Spotify

Lots of great new Spotify sites, apps and plugins launched over the past few weeks: here’s a look at some of them!   Utubify Android – Spotify Music Videos The makers of Utibify (the site that lets you watch music videos on YouTube based on your Spotify playlists) now have a super-slick Android app. Just enter your Spotify username to start watching full-screen music videos of all the songs in your published playlists. With [...]

In 2011 I must have listened to over 100 new electronic albums, give or take. And while I felt the quantity of good synthpop releases had fallen compared with previous years, the number of quality electronic albums in general was a joy and inspiration. Here then are my Top 20 Electronic Albums of 2011, covering synthpop, electro-industrial, psy-trance, “hauntronica” and all the synthetic sounds in between.   20. Michael [...]

Here’s my video review Soundrop, the new Spotify App for listening to music with friends.   Also check out our Spotify Apps page, listing all available apps along with a sneak peak at what’s coming soon.

Here’s my video review of the new Guardian app for Spotify:   Also check out our new Spotify Apps page, listing all available apps along with a sneak peak at what’s coming soon.

The Spotify Platform beta is out now, and it’s fully-loaded with not only a selection of brand-new Spotify Apps but also a whole host of other new features, tweaks and general polish. After accepting the new Ts&Cs, you’ll see a redesigned homepage using a new HTML5 template. A new Apps section is in the left sidebar near the top. Click the App Finder link in Apps area to view the current list of eleven launch apps: Here’s [...]

Spotify Platform is a new Spotify app store that offers things like music recommendations, song lyrics for karaoke nights, concert calendars and ticket listings, all from within the Spotify client. Spotify Apps will be available to all Spotify users (both free and paid) and over a dozen different apps have already been created for launch. These will all be free to use, with content provided by the likes of Rolling Stone, Last.fm and ShareMyPlaylists. [...]

Virgin Media customers in the UK can now access a new Spotify app on their TiVo boxes. The Flash-based app lets Spotify Premium users browse and listen to playlists through their TV/hi-fi using the TiVo remote, all from the comfort of your sofa. Read on for more on Spotify for TiVo!   Following a much-needed software update, Virgin Media introduced folders to the Apps & Games section on their TiVo box. Select the Music folder to [...]

A recent change in how Spotify handles local music passed most people by, but not Spotibot and Echofi creator Andy Smith (@asmitter). He quickly realized that Spotify could now be combined with Dropbox to create a killer streamable archive of your local music; one that auto-syncs and is accessible anywhere  Spotify is installed – including mobile! Over to Andy to tell you how it’s done: If you’re anything like me you listen [...]

Today sees the publication of Spotify for Dummies, a new book that details the ins and outs of Spotify and many of the  related third-party apps and websites. I spoke to author Kim Gilmour and asked her to tell us a little more about the book: read on for this exclusive interview!       Who is Spotify for Dummies aimed at? Anyone who uses Spotify can benefit, but beginners and occasional users will get the most out of it. [...]

Back in August we looked at Jamcast, a 3rd-party PC app that lets you listen to Spotify on a PlayStation or Xbox. This general-purpose DNLA app showed a lot of promise for coupling with Spotify, and while not the only solution it’s by far the easiest. The developers at Jamcast obviously saw the mutual benefit of their app working with Spotify, and now that Spotify finally allow their API to be used commercially (subject to Spotify [...]