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• Courtney Act Is Totes Inspired By Farrah Abraham's Brutal AF Dating Game

  29-06-2017 22:07
  
  Farrah's one mean mama...
  
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• Rafiki Jazz: Har Dam Sahara review – mesmerising devotional songs from Africa and Asia

  29-06-2017 22:00
  
  (Riverboat)This is an elegant, mesmerising album of devotional songs from Africa, the Middle East and Asia by a British band who specialise in multicultural fusion. Based in Sheffield, Rafiki Jazz are an eight-piece who began as a collaboration between local musicians and migrant and refugee artists, and whose current lineup comes from four continents. Their four singers include Sufi soul exponent Sarah Yaseen and Avital Raz, a singer-songwriter born in Jerusalem who has studied music in India,
  
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• George Colligan: More Powerful review – captivating and unpredictable

  29-06-2017 22:00
  
  (Whirlwind)American pianist George Colligan has spent more than two decades enhancing the work of famous leaders, but as well as appearing on more than 100 albums, he makes impressive ones of his own. The usual jazz-piano suspects (Corea, Monk, Tyner) influence Colligan, and he likes the deviously fast-moving melodies of beboppish modal music, evident here as the band rocket through the Giant-Steps-like Whiffle Ball and the climbing-and-diving Effortless. But although the title track’s bri
  
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• Neil Ardley/New Jazz Orchestra: On the Radio: BBC Sessions 1971 review

  29-06-2017 21:30
  
  (Dusk Fire)The polymath British composer and bandleader Neil Ardley foresaw much of today’s genre-bending, often via his leadership of the south London rehearsal band that became the New Jazz Orchestra in the mid-60s. These two 1971 BBC radio sessions join music from Ardley, Mike Gibbs, the shortlived piano visionary Mike Taylor, Barbara Thompson and Cream’s Jack Bruce, with Ardley’s and electronicist Keith Winter’s chamber-jazzy experimental suite, The Time Flowers. Gibb
  
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• 5 Celebrities Who Have Been Catfished

  29-06-2017 21:09
  
  Don't miss brand new Catfish: The TV Show, starting Wednesday 5th July at 9pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about fads and crazes

  29-06-2017 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 3 July This week we are seeking songs that mention or celebrate the various fads and crazes society has collectively fallen for through the years – however enthusiastically and however briefly.You have until 11pm on Monday 3 July to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor who posts in the comments as LyntonCrosby will s
  
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• Dwight Trible/Matthew Halsall: Inspirations review – ecstatic astral jazz

  29-06-2017 21:00
  
  (Gondwana)Dwight Trible’s rich, rangy voice has featured in numerous contexts in recent decades: hip-hop with Carlos Nino and J Dilla; an ambient duet with pianist John Beasley; space-age R&B beats with Ninja Tune’s Life Force Trio; and hard bop collaborations with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson and Charles Lloyd. But he’s most comfortable in the spiritual zone defined by Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders, which is why these eight modal jazz covers, recorded with Mancunian tru
  
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• Moon Diagrams: Lifetime of Love review – undulating soundscapes for an anxious world

  29-06-2017 20:30
  
  (Sonic Cathedral) With stress, anxiety and memes taking up ever more of our valuable mental real estate, it is little wonder that the visualisations, mantras and brain-tickling sounds offered by mindfulness and ASMR videos have gone mainstream in recent years. This debut solo album from Deerhunter drummer and co-founder Moses Archuleta – created in a period of turmoil and rediscovery, following the breakdown of his marriage – has much the same effect as listening to crackling static
  
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• John Cage v X Factor, Naomi Campbell and Busted's cassingle: the top 40 weirdest chart facts

  29-06-2017 20:23
  
  A rule change in the singles charts means that Ed Sheeran will for ever have the record for the most songs in the Top 20 – so here’s a welter of chart trivia to re-enter your brainThere’s always one, isn’t there? Always one person who has to ruin things for everyone else. That person is currently Ed Sheeran, and the thing being ruined is the sanctity of the UK Top 40.This year, Ed’s phenomenal popularity, coupled with streams being allowed in the charts, meant his e
  
