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• Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice review – kindred spirits are on charming, kooky form

  12-10-2017 23:30
  (Matador)Although the pairing of these two wonderfully languid singer-songwriters could have ended up too hazy, their mutually dreamy, drawling styles complement each other perfectly. The way their guitars jangle and chime together reflects a longstanding friendship. They sing on each other’s old songs: Barnett’s Outta the Woodwork or a joyously upbeat version of Vile’s Blue Cheese. They turn in a harmony-soaked take on Belly’s Untogether and Barnett leads a Crazy Horse-s
  
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• Gucci Mane: Mr Davis review – hooks and charisma but lacks lyrical edge

  12-10-2017 23:15
  (AtlanticOn the two tracks bookending this album, Radric Davis’s fifth full-length since leaving jail in May 2016, the Atlantan rapper introspectively dwells on prison life and the loss of friends to crime – then spends the other 15 driving fast cars, getting “addicted to Franklins”, and being frequently fellated. Gucci’s vocal cadence – either deadpan helplessness in the face of gratification, or sarcastic bafflement as to why he would resist it – gives
  
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• St Vincent: Masseduction review – abrasive, nuanced pop

  12-10-2017 23:00
  (Loma Vista/Caroline International)Mechanical beats and abrasive synths underpinned by producer Jack Antonoff’s feedback-pocked soundbed-of-nails: Annie Clark’s sixth album as St Vincent is not immediately inviting. But it is fascinating, sometimes grimly so, with Clark relating scenes from a relationship with a drugged-up Young Lover. But the frank confessions – of transgressive desire, pathological anxiety and romantic rejection – that pepper Masseduction transcend goss
  
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• Beck: Colors review – newly enthused heights and depths

  12-10-2017 22:45
  CapitolBy no means is this an average album. In fact, there is nothing moderate about it at all: Colors is extreme, featuring some of the best and worst songs that Beck has ever written. After the wave of melancholy that engulfed 2014’s Grammy award-winning Morning Phase – created after a traumatic spinal injury – he has returned robust and emboldened. Songs are energised and enthused; imagine Midnite Vultures frolicking in a kids’ ball pool, wired on echinacea-infused gr
  
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• Girlfriend (Ft. Vybz Kartel & Tory Lanez) (Extended Version) [Explicit]

  12-10-2017 21:28 via mtv.co.uk
  Girlfriend (Extended Version)
  
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• Saz'iso: At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me review – virtuoso world music

  12-10-2017 19:15
  (Glitterbeat Records)Exponents of unfamiliar styles need all the help they can get, and this virtuoso group from the mountains of southern Albania has deserved celebrity backing. Their debut album was co-produced by Joe Boyd, who has worked with everyone from Nick Drake to Taj Mahal, and engineered by Grammy-winning Jerry Boys, of Buena Vista Social Club fame. Saz’iso play saze, a style that developed when iso-polyphonic a cappella folk songs, with at least two melody lines and drone backi
  
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• Dramatic Celeb Hair Transformations That’ll Make You Want To Switch Up Your Own

  12-10-2017 19:09
  We literally can’t keep up.
  
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• Miguel Sets The Standard With Electrifying Gig At Islington Assembly Hall

  12-10-2017 18:59
  The 'Sky Walker' singer blew us away with an incomparable live set last night...
  
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• 12 Celebrities Who Have Turned Down The Flirty Advances Of Other Celebs

  12-10-2017 18:16
  It's nice to know that even famous folk get rejected...
  
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• 'America, stand up' – Eminem's freestyle and the 10 best anti-Trump protest songs (so far)

  12-10-2017 18:10
  Donald Trump used to be lauded in hip-hop tracks for his wealth. Now? Not so much. These days artists from Joey Bada$$ to Roger Waters and YG are turning their fury with the president into song Eminem has hardly been the name on people’s lips recently. Since his imperial heyday – when this newspaper wrote about him as a poet, contrasting him with Eliot, Whitman, Browning, Tennyson, Frost and pretty much every other poet ever bar Pam Ayres – his stock has slumped. He bucked the
  
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• Fans Are Going Crazy For Teen Mom UK Star Mia Boardman's Fluffy Primark Heels

  12-10-2017 18:01
  Mia strikes again with another phenomenal high street outfit.
  
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• Tickets For The House Of MTV In Shoreditch Are Now On Sale!

  12-10-2017 18:00
  From intimate performances with top artists to music masterclasses from MTV and industry experts, here's everything you need to know about our House Of MTV pop up...
  
