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• Downtown Boys: Cost of Living review – rapid-fire rage with a new sense of political urgency

  10-08-2017 23:30
  (Sub Pop)Two years ago, the Rhode Island-based sextet were dubbed “America’s most exciting punk band”. Since then, the queer, mixed-ethnicity, non-binary people who make this sax-fuelled squall have found a new sense of urgency. That’s not to say that this album has the same incessant, rapid-fire rage as 2015’s Full Communism. In fact, it could do with being a little more taut in places. But the Trump administration – not to mention the bright production by Fu
  
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• Frankie Rose: Cage Tropical review – upbeat shoegaze from indie stalwart

  10-08-2017 23:15
  (Slumberland/Grey Market)Something of a Brooklyn indie scene veteran for her spells in Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls and Beverley – as well as fronting Frankie Rose and the Outs – the singer-drummer-multi-instrumentalist found herself on her uppers, working on a catering truck. She’s therefore thrown everything into what could be a make-or-break fourth solo album. With its shimmering guitars, ethereal voices, delicate percussion patterns and catchy synth hooks, Ca
  
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• The Cribs: 24-7 Rock Star Shit review – still the same cynics

  10-08-2017 23:00
  (House Arrest)During the mid-noughties, the Cribs brought punk theatrics to the UK’s indie scene – vocalist Ryan Jarman roly-polying on to a table of glassware at the 2006 NME awards being perhaps the most notorious example. The Wakefield band also seemed keen to position themselves as industry outsiders, both prioritising grassroots fandom over rock-star glamour and maintaining a healthy cynicism about hipsterism, as encapsulated in songs such as Hey Scenesters! and Mirror Kissers.
  
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• Rat Boy: Scum review – bouncy state-of-the-nation ska-pop

  10-08-2017 22:45
  (Parlophone)With his cheeky Essex-lad persona, lyrics about being fired from Wetherspoon’s and a vocal style more than slightly reminiscent of Jamie T and the Madchester scene, Jordan Cardy might sound like the sort of pop star dreamt up by execs looking to cash in on millennial, austerity-era ennui. Thankfully, his rebellion is all real, and this bumper debut sees the 21-year-old, whose work was recently sampled by Kendrick Lamar, show his versatility. Sure, there’s the self-explana
  
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• Oneohtrix Point Never: Good Time OST review – stunning thriller soundtrack includes standout Iggy ballad

  10-08-2017 22:30
  (Warp) Following seven albums of shapeshifting electronics, Daniel Lopatin is tasked with scoring a Robert Pattinson crime drama, Good Time. Divorcing film scores from their visual cues can feel alienating and pointless, and on initial listens it’s hard to stop wondering what those cues might be. But by garbling snatches of film dialogue, Lopatin starts to create a sense of this being a separate psychological thriller, and dedicated headphone immersion proves thrilling. The film nods are e
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Will Perform At The 2017 VMAs!

  10-08-2017 22:15
  This year's top nominee joins our line up including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran and more...
  
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• Readers recommend: share songs with tragedy and comedy

  10-08-2017 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 14 August We’re looking for tragicomic musical efforts this week – however the lyricist weaves their tale or what they are referencing. For more on how to interpret the theme, check the conversation in the comments below.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 14 August to post your nomination and make your justification. RR contributor known as shoegazer
  
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• After Glen Campbell: here are the rhinestone cowgirls and cowboys to listen to now

  10-08-2017 20:14
  He was the king of country music. From Kacey Musgraves to Margo Price and Sturgill Simpson, we pick the 12 singers continuing his legacyIt is not hard to trace a line from Glen Campbell, who died earlier this week, to today’s singles charts. Campbell’s particular amalgamation of country music and pop – forged through a diverse and pioneering career that encompassed work with the Monkees, the Beach Boys and Jimmy Webb – opened up a new kind of musical middle ground that is
  
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• Jen Cloher review – a slow-burning masterpiece from a first-class songwriter

  10-08-2017 20:00
  With a poet’s eye for details and the musical ear of a life spent wallowing in rock’n’roll, Cloher has well and truly come out of the shadowsThere’s an old, inconclusively attributed aphorism that talent borrows and genius steals. Genius is a word used far too loosely, particularly in the arts, but there’s no doubting this: Melbourne singer–songwriter Jen Cloher is a thief of the highest order. Or this: that her fourth, self-titled album is a work of real bril
  
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• Taylor Swift testifies in groping lawsuit: 'It was a definite grab'

  10-08-2017 19:47
  Musician takes stand to describe ‘very long grab’ by former DJ David Mueller, whom she countersued after he accused her team of costing him his jobTaylor Swift took the witness stand for the first time on Thursday in her lawsuit claiming a radio host groped her at a meet-and-greet in 2013, testifying: “It was a definite grab. A very long grab.”The radio host, David Mueller, has sued the pop star, claiming she and her team’s accusations against him caused him to lose
  