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• Bedouine: Bedouine review – one of the most charming albums of the year

  29-06-2017 20:00
  
  (Spacebomb)Bedouine, real name Azniv Korkejian, was born in Aleppo to Armenian parents, lived in Saudi Arabia as a child, moved to America when her family won a green card lottery, and settled in LA, eventually piquing the interest of discerning artist and label boss Matthew E White. Perhaps in response to her nomadic upbringing, there is a still, lived-in quality to her music, though her debut elegantly shape-shifts between Americana, country, cosmic folk and sun-scorched soul. Nick Drake echoe
  
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• Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 CD review – music with something to say

  29-06-2017 19:45
  
  Trusler/BBCNOW/Llewellyn
  (Orchid Classics)Prokofiev’s violin concertos, twin stars of the 20th-century repertoire, are not short of recordings, but Matthew Trusler’s new disc is a worthwhile addition to the list. You may hear these works played with more obvious pizzazz, but not with such a sense of every line being thought through, of every phrase having a direction in which to go and something to say. Trusler’s sound is strong, ardent and occasionally a little swoopy; it is c
  
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• Records come round again: Sony to open vinyl factory in Japan

  29-06-2017 19:41
  
  Major label’s Japanese arm to build new vinyl-pressing plant to keep up with growing demand for reissues and new releases on retro formatIt has been dismissed as the niche domain of hipsters who don’t even have turntables and nostalgic dads buying countless reissues of Dark Side Of the Moon. But the resurrection of vinyl has been given major label backing, with the announcement by Sony Music that it will restart the manufacture of its own records. The Japanese arm of Sony Music annou
  
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• From Portishead to Scarface: Vince Staples on his favourite songwriters

  29-06-2017 18:56
  
  He’s the rapper and former gang member who resists every gangsta cliche – so his music taste naturally extends from Depeche Mode to Lil Boosie and 99 Red Balloons“You can’t please everybody,” says Vince Staples. “Luckily, I’m not the sort of person who has ever cared about pleasing anybody. I like it when people don’t like my music. It’s funny.” Related: Vince Staples: 'I started gangbanging because I wanted to kill people’Continu
  
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• The Sexiest Spoilers From Ex On The Beach Series 7 Episode #3

  29-06-2017 18:37
  
  Another week, another explosive episode of EOTB! The DRAMZ is non-stop so DO NOT miss episode 3, Tuesday 4th July at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• How To Come Out To Your Friends And Family

  29-06-2017 18:32
  
  Some advice from people who've already done it.
  
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• Big Brother 2017: Lotan Says Vomiting Blood '150 Times' To Blame For His Behaviour

  29-06-2017 17:39
  He was asked to leave the house after becoming embroiled in a row.
  
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• Niall Horan Wants Katy Perry To 'Stop Being Mean' Over Those Flirting Claims

  29-06-2017 17:31
  
  He's just looking for non-romantic companionship.
  
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• Courtney Act Got Her First Single AF Kiss, So Here's Her GIF Guide To Dating To Celebrate

  29-06-2017 16:07
  
  Drag Race is the answer to everything
  
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• Peter Perrett: How the West Was Won review – punk's singular talent returns

  29-06-2017 16:00
  
  The Only Ones frontman is back – against all odds – with a polished album of defiant rock’n’roll, withering putdowns and odes to Kim KardashianTen years ago, the Only Ones announced they were reforming. Even in a world in which legendary bands are hardly ever allowed to rest in peace without being cajoled back to the stage for a final encore, this seemed a startling turn of events. It wasn’t just the acrimony with which the Only Ones had split up, fuelled by drugs a
  
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• Love Island 2017: Alex Bowen And Olivia Buckland Think Olivia Attwood Will Be Like 'A Dog On Heat' With The Shocking Second Villa Twist

  29-06-2017 15:31
  
  And they reveal who else they think the twist will test...
  
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• Gigi Hadid's All Pink Outfit Is The Eighth Wonder Of The World

  29-06-2017 15:22
  
  Are we exaggerating? Not remotely.
  
