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• Gary Numan: Savage (Songs from a Broken World) review – pop gleams amid the dystopian gloom

  14-09-2017 23:30
  (BMG)Once a fading 1970s synthpop star, Gary Numan’s career has been gradually revitalised since Sugababes’ 2002 smash Freak Like Me mashed up his Are “Friends” Electric? and Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson hailed him as a pioneer of electronic industrial gloom. There’s plenty of the latter on his 21st studio album. Guitars and keyboards crash like falling slabs of granite, percussion pulses throb and synths purr ominously. Numan’s dystopian worldview hasn&
  
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• Mercury prize 2017 is won by Sampha's Process

  14-09-2017 23:20
  The south London singer-producer’s powerful debut album Process, an R&B meditation on grief and fear, should propel him further into the spotlight Mercury prize 2017 – as it happenedSampha, the south London singer-songwriter who for a long time was better known as a guest vocalist on other people’s songs, has won one of the UK’s most prestigious music prizes. Related: Sampha: I was like, 'Mum! Drake wants my beat!' And she was like, 'Who?'Continue reading...
  
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• Ariel Pink: Dedicated to Bobby Jameson review – scattered psychedelic country tribute

  14-09-2017 23:15
  (Mexican Summer)LA’s Ariel Pink has long been in the business of off-kilter, sardonic, sleazy sounds that cut and paste 60s psychedelia, 70s prog and 80s synthpop with obvious adoration and more than a tinge of ironic pastiche. How, though, could he possibly filter all of it into a concept record? Dedicated to Bobby Jameson is ostensibly themed around the cult Californian singer from the 60s whose career was derailed by drugs and alcohol, except that it’s loaded with strange non-sequ
  
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• Prophets of Rage: Prophets of Rage review – sanitised, reheated rap-rock

  14-09-2017 23:00
  (Fantasy/Caroline International)“A soundtrack for the resistance” is how this collective, featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill, are selling their debut album. While hitching their wagon to the rebellious sentiment that has flared in the US following the election of Donald Trump is certainly a savvy marketing move, it’s difficult to imagine millions marching on Washington to the sounds of this reheated 20-year-old rap-rock. Nothing here co
  
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• Anastacia: Evolution review – melodic, warm pop-rock alternative

  14-09-2017 22:45
  (Polydor)Even in her heyday, Anastacia was no pop ingenue. Thirty-two when she broke through with her 2000 disco-funk debut single I’m Outta Love, her self-possession, strong, severe vocals and impressive collection of tinted glasses stood in satisfyingly for the usual writhing coquettishness. She fell off the radar in the mid-noughties amid health troubles – but scored massive success with Left Outside Alone, which combined Evanescence-style melodrama with a stonking pop chorus. Evo
  
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• Grant Hart obituary

  14-09-2017 20:29
  Drummer and songwriter with Hüsker Dü, whose music and ethic were hugely influential in the indie rock sceneAmerican rock music of the past 30 years might have looked very different without the influence of the Minneapolis trio Hüsker Dü. Grant Hart, who has died from cancer aged 56, was the band’s drummer and also one of their chief songwriters, often locked in a creative tussle with the singer and guitarist, Bob Mould. Related: Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart: hardco
  
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• Radiohead and Hans Zimmer collaborate for Blue Planet II teaser

  14-09-2017 20:12
  A prequel to the blockbuster nature documentary series will feature (ocean) Bloom, an orchestral reworking of Radiohead’s song BloomRadiohead have teamed with Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning composer for The Dark Knight, The Lion King and Gladiator, on a new piece of music – called ocean (Bloom) – that will appear on a prequel to the BBC’s flagship nature documentary series Blue Planet II. Related: The must-watch TV of autumn 2017, from Blue Planet to Stranger ThingsContin
  
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• Malija: Instinct review – spontaneous, conversational acoustic flows

  14-09-2017 19:45
  (Edition)With their 2015 debut album The Day I Had Everything, Malija staked a big claim to being one of the front-running European acoustic trios with as much understanding of receptive listening as conversational playing. Polar Bear and Loose Tubes saxophonist Mark Lockheart remains the foreground voice, pianist Liam Noble and double bassist Jasper Høiby the attentive contrapuntal shadows who also stretch the music improvisationally way beyond its economically composed, scene-shifting h
  
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• Emily Askew Band: Alchemy review – mixing folk and early music with beauty and precision

  14-09-2017 19:30
  (Askew Records)Folk music and early music has long leapt together, most famously on Shirley and Dolly Collins’s Anthems in Eden. Nearly half a century later, Emily Askew and her band plunge us into the uncanny soundworlds of the past across Europe, carrying us from the 13th to the 17th centuries with beauty, precision and charge. Askew is an outlandishly talented folk multi-instrumentalist, playing fiddle, vielle, recorder, bagpipes, harp, shawm and drum deftly and tenderly throughout. Her
  
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• Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan review – an exquisite collaboration

  14-09-2017 19:15
  (World Circuit Records)Kronos Quartet’s musical adventures have included an award-winning recording with Rokia Traoré, and now they return to Mali for one of their most successful collaborations to date. Trio da Kali are a young supergroup, all related to distinguished griot musicians, and the album starts with a reminder of their virtuoso skills. Hawa Diabaté’s emotional, soulful voice provides a reminder of her legendary father Kassé Mady Diabaté. She is
  
