Hear Part of a New Pharrell Song In a Commercial for Apple Music
Say what you want about Apple, but the folks in charge of their ads aren’t bad at picking out music. The latest spot for their just-announced worldwide radio service, Apple Music’s Beats 1, features a...
View ArticleApple Music Signs Global Agreement with Indie Labels
The Worldwide Independent Network, an organization including independent record labels including Beggars Group (4AD, Rough Trade, XL, and Matador) and Secretly Group (Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and...
View ArticleApple Music: What Works (and What Doesn’t)
Apple Music is here! Well, technically it doesn’t arrive for a few more hours, but in the meantime, SPIN had the chance to explore the service. The good thing is that everyone has the chance to test it...
View ArticleAC/DC Relents, Will Stream Catalog on Spotify, Apple Music, Others
Another one bites the dust: AC/DC has left the ranks of streaming services holdouts like the Beatles and Tool and joined those who have crossed over, including Metallica and Led Zeppelin. The Los...
View ArticleWatch Pharrell’s New ‘Freedom’ Video, Which Costs $9.99 Per Month
To celebrate the launch of Apple Music, Pharrell just dropped a new song (and accompanying music video) called “Freedom.” Apple Music: What Works (and What Doesn't) Apple Music is here! Well,...
View ArticleEminem Gives Career-Spanning Interview to Zane Lowe for Apple Music
Update: Em dropped the full “Phenomenal” video on Friday as an Apple Music exclusive, taking a page out of Lil Wayne’s Tidal album drop, but you can watch the entire lengthy, high-budget thing below....
View ArticleDisclosure Made Their Beats 1 Debut With a Bombastic, Thumping Show
The U.K. house duo Disclosure plan to release their anticipated sophomore album Caracal later this year — September 25, to be exact — but the Lawrence brothers first made their Beats 1 debut via Apple...
View ArticleRoundtable: How Often Are You Still Using Apple Music?
On June 30th, Apple Music debuted to much fanfare as the newest entrant in the increasingly crowded fight for the streaming allegiances of the music-listening public. A month and change later, five...
View ArticleApple Music Festival Lineup: Disclosure, Florence + the Machine, and More
The Apple Music Festival just announced their preliminary lineup for the 2015 edition, and it’s a doozy of a ten-night event, featuring Disclosure (playing on the day of their new album Caracal’s...
View ArticleMajor Lazer and Eric Prydz Are Getting Shows on Beats 1
Diplo of Major Lazer and Eric Prydz are both going to host new shows on Beats 1 starting next month, Apple announced today. Diplo’s show, Lazer Sound, premieres on Friday, October 2nd at 3 p.m. PST,...
View ArticleWatch Taylor Swift Lip Synch for Her Life to the Darkness’‘I Believe in a...
We've seen Taylor Swift rap (and fall) along to Drake and Future's 2015 single "Jumpman" for an Apple Music commercial. We've seen her rock out with her frock out to Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" for...
View ArticleApple Music Now $4.99 per Month for Students
Students, switch over to Apple Music today and pay only $4.99 per month for new music releases, Beats1Radio, and curated content just for you!
View ArticleKanye West Critiques the TIDAL-Apple Music Rivalry for ‘F**king Up the Music...
Kanye West is known as a big supporter of Jay Z's TIDAL music streaming service — he appeared beside Jay at the service's launch, and he used its live-streaming capabilities to debut his latest album...
View ArticleWith New iOS Update, Apple Is Really Hoping You’ll Sign Up For Apple Music
As of yesterday, Spotify has 40 million paid subscribers, a gain of ten million users since March. That's more than twice as many as Apple Music's 17 million, only four million of whom signed up since...
View ArticleUnofficial Remixes and DJ Sets Are Coming to Spotify and Apple Music
Spotify and Apple Music users can now use the services to stream unofficial remixes of some songs, and more remixed content, like hour-long DJ mixes, is soon to follow, TechCrunch reports. Until now,...
View ArticleANOHNI Has Harsh Words for Apple, the “McDonald’s of Consumer High Tech”
If you're weary of the streaming wars and the various exclusivity deals that major corporations have struck with different artists, you're not alone. ANOHNI has criticized the music industry at...
View ArticleNew Music: D.R.A.M. (Feat. Erykah Badu), “WiFi”
Beats 1 host Zane Lowe is really going overboard with the premieres and interviews today. After unveiling a new Trent-Reznor-and-Atticus-Ross-helmed joint from their new soundtrack for Before the...
View ArticleNeil Young’s Music Is Back on Spotify and Apple Music
Last year, Neil Young took almost all of his music off of streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Rdio, following a dispute over their default audio quality. "I don’t need my music to be...
View ArticleWatch a Trailer for a New Documentary About the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine
Apple Music, in conjunction with You Know Films and Atlantic Films (part of Atlantic Records), is offering up an ambitious documentary: a film about the evolution and cultural impact of the Roland...
View ArticlePrince’s Classic Albums Are Now on Streaming Services
As reported a few days earlier, Prince's Warner Bros. catalog is now available on multiple streaming services, including Spotify and Apple Music. TIDAL has held exclusive streaming rights to his work...
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