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• Demi Lovato Opens Up About The Exact Moment She Fell In Love With Joe Jonas

  12-10-2017 17:49
  Let's all rewind back to 2008.
  
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• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, etc CD review – affable but unmemorable

  12-10-2017 16:45
  RLPO/Petrenko/Armstrong
  (Warner)Peter and the Wolf is a gift for storytellers. It is the ultimate in musical characterisation: slinky clarinet cat, ditzy flute bird, wholesome string-section Peter, all in Prokofiev’s most taut and tuneful writing. But there is no shortage of lovable recordings and I can’t imagine this new version from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic making much of a dent. It sounds classy, cool, a bit sedate. There’s plenty to admire in the
  
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• Jessie J Brings the Thunder with Brilliant Set at KOKO in London

  12-10-2017 16:43
  The entire show was a masterpiece...
  
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• Stephanie Davis's Relationship With Marnie Simpson's Ex Ricky Rayment Is 'Confirmed' As She Wears Charlotte Crosby And Stephen Bear Couples Hoody

  12-10-2017 16:39
  Marnie's ex 'is' dating her arch-nemesis, Steph.
  
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• Debussy: Images, Estampes, Children’s Corner CD review – high-definition impressionism

  12-10-2017 16:30
  Steven Osborne
  (Hyperion)
  I’ve always loved the way Steven Osborne plays French music – for the flux and febrile atmosphere, yes, but more for the rigour and steel. Forget any cliches of hazy impressionism, Osborne brings directness and muscle, and the boldest aspects of texture, form and image stand out in ultra high definition as a result. His latest Debussy album is a perfect example. The goldfish of Poisson d’Or move in jerks and sudden flashes. The water droplets in Reflet
  
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• King Krule: The Ooz review – a self-indulgent splurge | Alexis Petridis' album of the week

  12-10-2017 16:28
  Archy Marshall’s second album as King Krule is a wilfully idiosyncratic outpouring of songs about depression and bodily fluids Among the multitude of aliases under which Archy Marshall has released music – he’s called himself everything from King Krule to DJ JD Sports, Lankslacks and Edgar the Beatmaker, the latter purporting to be a hip-hop producer from the Czech Republic – one of the more obscure is Dik Ooz. A rum anagram of another Marshall alias, Zoo Kid, it served a
  
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• Greggs Transformed One Of Their Stores Into A Massive Student Rave

  12-10-2017 16:17
  The place to go if you want to pastry all night.
  
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• Kayn: A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound CD review – a cosmic achievement

  12-10-2017 16:15
  Roland Kayn
  (Frozen Reeds)
  Twenty-two movements, 14 hours and 16 CDs worth of spangling cosmic sound play: this premiere release of the magnum opus by German composer Roland Kayn is a colossus and a marvel. Roland who? In a profession that glorifies big egos and fetishises the kind of creative genius that demands total control, Kayn went to more selfless extremes. He worked in the pioneering electronic studios of Germany and the Netherlands in the mid-20th century and built fastidious command sy
  
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• Frey: Collection Gustave Roud CD review – poetic musical contemplations

  12-10-2017 16:00
  Konrad/Mcintosh/Frey/Thut/Boon
  (Another Timbre)With their contemplations of the Swiss countryside, the poems of Gustave Roud clearly struck a chord with Jürg Frey, whose equally contemplative music, in which silence is just as important as pitched notes, often embarks on long, slow walks through musical landscapes in which familiar objects take on wholly new identities. Frey’s language is clearly rooted in that of the American experimentalists of the 50s and 60s, especially Morton Fel
  
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• Jessie J review – self-care anthems and spiky wit

  12-10-2017 14:32
  Koko, London
  Letting her inner Essex girl run riot, the singer campaigns to win back the UK’s affections with banter, tremulous ballads and new tracks from her album ROSE‘When I’m 85,” says Jessie J, who is 29, “I’ll probably be doing Vegas. Or if not Vegas, Pontins.” Primped and Americanised as she is, the singer still has Essex running through her veins. Though she has probably spent too much time in the States to ever fully reacquaint herself with fun
  
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• Ready to Change

  12-10-2017 14:27 via mtv.co.uk
  Ready to Change
  
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• Get to Know: Sofi Tukker

  12-10-2017 14:14
  We caught up with the exciting new duo to find out a little bit more about them and their music...
  
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• Cassie Makes A Dramatic Return With G-Eazy In The Stylish 'Love A Loser' Video

  12-10-2017 14:07
  The 'Me & U' singer's comeback is in full swing...
  
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• Riverdale's KJ Apa Has Never Had A Girlfriend And We Volunteer As Tribute

  12-10-2017 13:57
  There's a very simple solution to this problem.
  
