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• Enter Shikari: The Spark review – innovative post-hardcore quartet push their boundaries

  21-09-2017 23:30
  (PIAS/Ambush Reality)Hertfordshire four-piece Enter Shikari have been upending post-hardcore cliches since the days of MySpace, when they threw nu-rave, punk and pop in alongside throaty growls and discordant riffs. And while being unsigned is now the preferred route for many an emerging act, their decision to stay off the majors for several years seemed an act of rebellion in keeping with their indefinable sound. The Spark continues the shift that their 2015 album The Mindsweep – with its
  
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• Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers review – orchestral post-rock across the barricades

  21-09-2017 23:15
  (Constellation)The Canadian anti-capitalist post-rockers rage against the machine once more, making a list of demands in the liner notes including “an end to borders” and “the expert fuckers who broke this world never get to speak again”. Their lyric-free music evokes that political chaos – unmoored sheets of symphonic guitars blow through everything, as brass and woodwind howl at each other like red and blue states. But there’s also a kind of hope in the way
  
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• Me Rehúso

  21-09-2017 23:12 via mtv.co.uk
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• The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful review – swagger and funk with added vulnerability

  21-09-2017 23:00
  (Island) Recent departures from the Killers’ touring lineup have led Brandon Flowers to steer the ship through personal and global storms. On the band’s first album for five years, the frontman sounds as if he is howling in the face of an oncoming hurricane of mid-career panic, cheating senators and “fake news”. Guitars rage, electronic noises shriek. The Calling and the defiantly swaggering The Man come armed with a new funk chassis. However, beneath the epic gloss, vuln
  
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• Moses Sumney: Aromanticism review – warmly absorbing meditation on lovelessness

  21-09-2017 22:45
  (Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar)“Am I vital, if my heart is idle? Am I doomed?”, Californian artist Moses Sumney asks on his debut album, his voice carrying the formidable authority of Prince and the late-night melodrama of Jeff Buckley. While those references sound hyperbolic, Sumney – a darling of the alternative world; appearing on Solange’s Mad and touring with Sufjan Stevens – is cut from a superior cloth to most singer-songwriters in 2017. On a concept album abo
  
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• Met to review risk assessment form 'stifling' grime and garage scenes

  21-09-2017 22:20
  London mayor Sadiq Khan orders review of the 696 form, long used to target a disproportionate number of music events by black and Asian artists The Metropolitan police are to review their 696 form, which critics have said is used to unfairly target grime, garage and basement venues.The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has asked for the form to be re-examined after meeting several DJs, artists and venue owners, who all raised concerns about how it is being used. Continue reading...
  
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• Crybaby

  21-09-2017 21:56 via mtv.co.uk
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• The Vampires/Lionel Loueke: The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke review – seductive, genre-hopping creativity

  21-09-2017 19:45
  (Earshift)Lionel Loueke, the gifted Benin-born guitarist and singer endorsed by Herbie Hancock in the early noughties, hasn’t let American fame hamper his footloose instincts – he’s tweaked genres with little-known Belgian world-jazz saxophonist Nicholas Kummert, and here with the Vampires, a playfully eclectic, decade-old Australian quartet. The references embrace reggae, classic Cuban son, high life, pre-electric Miles Davis and hints of Blue Note soul-jazz or Henri Texier&rs
  
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• Marry Waterson and David A Jaycock: Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love review – darkly magical folk

  21-09-2017 19:30
  (One Little Indian)This album begins with a woman on a rooftop alone, singing to the birds, her voice gutsy, darkly magical. Since her first album away from her folk dynasty family, 2015’s Two Wolves, with outstanding guitarist David A Jaycock, Marry Waterson’s many talents have been unfurling themselves, like late-season roses bursting from cut branches. This record’s mood is bracing and physical, swaying between solo Sandy Denny and tracks by Waterson’s own mother Lal o
  
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• 10 Celeb Beauty Lines You Need To Try

  21-09-2017 19:26
  Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line…
  
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• Amadou and Mariam: La Confusion review – distinctive new songs on patchily good release

  21-09-2017 19:15
  (Because Music)It’s 12 years now since Amadou and Mariam suddenly became celebrities, thanks largely to Manu Chao’s production work on the bestselling Dimanche à Bamako. The blind Malians went on to play at rock festivals and perform for Barack Obama, but have never quite matched the freshness and exuberance of that masterful album. Now comes their first full set of new songs in five years, dominated by the input of French producer Adrien Durand. La Confusion includes some fin
  
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• Dee Byrne's Entropi: Moment Frozen review – intense, muscular jazz voyage

  21-09-2017 19:00
  (Whirlwind Recordings)The second album by this London five-piece is a curious hybrid, one which marries John Coltrane’s late-60s interstellar voyages with Miles Davis’s intense electric explorations of the early 1970s. The Miles role is played by the clean trumpet lines of Andre Canniere, but the star of the show is saxophonist and composer Dee Byrne, whose muscular, intelligent modal improvisations take us into Trane’s astral jazz territory. Byrne’s liner notes talk of j
  
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• Niall Horan Nurses Heartbreak In The 'Too Much To Ask' Video

  21-09-2017 18:32
  Warning: It's really quite sad to see the 'Slow Hands' star this sad-looking...
  
