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soclose
soclose Posts: 629
edited January 2008 in Other Music
Any other Last.fm users see this?

http://blog.last.fm/

In short, it looks like tons of music - full tracks, full albums - are now streamable on demand (up to three listens per track). I can't decide what to listen to first!
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  • allornone
    allornone Posts: 269
    Sweet, thanks!
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Welcome.:)

    It turns out there are two drawback here. 1.) You have to listen on the flashplayer on through site. 2.) The album doesn't play straight through - you have to click play after each song finishes (though it does automatically queue up the next track). It's not bad if you're just surfing, but I'm sure it would be a pain while working or if you want ibackground music while moving around the house.

    I'm still pretty excited though. I've listened to Burrito Deluxe by The Flying Burrito Brothers, and I'm just finishing up on Once We Were Trees by Beachwood Sparks.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    How does this differ from the Last.fm radio feature? Is it that you can stream a whole album?

    I suppose I could go look, but I'm lazy...
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

    http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
    spotify:user:merkinball
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    That's exactly it - you can stream entire albums now or pick out a specific song and hear the entire thing rather than a 30 second sample.

    I surfed around quite a few artists' profiles last night to see what all is available. There are definitely some holes left, so you might find that a specific album you're looking for isn't available, or maybe just a few songs are available. There's still enough out there to make it worth it - at least I think so.

    I'm not normally all that interested in streaming music (I usually listen to my own collection through iTunes), but I think this is pretty nice as far as mixing things up every so often as well as making it easier to check out a band you're potentially interested in.

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