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• Laraaji: Sun Gong/Bring on the Sun review – shimmering sonic explorations

  14-09-2017 19:00
  (All Saints Records)A sonic explorer, mystical busker, standup comedian, laughter therapist and key figure in the history of ambient music, Edward Larry Gordon – aka Laraaji – returns, aged 73, with two albums. Sun Gong features two 13-minute drones produced purely with gong reverberations. Bring on the Sun is the more interesting release, one that sounds as if Laraaji has jumbled up 600 years of music from every part of the world – medieval plainsong, Javan gamelan, Hindustani
  
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• I knew that Whitechapel sewer was dodgy | Brief letters

  14-09-2017 18:52
  The giant fatberg | Christians and cuts | Steely Dan | Welsh noirI have had the dubious pleasure of living in a hostel on Whitechapel Road for more than 18 months, and I could have told you (or, more pertinently, Thames Water) that there was something very wrong with the sewer over two years ago (Report, 13 September).
  Name and address supplied• In response to the seven bishops (Letters, 14 September), can we expect to hear from Tory MPs and local councillors whose Christian faith makes it
  
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• Mark Ronson Is Being Sued For 'Uptown Funk' Again

  14-09-2017 18:47
  It's the fourth time the hit has been accused of copyright...
  
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• Munroe Bergdorf Lands Campaign With Illamasqua After Being Fired By L'Oreal

  14-09-2017 18:33
  The model has landed a new job.
  
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• Hard To Love (Ft. Jessie Reyez) [Explicit]

  14-09-2017 18:19 via mtv.co.uk
  Hard To Love (Official Video)
  
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• Cover Girls (Ft. Bibi Bourelly)

  14-09-2017 18:19 via mtv.co.uk
  Cover Girls
  
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• MoStack And Not3s Join Forces For A 'Celebration'

  14-09-2017 18:18
  'Celebration' is nothing short of what you would think it would be, filled with witty lyricism as well as catchy production from Steel Banglez.
  
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• Angel Shares New Track 'Crud'

  14-09-2017 18:14
  Angel is back with his latest track 'Crud'; contrary to the title, the track itself slick and mellow, with infectious production that will surely get your head bopping.
  
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• Angelina Jolie Reveals What Will Make You Emotional In 'First They Killed My Father'

  14-09-2017 17:58
  This new movie will def make you cry.
  
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• Get to Know: Jacob Plant

  14-09-2017 17:10
  We caught up with the up and coming talent this week...
  
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• Check Out These Proper Mint Spoilers From Geordie Shore Series 15 Episode #4!

  14-09-2017 17:09
  Don’t miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm – only on MTV
  
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• The Extravagant Gift Gaz Beadle Bought Emma McVey In Honour Of Her Birthday

  14-09-2017 16:37
  No bottle of perfume and cheap flowers here.
  
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• Lady Gaga Wasn't Impressed By Madonna's "Reductive" Diss

  14-09-2017 16:26
  The 'Bad Romance' singer has finally spoken about the infamous comment...
  
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• White Mustang

  14-09-2017 16:00 via mtv.co.uk
  White Mustang (Official Video)
  
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• Painkiller

  14-09-2017 16:00 via mtv.co.uk
  Painkiller (Acoustic)
  
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• Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold review – Beatles versus Slayer in fight against mid-career blandness

  14-09-2017 16:00
  With guest slots for Paul McCartney and Justin Timberlake, the help of Adele co-writer Greg Kurstin and lyrics about Nazi-fixated punks, Dave Grohl finds just enough inspiration to keep the ball rollingFew artists make the business of being in a hugely successful rock band seem as breezy and straightforward as Foo Fighters. In their world, there never seems to be much in the way of angst or agonising or artistic differences – three things frontman Dave Grohl presumably had enough of to las
  
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• Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart: hardcore punk's inspired soul

  14-09-2017 15:52
  The musician, whose death at 56 of cancer has been announced, played drums in the band that sparked the grunge explosion, but commercial success always seemed to elude himLuck was barely on speaking terms with Grant Hart. When, in 1986, his group Hüsker Dü became the first from America’s teeming hardcore-punk scene to sign to a major label, Hart could scarcely celebrate – he’d been misdiagnosed HIV-positive, and believed his days were numbered. A year later, Hüsk
  
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• Jessie Ware Debuts New Glasshouse Track Called 'Alone' and It's Stunning

  14-09-2017 15:51
  The 'Say You Love Me' singer's new album is shaping up to be one of the best of the year...
  
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• Chloe Ferry Reveals The One Event That Would Result In Her Leaving Geordie Shore

  14-09-2017 15:48
  On this particular condition, she'd be cool with making an exit.
  
