it probably varies a lot depending on what genre+decade combination you use though?
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
i've really liked last.fm's stations, esp for stuff like blues and genres that i'm not super well versed in.
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
I hate that you can't copy and paste from spotify - I want to list an e.g. of an artist radio station but I have to type it out.
Gang of Four radio featuring: Wire, The Fall, The Slits, Magazine, Television, Orange Juice, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Television Personalities, Holy Fuck, Echo and the Bunnymen, XTC, The Beta Band, The Horrors, Minutemen, Pavement, Suicide, These New Puritans, Clinic, Art Brut
I'd be quite happy to leave that running for an hour.
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
everyone litsen to Mike Hanley "A Collection of Popular Melodies" so I can get a penny in royalties! (actually something like .0001 cent
― Hot Tub Timelord (Latham Green), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
so what's the deal with "local files," that's stuff that's on your iTunes but not on Spotify so you can only play them on your home computer? they are grayed out if they're not actually on your current hard drive?
― dmr, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Spotify read a tiny portion of my library which makes this pretty annoying. Anyway to get it to rescan? Anyone with a large iTunes library have issues?
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
my entire home library (14k+ tracks) went in with zero issues
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Same here, 60k tracks went through just fine.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
tbh, my biggest complaint is that I apparently have to buy another $25 piece of software to get this to play through my AirPort.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
I just went from Nitzer Ebb into Frank Martin and Aaron Copland, which will be followed by The Prodigy
fucking love this
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― dmr, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Today it keeps just stopping on the last track of any album I listen to, about halfway through the song. I can't get it to start back up again and a replay ends up stopping it in the exact same place. Kinda weird.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
why does it not play the next song in the search results after one is done
― Hot Tub Timelord (Latham Green), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
So on the mobile app I can't get a "similar artists" radio? Well that sux.
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
There is no radio feature on the US Spotify unless I'm missing something.
― fffv, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
nothing on my spotify either for related artists.
― skip, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
does seem like it would do that but it only will play things like that in a row if you add em to Play Queue
― dmr, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Sub Pop is a glaring omission at this point.
Something Rhapsody has, btw.
― QuantumNoise, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Man this fucking terrible Matt Nathanson ad with the sub-Dave Matthews "singing" is almost enough in and of itself to make me want to pay to make all the ads go away.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Mog and Rdio have Sub Pop as well, but every service has library gaps at this point and I personally hated Rhapsody when I was using it. My feeling is that while Spotify is good, the US version is inferior to its big brother and the paid service doesn't really set itself apart from the other available services in the US.
― fffv, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
LOL
The "IN" Sound presented by the U.S. Army featuring songs by the Yardbirds and the Monkeeshttp://open.spotify.com/album/1mdTIoDXUrCshsxZ6RfYzb
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
what no linux client
― Hot Tub Timelord (Latham Green), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
What are those chain link icons to the right of the tracks?
― skip, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
> what no linux client
there is / was in the uk, only available to premium / unlimited subscribers.
http://www.spotify.com/uk/download/previews/
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still not clear on how it's better than Rhapsody. Does it all come down to album selection?
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
it's just really slick.. songs start instantly, you can't really tell that they're not on your own hard drive
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah getting the Linux version so I could listen at work was the initial reason I subscribed. Other people have had luck using the Windows version under Wine but it was never stable for me.
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
xp obv
I've solidified my monster playlist as "100 songs I think everyone should love":
http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/2JSosmzA72ClTGzNryqTa8
sadly no ICP, because I really don't think everyone SHOULD love ICP (especially their current stuff)
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I finally got my account today. I'll be glad when they get more US licenses to fill the holes in the collection.
― Breezy Summer Jam (MintIce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Hasn't rhapsody been around for a long time, and it uses the browser? I think I tried out out ages ago but it seemed like some really clunky realplayer kind of bullshit. I don't want something running in my browser, I want an actual app.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Just got a free invite so I can check it out, and Damn DJP - love that 100 songs playlist!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I admittedly haven't used Rhapsody in forever, but I remember it being so clunky and slow that I can't believe people are recommending it as a viable alternative to Spotify. Must have improved a TON since I played around with it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
i'm listening to yr songz dan
gus gus became doves right?
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
Gus Gus stayed Gus Gus, they have a new album out this year that's pretty good.
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
ah yeah that was Sub Sub i was thinking of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9O32R1BZY&feature=related
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
I just sprung for the premium Spotify, and have been giving it a whirl. I like the desktop interface slightly better than Rhapsody, but not in any overwhelming way. They had a couple things that Rhapsody didn't, but no major differences during my initial check on a handful of favorite bands (Kim Fowley, lilys, Swell Maps -- Spotify had a better Swell Maps selection -- and the like).
Their iPhone app is buggy and not at all as good as Rhapsody, and crashed a few times. Presumably that'll get fixed. At the moment I'm going to keep both. Rhapsody makes it much easier to download tracks to iPhone to play when I'm on the subway. I'm still not sure which one I'll end up sticking with, but since Spotify will probably improve while Rhapsody has already had time to solidify, I'd guess Spotify at some point.
xpost: I wouldn't ever think of calling the current Rhapsody clunky or slow, so it must in fact be a big improvement over whatever it started off as...
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
I recommend the 'fifties' poll result playlist, it's excellent.
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks to Dan and let's keep posting playlists
― calstars, Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
ayo can someone hook a dude up w/an invite to this?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
finally got my invite. this is rad.
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
HOW IS THIS REAL
omg they have isis
cad i don't have invitations :-/
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
well here ends my only listening to 90s music all the time tbrr rip
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
cad, check the Coke link upthread, ppl have had luck with that
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
sucks you can't change your username. I wanted to share playlists but I stupidly used my real name
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
how do i shot this? i signed up for an invite but i didn't get it. i r dumm.
― bed bath and beyoncĂ© (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
Takes some time, just have to wait it out I'm afraid.
― streetball technician in the flesh (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link