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• Hüsker Dü: Savage Young Dü review – edge-of-hysteria punk with psychedelic yearnings

  14-12-2017 23:45
  (Numero Group)More than any other band that emerged out of the US hardcore punk scene, Minneapolis’s Hüsker Dü paved the way for what would happen next. This beautifully curated set covering their earliest years reveals a band already sporting an advanced case of split musical personality: Midwestern punk rockers unsure whether they wanted to scream their way through songs called Obnoxious and Guns at My School or do something more thoughtful and arty and strange. The hardest of
  
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• Readers recommend: share your songs about storms

  14-12-2017 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 18 December There’s a storm brewing this week and we’d like to hear your musical nominations to accompany it. For more on how to interpret the theme, keep an eye on the comments.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 18 December to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Scott Blair, who posts in the comments as misterbad
  
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• Gunter Hampel: Bounce review – Euro-jazz innovator in bold, painterly form

  14-12-2017 20:00
  (Intuition/European Jazz Legends)Multi-instrumentalist Gunther Hampel is sometimes regarded as the German Charles Mingus for the breadth of his influences, his unfettered improv, and charismatic impact on European free jazz. The maverick’s 80th birthday live show from Germany’s Theater Gütersloh is a typical Hampel brew of abrasive brashness and subtlety, bright Ornette Colemanesque themes, and extended passages of ensemble improv, often featuring his subtle vibraphone and flute
  
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• Brian Blade & The Fellowship: Body and Shadow review – eloquent, understated but empathic ensemble

  14-12-2017 19:45
  (Blue Note)The invigoratingly skilful drummer Brian Blade is famous as a cornerstone of Wayne Shorter’s all-but-clairvoyant quartet, but he’s also led his own gospel-rooted Fellowship group for 20 years. Characteristically, the band’s fifth album downplays improv in favour of expressive, songlike compositions within a jazz-infused ensemble sound – a chemistry that the drummer and his pianist and composing partner Jon Cowherd have made their own. Understatement mostly prev
  
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• Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh: Lekhfa review – remarkable Egyptian indie collaboration is a triumph

  14-12-2017 19:15
  (Mostakell)It’s not easy being an experimental indie musician in Egypt. There are very few venues, no state funding, and censors to worry about. All of which makes this compelling, brooding collaboration so remarkable. Each of these three musicians has an impressive history, but their debut album together is an edgy triumph, thanks to the empathy between them, and the interplay between the vocalists Maryam Saleh and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh. The influences include Egyptian shaabi, electro-shaabi
  
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• Alfie Deyes Reveals Deets On His Mysterious New Business Venture

  14-12-2017 18:26
  "It’s about doing bigger picture things..."
  
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• 14 Geordie Shore GIFs To Pull Out When You Open Crap Presents This Christmas

  14-12-2017 17:52
  Haway, are you kiddin' us Santa?
  
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• Still saving us from tears: the inside story of Wham!'s Last Christmas

  14-12-2017 17:00
  From George Michael hogging the sleigh bells in the studio to pratfalling on the snowy video set, the beloved Christmas song is testament to the late pop star’s talent – and insecuritiesIn December 1984, two future seasonal staples were vying for Christmas No 1: Do They Know It’s Christmas? by charity supergroup Band Aid, and Last Christmas by Wham!. Admittedly, the competition wasn’t exactly cut-throat. George Michael not only sang on the Band Aid single, but also donate
  
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• Love Island's Cara De La Hoyde Shares First Pic Of Her And Nathan Massey's Baby Boy

  14-12-2017 16:18
  Cuteness ahoy
  
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• 8 Things People Who Don't Celebrate Christmas Are Sick Of Hearing

  14-12-2017 15:33
  Our guide to helping you not be annoying to non-Christmassy friends.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Is All Of As After The Christmas Party As She Heads To Work With A Hangover

  14-12-2017 15:20
  She's our spirit animal
  
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• 12 Dresses As Seen On The Geordie Girls That Are Perfect For NYE

  14-12-2017 14:31
  That's your shopping sorted
  
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• 10 Bullsh*t Resolutions That You Know You're Going To Break In 2018

  14-12-2017 13:46
  Nu year, nu me...
  
