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• Exclusive! The Script Are BACK With New Single 'Rain' & Here's Your First Look At The Music Video

  13-07-2017 23:40
  
  Take a look at these first-look shots from their forthcoming new vid...
  
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• Readers recommend: share songs about being stuck or trapped

  13-07-2017 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 17 JulyWe’re in a tight spot this week – and looking for your suggestions where songs speak of being stuck or trapped: physically or metaphorically, of course. Keep an eye on the comments for more on how to interpret the theme.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 17 July to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Scott
  
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• Mark Springer: Circa Rip Rig + Panic review – fascinating freeform jazz that never loses its way

  13-07-2017 20:30
  
  (Exit Music)For many folks of a certain age, Bristol’s post-punk collective Rip Rig + Panic were a first point of contact with freeform jazz – particularly the eccentric, Cecil Taylor-like improvisations of their pianist Mark Springer. This collection of his early 80s offcuts, with assorted RR+P bandmates, features a doomy, gothic ballad recorded for a 1981 Peel Session with Velvet Underground singer Nico, and several tracks featuring David “Flash” Wright on tenor sax and
  
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• Offa Rex: Queen of Hearts review – folk-rock that's full of heart, soul and sunlight

  13-07-2017 20:00
  
  (Nonesuch) As band-building chat-up lines go, “We’ll be your Albion Dance Band” is certainly niche. Still, it worked when US indie-rockers the Decemberists approached Olivia Chaney to form Offa Rex. They were long-term lovers of folk-rock; Chaney was a well-known collaborator but relative newcomer (her 2015 debut album, The Longest River, nevertheless gained her support slots with Robert Plant and Shirley Collins). She has a magical voice, full of heft, soul and sunlight, remin
  
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• Nomade Orquestra: EntreMundos review – inventive Brazilian fusion with a truly global view

  13-07-2017 19:15
  
  (Far Out Recordings)São Paulo has become the experimental-fusion centre of Brazilian music, as bands mix styles from across the country with music from Africa and beyond. Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat has already influenced Bixiga 70 and Metá Metá, and now come Nomade Orquestra, blending west African themes with Ethiopian jazz and North American styles. This inventive, 10-piece instrumental band match a powerful brass section against guitars, drum and bass, creating tuneful big
  
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• Waxahatchee: Out in the Storm review – a captivating breakup album

  13-07-2017 19:00
  
  (Merge)Katie Crutchfield, the Alabama-born singer-songwriter behind Waxahatchee, has always tended towards introspection. Over the course of three well received albums, she has traded in the sort of laceratingly honest indie that to the listener feels horribly, yet compellingly intimate. So, the news that album number four is a breakup album, recorded, per the press release, “amidst the dissolution of a noxious relationship”, could cause some concern. Just what self-flagellatory dept
  
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• Tommy Smith: Embodying the Light review – beautifully played Trane tribute

  13-07-2017 19:00
  
  (Spartacus)Scottish saxophonist, bandleader, educator and label proprietor Tommy Smith has been one of contemporary jazz’s expressively independent voices since his teenage-prodigy arrival in the 1980s. John Coltrane was, almost inevitably, an early influence (Jan Garbarek a later one), but the reflective Smith has waited until his 50th birthday to release his own tribute. This beautifully played homage in the style of the master’s 1960s quartet (rising young Glaswegian pianist Pete
  
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• Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Passin’ Thru review – vivid live jazz

  13-07-2017 19:00
  
  (Blue Note) The dreamily contemplative American saxophonist Charles Lloyd formed the superb quartet that has partnered him through his creative 70s a decade ago. This album revisits several of their studio landmarks as live takes from touring in 2016. Pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland shadow and shepherd their boss with genre-spanning alertness. Dream Weaver, which Lloyd originally recorded in the 1960s, opens here on a thunderous summons of mallet rolls and pia
  
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• Zahida Allen Is 'Scared To Leave Her House' After Brutal Attack Left Her With A Busted Lip

  13-07-2017 18:36
  
  The after-effects of the incident have been devastating.
  
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• Celebrity Couples Who Took Their PDA A Little Too Far

  13-07-2017 18:21
  
  Kimye, Chrissy Teigen & John Legend to name a few.
  
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• RAYE Picks Our Her Festival Faves Playlist - Listen!

  13-07-2017 18:06
  
  The 'You Don't Know Me' singer hits London's Lovebox Festival this weekend so she's picked out her fave tunes to hear on the road...
  
