Music sites and apps

[Severian]

What music sites do you use? I recently got an iphone, so I have been trying out different options. itunes is rather expensive, so I am not buying much from them, and have been trying things like last.fm, spotify and grooveshark.

 

Of these 3, I like grooveshark best, but unfortunately they haven't released an iphone app yet, so I can only use it on my desktop. Spotify have released one, but it is only available to premium members (£10 a month) and I am too cheap for that. Also, I am not sure I like the idea of 'renting' my music rather than buying it.

 

So I think for now I am stuck with last.fm, which lets you choose an artist and it will create a 'radio station' which plays similar artists. It is pretty nice, though it doesn't seem to work very stably over a mobile phone (ie non-wifi) connection.

 

So what do you use? I suspect I am just being cheap in not using spotify...

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Pandora is also excellent, in my experience; it's much like Last.fm but it picks similar songs based on analyses of the song styles, rather than using the listening habits of other users. It works fairly well.

[Severian]

Pandora doesn't work outside the US though.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Oh, right. I hate music licensing issues.

[ydoaPs]

Pandora doesn't work outside the US though.

 

Even with a proxy?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Can't do that on an iPhone.

[insane_alien]

you mean there isn't an app for that?

[Klaynos]

I use and like last.fm means I vary what bands I listen too quite a lot.