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Originally Posted by noisereductions
sorry brah - no idea on this one. But I'm not planning to pay for an app that does basically what Spotify's DISCOVER playlists do. Each week they give you personalized playlists based on what you're listening to - and surprisingly seem to do a damn good job.
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Not for me man. They just keep showing me super obvious albums I already know. And they're weird about what they base their recommendations on.
I went on a Black Sabbath binge on Spotify like two months ago, and I've binged on tons of other shit since, but still the discover shit is entirely "Because you listened to Black Sabbath," and then gives me a bunch of Deep Purple and Dio, like I'm some kind of asshole who knows nothing about music.
Apple Music's playlists are way better.
Anyway this isn't Spotify. It gives you access to MP3 blogs from all over the Internet. Sometimes it's shit that doesn't even have a name yet by bands that are just uploading their first demos. Brand new shit, weird shi. Spotify may have some of it, but it doesn't advertise this kind of stuff or put in in discover or any of the (very limited) genre/mood/time period playlists.
Spotify has really gone downhill. I used to love the Discover feature when it was a vertical infinite scroll that just kept on spitting out new recommendations. Each based on a different artist that you listened to. Now it's just three or four sides scroll lines of about ten albums each. All of which are pretty basic.
"Because you listened to Kanye West" then (a-duh!) Jay Z, Pusha T, Q-tip, Tribe,
Kid kudi, daft punk" wow! Who'd a guessed? Thanks Spotify!
Not trying to be a dick, I know you use it, but even though you can find rare weird new shit on Spotify sometimes, you have to know where to look. Apple Music does a better job of recommending playlists with less well known artists. There's also more context. The playlists are themed more diversely ... Like "Introduction to Sonic Youth" and "Aphex Twin: influences" and so much more.
Hype Machine just gives you a whole library of brand new, obscure music. You play a track and if you like it it finds more. For anyone who spends as much time as I do trying to track down new music, it's worth a test drive. Already found tons of good shit on there.