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• Imagine Dragons: Evolve review – lifeless electronic-tinged arena rock

  22-06-2017 23:30
  
  (Interscope)Las Vegas’s Imagine Dragons are known for making stadium pop-rock that’s part-Foo Fighters tribute, part-Foster the People, occasionally embracing a Mumfords-style twang, a nu-metal riff or some hip-hop bounce. Despite singles such as Radioactive (695m YouTube views and counting) and a No 1 album in the UK with 2015’s Smoke + Mirrors, they remain faceless – something which is only likely to continue as they channel an on-trend, electronic sound for this third
  
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• Jeff Tweedy: Together at Last review – Wilco frontman makes vivid, wistful acoustic return

  22-06-2017 23:15
  
  (Anti-)Jeff Tweedy’s band Wilco have become synonymous with experimentalism and sonic adventures. However, this first instalment in a planned series of acoustic sessions continues the more stripped-down trajectory which began with 2014 solo debut, Sukierae. This time, Tweedy revisits his own labyrinthine back catalogue for 11 songs spanning occasional projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog as well as Wilco. Delivering them with just guitar and harmonica, Neil Young style, really exposes their
  
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• Laurel Halo: Dust review – radical adventures in electronic impressionism

  22-06-2017 22:45
  
  (Hyperdub) Michigan-born producer Laurel Halo started out with stargazing synthpop songs, before abstracting and then bleeding out her vocals altogether, culminating in a gloriously offbeat take on dub techno. She now brings voices back into the fold, including guests such as Julia Holter and Lafawndah, on an album that brilliantly reimagines jazz song-craft for the 21st century. The drum programming shuffles, rustles and clangs like a broadsheet being folded on the tube, rarely settling into a
  
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• Teen Mom UK's Chloe Patton Reveals Whether Her And Jordan Edwards Are Planning Baby Number Two Yet - EXCLUSIVE

  22-06-2017 20:12
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Morton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello CD review – virtuosic tiptoeing

  22-06-2017 19:45
  
  Knoop/Orazbayeva/Carey/Lukoszevieze
  (Another Timbre)‘All music is difficult, all music is easy. What defines a successful performance?” Pianist Mark Knoop points out a paradox that applies to most of Morton Feldman’s works, with their endless expanses of calm, tormented beauty. How to clinch the lack of obvious direction without grinding to a halt? How to find the right space and zen in music that requires intense concentration? In the case of Feldman’s last work, this qu
  
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• At the drive-in: Julien Temple's Glastonbury Cineramageddon

  22-06-2017 19:41
  
  One day the film-maker hopes to project movies on to the clouds. But for now he’s launching a drive-in unlike any otherGlastonbury is a lot of things: Britain’s biggest music festival, a hedonistic wonderland, a rally stop for Jeremy Corbyn. However, it’s unlikely anyone would think of it as a cineaste’s paradise.Ok, perhaps that’s a little unfair. The festival’s resident cinema, the Pilton Palais, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, and has seen some n
  
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• Boy Better Know: ‘We should have been playing big festivals six years ago’

  22-06-2017 19:31
  
  With Drake on their label and Corbyn in their contacts, grime collective BBK are big-time. Skepta, JME and the rest of the crew get in the Glastonbury mood, talking vegan food, politics and adventures in the healing fieldFast cars, faster bars, home-baked pastries: an afternoon with Boy Better Know zigzags between locker-room hangout and transformational workshop. One minute, boxfresh streetwear is being passed around, logos are burned off with lighters, music is blared at dangerously loud decib
  
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• Jaco Pastorius: Truth, Liberty & Soul review – audacious live jazz

  22-06-2017 19:30
  
  (Resonance)In his short life, Jaco Pastorius revolutionised the bass guitar, and lifted the music of key jazz-fusioneers Pat Metheny and Weather Report in the 1970s – but his ambition was to form a big band. This previously unreleased live set captures a blistering two-hour gig from Pastorius’s soulful, swinging and very full-on Word of Mouth orchestra in 1982, with saxophonist Bob Mintzer, trumpeter Randy Brecker and harmonica maestro Toots Thielemans in the ranks. The riff-shouting
  
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• Haydn: Sun Quartets, Op 20 Nos 4-6 CD review – immaculate and spirited

  22-06-2017 19:30
  
  Chiaroscuro Quartet
  (BIS) These quartets don’t do what they should. Haydn mucks about with phrase lengths, harmonies and hierarchies – or rather he sets a new standard for the kind of daring and rogue vision with which every subsequent composer of string quartets has had to reckon. A potential danger for performers is overegging all that boldness, to signpost the surprises, to make the shock factor sound gaudy. Although big contrast is written into the Chiaroscuro name – and wi
  
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• Lila Downs: Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo review – songs of female power