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• Aruán Ortiz: Cub(an)ism review – piano star's virtuoso solo set

  10-08-2017 19:45
  (Intakt)Like his Cuban compatriot David Virelles, Aruán Ortiz is a rising piano star with a sweeping contemporary technique – and the imagination and keyboard-power, fuelled by deep awareness of Cuba’s traditions, to be an enthralling one-man band too. On this solo set, Ortiz fuses hard-driving hooks, free jazz, harp-like effects, thudding drum sounds and lyrical reflections on dissonance and intervals, uniting all of it with a creativity of pacing that constantly grips the at
  
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• Richard Thompson: Acoustic Classics II review – fiery, beautiful gems of song

  10-08-2017 19:30
  (Beeswing)When Richard Thompson sings, seas part and rocks crumble. His is an authoritative, confident voice, but also a breathlessly young one, unchanged over the years, as this second collection of acoustic versions of his back catalogue proves. There’s also his pearl-bright guitar-playing, still exquisitely, boldly, ragingly alive. Take his new version of Genesis Hall, the opening track he wrote for Fairport Convention’s Unhalfbricking: his story of the ideological struggles of th
  
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• Orkestra del Sol: Gross National Happiness review – entertaining world band's final fling

  10-08-2017 19:15
  (Solmusic Recordings) Orkestra del Sol have enjoyed an entertaining 14-year career. Starting out as a street band, reworking global brass band styles, this Edinburgh-based nine-piece went on to perform everywhere from Glastonbury to India or a Chinese street festival. They also began writing their own material; seven of the band take composition credits on what, they say, will be their final album. It starts with The Final Fling, a Scottish answer to a Romanian Gypsy wedding song driven on by a
  
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• Chip Plays Never Have I Ever And Reveals His Amazing Guilty Pleasures

  10-08-2017 18:52
  The 'Snap Snap' rapper told us his biggest - and most hilarious - secrets...
  
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• Perfect Places [Explicit]

  10-08-2017 18:45 via mtv.co.uk
  Perfect Places
  
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• Midnight

  10-08-2017 18:45 via mtv.co.uk
  Midnight (Official Video)
  
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• Instruction (Ft. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don) [Explicit

  10-08-2017 18:45 via mtv.co.uk
  Instruction (Ft. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don)
  
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• I'm A Fan (Ft. Jeremih)

  10-08-2017 18:45 via mtv.co.uk
  I'm A Fan
  
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• Agnes [Explicit]

  10-08-2017 18:45 via mtv.co.uk
  Agnes (Official Video)
  
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• Ultra Rare Shiny Pikachu Has Appeared In Pokemon Go: Here's Where To Find It

  10-08-2017 18:23
  We wanna catch this rare Pikachu right now!
  
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• Rita Ora and Avicii's 'Lonely Together' Is A Late Summer Banger

  10-08-2017 17:47
  The Swedish producer and 'Your Song' star team for a special collaboration...
  
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• Gaz Beadle Posts A Series Of Envy-Inducing Holiday Snaps With Emma McVey

  10-08-2017 17:43
  These two know how to live.
  
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• Teen Mom UK’s Mia Boardman Defends Relationship With Manley Geddes After Fans Say She ‘Deserves Better’

  10-08-2017 17:29
  Mia hits back at the haters.
  
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• Get to Know: Isaac Gracie

  10-08-2017 16:33
  We caught up with the London singer-songwriter to find out a little bit more about him and his music...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: You Need To Watch Paul Danan Seduce Kate Moss In This Incredible Rimmel Advert

  10-08-2017 16:19
  Paul said he was in a Rimmel ad and we totally didn't believe him... Until now.
  
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• Marty McKenna Chips In On Jemma Lucy And Sarah Harding's Celebrity Big Brother Feud

  10-08-2017 16:07
  He's piped up.
  
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• 14 Ultimate Shutdowns That Celebrity Big Brother Housemates Have Ever Inflicted

  10-08-2017 16:02
  DON'T YOU START WITH ME, LOVIE
  
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• Ricardo Villalobos: 'Techno music melds the classes together'

  10-08-2017 16:00
  The Chilean-born techno pioneer lets rip on the gentrification of clubbing, and why family responsibilities mean he’s now always home by 10… in the morningIt’s 7am when I walk into Fabric, and it smells terrible. The superclub has been open since 11pm, hosting an afterparty for the Lovebox festival where many of the patrons spent the day. With everyone’s antiperspirant a distant memory, the air is rich with a summery musk, a little like rotten peaches.Until 11.30am, a pe
  
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• Kesha: Rainbow review – wronged pop avenger makes a captivating comeback

  10-08-2017 16:00
  Kesha’s third album cannot help but be about her troubled relationship with her former producer, but it is also a fierce, skilful rebellion against manufactured popThe final chapter of music critic Simon Reynolds’ exemplary history of glam rock, Shock and Awe, concentrates on the genre’s influence between punk and the present day. One figure it unexpectedly alights on is Kesha Sebert, then known as Ke$ha: in her early, multiplatinum singles Tik Tok and We R Who We R he detects
  
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• Here's Who Will Play The Villain In The Upcoming Hellboy Reboot

  10-08-2017 15:32
  They'll be opposite a certain Stranger Things star as Hellboy.
  
