Last.fm - at LAST, the Great Big Jukebox in the Sky is coming!

I will almost certainly be a subscriber to that. I’ve wanted nothing more since the day I first streamed a track online. I would orgasm if:

New bands started uploading their music to Last.fm as fast and frequently as MySpace (MySpace is actually more of a ‘new music’ source than Last.fm is at the moment - weird. I’ve been playing with Imeem too),
I have a desktop client (even better: a Foobar/iTunes plugin) to access this Great Big Jukebox in the Sky, and
This desktop client integrates HypeMachine (I wouldn’t be totally surprised, and am secretely hoping, that CBS buys HypeMachine sooner rather than later), like Mozilla Songbird has done very successfully

(image above: a screenshot of their subscribe page which I just stumbled upon, though I’m already a subscriber)

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I just spent 10mins fiddling with the beta-test of the new Last.fm (you’ll need to be a subscriber to Last.fm to have a play - if you aren’t, come back later, I’ll update this post with some screenshots later today). I have to say, though their iconic design is gone (looking kinda Facebook-y now!), some of the customisation options are gone (for now), such as sliders to increase the obscurity/randomness of new bands it thinks you’ll like (if you’re feeling adventurous), this overall looks very promising and paints quite a clear picture for the future direction Last.fm is expected to take. The salient ‘new’ feature is the Library. I say ‘new’; the current iteration of Last.fm has largely the same functionality, but this redesign does it justice as an increasingly central feature of the service (whereas charts once were, as some people have complained). The Library, much like your iTunes, lists all songs you listen to, and your playlists. The new design incorporates a CoverFlow-like display of albums, or artists, for example. Unlike iTunes, this isn’t a list of your mp3’s - it’s any song you have listened to (that get ‘scrobbled‘, in last.fm parlance). This is a strong acknowledgement...

Really rather good new band, #1

Dead Kids: http://www.myspace.com/youaredeadkids found via stereogum’s ‘likely to make it in 2008′ post. del.icio.us Tags: New music,great music Bookmark/Share: sociallist_b4906eaa_url = 'http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/lastfm-at-last-the-great-big-jukebox-in-the-sky-is-coming/'; sociallist_b4906eaa_title = 'Last.fm - at LAST, the Great Big Jukebox in the Sky is coming!'; sociallist_b4906eaa_text = ''; sociallist_b4906eaa_tags = ''; ...

Mystery Jets

So in a previous post I prop’d a collection of glitchy electronica,breaks, IDM and D&B - time now for something a lot softer. Way back in the day, one of my best friends at school was a guy name Kai Fish. We’ve gone our separate ways, but it warms my heart to see him hitting success with his band, The Mystery Jets. They’ve already played huge festivals and built a massive following, and with Stereogum announcing that they’re eagerly awaiting the new album, well… 2008 could be even bigger. I really encourage you to have a listen to their latest song, Flakes - a loving nod to Jeff Buckley’s amazing, if brief, contribution to music. Mystery Jets at Myspace del.icio.us Tags: music Bookmark/Share: sociallist_99e1494b_url = 'http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/lastfm-at-last-the-great-big-jukebox-in-the-sky-is-coming/'; sociallist_99e1494b_title = 'Last.fm - at LAST, the Great Big Jukebox in the Sky is coming!'; sociallist_99e1494b_text = ''; sociallist_99e1494b_tags = ''; ...

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