  22-06-2017 19:20
  
  (Sony)After bravely but cheerfully examining the problems of contemporary Mexico on Balas y Chocolate, two years ago, and then attacking Trump with her English-language song The Demagogue, the Mexican-American diva has switched direction, with an album dominated by songs of female power and survival. Trained as an opera singer, and a specialist in Mexican folk, Lila Downs is remarkable for her vocal and emotional range. Both are on display here. She matches lyrics about suffering and loneliness
  
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• Polly Gibbons: Is It Me …? review – a class act gets classier

  22-06-2017 19:15
  
  (Resonance)When a teenage Polly Gibbons surfaced in UK clubs in the mid-00s, she sounded promising but liable to be lost in the throng of cool young female singers who had heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Ten years on, and Gibbons has proven herself a versatile artist who can switch from an emotionally subtle Cleo Laine-like purr to a soul-gospel wail in a blink, and she has a growing authority as a co-composer with Ronnie Scott’s jazz club pianist James Pearson. Originals like the smart and ligh
  
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• Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes and Six Pieces CD review – urgent and diligent

  22-06-2017 19:15
  
  Ensemble MidtVest
  (DaCapo)Hans Abrahamsen writes music that is clear and careful – he says he spends most of his time stripping things away – but in his early years he could be quite the polemicist. His First String Quartet came out shouting, fist in the air, a manifesto of 10 short preludes that rage in reverse from full-on atonalism to full-on baroque pastiche. In one way or another, he has always had a dialogue with music of the past, whether his own or other people’s, and t
  
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• Halsey: ‘I used to be a social queen – now I’m terrified of people’

  22-06-2017 19:13
  
  From homelessness to troubled relationships, New Jersey pop force Halsey hasn’t had a smooth ride to the top of the charts. Ahead of her Glastonbury debut, she explains how she channeled her troubles into a strange, striking new recordDescribing Halsey’s second record as a concept album would be to understate its preposterousness. Its title, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, is her own concept of a purgatory-like realm whose back story is so deeply finessed that it includes individually nam
  
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• The Grenfell Tower Charity Single Featuring Rita Ora, Louisa Johnson and More Is Smashing Chart Records

  22-06-2017 17:53
  
  'Bridge Over Troubled Water' has sold the most copies of any single in a day in the UK this decade...
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian Gets Slammed By Her Own Sister For Having 'No Game' When It Comes To Men

  22-06-2017 17:44
  
  Shade thrown.
  
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• Bridge Over Troubled Water

  22-06-2017 17:41 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  
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• Liam Payne Took His Dancing To A Whole New Level For His Performance On The Tonight Show

  22-06-2017 17:37
  
  Liam's new fave move is the weird squat thing.
  
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• Big Brother: Lateysha Grace Thinks Chanelle McCleary Should Have Left With ‘Irrelevant’ Kayleigh Morris

  22-06-2017 17:33
  
  OUCH.
  
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• The Cast Of Teen Mom UK And Their Kids Are Too Adorbs On Their Latest Photoshoot

  22-06-2017 17:23
  
  DON'T miss brand NEW Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - ONLY on MTV!
  
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• Teen Mom UK's Sassi Simmonds Shares Advice For Other Young Mums: 'Don't Be So Hard On Yourself' - EXCLUSIVE

  22-06-2017 17:17
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Teen Mom UK's Megan Salmon-Ferrari Updates Fans On Her Relationship With Dylan Siggers Ahead Of Series Two - EXCLUSIVE

  22-06-2017 17:17
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Chloe Ferry Reveals Plastic Surgery Plans To Help With The After Effects Of Weight Loss

  22-06-2017 17:11
  
  What's she getting done this time?
  
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• If You're Left-Handed, You're More Likely To Be a Genius

  22-06-2017 16:55
  
  You could be a true lefty and not even know it yet.
  
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• Losing Lost Vagueness: remembering Glastonbury's first 'naughty corner'

  22-06-2017 16:44
  
  Burlesque, robots, trapeze artists, a wedding chapel, a casino, extreme art events at 4am — Lost Vagueness was an anarchic, original idea that saved the Glastonbury festival at a difficult time. But, finds a new film, it could not surviveThe morning sun slowly cooks the inside of your tent. You wipe away the mud flaking on your brow, and with a cider-induced thunderstorm crashing inside your skull you come around, and you ask yourself: did I get married last night?Many who went to Glastonb
  
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• Binky Felstead And JP Unveil Hilarious Trailer For Their Brand New TV Show

  22-06-2017 16:02
  
  Born In Chelsea might just be our new fave thing.
  
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• Radiohead: OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997-2017 review – prescient and correct

  22-06-2017 16:00
  
  OK Computer offered an eerily clairvoyant vision of digital angst and alienation. Twenty years on, this reissue reveals just how unusual it wasIn 1996, during sessions for their third album, Radiohead recorded a track called Lift. Like much of their new material, it had first been performed during a disastrous American tour that same year, supporting Alanis Morissette. But unlike the other new songs Radiohead had played, Lift had gone down well. Listening to it on the 20th anniversary reissue of
  
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• Lateysha Grace Reveals Her Sister Has DUMPED Big Brother's Tom Barber: 'He's A D***head'

  22-06-2017 15:59
  
  Lateysha is NOT impressed.
  
