Spotify - anyone heard of it?

I finally got my account today. I'll be glad when they get more US licenses to fill the holes in the collection.

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.

Just got a free invite so I can check it out, and Damn DJP - love that 100 songs playlist!

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.

i'm listening to yr songz dan

gus gus became doves right?

Gus Gus stayed Gus Gus, they have a new album out this year that's pretty good.

ah yeah that was Sub Sub i was thinking of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9O32R1BZY&feature=related

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...

I recommend the 'fifties' poll result playlist, it's excellent.

Thanks to Dan and let's keep posting playlists

ayo can someone hook a dude up w/an invite to this?

finally got my invite. this is rad.

HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

HOW IS THIS REAL

omg they have isis

cad i don't have invitations :-/

well here ends my only listening to 90s music all the time tbrr rip

cad, check the Coke link upthread, ppl have had luck with that

sucks you can't change your username. I wanted to share playlists but I stupidly used my real name

how do i shot this? i signed up for an invite but i didn't get it. i r dumm.

Takes some time, just have to wait it out I'm afraid.

just got in, took about a week to get the invite.

Yeah I totally want to pay it forward, but it seems like you don't get any invites if you get in on one sent from a friend. Or maybe theres a way to "earn" them or something, point being I totally want to invite you guys but I still don't have any to give.

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.

the desktop player surely looks exactly the same as when you last saw it but it has gotten faster and more stable. very unsexy and totally ill-equipped to be an actual media manager (spotify doesn't quite meet my needs there either, but at least they've put some thought into how it integrates with your music). as just a streaming conveyance it does fine
the rhapsody mobile player (android at least) is shockingly well-designed in comparison, and pretty stable since oh 6 months ago. looks and feels totally different than the desktop side

i doubt anyone uses the web version, terrible

let's keep posting playlists

I put together this list of stuff from Pitchfork's Best New Music, the ILM 2011 indie thread, the ILM 2011 punk underground thread, and part of the "best of 2011 so far" thread.

http://open.spotify.com/user/polyphonique/playlist/2xuruS2QGMSVrfILOGWahp

let's keep posting playlists

My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

Invites from britishers work, right? Anyone needs one webmail me.

Here's a few ILM related playlists:

ILM best tracks of 2007
ILM best tracks of 2008
ILM 77 tracks of 2010
ILM best remixes of th 00s
ILM 20th century tracks poll - This is a monster with over 1000 tracks.

yeah anyone needs an invite let me know

ILM all time rap albums 100-51
ILM all time rap albums 50-1

*cough cough*

My Spotify playlists, let me show you them

ILM Top 100 Tracks of the 1970s
ILM's 125 Best Tracks of the 20th Century

sorry ledge :)

Why? It was already linked upthread anway.

many thanks to the kind ilxor who sent an invite my way!

this is really cool.

That was me. No worries. I've got a few left in anyone wants one.

I'm finding the ads really annoying today.

Does skipping to the next track just before it finishes still work?

No, but double clicking on the next song does, weirdly.

I think they count how many times you do that tho, and then when you inevitably forget to double click, they play you a bumper crop of adverts that you can't get out of.

I wish it would stop asking me to share what I'm listening to on Facebook.

digging it so far. looking forward to enjoying some of these ILM lists!

listening to all of marquee moon for the first time in a while

probably won't be posting about alt rock from the 90s and nu-metal from the early aughts so much anymore rip

artist radio is showing up now. I can't figure out how to make it actually do anything though. it just shows a list of related artists.

duh never mind. you just click on the album art boxes at the bottom I guess

That's not on the mobile app though?

I don't know, I'm using it on the desktop app only.

They should allow you to subscribe to an artist and then have it automatically create a playlist with everything they've done, plus new stuff appearing as it arrives. That would be amazing. And then some kind of running new music playlist that shows you all of the new stuff from artists you've subscribed to.

And then some kind of running new music playlist that shows you all of the new stuff from artists you've subscribed to.

I use this for notifications about new stuff - http://www.freshspotify.com/

It sends you an email when any of your artists have new material available. If you use spotify you can point at that to go find your top artists.

sorry that should read "if you use last.fm"

Thats a cool link, if a lot of info to sort through. It'd be cool if you could change filters for that, at this point I'm more interested to see when certain lables pop up as opposed to artists.

I did see that markers should be thrilled that they added a bunch of Metallica.

There's a "new album releases on Spotify" playlist here: http://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/3Yrvm5lBgnhzTYTXx2l55x

And this new releases list is also useful: http://open.spotify.com/user/the_junes/playlist/4lAy93JwdfYICArhzndaxs