Credit this to things moving faster, and that blogs, while still ever-ahead of the curve, are now also an established piece of the overall infrastructure in which new music is discussed. Each year when approaching this project, we see the distance between what is and will be, getting a little smaller, or perhaps that area a little grayer.
What becomes popular on blogs no doubt informs and reflects what is, or will be, popular elsewhere. The list is always telling of our times, both as a music blog community and an industry at large. One of its features is Top 50 Artists, which counts down the most-blogged acts of the year. Let us know what you think!Ī few weeks back we shared our annual Zeitgeist. You can stumble into all kinds of different stuff here, and these playlists will help you remember everything great you’ve found, in any category.īut really, I just can’t wait for you to try this out. Our goal since 2005 has been helping you find new music to fall in love with.
This is among the most requested Hype Machine features, so we’ve put a ton of thought into making it fit the experience. The tracks in each list show up in the same order as in your favorites. Just swipe across each track and pick the list that fits best. You can also put your existing favorites into these categories. These are the categories we use, but you can rename them (long-press the title, Emoji welcome!). When favoriting a track, you can add it to one of three playlists-Up, Down, and Weird. A way to revisit the dancey things while planning a party mix, just hear the slower tracks, or find that spoken-word piece again. If you are interested, sign up here.Īds in our mobile apps have been temporarily disabled.Īs you’ve discovered more and more music on Hype Machine, you’ve probably wished there was a way to categorize your finds. Given the strong show of support for an ad-free solution since the announcement, we are looking into ways people could remove ads in the apps.
We considered many options before introducing ads in our apps, and there are many reasons why subscription/donation/IAP offers were not workable for us at the time (for example, supporting two product experiences is tough for a team of three people). Hype Machine has supported itself with advertising since 2005, and with these changes, we hope to keep bringing you new music for many more years to come. Unfortunately, as a small team without outside funding, it is no longer possible for us to keep the app running without the revenue that advertising can provide. We know that it’s frustrating to see ads in an app you’ve paid for, and we wish we could keep the experience ad-free. These sales allowed us to maintain them and develop new features, and we thank you for your support. We are grateful to everybody who’s purchased the apps since we began releasing them in 2011.
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The only pity is that, even if you like a track, the Fast Forward clip is limited to just 30 seconds (though you can click to hear more).Users of Hype Machine’s Android and iOS apps will notice that display ads have started running in their apps. The main difference is that the Hype Machine's Popular chart has long been used as an industry barometer of what music bloggers are excited about, so Fast Forward offers a speedy way to keep up with the very hottest music online. Hype Machine openly admits to being inspired by the wonderful Shuffler.fm, which works on a similar premise. If you like it, click the heart to remember what it was. If you're not keen on a song, click to move on. The site has just launched its Fast Forward feature ( /fast-forward), which allows you to skip through recently blogged music by popularity or genre, seeing a screenshot of the blog post and hearing a sample of the track. As the site says, "It's like iTunes Genius, but less smug."Īnother site using clever coding to help you discover new music is music blog aggregator the Hype Machine. Ablewhite has also created the ingenious Lastify ( /lastify) which conjures a Spotify playlist of music recommendations based on your last.fm listening habits. Biblify isn't as slick as the similar, but gets bonus marks for its Mercury awards minisite, which offers links, reviews and playlists for all the artists ever nominated.
Ablewhite has also created, which trawls the web for album reviews from various publications (including the Guardian), then gives an aggregate review score alongside a Spotify link. The man behind the site, Richard Ablewhite, has actually now changed its name to, and that's not all he's been busy with. I n May, we wrote about the excellent BBCify website, which creates Spotify playlists based on the output of BBC radio shows.
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