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• Pansy Craze: the wild 1930s drag parties that kickstarted gay nightlife

  14-09-2017 15:00
  Early drag queens like Jean Malin helped bohemian gay culture thrive – before mob violence, Nazism and Hollywood homophobia drove it back undergroundThe lights over the Ship Cafe were still advertising the “Last Night of Jean Malin” when, on the morning of 10 August, 1933, the main attraction, his boyfriend Jimmy Forlenza and fellow actor Patsy Kelly piled into his car to head off to a party at the Hollywood Barn.Tired after finishing a fortnight-long booking, Malin accidentall
  
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• Lethal Bizzle Teaching Dame Judi Dench How To Rap Is The Best Thing You'll See All Day

  14-09-2017 14:06
  What happens when a grime legend meets a Dame?
  
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• Wyclef Jean: 'Changing the world and having sex – I believe in both'

  14-09-2017 13:44
  It’s a year ending in seven, so the one-time Fugee must be releasing an album. While out jogging, he contemplates the great beyond – and how he inspired BeyoncéHello Wyclef! Where are you and what’s happening? Right now I’m in Jersey (1). After this interview I’ll hit the track and do a nice run with my daughter and wife. In high school, my wife was a track star so she keeps me forever slim jim!Your album The Carnival came out in 1997 and Carnival Vol II appe
  
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• Dua Lipa and Gallant Honour Amy Winehouse With Amazing 'Tears Dry On Their Own' Cover

  14-09-2017 13:43
  The iconic singer would have celebrated her 34th birthday today...
  
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• Who Is Francia Raisa? Selena Gomez's Best Friend Who Donated Her Kidney

  14-09-2017 13:41
  These two are long time BFs.
  
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• Lorde Is Releasing a 'Homemade Dynamite' Remix with Khalid, SZA and Post Malone Today

  14-09-2017 13:39
  The all star collab is Melodrama's third single..
  
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• People Are Losing Their Minds Over Cole And Dylan Sprouse's Lookalike Dad

  14-09-2017 13:28
  This is seriously uncanny.
  
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• Cheryl And Sarah Harding Share Sweet Exchange After Three Years Without Speaking

  14-09-2017 13:26
  Sarah and Cheryl last spoke in 2014.
  
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• Selena Gomez Reveals She Had To Have A Kidney Transplant Over The Summer

  14-09-2017 13:06
  She had the surgery due to complications of her Lupus.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: your songs about adversity

  14-09-2017 13:00
  No struggle for suggestions this week – Ray Charles, Ben Harper and Tracy Chapman are among those on a playlist that helps us through the tough timesHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of suggestions in the comments on last week’s callout. Read more about how our weekly series works at the end of the piece.Adversity comes in many forms. Sometimes it seems self-inflicted, at other times it’s a result of injustice or inequality, and e
  
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• Justin Bieber Said He Made Marilyn Manson "Relevant" and He's Not Happy About It

  14-09-2017 12:57
  Grab your popcorn! This pop-rock feud is pretty wild...
  
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• Radiohead collaborate with Hans Zimmer for Blue Planet II soundtrack

  14-09-2017 12:53
  A prequel to the blockbuster nature documentary series will feature an orchestral reworking of Radiohead’s song BloomRadiohead have teamed with Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning composer for The Dark Knight, The Lion King and Gladiator, on a new piece of music that will soundtrack a prequel to the BBC’s flagship nature documentary series Blue Planet II.The track is an orchestral reworking of Bloom, Radiohead’s song from their 2011 album The King of Limbs, with Thom Yorke rerecordi
  
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• Jake Bugg review – angry youth cuts a world-weary figure

  14-09-2017 12:52
  100 Club, LondonThis solo benefit gig finds its most urgent call to action in Bugg’s early anthems of estate life rather than languid new country-tinged balladsFive years ago, this acerbic singer-songwriter was transparently a major talent when, aged just 18, his debut album topped the UK chart and went on to go double-platinum. Inevitably, he was even hailed as the new Dylan. World domination appeared assured.Half a decade down the line, Jake Bugg’s career trajectory is noticeably l
  
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• Medics Called As Charlotte Crosby Throws Up During Celebrity Ghost Hunt Live

  14-09-2017 12:18
  All as Stephen Bear drops out due to the spooky 'energy'
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: Marnie Simpson Breaks Down As Aaron Chalmers Takes To The MMA Ring And WINS His First Fight

  14-09-2017 12:00
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Selena Gomez's Beauty Routine Is Just As Unsexy As Yours

  14-09-2017 11:59
  L O L.
  
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• Ashley Graham Calls Out The Lack Of Plus-Size Models At Rihanna's Fenty x Puma Runway

  14-09-2017 11:35
  Thinks it would've been "dope" to see some curvier models.
  
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• Sam Smith Almost Quit Music Before Making His "Sexy" Second Album

  14-09-2017 11:31
  Can you imagine a life without 'Too Good At Goodbyes' now?
  
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• Bella Hadid Rushes To The Aid Of A Female Photographer After Security Guard 'Pushes' Her During NYFW

  14-09-2017 11:03
  New York Fashion Week drama.
  
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• People Are Paying £5000 On The Black Market To Be Verified On Instagram

  14-09-2017 10:55
  That seems a little steep.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Mollie King Reveals All About Strictly Nerves and Brand New Album

  14-09-2017 10:47
  We caught up with the 'Hair Down' singer...
  
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