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Spotify is rolling out a new plan to tempt you into springing for multiple accounts: family plans. Spotify is more than aware of one of the bigger issues preventing it from making bigger profits: Multiple users on one account. -
Spotify Provides Canadian Alternatives to Your Favorite Band...With Haphazard Results; Soundgarden and Nickelback ARE NOT THE SAME
Just in case we (or your other annoying indie friends) haven't told you yet: There's a lot of great music coming out of Canada. And Spotify wants you to know about it...supposedly. Hence the huge project it just launched on its Insights blog allowing you to "Canadify" your favorite act, reportedly so that you can start digging similar bands from the cold, white north. -
Stream Childish Gambino's New 'KAUAI' EP [LISTEN]
Childish Gambino wasted no time in releasing his new EP 'KAUAI', which dropped yesterday (Oct. 4), two days after he made his 'STN MTN' project available. -
Ed Sheeran Defends Spotify Because It Ultimately Helps Him To Play More Live Shows
Criticism over streaming music services like Spotify is really nothing new. A multitude of artists have come forward to complain about the royalties that are paid out for services such as these. There has been a lot of back and forth dialog over whether or not digital sales have actually cost artists cold, hard cash that used to come from fans buying good old CD's. Ed Sheeran is one artist that believes streaming services ultimately have helped him to do that thing that he loves most- play live. -
Spotify Opens Streaming Service in Canada after Intense Licensing Negotiations
We generally enjoy Tuesdays just because of all the new albums that pour forth into the market for us to consider. This Tuesday was especially excellent for many music-loving Canadians however: Spotify finally opened up streaming operations in the United States' northern neighbor (via The Hollywood Reporter). -
Spotify Use by University: California Polytechnic, Iowa State and UCLA Are among Most Musical (Listening at Least)
Spotify's partnership with Echo Nest has resulted in Insights, a blog revealing all sorts of listening data for us music nerds. One recent post looks at what colleges and universities across the United States listen to the most music. -
Alt-J Stream New Album 'This Is All Yours' Via Spotify
Indie rock quartet alt-J won are sharing their new album This Is All Yours with fans, streaming the second studio effort on Spotify in advance of its release. -
Spotify 'Insights' Blog Uses Echo Nest and Streaming Data for Music and Stats Fans to Nerd Out
Good news for music and data nerds everywhere: Spotify has revealed Insights, a new blog dealing with both topics. The product is a result of the company's work with Echo Nest, the planet's predominant "music intelligence" company, which Spotify bought earlier during 2014. -
Robert Plant Slams Spotify: Former Led Zeppelin Frontman Calls Sound Quality ‘A Hell of a Compromise’
According to a recent interview from Vulture, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant has got a beef with music streaming juggernaut. The publication notes that Plant is not particularly a fan of the fact that the service streams his former band's music, largely because he believes the sound quality to be quite subpar. -
4 Reasons Why Spotify's 'Serendipity' Project is A Bad Thing, In Both Art and Business
Spotify has released a function that has the potential to be totally awesome but ultimately ends up being fairly annoying and downright wasteful: "Serendipity." -
Spotify Sends E-Mails Inviting Select Canadians to Test Streaming Service, Full Expansion to Canada Coming Soon?
Signs are good that Spotify will soon be opening its doors to our Northern neighbors however. The site has begun sending e-mails to Canadian citizens to serve as a test audience for the product. -
Michelle Shocked Releases Silent Album Called 'Inaudible Women'
L.A. funk band Vulfpeck recently made headlines with its completely silent album Sleepify, which earned the band $20,000 from Spotify after they asked fans to stream it on repeat as they slept. Now another artist has pulled a similar silent stunt. Controversial singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked has released an album titled Inaudible Women, which as its title implies, is completely inaudible.
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