“Hello everybody.”

July 28th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Sigh. Is there a more heinous sound than the beginning of a Spotify advert? It’s one of the many sounds throughout the day which remind me that actually yes, I do need another cup of tea even though my mug is still warm from the last one. I hate them enough to leave the room [...]

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Do we really need music charts?

June 21st, 2009Posted by katiesol

The Official UK Charts Company (which, presumably, feels we do so need music charts) has finally deigned that the UK’s charts should take streamed music into account – but still not for another year at least, according to this report from the BBC.
Talk about playing catch-up. Services like Spotify and We7 may have taken off [...]

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Spotify: create the soundtrack to your life

May 10th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Anyone who understands that to find Google you don’t need to type ‘Google’ into the search box on your homepage, must no doubt be internet-savvy enough to be down with Spotify – an amazing free application that allows you to stream music from the internet as though its stored on your computer, but without actually [...]

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