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• Dylan O’Brien Stars In New MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE Images – Exclusive!

  21-09-2017 18:18
  Get a new look at the next Maze Runner movie with this new pics, exclusively on MTV.
  
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• Arm Spanx Exist And We're Feeling A Little Conflicted About The Concept

  21-09-2017 18:17
  Bonus points for an extra layer in Winter, though?
  
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• This Campaign Saw Artists Like Ed Sheeran Perform In People's Living Rooms

  21-09-2017 18:08
  Kind of made our lives a little...
  
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• Kyla Teams Up With Popcaan For 'You Ain't Mine'

  21-09-2017 18:07
  Kyla is back with her latest single 'You Ain't Mine' with a helping hand from Popcaan..
  
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• 13 American Horror Story Halloween Costumes You Can Definitely Do This Year

  21-09-2017 18:06
  From Murder House To Cult
  
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• 10 Reality Stars Who Had SHOCKING Complications With Their Plastic Surgery

  21-09-2017 18:05
  From leaking to almost dying!
  
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• Kesha and Macklemore Release Nostalgic Banger 'Good Old Days'

  21-09-2017 17:59
  The 'Praying' singer teams up with the rapper for the low-key party anthem...
  
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• Jelani Blackman Is back With His Follow Up EP ‘5-8’

  21-09-2017 17:39
  Exploring the next phase of his sound with a video for 'Follow'.,
  
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• One More Light

  21-09-2017 17:30 via mtv.co.uk
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• Get to Know: PRETTYMUCH

  21-09-2017 17:14
  We caught up with the exciting new boyband to find out a little bit more about them and their music...
  
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• Holly Hagan Looks Unrecognisable In This Gorgeous Make-Up Free Selfie

  21-09-2017 17:03
  Freckles galore.
  
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• Miley Cyrus Releases Sassy Break-Up Anthem 'Week Without You'

  21-09-2017 16:58
  The 'Malibu' singer teases more of 'Younger Now' a week before it drops...
  
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• See Gigi Hadid's Expert Save After Ripping The Crotch Of Her Trousers During Milan Fashion Week

  21-09-2017 16:28
  Girl came prepared.
  
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• Judy Collins on Stephen Stills: ‘I said, it's such a beautiful song, but it's not winning me back’

  21-09-2017 16:00
  The singer-songwriter’s romance and breakup with Stills inspired classic songs including Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Almost 50 years on, they are releasing an album and touring together
  Nearly five decades ago, Judy Collins and Stephen Stills sparked a romance that was passionate and volatile enough to enter rock’n’roll lore. Their private connection became public after Stills, rejected by Collins, put his pining into classic songs such as Suite: Judy Blue Eyes and Helplessly Hoping
  
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• Has The New Screen Record Feature On iOS 11 Kinda Screwed Up Snapchat?

  21-09-2017 15:59
  Hmm, not ideal
  
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• Vicky Pattison Goes On Emotional Twitter Rant About Invasive Paparazzi

  21-09-2017 15:54
  Fed up of people seeking out unflattering photos.
  
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• Pokemon-Themed New Nintendo 2DS XL Unveiled & It's The Best Yet

  21-09-2017 15:39
  A whole lot of new Pokémon news just dropped and we can’t wait.
  
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• Harry Styles Performs One Direction Hits and Covers Ariana Grande On Opening Night of Tour

  21-09-2017 15:38
  The 'Two Ghosts' singer sang 'Stockholm Syndrome' and the band's debut single...
  
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• Bran Stark Is Now A Fresher At Birmingham Uni And Everyone's Very Excited

  21-09-2017 15:18
  The three eyed raven hits maths lectures
  
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• 'Columbine destroyed my entire career': Marilyn Manson on the perils of being the lord of darkness

  21-09-2017 13:52
  He has been called an emissary of Satan and falsely blamed for one of the most notorious shootings in US history. But the singer has never been afraid of outrage. Is that really an excuse, though, to flick our interviewer’s testicles?It is while discussing the difference between his stage persona and his day-to-day life that Marilyn Manson leans over and flicks me in the testicles. This comes as quite a surprise: I have encountered a lot of unusual things as a journalist, but have thus far
  
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• Check Out These Proper Mint Spoilers From Geordie Shore Series 15 Episode #5!

