Eileen BosmanDo you ever find yourself surrounded by music connaisseurs that go on and on about the latest trends, news, and releases, while you lost track of everything when Beyoncé dropped a surprise album called Lemonade and you still don’t know who the hell ‘Becky with the good hair’ is? Worry no more! Rockstone is happy to provide you with a weekly update on important music related news, so you can steal the show at every party with facts, figures and abundant namedropping!
New Disclosure EP Moog For Love
Disclosure released three new tracks, calling it the EP Moog for Love on June 15. The young and insanely succesfull duo don’t let you down though. Boss is a funky club banger, while ‘Feel Like I Do’ is a slow break before ‘Moog for Love’ gets you dancing again. Not sure if these descriptions are sufficient, so better give the EP a listen yourself!
How the UK leaving the EU will affect the music industry
If a ‘Brexit’ happens, this could affect the music industry and music fans. Especially artists that did not (yet) earn their claim to fame are going to have to pay more when it comes to travelling abroad. Also, the paperwork that comes with playing at European festivals will be more of a hassle – besides it costing money – that may prevent bands from being able to play abroad. According to Hypebot: Bands will only be able to tour if a promoter makes them an offer to perform, and with the additional paperwork, European promoters may be less inclined to bother with smaller acts.” A Brexit also has an impact on the travel industry, meaning fans may have to pay more to follow their favourite acts abroad. And these are just a few excerpts of how a Brexit affects the music industry. For more detailed info, go to Ticketbis.
The Apple Music re-design we’ve all been waiting for
June 14 Apple showed off a brand new version of Apple Music, emphasising on simplicity and interaction with your music. Getting rid of all the confusing ‘clutter’ you found before and letting you (re-)discover your favourite tunes and making it easier to use.
In an effort to make things less confusing, the first screen that shows when you open Apple Music is your library. This library tab will be broken up into two sections – music locally stored on your phone, and streaming tracks. Currently, Apple Music opens to the “For You” tab, which makes it hard to find the music you actually want to listen to. The “For You” tab will remain, but is now broken up into Discover, Recently Played, and a new daily curated playlist. One fun feature – the app will now automatically fetch lyrics for each song you are listening to so you can sing along. (Source: Techcrunch.com)
Radiohead Moon Shaped Pool streaming event June 17
The worldwide streaming event of Radiohead’s Moon Shaped Pool takes place Friday 17 in recordstores around the globe. Good news for fans who can’t get enough of the band, because the festivities features an exclusive day long audio stream from the band, competitions, instructional artworks and more. Radiohead later added that they “have assembled pre-recorded piped music to be played through the walls of” the various record stores. Uk based recordstore Resident announcent further details on the day. You can read more about that on their website.
The next Taylor Swift
For those of you that have been living under a rock for the past weeks, here’s a scoop: the 12-year old Grace VanderWaal is taking the world by storm. After an amazing audition with her own song (!) song ‘I Don’t Know My Name’ on America’s Got Talent, Simon Cowell said she’s to be ‘the next Taylor Swift’ and Howie Mandel buzzed that golden buzzer. We’re definitely going to hear more from this talented young lady!
A$AP Rocky is the new face of Dior
When rapping on ‘Fashion Killa’ about adoring your Dior A$AP Rocky made it clear that he has a passion for fashion. Being one of the best dressed rappers in the game, Rocky now models for Dior Homme in the autumn-winter 2016-2017 collection. Next to filmmaker and photographer Larry Clark, French actor Rod Paradot, and French model Dylan Roques, Rocky is one of the four men to represent Dior Homme this fall/winter. The fashion label choose men from multiple creative disciplines. About Rocky they say: “The quartet is headlined by American rapper A$AP Rocky. His dedication to fashion emanates through each image as he embodies the empowered masculinity of today’s urban aesthete.” The campaign was shot by Willy Vanderperre.
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