I came across a track by a band called Truckfighters on Spotify this evening. I was quite taken with the the sound of it, which was sort of ragged psychedelia, so I looked them up on Wikipedia and was a little surprised to find that they are Swedish. I was quite amused to see the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Spotify'
The Fab Four
July 7th, 2016 · Comments Off on The Fab Four · Music
A while ago all the Beatles back catalogue got added to Spotify at last, which partly compensated for Prince pulling his stuff off it. Personally I do not dislike the Beatles, but I never got round to buying any of their records either, apart from Sgt Pepper on vinyl ages ago. All of this means […]
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Catching up
August 9th, 2014 · Comments Off on Catching up · Music
During this week I have been using Spotify to catch up on some of those things I missed out on the first time around. Sometimes it gets a bit embarrassing to realise just how many popular and important albums I have never even heard or properly listened to. Only slighly embarrassing though, because I know […]
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Going back home
March 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on Going back home · Music
Well the new Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey album was released today and is available on Spotify, so it looks like I sorted out that embedding thing just in time!
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Embedding Spotify
March 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on Embedding Spotify · Music, Technology
A friend has suggested that, if I mention a track or album on Spotify I should embed it in the post. Previously I have sometimes put a hyperlink in though often I haven’t bothered. I thought I would try installing a plugin and see what it does. This is just a test of that plugin […]
Living in the past
September 2nd, 2013 · Comments Off on Living in the past · Music
I have spent a large part of the last week in the 1980s, largely thanks to Spotify’s new recommendation feature. I was a bit miffed when the page that used to show new releases was replaced by something called ‘discover’, and then I was amused when it started giving bizarre recommendations, but I’m starting to […]
40,000 and counting
August 13th, 2013 · Comments Off on 40,000 and counting · Music, Technology
Tonight I reached the arbitrary but round number of 40,000 tracks scrobbeld to Last.fm. A lot was from Spotify, but I guess a fair chunk was from Windows Media Player too. To celebrate, I made sure that track 40,000 was Green Onions, which is my most-played track. Looking at the statistics on Last.fm is is […]
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Anthem
April 7th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
Isn’t internet brilliant for eating up your time? The ‘what’s new’ section of Spotify keeps displaying an album called Anthem by somebody called Desolation Angels, with a strangely familiar cover. It reminded me of something. The name ‘Desolation Angels’ and fantasy artwork made me think that maybe it was some variety of metal, so I […]
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Paying for Spotify
April 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Paying for Spotify · Music, Technology
While I’m not overwhelmed with happiness at the idea of Spotify putting more limits on its free service I’m not totally distraught either. If anything I’m a bit surprised they have survived so long while offering so much for nothing. At the end of the day, if you want to provide music legally a lot […]
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More zombieness
February 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on More zombieness · Life, Music
If the film Dead Snow didn’t whet your appetite for Scandinavian zombie-related artistic endeavours, how about this: the debut album from Swedish thrash metal band Zombiekrig, called UndantagstillstÃ¥nd is on Spotify. All sung in Swedish, but does that matter in this genre? I spent a happy couple of hours watching Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth on […]
