last.fm

Panfan · 12-26-2008, 10:07 PM

I like Pandora and all, but in the past few days of using last, I've gotten much more music that I haven't heard, which is what I want.

Also, Pandora doesn't play nearly as much Stephen Malkmus as Last.

t3hDarkness · 12-26-2008, 10:23 PM

"We had a coding error"

Well, I'm off to a bad start.

EDIT: Been listening for the last half hour. This site is even better than the pirate version my room mate uses and has a far wider range of music than Pandora.

Panfan · 12-26-2008, 11:14 PM

coding errors are there a lot on the site. There's a desktop app you can get that works much better.

t3hDarkness · 12-26-2008, 11:23 PM

Once it works, god damn it awesome.

I asked for a Real McKenzies station and in the last five songs it has played
Flogging Molly - Black Friday Rule
Young Dubliners - Banshee
Белфаст - Братва из графства АДЪ
Black 47 - Fire of Freedom
St. Bulmiller's Choir

Only one of which I already knew about.

Swordmaster Link · 12-27-2008, 12:15 AM

Yeah, my ex-girlfriend pointed this out to me awhile ago (seems like ages now), it's really useful for finding new stuff.

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-28-2008, 01:02 AM

I'm a big ignorant of the site, but I've been curious about it ever since I noticed my band has a profile on it.

How do you guys find new music through it?

Panfan · 12-28-2008, 10:26 AM

It'll have you put in an artist name, and they'll give you a station of that artist and similar artists.

Example: With Interpol Radio, I got Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Franz Ferdinand, and Blonde Redhead. With some artists I wasn't really aware of such as Elefant, Stellastarr, and The Rakes put in as well.

Laika Come Home · 12-28-2008, 12:32 PM

I like Project Playlist the best. It just works.

12-26-2008, 10:07 PM	#1
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,251 Times in 1,339 Posts Blog Entries: 15	last.fm I like Pandora and all, but in the past few days of using last, I've gotten much more music that I haven't heard, which is what I want. Also, Pandora doesn't play nearly as much Stephen Malkmus as Last.

12-26-2008, 10:23 PM	#2
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	"We had a coding error" Well, I'm off to a bad start. EDIT: Been listening for the last half hour. This site is even better than the pirate version my room mate uses and has a far wider range of music than Pandora. Last edited by t3hDarkness; 12-26-2008 at 11:02 PM.

12-26-2008, 11:14 PM	#3
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,251 Times in 1,339 Posts Blog Entries: 15	coding errors are there a lot on the site. There's a desktop app you can get that works much better.

12-26-2008, 11:23 PM	#4
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Once it works, god damn it awesome. I asked for a Real McKenzies station and in the last five songs it has played Flogging Molly - Black Friday Rule Young Dubliners - Banshee Белфаст - Братва из графства АДЪ Black 47 - Fire of Freedom St. Bulmiller's Choir Only one of which I already knew about.

12-27-2008, 12:15 AM	#5
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 32,132 Thanks: 253 Thanked 951 Times in 640 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Yeah, my ex-girlfriend pointed this out to me awhile ago (seems like ages now), it's really useful for finding new stuff.

12-28-2008, 01:02 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I'm a big ignorant of the site, but I've been curious about it ever since I noticed my band has a profile on it. How do you guys find new music through it?

12-28-2008, 10:26 AM	#7
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,251 Times in 1,339 Posts Blog Entries: 15	It'll have you put in an artist name, and they'll give you a station of that artist and similar artists. Example: With Interpol Radio, I got Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Franz Ferdinand, and Blonde Redhead. With some artists I wasn't really aware of such as Elefant, Stellastarr, and The Rakes put in as well.

12-28-2008, 12:32 PM	#8
Laika Come Home Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Posts: 615 Thanks: 214 Thanked 77 Times in 45 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I like Project Playlist the best. It just works.