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• P!nk Makes A Defiant Return With New Anthem 'What About Us'

  10-08-2017 14:16
  The 'Funhouse' singer is back with a massive bang-er...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Here's Who Will Face Eviction This Week

  10-08-2017 14:15
  Will your fave be waving bye bye to the house?!
  
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• Introducing Naomi Wild And Her Amazing Debut Solo Single ‘Lessons’

  10-08-2017 14:05
  After collaborating with ODESZA last month on ‘Higher Ground’, rising songstress Naomi Wild unveils her debut solo single ‘Lessons’.
  
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• Diplo, Calvin Harris, The Chainsmokers: Who Is The Highest Paid DJ In The World?

  10-08-2017 14:00
  Martin Garrix and Steve Aoki catch up with the big names - will one of them take the crown from Calvin Harris?
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Jemma Lucy Faces Brutal Backlash After Fans Slam THIS Beauty Decision

  10-08-2017 13:59
  Oh dear.
  
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• Becky Hill Releases Anthemic New Single ‘Unpredictable’

  10-08-2017 13:55
  Following her critically acclaimed previous release ‘Rude Love’, Becky Hill returns with her brand new offering ‘Unpredictable’ and it sure is something special.
  
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• Ni No Kuni 2’s Stunning Special Editions Will Drive Fans Wild

  10-08-2017 13:54
  It's... so... beautiful.
  
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• Liam Gallagher is an unfiltered star who rescues us from pop boredom

  10-08-2017 13:50
  The hyper-quotable singer has had a banner week, taking on everything from Jay-Z and Bono to the sea. In a world of bland, humourless pop stars, his unfettered charisma is more valuable than everLiam Gallagher has his debut solo album out on 6 October, and is deploying a bijoux marketing campaign based on musical snippets, a mysterious poster campaign, and word of mouth from key influencers.I’m kidding. In promo interviews this week, Liam has poured nitrous into the music news cycle, and h
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Talks Ghostwriting and Taylor Swift/Katy Perry's Beef In New Interview

  10-08-2017 13:27
  The 'HUMBLE' rapper sat down with Rolling Stone for a full length interview...
  
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• Niall Horan Debuts Country Duet With Maren Morris

  10-08-2017 13:14
  The 'Slow Hands' singer premiered songs from his debut album yesterday...
  
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• Ex On The Beach Spoiler Video: Twin Sisters Che And Leonie McSorley Go Head-To-Head In A Savage Fight Over The New Ex Arrival

  10-08-2017 13:00
  Don't miss brand new Ex On The Beach, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Tyler Posey Just Dealt With A Potential Run In With Ex Bella Thorne In The Best Way

  10-08-2017 12:51
  These two could not be more chill if they tried.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Jemma Lucy Branded A "Grade 'A' C**t" After Facing Sarah Harding Backlash

  10-08-2017 12:37
  If you were wondering, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace isn't holding back.
  
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• Kelela Kick-Starts The Party In Latest Visual For New Single LMK

  10-08-2017 12:13
  With undeniable echoes of the late 90s, Kelela has dropped a popping visual for her new single LMK, which is the first release from the upcoming and much-anticipated album, Take Me Apart.
  
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• Stefflon Don Follows-Up Debut Mixtape With Fire Collaboration

  10-08-2017 12:06
  Stefflon Don is back with new single ‘Hurtin’ Me’ featuring the one and only - French Montana.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Had An Entire Tent Dedicated To The Kardashians On Set

  10-08-2017 11:47
  Inspiring.
  
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• Stephanie Davis Suffers Miscarriage Due To Stress Caused By 'Evil' Jeremy McConnell

  10-08-2017 11:38
  "He ruined my life and killed our child."
  
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• Kylie Jenner Is Already On Track To Becoming A Billionaire

  10-08-2017 11:24
  Because there’s nothing quite like a 20-year-old being that rich to make you re-evaluate your lack of money management skills.
  
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• DJ accused of groping Taylor Swift calls photo 'awkward'

  10-08-2017 11:04
  Giving testimony during a civil trial alleging the music star was groped, accused DJ David Mueller insisted he was touching Swift’s ribs not her rear Former disc jockey David Mueller has acknowledged that a photo of him with his hand behind Taylor Swift was “weird and awkward”, but denied touching her rear as the singer has alleged in the groping case. During testimony on Wednesday at the civil trial in Denver, Swift’s attorney repeatedly asked Mueller, 55, why his right
  
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• This Love Island Star Is Rumoured To Be Entering I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

  10-08-2017 10:56
  Who could it be?
  
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