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The Friday Playlist: It might get loud
A friend of mine is directing a play shortly and earlier in the week we were chatting about music he could use for the beginning of the show. He was looking for a song whose opening bars were a loud...
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The Friday Playlist: The sax men
Somewhat surprisingly “Coronado”, the penultimate track (and also a standout) on Deerhunter’s fantastic new album Halcyon Digest, is greatly aided by the appearance of a saxophone throughout. The use...
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Memory Tapes: Spotify playlist
The ambient and electro-pop producer Dayve Hawke, better known as Memory Tapes, came to prominence during the burst of so-called Chillwave music a few years back. He’s still going strong and in July...
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Spotify ‘adds one million users’ since unpopular Facebook wedding
Music streaming site Spotify has reportedly added one million users in the week following its much-maligned announcement that only people with Facebook accounts would be allowed to join up following...
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Google is to launch a music streaming and downloading service within weeks, according to reports.
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Le Web: Bigger and better than ever
Thinking of Paris in December once conjured up images of Parisians braving the cold as they walk along the banks of the River Seine. Not anymore. Now, for the tech scene at least, December in Paris is...
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My Thisbit Spotify Playlist
I was introduced by a friend at university to the Thisbit school of music criticism. It consists of listening to the chosen track, saying, “Wait”, and then, with an expression of rapture: “Thisbit!” So...
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Bringing music to Independent.co.uk: Our Spotify partnership
This morning we’ve partnered with Spotify for the launch of their new Play Button. Spotify are a company on an incredible trajectory, now available in 13 countries (including the US) with over 10...
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Spotify partnership brings streaming music to Samsung Smart TVs
Starting with its 2012 E-Series Smart TVs, Samsung will be rolling out a dedicated Spotify app in Europe, making it possible to connect to your Spotify Premium account and stream music directly through...
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Why Google should acquire SoundCloud: We need a YouTube for audio
Google has one puzzle piece missing when it comes to its suite of cloud services, and that’s user-generated audio content. I took a look at what’s missing from Google’s offerings and how SoundCloud has...
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Spotify confirm they are beta testing a browser-based web app
Spotify has started beta-testing a brand new browser-based version of its popular music streaming client currently available on both Windows and Mac computers.
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Rdio offers six-month free streaming but how will it fare against the mighty...
Rdio, the ad-free music subscription service popular in the US, has launched a six month free trial for International listeners, but how will it fare against the mighty Spotify?
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