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• Japanese Breakfast: Soft Sounds from Another Planet review – dreamlike and existential

  13-07-2017 18:00
  
  (Dead Oceans) Psychopomp, Korean American Michelle Zauner’s 2016 debut as Japanese Breakfast, was an emotional response to her mother’s death from cancer. The follow-up finds the singer beginning the process of healing. The vast sonic palette perhaps mirrors the way that a devastating loss can heighten the senses. Fizzing electro, hazy shoegaze, funk basslines, electronica and even an 80s pop sax solo blend together into a bittersweet, happy-sad soundtrack. “Where are you?&rdqu
  
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• Ex On The Beach Spoiler Video: Max Morley Loses His Sh*t Over Ex Georgia Crone's Snog Betrayal With Lee Moran

  13-07-2017 18:00
  
  Don't miss brand new Ex On The Beach, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Mahler: Symphony No 5 CD review – the start of a new cycle

  13-07-2017 17:45
  
  Minnesota Orchestra/Vänskä
  (BIS)It’s more than 20 years since Osmo Vänskä recorded any Mahler. That disc, of the chamber version of Das Lied von der Erde, was a one-off, but now, with cycles of the Beethoven and Sibelius symphonies already completed with the Minnesota Orchestra, this new account of the Fifth Symphony launches what’s promised as a major Mahler series; the Second and Sixth Symphonies are apparently scheduled for release soon, too.The Fifth, though,
  
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• will.i.am: ‘We live in a world where destroying people and their dreams is a business’

  13-07-2017 17:07
  
  The rapper, TV talent-show judge and serial tech entrepreneur talks about the finale of The Voice Kids – and why terrible reviews don’t matterHello, will. It’s The Voice Kids final this weekend. It seems to have been fun?
  I like the show a lot. It’s emotional, it’s joyful, it’s what the UK needs right now.What else do you think the UK can do to increase the joy?
  It [children singing for a cash prize on prime-time ITV] just seems like the right recipe for
  
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• Are Spotify's 'fake artists' any good?

  13-07-2017 17:02
  
  The streaming giant has been accused of commissioning generic instrumental music to go on its hugely popular playlists – and save it millions in royalties. We take a listenIt is 10pm on Tuesday, and I have just become the 1,106,079th Spotify user this month to listen to an artist called Charles Bolt. The track I’m playing, Far and Beyond, is a gentle piano instrumental, not unlike the music Yann Tiersen composed for the soundtrack of whimsical French movie Amélie. This, I conf
  
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• Teddy Afro, Ethiopia's biggest pop star: 'Because of our government, our country is divided'

  13-07-2017 17:00
  
  The musician’s latest album, with songs hailing Ethiopia’s glorious past, is the fastest-selling record in the country’s history. But his political views have made him enemies at homeTewodros Kassahun’s manager meets me on a quiet suburban road inside a gated compound. With their neoclassical mansions, manicured lawns and white picket fences, compounds such as this are a rarity in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and this one is as grand as it gets. Still, I’m
  
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• Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love review – strutting garage rock classics

  13-07-2017 17:00
  
  (Static Shock)After an equally five-star compilation of their first three EPs earlier in the year, Philadelphia quintet Sheer Mag continue their run of soulful, strutting garage rock classics. Whether they are indulging in Ramonesian street fighting, Thin Lizzy peacocking or jangling Mac DeMarco soft rock, some of 2017’s most tenacious earworms burst from every player. They’re all anchored by irrepressible singer Tina Halladay, whose reedy hollering strains beautifully through a lo-f
  
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• Slide (Ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) (Official Audio) [Explicit]

  13-07-2017 16:50 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Slide (Ft. Frank Ocean & Migos) (Official Audio)
  
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• Charlotte Crosby's Reaction To Stephen Bear's On Air Proposal Is Everything

  13-07-2017 16:23
  
  Hold up.
  
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• TOWIE's Jake Hall Announces His Real Housewives Of Cheshire Girlfriend Missé Beqiri Is Pregnant

  13-07-2017 16:12
  
  Jake Hall and Missé Beqiri are expecting the first ever TOWIE-RHOC hybrid baby.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Files Second Restraining Order Against Another Stalker

  13-07-2017 16:11
  
  This is the second time the model has been forced to take legal action against a stalker…
  
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• Buxton festival review – an irresitible Albert Herring and a compelling Gertrude

  13-07-2017 16:06
  
  Various venues, Buxton
  Impressive acting and singing brought the postwar austerity-chic of Britten’s comic opera to life, while Lotte Betts-Dean infused her father’s Hamlet spin-offs with drama and musicalityPerhaps it was the way the town’s Georgian stone glowers in the drizzle, or the fact that rail chaos had prevented my arriving in time to catch Verdi’s Macbeth, that high noon of Italian operatic romanticism. Feeling a touch murderous myself, I arrived in Buxton hanke
  