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• Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's 'Despacito' Is Now the First Video to Amass 4 Billion YouTube Views

  12-10-2017 13:55
  It looks like the song of the summer is quickly becoming the song of the year...
  
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• This Pimple Popping Acne Cake Is So Disgusting You Won't Be Able To Stop Watching

  12-10-2017 13:50
  The Halloween inspiration you didn't know you needed.
  
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• Pray (Official Audio)

  12-10-2017 13:28 via mtv.co.uk
  Pray (Official Audio)
  
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• Beyoncé Releases New 'Freedom' Music Video In Honour of International Day of the Girl

  12-10-2017 13:07
  The feminist icon puts her activism front and centre in new visual...
  
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• Lili Reinhart Would Quite Like Everyone To Stop Criticising Her Eyebrows

  12-10-2017 13:03
  The Riverdale actor is fed up with people trolling her looks.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs featuring echoes

  12-10-2017 13:00
  This week’s reader has listened – and listened again – to your suggestions to produce a list including Cocteau Twins, Queen and Tom Petty
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of suggestions on last week’s callout. Thanks for taking part. Read more about how our weekly series works at the end of the piece.The response to last week’s callout was more muted than usual and seemed to draw lots of suggestions from the same nomi
  
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• 13 Celebs Who Are Serial Reality Star Daters: Ranked

  12-10-2017 12:59
  SIXTEEN? FOR REAL?
  
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• Rihanna Supports SZA At Free New York Show To Celebrate 'CTRL' Going Gold

  12-10-2017 12:55
  Are we getting another collaboration? Let's hope so...
  
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• Check Out These Proper Mint Spoilers From The Geordie Shore Series 15 FINALE!

  12-10-2017 12:51
  Don’t miss brand new Geordie Shore on Tuesday at 10pm – only on MTV!
  
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• It's A Shame

  12-10-2017 12:46 via mtv.co.uk
  It's a Shame
  
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• Incapable

  12-10-2017 12:46 via mtv.co.uk
  Incapable
  
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• What You Want

  12-10-2017 12:38 via mtv.co.uk
  What You Want
  
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• Shane Richie: 'Nick Knowles is a chippie who sings. I do this for a living’

  12-10-2017 12:28
  Don’t lump the EastEnders star in with his light-entertainment peers. The Planet of the Apes and Paul Weller obsessive has played festivals, you knowHi Shane. What’s new?We’ve got a Nando’s opening here soon (1). Continue reading...
  
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• Did Bella Hadid's Mum Yolanda Just Confirm She Is Dating Drake?

  12-10-2017 12:24
  Yolanda Hadid just commented on the Bella/Drake dating rumours.
  
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• Liam Payne Confirms Wishes for a One Direction Reunion and Performs on TRL

  12-10-2017 12:21
  The 'Strip That Down' singer also talks about his new single 'Bedroom Floor'...
  
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• Gaz Beadle Shares An Intimate Shot Of Himself Kissing Emma McVey's Baby Bump

  12-10-2017 12:12
  These two are killing it on the pregnancy snaps.
  
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• Super Mario Has Been Made Into A Broadway Musical And It Is Bonkers

  12-10-2017 12:06
  This Mario-meets-La La Land number has to be seen to be believed.
  
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• Cara Delevingne Comes Forward With Claims She Was Sexually Harassed By Harvery Weinstein

  12-10-2017 12:05
  "The more we talk about it, the less power we give them. I urge you all to talk and to the people who defend these men, you are part of the problem."
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: OI OI! Gaz Beadle Hits The Sh*g Pad For A Buck With Chloe Ferry's Ibiza Weekender BFF Bethan Kershaw

  12-10-2017 11:30
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Riverdale ‘A Kiss Before Dying’: 5 Moments We Seriously Need To Discuss

  12-10-2017 10:41
  This could easily have been 115 things we need to discuss.
  
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• Nine Argy Bargy Moments From TOWIE Episode 10

  12-10-2017 08:21
  Guess who’s back. Back again. Arg is back. Tell your friends.
  
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• Live music acts are mostly male-only. What's holding women back?

  12-10-2017 07:00
  A Guardian analysis of the UK’s live music line-ups shows just how male-dominated the music industry is. Laura Marling and Emmy the Great discuss the many barriers blocking women’s progress
  How can women make it in the music industry? Insiders share their tips
  From the moment a woman takes an interest in music, she enters a culture that is dominated by men – whether it’s the staff in record shops, the bands in your local pub or the roadies for stadium gigs. In the UK, wom
  
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