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# MUSIC BUZZ: Album Release Day // Looking for the next big star // Björk // More
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/2015228music-buzz-album-release-day-looking-for-the-next-big-star-bjrk-more/
- Published: 2015-02-28T17:32:24.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-28T17:32:24.000Z
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Music, #oliver-2, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

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Rough Trade NYC

The official **Album release day** will [globally move to Friday in summer](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/retail/6487290/industry-sets-friday-as-global-record-release-day?ref=glamglare.com). Of course, in the Internet age a global release day is the way to go, but does it have to be Friday? I kind of liked Tuesday – something to look forward to and kick the week off.

The Guardian has a piece with some interesting thoughts about the chase to find **the next big star**, albeit a link-bait title. Angus Batey writes in [“Is new music killing the record industry?”](http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/24/is-new-music-killing-music-industry?ref=glamglare.com):

> Could the industry reverse its decline if it returned to what might be considered the old-fashioned model: sign fewer artists and work with them for longer periods, worrying less about the short-term fix of big hit singles and spending more energy building catalogues that generate cash over a much longer period?

That sounds like a good idea from industry perspective, right? But there is also the listener’s side: streaming services can lure us to always check for something new instead of spending longer time with a piece of music. On the other hand: 

> The changes in how music is being heard may make a move away from short-term thinking inevitable. Streaming services such as Spotify, which ensure that an artists’ previous albums are available for discovery – and income generation – when a fan discovers a band via their fourth or fifth LP, could help lead labels away from breaking new artists and prioritising blockbuster hits.

Listener behavior for sure changes – how, is is anybody’s guess at this time.

It looks like **Björk** [does not like Spotify either](http://www.fastcompany.com/3042429/creative-conversations/bjork-on-keeping-her-new-album-off-spotify-its-not-about-the-money-it?ref=glamglare.com):

> “Guess what? This streaming thing just does not feel right. I don’t know why, but it just seems insane.”

She suggests “windowing” similar to what Netflix does, like a “physical” release first and streaming later. That may make sense, but it is hard to believe that the streaming services would go with such a model.

My new favorite new band, **Ibeyi** was interviewed by the New York Times a few weeks ago. Naomi says about her sister, Lisa-Kainde:

> “We’re not best friends.”

Of course you can only say this publicly, if you actually are best friends. But apparently there a lot more dynamic going on between them than being twin sisters would suggest.

  
**Sea Change’s** *Breakage* is my [favorite new album for this](http://www.glamglare.com/music/2015/2/24/first-listen-sea-change-breakage) week. Give it a [listen (Spotify link)](http://open.spotify.com/artist/7JDQNp9QJRoLp5yrwHpuCP?ref=glamglare.com).