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• The Geordie Shore Fam Send A Heartbreaking Farewell Message To Gaz Beadle: ‘You Will Always Have A Place In Our Hearts!’ – EXCLUSIVE

  14-12-2017 13:42
  The Geordie fam bid farewell to the Toon's OG bad boy...
  
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• 10 Selfless Things You Should Do Before 2018

  14-12-2017 13:33
  It's the little things that count!
  
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• NERD: No_One Ever Really Dies review – Pharrell's band finally find their groove

  14-12-2017 13:25
  Urgent, harsh, but also consistent – come album five, NERD have made the starry collaborations stick, galvanised by US politics. Even Ed Sheeran sounds coolIn 2011, Pharrell Williams launched his own liqueur, Pharrell Williams’ Qream. Created for “Contemporary women who work hard and want to relax with friends at the end of the day” – “I want them to reward themselves deliciously,” Williams offered – it was a disaster. Quite aside from its name, wh
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about Asian cities

  14-12-2017 13:00
  This week a reader takes us for a bustling tour of Asian towns through music from Eartha Kitt, Robyn, Cornershop and Ryuichi SakamotoHere 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 continent of Asia is where cities began, ancient settlements such as Jericho, Ur and Çatal Hüyük were the first places people g
  
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• Geordie Shore Lad Aaron Chalmers Shares His Top MMA Tips And 2018 Goals As He Prepares For His Upcoming Fight - EXCLUSIVE

  14-12-2017 13:00
  Don't miss Aaron in brand new Geordie Shore, starting Tuesday 9th January at 10pm on MTV!
  
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• Gaz Beadle And Emma McVey Have Settled On A 'Thoughtful' Middle Name For Their Son

  14-12-2017 12:53
  The couple are yet to give away any major clues about the baby's first name.
  
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• 11 Celebs Who Went Surprise Blonde In 2017 And Made You Want To Do It Too

  14-12-2017 12:52
  Blondes have more fun
  
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• Little Mix Share Video Of Devastating Moment Leigh-Anne Pinnock Seriously Burned Herself

  14-12-2017 12:44
  The Little Mix star was heartbroken after being forced to pull out of a show with Ariana Grande.
  
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• Niall Horan Plans To Work On His Second Album In 2018

  14-12-2017 12:19
  Sorry Directioners, that 1D reunion will have to wait...
  
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• Jorja Smith Drops Amazing Cover Of Frank Ocean's 'Lost'

  14-12-2017 12:07
  The rising starlet transforms a modern classic for the Spotify Singles collection...
  
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• Fans Think This Is The Moment Khloe Kardashian Reveals She's Pregnant On KUWTK

  14-12-2017 12:02
  A major announcement is made to her family and friends on the E! series.
  
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• ASOS Has Launched A Star Wars Collection And It's Cool AF

  14-12-2017 11:33
  May the force be with you
  
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• Ariana Grande Teases New Album On Instagram

  14-12-2017 11:25
  The 'Into You' superstar might be dropping that 'Dangerous Woman' follow-up sooner than we think...
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Just Put A Truly Epic Portion Of Sideboob On Display

  14-12-2017 11:01
  Fans of the former Geordie Shore lass are the definition of the heart-eyes emoji rn.
  
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• Selena Gomez Shares The Cutest Birthday Message For Taylor Swift

  14-12-2017 10:59
  The 'Wolves' singer came through with the best birthday message ever.
  
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• The best albums of 2017, No 7: The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

  14-12-2017 07:00
  Adam Granduciel’s star shines bright on a record that combines 70s rock sounds, 80s MOR pop and melancholic melodies to glittering effectMore on the best albums of 2017More on the best culture of 2017Adam Granduciel has been transformed from another plaid-shirted US indie musician into something approaching a rock star – a tentative one, uncertain of the spotlight, but a bandleader capable of pulling 10,000 people to his shows – by combining two impulses. On the one hand, there
  
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• Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons accused of rape by four women

  14-12-2017 02:49
  Def Jam co-founder, who recently stepped down from his companies, denies allegations as five other women accuse him of sexual misconductRussell Simmons, the powerful hip-hop mogul who founded Def Jam Recordings, has been accused of rape by four women and sexual assault or harassment by five other women in incidents that took place between 1983 and 2016. The allegations were published Wednesday in separate reports by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and come just two weeks after Simmo
  
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