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Comment author: lukeprog 02 July 2012 04:41:32PM *  7 points [-]

Spotify Premium ($9.99/mo)

  • Unlimited streaming for a bajillion albums and tracks, without the ads.
  • Sync music wirelessly between your computer and your smartphone. (Better than gMusic and a few other services I tried this with.)
  • 320kbps if desired.
  • Tons of great community playlists you can browse and play with one click. Also some great apps to help you keep up with the latest music you'll love, for example those reviewed by Pitchfork or The Guardian, or those at the top of the charts.
  • All the standard stuff, e.g. Last.fm integration.

There is one annoying hitch, but I have a solution. For whatever reason, Spotify doesn't let you clear your play queue. (The world is mad, and all that.) The solution is simple: (1) Create a new playlist called 'Clear play queue', (2) add only this track (one second of silence) to that playlist, and (3) double-click the 'Clear play queue' playlist whenever you want to clear your play queue.

Comment author: Kingoftheinternet 02 July 2012 09:01:33PM *  2 points [-]

Spotify has no radio functionality on Android devices for some ungodly reason. It's a shame, because they have the best radio of any streaming music service I've yet to try (it gives me better recommendations than even Pandora). I think Spotify Premium is worth it despite that, but some may not.

Edit August 9 2012: Spotify for Android now has the same radio as its mobile and PC varieties.

Comment author: drethelin 02 July 2012 09:21:17PM 0 points [-]

I'm actually really sad they don't have the same radio functonality on my computer as they just added to my iPhone. I agree the radio is awesome. Even if their recommendations weren't as good, the option to immediately add shit to your own "collection" is awesome. Infinite skips, also great.

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