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[Erif]

http://www.spotify.com/us/

Read the site for more detailed info, but basically, Spotify is an app that streams a large library of music for free. It's been around for awhile in Europe, created in Sweden (of course), but it made its way to the states over the summer. I was one of the few people who were privileged with early access (ohohohoho~), and I can safely say it's as great as it sounds. You can use it for free, with ads that aren't that big of a deal, pay five dollars a month for unlimited, which gets rid of ads, or pay ten dollars a month for premium. Premium allows you to put the app on your iTouch/iPhone/iPad/Android, so you can listen to anything wherever. You don't technically own the music like you do with iTunes, but it's still all there at your disposal.

My main problem with it is its interaface. It's just not as organized as I'd like it to be, like iTunes, but it's nothing worth crying over. Another things that's worth mentioning is that it doesn't have everything. For the most part you can find a desired band's whole discography, but sometimes you'll stumble upon an artist with only a few albums. It's still a great way to discover and listen to music though.

Enough advertising? Good. Go download it.

[Frick]

When you say you can have the app on your phone so you can use it everywhere, is internet required?

[Erif]

Nope. Premium also allows you to play Spotify offline.

[Frick]

Think I might put down the monthly 10 for that.

[Erif]

They offering 30 day trials of the premium now, if you're totally unsure. At least on my acount they are.

Edit: Nope, it's for everybody. http://www.spotify.com/us/freetrial/

[Dr. Sexstix]

I love my spotify.

All I listen to is guilty pleasure music.

[Erif]

/shameless self-advertising BUMP

[Frick]

There isn't a time when I'm on my computer and this isn't open.

[Erif]

<3

[Metronome]

Extra important if you don't know how to torrent.

[Erif]

Just a bump for people who are not hip. Got PREMIUM on my brand new IPHONE so I guess you could say I'm living the POSH lifestyle ohohohohoho~

[Krevin]

Yeah I've been rocking premium for a while now. My inner pirate hates that I'm paying to listen to music but it's so much more convenient than having to steal songs on a computer and then put them on all my devices, plus if I wanna hear something I don't have already I can just search it and find it while I'm out and about, rather than having to hope that there's some sort of video of it on YouTube with decent quality that hasn't been taken down.