Last FM

Last.fm (www.last.fm) is one of those sites which does not come along very often. It has such a cool core idea it supplies a great free alternative to your own music library.

If you are a hip hop fan for instance, search for your favourite artist and you can listen to select tunes or listen to their radio, basically this is where you listen to anything by the artist or artists with similar tags, so it could like a specially made hip hop playlist for you. So if you like artists like Notorious BIG, it will play artists like Jay Z, 2 Pac, Nas etc. 

My personal favourite at the moment is the jagged edge radio which has blends neo-soul, r n b and slow jams from the last 15 years. This is much better than my minimal iTunes library on my personal PC.

If you dislike any song you can ban it from the list and it will not play again, simple but definitely a bonus!

It offers you the chance to purchase the music or stream online. If I was apple I would honestly consider “borrowing” the idea

You can also create your own playlists or radio; this isn’t the newest concept (www.mystrands.com or www.pandora.com) but definitely the best and easiest interface around. And as it is online, you have the ability to listen worldwide, unlike any playlist you may have without a remote connection or being a geek.

In short, get yourself onto last.fm and create yourself a playlist and enjoy! It is just class 

Btw when I wrote this I was listening to fall out boy radio so just shows you how musically diverse the site is and me of course ;-)

Danny Denhard

http://www.last.fm/user/dannydenhard