  21-09-2017 13:49
  Don’t miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm – only on MTV
  
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• This Faceless Halloween Makeup Tutorial Is Beyond Freaky

  21-09-2017 13:44
  Spooky skillz
  
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• How Jim Jarmusch used music to put a spell on Hollywood

  21-09-2017 13:38
  Jim Jarmusch doesn’t just stick music on top of his films – he weaves it into their fibre. A new concert series shows how his soundtracks give a voice to drifters and dreamersJim Jarmusch has been one of US cinema’s drollest, driest voices for more than three decades but there are no excerpts from his films during Jim Jarmusch Revisited, an evening of music from his work at the Barbican, London. No dazed Johnny Depp in the trippy western Dead Man, no shock-haired Tilda Swinton
  
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• The National review – chart-toppers unleash a mighty roar of prickly rage

  21-09-2017 13:22
  Usher Hall, EdinburghAs new album Sleep Well Beast becomes their biggest hit, the Ohio angst-rockers unleash the full force of their brooding songs, with vocalist Matt Berninger on particularly lung-busting formWith their recent seventh record inspiring an avalanche of respectful raves, it feels like the National and their abiding sense of emotional seriousness are finally being ushered into rock’s platinum club of all-time greats. On the first of two sold-out nights in Edinburgh, the vete
  
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• Jemma Lucy Pictured With Fluid Leaking From Her Bum After Second Brazilian Butt Lift

  21-09-2017 13:20
  Cue another three months of not being able to sit down properly.
  
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• The Horrors: V review – spindly indie survivors hit their sweet spot

  21-09-2017 13:00
  Against the odds, the Horrors’ fifth album is their best yet, with Faris Badwan’s commanding, world-weary vocals adding to the synthesised thrills and sparkling guitar-popLet us briefly take a detour down memory lane. It is 2007 and, as a contestant on the most recent series of Big Brother has so eloquently put it, “there’s a new music that’s taking over our country and it’s called … ‘indie’”. The Pigeon Detectives bestride the Top 20.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about tattoos and piercing

  21-09-2017 13:00
  A reader picks from your body modifying suggestions, with Talking Heads, Radiohead and Wiz Khalifa all among those branded onto the list
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your suggestions in the comments on last week’s callout for songs about body modifications. Read more on how this series works at the end of the piece.Piercings, implants, branding, scarification, tattoos. I wanted to hear songs about permanent body art, but I told you you could stre
  
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• Lauren Jauregui Shuts Down Homophobia With Kickass Comment About Society

  21-09-2017 12:56
  Praise hand emojis necessary
  
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• Fans Are Living For Megan McKenna Slugging Away As A Sexy Barmaid In Her High Heeled Shoes Music Video

  21-09-2017 12:56
  I'll take two green VK's and a shot of Sambuca please, Megan.
  
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• Mariah Carey and Britney Spears Meet for the First Time

  21-09-2017 12:55
  The two legends finally cross paths...
  
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• Katy Perry Kicks Off 'Witness' World Tour And It Looks Incredible

  21-09-2017 12:50
  The 'Bon Appétit' singer's latest show is her most amazing yet...
  
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• Fans Discover Secret Hidden In EVERY Nintendo Switch Ever Sold

  21-09-2017 12:46
  It's hidden in yours right now.
  
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• Are Riverdale's KJ Apa And Camila Mendes Dating IRL?

  21-09-2017 12:38
  Something must be in the water on set.
  
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• Pikachu Has Had A Makeover For Pokemon Sun & Moon And He Looks Even More Adorable

  21-09-2017 12:25
  We didn’t think Pikachu could be any more adorable...
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: Gaz Beadle Gets Pied By Elettra Lamborghini As He Tries To Buck In The Radgies' Rome Sh*g Pad

  21-09-2017 11:30
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Riverdale's KJ Apa Trolled Cole Sprouse On Instagram And It's Literally So On Point

  21-09-2017 11:06
  True friends troll each other and this is proof.
  
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• Little Mix Fans Obsess Over Jade Thirlwall For Dressing Like 'Princess Jasmine' Despite Losing Out On Disney Part

  21-09-2017 10:49
  Could this be a subtle dig at the Aladdin reboot?
  
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