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Ín the music video with this 360° clip

There's something new going on in music video-land and it's called '360°'. It's a pretty epic way of recording music video's in a way that makes you feel like you're actually present at the set. Although there are already some clips out there, we hav...

Kendrick Lamar drops surprise album

After the huge success of How to Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamer drops a surprise project called Untitled Unmastered. The collection of eight songs are all untitled along with specific dates that span over the years 2013-2016, which we assume refer ...

European gigs in March under fifteen euros

No matter where you are, music surrounds you. Seeing is believing and also feeling it. We can assure you that seeing an artist live is way better than sitting at home and listening to their songs on Spotify. Of course we know that everything comes wi...

Drake signs with Skepta’s label BBK

The first Canadian signed to BBK. Big up my brudda @skeptagram for life yeah. And my section gunners too. ?? Een foto die is geplaatst door champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) op 24 Feb 2016 om 3:41 PST It's no secret that some of us at Ro...

Dutch music festivals in the Spring

The days are getting longer, temperatures are rising, you are slowly starting to wear less layers, and that can only mean one thing: spring is approaching! And with spring comes music! Festivals are right around the corner! The Netherlands are quite ...

AURORA

Dear music lovers, a young talent is rising! Right from cold Scandinavia, a warm voice was noticed. It is the one and only AURORA. On rhythms of electropop and technopop, you need that sweet taste of music to touch your soul during a cold winter day....

J. Dilla – From Detroit To Donuts

Today marks 10 years since the untimely death of J.Dilla, one of the greatest and most influential hip hop producers of our time. James "J Dilla" Yancey, who died on February 10, 2006 had just celebrated his birthday 3 days earlier as well a...

The Star Of G-Star

One of the biggest collaborations between music and fashion has just been officially announced and we think it's a very exciting one. Today G-Star Raw and Pharrell Williams have announced a partnership that will see Skateboard P himself become the...

Winter album releases to look forward to

    In need of some new music? Then you're in luck! Rockstone Sessions collected some albums we're very much looking forward to this upcoming month. And already this Friday turns out just fine, with three highly anticipated releases! ...

MadNes Festival

With warmer weather approaching, we at Rockstone are looking for ways to fill our summer days and know just the thing. Located at Ameland, an island in The Netherlands, MadNes Festival is all about surfing, skating, music and beach culture. This fest...

Making Music Visible

About five years back I spent a summer in the small town of Burlington, Vermont. A beautiful town where people are in love with life and music. In summer there’s a countless amount of music to be heard, whether it’s on the street, at restaurants, or ...

The easiest way for some home made music with Sampulator

If you have a busy work day ahead, I recommend you to stop reading right now. Seriously, what I am going to show you will mess up your focus. It is called Sampulator and will throw you back to a time when Fruity loops and Garageband was all you need ...

Finally Soundcloud On Your Desktop!

Soundnode is here and it's giving us all reason to cheer! Having almost 3 times as many users as Spotify, Soundcloud is one of the big dogs in the music streaming service, but is missing a couple things. The main thing that it's missing is that it do...

February’s Gigs Under Fifteen Euros

Second month of the year, cold weather and blistering storms, but who says the party has to stop? We are happy to present a new series of gigs all over Europe at a reasonable price in February.  Gather your friends, have a beer and if it happens for ...

Must listen: JAHKOY

Oh Canada, how you keep on delivering great musicians. Nope, for a change I'm not referring to Justin Bieber or Drake. Rockstone loves to present you another musical talent called JAHKOY (Jahkoy Palmer in real life). Because in the jungle of new arti...

ESNS Update: Food & Drinks Edition

It’s here! Eurosonic Noorderslag week has started! This week (and this week only) Groningen is the buzzing center of the international music industry. I’ve lived in Groningen for over four years, and let me tell you how amazing it is to finally have ...

Undeniable Music Magic: Meet HAEVN

What do you get when you put a film composer and a songwriter into a band? If the first thing that comes to mind is not HAEVN, you have been missing out. So go ahead and listen. We’ll wait. Told you it was good. Now that we’ve got you hoo...

The Rockstone Sound of 2016!

What are we going to listen in 2016? On which artists should we keep an eye? (uhm... or ear, most likely) A round in the Rockstone edit room resulted in this promising list. This is the Rockstone Sessions Sound of 2016!   Rationale Aww ...

Rockstone Sessions’ Musical Highlights 2015

Now the New Year’s eve hangover has subsided and our resolutions for the 2016 have already failed, it is time to put 2015 in perspective. Whether this is reviewing how many times Miley Cyrus did something weird, the occasions in which Noel Gallagher ...