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• Rihanna Slid Into A Fan's DMs To Offer Up Her Best Advice On Heartbreak

  22-06-2017 15:58
  
  The self-help guru we can genuinely all trust.
  
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• Feels (Ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) (Audio Preview)

  22-06-2017 15:17 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Feels (Ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) (Audio Preview)
  
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• Teen Mom UK's Amber Butler Reveals We'll See A 'Big Change' In Her Relationship With Ste Rankine In Series Two - EXCLUSIVE

  22-06-2017 14:44
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl: ‘I got 6,000 muffins from Lionel Richie after missing Glastonbury’

  22-06-2017 14:29
  
  When a broken leg scuppered the Nirvana legend’s plans to headline the Pyramid stage in 2015, his only consolation was a present from a pop hero. But now, the Foos are ready to finally hit Worthy FarmHello, Dave. How are you?
  I’m good. How are you?Quite hot, to be honest, it’s very warm here in the UK.
  I’m in Latvia right now, but I read the other day that they are expecting the hottest Glastonbury ever (1). Is that even possible? I can’t even imagine that! But I li
  
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• Otello review – Kaufmann thrills in a dark, expressionistic staging

  22-06-2017 13:49
  
  Royal Opera House, LondonIn his role debut, Jonas Kaufmann’s arrestingly-sung Otello is a charismatic and troubled outsider in a production that can feel heavy-handedDirected by Keith Warner, the Royal Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Otello marks Jonas Kaufmann’s long-awaited debut in the title role, one frequently regarded as a turning point in the careers of tenors who have tackled it. His interpretation will doubtless deepen over time, but this is already an accompli
  
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• Wild Thoughts (Ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) [Explicit]

  22-06-2017 13:47 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Wild Thoughts (Ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
  
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• Glastonbury festival gets going on hottest day – in pictures

  22-06-2017 13:31
  
  The queues are long, the sun is out (for now) and the selfies are in full flow – Glastonbury 2017 has officially begun Continue reading...
  
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• French Lifestyle Blogger Killed In Freak Accident Involving Exploding Cream Dispenser

  22-06-2017 13:29
  
  Tragic news.
  
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• The Babes Of Transformers: Where Are They Now?

  22-06-2017 13:24
  
  Here's what happened to the gorgeous guys and girls of the Transformers movies...
  
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• Chloe Ferry Claims Lesbian Sex Was A Dealbreaker In Her 'Secret Relationship' With Charlotte Crosby

  22-06-2017 13:13
  
  Surprise: They were official for two days.
  
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• See Ed Sheeran Confess His Love for Val From Bake Off In Incredible Video

  22-06-2017 13:12
  
  We just doughnut know what to make of this.
  
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• Harry Styles’ Stepfather Robin Twist Has Passed Away Following Battle With Cancer

  22-06-2017 13:12
  
  Harry’s mum Anne married Robin back in 2013.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: your songs about prophets

  22-06-2017 13:00
  
  Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong and Aimee Mann are among the artists chosen for this week’s playlist of songs you should be looking forward to hearing
  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.When launching into this subject I had no idea – despite the forward-thinking theme – just how much material was out ther
  
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• Marnie Simpson Wants A Date With Big Brother’s Kieran Lee: 'I’ve Been Stalking Him'

  22-06-2017 12:23
  
  WHAT'S NEXT FOR MARNIE AND KIERAN?
  
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• Pokemon Go Cheaters Are Being Punished In A Surprising New Way

  22-06-2017 12:13
  
  Their Pokemon are going to behave differently...
  
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• Perrie Edwards Jokes Boyf Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Has ‘Got Views’ With Super Cheeky Pic

  22-06-2017 12:06
  
  Um is that Kim Kardashian or is that Perrie Edwards?
  
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• 25 Of The Best Bikinis For Girls With Bigger Boobs

  22-06-2017 12:06
  
  To avoid all nipslip dramas and support fails...
  
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• 16 Cute Bikinis For Small Boobies

  22-06-2017 12:04
  
  It's totally fine to buy one for every day of your hols
  
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• 19 Cool Girl Wedding Outfits You'll Actually Want To Wear

  22-06-2017 11:55
  
  No giant hats, tyvm
  
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• Teen Mom UK's Mia Boardman Explains How Having Daughter Marliya Has Affected Her Relationship With Manley Geddes - EXCLUSIVE

  22-06-2017 11:00
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 19th July at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Ex On The Beach Spoiler Story: Chloe Ferry Gets Aggy After Marty McKenna Confesses To Kissing Fatima Rull

  22-06-2017 11:00
  
  Don't miss brand new Ex On The Beach, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Kim Kardashian Just Made $14million In 20 Minutes And You Probably Helped Her Do It

  22-06-2017 10:24
  
  That’s a pretty good day’s work.
  
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  22-06-2017 08:37 via mtv.co.uk
  
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