdale’s KJ Apa Was A Goddamn Gift To The World

  06-04-2017 16:54
  
  How has he only just entered our lives?
  
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• Harry Styles Has The Final Word On Those Sheep Placenta Facial Rumours

  06-04-2017 16:52
  
  Not a sentence we ever thought we'd be writing.
  
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• Father John Misty: Pure Comedy review – wonderfully uneasy listening

  06-04-2017 16:30
  
  Josh Tillman’s dark pronouncements, set to luscious, 70s-style orchestration, update the idea of the confessional singer-songwriter for the post-truth era Towards the end of Pure Comedy’s 13-minute centrepiece track, Josh Tillman offers a glum assessment of the album’s commercial chances. His career’s current status, he claims, is under threat. “I’m beginning to begin to see the end of how it all goes down between them and me / Some 10-verse chorus-less diatri
  
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• 13 Reality Star Couples Who Fell In Love On Set And Prove That Love Is Alive

  06-04-2017 16:21
  
  Going strong...
  
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• There's A Scientific Reason For Why You Overshare After Sex

  06-04-2017 16:13
  
  Makes sense.
  
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• Post-Brexit punk and austerity anthems - 2017's political rock resurgence

  06-04-2017 15:27
  
  Angry about the new US president, transgender rights, Europhobia, the NHS? Musicians are once again finding the voice to protest and inspire the next generation of activists It was Copernicus who first calculated that the horridness of any given government is inversely proportionate to the brilliance of the rebel rock music it inspires. It became known as Bragg’s law, but in the 21st century this reliable age-old adage broke down. Iraq, student fees, rocketing rents pricing musicians out o
  
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• The Soldier's Tale review – City of London Sinfonia make Stravinsky's devilish piece too well mannered

  06-04-2017 14:09
  
  Village Underground, LondonDespite the efforts of Simon Russell Beale and Janet Suzman, this concert performance lacked theatricality and felt too comfortable
  Inclusiveness is a major part of the artistic mission of the City of London Sinfonia, who take their performances into communities and venues around Britain that are outside the regular circuit of concert halls. That brought the orchestra, or seven of its members, at least, to Village Underground in Shoreditch, east London, for the final e
  
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• How cruising, graveyards and swan songs inspired Arca’s new album

  06-04-2017 14:09
  
  Alejandro Ghersi – AKA Arca – gained fame as a child star in his native Venezuela, and later as a collaborator with Kanye West, Björk and FKA twigs. Now the ambitious producer says he’s ready to get personalAlejandro Ghersi opens the door of his north-London house wearing a black jumper, tailored tweed trousers and a pair of thigh-high, pointed, stiletto-heeled boots. You might think this represented quite a strong look for a quiet Friday afternoon at home, but for the art
  
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• There's Just Been A TOTAL Facebook Crackdown On Revenge Porn

  06-04-2017 14:04
  
  Change is coming to FB, Messenger AND Instagram...
  
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• Money (Ft. Kah-Lo, Mr Eazi & Davido)

  06-04-2017 13:32 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Money (Ft. Kah-Lo, Mr Eazi & Davido)
  
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• Get To Know: Blaenavon

  06-04-2017 13:23
  
  As the Hampshire band prepare the release of their debut album, we find out a little bit more about the trio...
  
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• Stormzy review – a towering pop personality reaches new heights

  06-04-2017 13:14
  
  Academy, Glasgow
  The garrulous MC, whose next-level success has put paid to the idea that grime doesn’t travel, is taking his infectious energy on a sold-out victory lap of the UK The scorching desert vibes of Coachella seem a long way from the drizzly car parks of Croydon. But that’s where south London’s current hottest musical export Stormzy – AKA Michael Omari, a garrulous 23-year-old MC catapulted to stardom by a combination of brimming raw talent and the second-wave
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: your songs about resistance

  06-04-2017 13:00
  
  Fighting the power with Kraftwerk, Leonard Cohen, Pearl Jam and more, a reader creates a playlist from your suggestions on the theme
  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 series works at the end of the piece.We begin this week’s playlist in a lighthearted mood with a song from the 1952 movie The Las Vegas Story. Hoagy Carmichael tries to repel the adva
  
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• Guy Discovers Hack To Paraglide The Entire Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Map & It's Stunning

  06-04-2017 12:41
  
  Can we just book a long weekend hol to Hyrule?
  
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• Megan McKenna Restrained During Explosive Row With Pete Wicks 'Over Chloe Sims Rumours'

  06-04-2017 12:04
  
  We've never seen Megan this angry!
  
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• Mel B's 'Flirty Behaviour' With Cheryl Apparently Drove Husband Stephen Belafonte Into A 'Fit Of Rage'

  06-04-2017 11:58
  
  The pair are separated.
  
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• Harry Styles On Going Solo, Playing His Music To Ed Sheeran & Being In Awe of Adele

  06-04-2017 11:03
  
  “It’s time to give birth,” Harry said.
  
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• Megan McKenna Insists She 100% Didn't Cheat On Pete Wicks Before Their Split

  06-04-2017 10:49
  
  Megan didn't cheat on Pete.
  
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• Adam Devine Revealed As Your MTV Movie & TV Awards Host 2017

  06-04-2017 10:37
  
  The awards are just weeks away!
  
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• Pepsi Pulls Kendall Jenner Advert After Huge Backlash

  06-04-2017 10:28
  
  Wise move, Pepsi.
  
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• Taylor Swift Is ‘Busy Working’ On Sixth Album, But When Will It Be Released?

  06-04-2017 09:51
  
  Today, tomorrow, 2023?
  
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• Harry Styles Reveals Exactly Why He Hasn’t Dated 'In A Long Time'

  06-04-2017 01:16
  
  We have a lot of information for you, just prepare yourselves.
  
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