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• Shabazz Palaces: Quazars review – finds the sweet spot between weird and direct | Alexis Petridis' album of the week

  13-07-2017 16:00
  
  The Seattle rap duo stay weird without losing their edge, with two concept albums about a visitor from space – Quazars: Born on a Gangster Star and Quazarz vs the Jealous MachinesIn years to come, when the career of the Seattle rap duo Shabazz Palaces is viewed through a historical lens, it may well be opined that these third and fourth albums were substantially more straightforward, even more commercial, than their predecessor, 2014’s Lese Majesty. Said opinion would be correct, alt
  
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• Zayn Malik And Gigi Hadid Are Couple Goals As They Cover Vogue Together

  13-07-2017 15:55
  
  Try and spot whose clothes belong to who.
  
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• Zayn Malik And Gigi Hadid Are All About The Gender Fluidity As They Cover Vogue Together

  13-07-2017 15:55
  
  Try and spot whose clothes belong to who.
  
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• The Sexiest Spoilers From Ex On The Beach Series 7 Episode #5

  13-07-2017 15:49
  
  Don't miss brand new Ex On The Beach, Tuesday at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Proms 2017: Our writers pick their highlights of the coming season

  13-07-2017 14:13
  
  From reformation to revolution, oratorios to orientalism and the electrifying and the epic, here’s the concerts not to miss in this year’s BBC Proms season, which begins on 14 JulyI probably should choose something “boundary-breaking” (as the Proms programme describes Bang on a Can’s late-night prom on 17 August), but I can never resist Elgar’s Symphony No 1. I was slower to appreciate his second – I suffered some early dawdling disappointments – b
  
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• Fifth Harmony Claim They Have 'No Secrets' Since Camilla Cabello's Departure

  13-07-2017 14:06
  
  The girl group get real about life after Camilla Cabello.
  
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• Get to Know: Bugzy Malone

  13-07-2017 13:48
  
  We caught up with the grime MC to find out a little bit more about him and his music...
  
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• Love Island 2017: Charlotte Crosby Gives Her Surprising Verdict On Olivia Attwood And Chris Hughes

  13-07-2017 13:36
  
  What does she make of these two?
  
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• Kim Kardashian Claps Back At Criticism Of North West's Corset Dress

  13-07-2017 13:09
  
  Kimmy isn't about to take this one laying down.
  
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• Ariana Grande Is ‘Moved And Honoured’ After Being Made First Honorary Citizen Of Manchester

  13-07-2017 13:01
  
  The singer raised millions for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.
  
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• Ariana Grande Is ‘Move And Honoured’ After Being Made First Honorary Citizen Of Manchester

  13-07-2017 13:01
  
  The singer raised millions for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.
  
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• We've Got a Fetish for Selena Gomez's New Single - Listen Here

  13-07-2017 12:14
  
  The 'Bad Liar' singer releases the second single from her new project...
  
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• Niall Horan Just Stole One Of Harry Styles’ Crowns In Shock Move

  13-07-2017 12:02
  
  The Slow Hands singer's Twitter game has finally paid off.
  
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• Love Island 2017: Montana's Mum Accuses The Show Of Being Fake And Claims Her Daughter Was Pressured Into Having Sex

  13-07-2017 11:56
  
  Oh boy. Here's her reasoning.
  
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• A Throwback Video Of Ariana Grande Recreating Mean Girls Has Emerged And It's Incredible

  13-07-2017 11:42
  
  Ariana was killing the acting game way back in 2007.
  
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• Is Aaron Chalmers Already Planning On Moving In With His Girlfriend Of One Month?

  13-07-2017 10:54
  
  Their relationship is moving full steam ahead.
  
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• What To Eat And Drink | Summer 2017

  13-07-2017 10:03
  
  The most instagrammable options to stuff your face with.
  
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• Why Cole Sprouse Very Nearly Wasn't In Riverdale At all

  13-07-2017 09:45
  
  He very nearly quit acting completely.
  
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• David Bowie recorded songs with Queen 'that never got released'

  13-07-2017 08:00
  
  Exclusive: ex-roadie says star and band, who duetted on 1981 hit Under Pressure, made number of ‘raw but good’ tracks David Bowie and Queen recorded a whole batch of songs that have never been released, according to a former roadie.The tantalising prospect of a hidden cache of recordings by such huge rock stars has been revealed by Peter Hince, who was head of Queen’s road crew when the band and Bowie collaborated on their hit song, Under Pressure, in 1981. Continue reading...
  
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• Coffee At Midnight

  13-07-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Coffee At Midnight
  
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