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• Brooklyn Beckham, Tanya Burr And More Style Wins From The Serpentine Summer Party 2017

  29-06-2017 15:14
  
  The fancy event was hosted by Chanel, ooh-er.
  
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• Period Sportswear Has Arrived And We Want It all

  29-06-2017 13:21
  
  No more moments of panic that it's gone through your leggings.
  
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• Rita Ora Peforms Brand New Song 'Lonely Together' and We Love It

  29-06-2017 13:05
  
  The 'Your Song' hitmaker has started teasing her second album...
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Invites Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Beyoncé To Mykonos with Her

  29-06-2017 13:01
  
  Is it 2006? Nope. But we're here for it.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: your 'high' songs

  29-06-2017 13:00
  
  Joni Mitchell, Lana Del Rey and Josh Wink are among the artists a reader has chosen from your suggestions this week, and there’s a Silver Lining here too
  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.“Music is a safe kind of high” – so said Jimi Hendrix, and I for one am prepared to take his word for it; t
  
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• Has Edward Grimes Already Found The One On His Second Single AF Date?

  29-06-2017 12:35
  
  He and Sabina are looking loved up
  
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• Love Island 2017: Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland Think Jonny Has Been ‘Stuck’ With Camilla And Name Her The ‘Hardest Person To Get Along With’

  29-06-2017 11:55
  
  RIP Jamilla...
  
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• Adele Hints That She Will Quit Touring Altogether

  29-06-2017 11:55
  
  The 'Hello' superstar let slip the news at a recent concert...
  
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• Pretty Little Liars Showrunner Reveals A.D. Was Meant To Be Someone Entirely Different

  29-06-2017 11:50
  
  All as I. Marlene King reveals Troian Bellisario suggested who A.D. should be three years ago.
  
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• A Pregnant Woman 'Fatally Shot Her Boyfriend' During A YouTube Prank Gone Wrong

  29-06-2017 11:33
  
  The couple thought that a book would stop a bullet.
  
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• Snapchat Maps Are Seriously Exposing Users' Deepest Darkest Secrets

  29-06-2017 11:23
  
  Whether you're eating, sleeping or cheating, Snapchat knows.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Reveals Battle With Depression: 'I've Been Speaking To A Psychiatrist'

  29-06-2017 11:15
  
  Opening up about her mental health.
  
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• Feels (Ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) [Explicit

  29-06-2017 10:46 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Feels (Ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)
  
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• Jedward Claim They Can Go For Over An Hour In The Bedroom

  29-06-2017 10:25
  
  As they try to find love with some help from a blindfold
  
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• Katy Perry Reckons Niall Horan Is ‘Always’ Trying To Get Her Number

  29-06-2017 09:52
  
  Can you really blame him, though?
  
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• Wise Up

  29-06-2017 08:24 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Wise Up
  
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• Everything Now

  29-06-2017 08:24 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Everything Now
  
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• Don't Want You Back (Ft. Kiesza) [Explicit]

  29-06-2017 08:24 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Don't Want You Back (Ft. Kiesza)
  
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• Want You Back

  29-06-2017 08:23 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Want You Back (Official Video)
  
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• There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

  29-06-2017 08:23 via mtv.co.uk
  
  There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
  
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• Yu Zimme (Ft. Chip)

  29-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Yu Zimme ft. Chip
  
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• May I Have This Dance (Remix) (Ft. Chance The Rapper)

  29-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  May I Have This Dance (Remix) ft. Chance The Rapper
  
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• Adele review: global star shines all the brighter on emotional night

  29-06-2017 01:22
  
  Wembley Stadium, London
  After hinting it may be her last live tour, Adele gave the crowd the expected highs and lowsA year ago this week she was at Glastonbury, oscillating between devastating ballads of loss and enquires as to which of the audience had “shit themselves”. Now, Adele rounds off her 25 tour with four nights at Wembley hosting 98,000 people a night – a stadium record for a music event – coming to commune in the emotional Big Four: love, anger, sorrow, joy.Ha
  
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• Pretty Little Liars Season 7: 8 Questions That Were Answered In ‘Till DeAth Do Us PArt’

  29-06-2017 00:04
  
  Cor blimey, guvna.
  
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