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• Readers recommend: share your songs with great drumming

  18-01-2018 21:00
  Nominate in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 22 January Bang the drum loud enough for your favourite songs and they could feature on next week’s playlist.You have until 11pm on Monday 22 January to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Ralph Brown (who posts in the comments as magicman) will select from your recommendations and produce our list, which will be published on 2
  
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• From Blurred Lines to New Rules: how sex in pop has changed for ever

  18-01-2018 18:15
  The charts were once dominated by pornified raunch, but in an era of identity politics and empowered women, a new kind of sexuality is emerging in pop – and warming cyberspaceWhen Robin Thicke and Pharrell released Blurred Lines on 26 March 2013, they had no idea (or claimed not to) that it would kickstart a debate about rape culture and misogyny in pop . The outraged response to its suggestive lyrics – particularly the refrain “I know you want it” – permanently cha
  
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• Planning rules to be strengthened in UK to protect music venues

  18-01-2018 18:13
  Property developers to be responsible for soundproofing when building near to venuesA campaign to stop grassroots music venues being threatened with closure when housing is built nearby has won support from ministers, who said developers must be responsible for soundproofing new-build properties.Sajid Javid, the housing secretary, said he would work with the music industry to improve planning policy. The comments followed a campaign backed by Sir Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason.
  
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• Troye Sivan Releases Heartbreakingly Gorgeous 'The Good Side'

  18-01-2018 17:28
  It's a far cry from 'My My My!' and it'll probably make you cry too...
  
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• Cardi B Reportedly Signs First Movie Deal

  18-01-2018 17:16
  The 'Bodak Yellow' superstar is coming to a cinema near you...
  
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• Gaz Beadle Gives An Adorable Insight Into Fatherhood With 3AM Feeding Selfie

  18-01-2018 16:05
  Welcome to parenthood, Gaz!
  
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• The Maze Runner IRL: Would You Sacrifice Your Mates To Save The World?

  18-01-2018 16:01
  The game that fuels a thousand drunken arguments...
  
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• Lana Del Rey Makes History As 'Born To Die' Spends 300 Weeks On Billboard

  18-01-2018 15:59
  The superstar is only the third woman in history to achieve the feat...
  
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• Missguided Have Answered Our Prayers With 'Jeans & A Nice Top' Section

  18-01-2018 15:44
  Not all heroes wear capes, they wear jeans and a nice top.
  
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• Starcrawler review – fake blood and oral sex in faithful Sabbath homage

  18-01-2018 15:02
  Deaf Institute, Manchester
  The LA buzz band break out the high kicks and star jumps in a fizzing performance, but stray too close to 70s rock pasticheBlending the sludgy, doom-laden riffs of Black Sabbath with the urgent pop-punk of the Runaways, the young LA band Starcrawler are a group whose entire DNA seems linked to the 1970s. The white tasselled flares of lead singer, Arrow de Wilde, match the aesthetic of the group’s back-to-basics rock’n’roll.Recent single I Love LA is a
  
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• Tinashe Releases Epic New Single 'No Drama' with Offset

  18-01-2018 13:50
  This sounds huge...
  
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• Scotty T Comes Out Fighting For Scarlett Moffatt After She’s Bodyshamed For Instagram Picture

  18-01-2018 13:46
  The Geordie lad is fed up with people attacking the Gogglebox star's figure.
  
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• Geordie Shore Episode 3 Spoiler Video: Marnie Simpson Breaks Down As Boyfriend Casey Johnson Quizzes Her About Her Relationship With Aaron Chalmers

  18-01-2018 13:30
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm on MTV!
  
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• Justin Timberlake Blasts Trump In The Epic 'Supplies' Music Video

  18-01-2018 13:28
  The superstar gets political in his second 'Man of the Woods' music video...
  
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• Sophie Kasaei Has Revealed The State Of Gaz Beadle And Charlotte Crosby's Friendship

  18-01-2018 13:01
  The Geordie lass discusses what the general vibe is between Char and the new dad.
  
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• Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life review – wonky diva wakes up to wokeness

  18-01-2018 13:00
  Merrill Garbus’s identity politics may skirt self-parody, but by combining them with house and disco, she’s made an album custom-built for 2018
  There are many ways for an artist to reboot their muse in preparation for a new album. You can try the old-fashioned retreat from the city to a rural idyll; the time-honoured practice of “getting it together in the country”. You can travel abroad and immerse yourself in different musical cultures, or surround yourself with collabo
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about industry and manufacturing

  18-01-2018 13:00
  Iggy Pop, OMD, Spandau Ballet and the Commodores have their say on a hard working and eclectic reader-curated list
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your 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 rhythmic sound of machinery and the subject of work and industry seem to lend themselves to musical expression almost as a matter of course. Before we begin, an observat
  
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• Justin Timberlake Admits Janet Jackson's 'Nipplegate' Was His Fault

  18-01-2018 12:58
  But will she join him during his Super Bowl halftime show? That is the question...
  
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• Each New Fantastic Beast Sequel Will Be Set In A New City

  18-01-2018 12:28
  The director of Fantastic Beasts has confirmed each sequel will be set in a new city. Here are all the details.
  
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• Demi Lovato Praises Camila Cabello's 'Never Be the Same'

  18-01-2018 12:24
  Superstars stan Camila just like us...
  
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• Kendrick Lamar and Sam Smith Will Perform At The GRAMMYs

  18-01-2018 12:19
  The A-listers join Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and SZA on the incredible line-up...
  
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• Ariana Grande, Charli XCX and Dua Lipa Lead NME Awards Nominations

  18-01-2018 11:40
  Lorde, Lady Gaga, Stormzy and The 1975 also nab several noms...
  
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• Dua Lipa Sparks Ariana Grande Duet Rumours on Instagram

  18-01-2018 11:39
  We need this to happen...
  
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• Did Kim Kardashian Just Hint She’s Naming Her Baby After A Designer Bag?

  18-01-2018 11:29
  This wouldn't be the first time she's proved her commitment to Louis Vuitton.
  
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• Selena Gomez Confronts Nick Jonas Over A Date He Ruined Ten Years Ago

  18-01-2018 11:06
  In fairness, this does sound pretty terrible.
  
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• Mabel Discusses Top 10 Hits and Staying True to Herself

  18-01-2018 10:30
  EXCLUSIVE! Mabel gives us the lowdown on who she is in our MTV Brand New For 2018 spotlight interview...
  
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• Remake, remodel: what makes musicians rerecord old albums?

  18-01-2018 08:00
  The Shins and Car Seat Headrest are the latest bands to indulge in rerecording their earlier work. Is it money for old rope, or a chance at artistic liberation?The next month brings not one but two instances of bands rerecording entire albums. This Friday, the Shins release The Worm’s Heart, a “flipped” version of last year’s Heartworms, in which the running order is reversed and each song performed in a different style. On 16 February, Car Seat Headrest follow suit with
  
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