Tag: Music

Spotify now includes a built-in tool for importing your playlists from other services

Spotify definitely wants you to only use Spotify for streaming music, but it’s willing to admit that...

How to listen to BBC 6 Music outside the UK

Looking to access BBC 6 Music – the dedicated alternative music station from the Beeb – from...

Spotify’s SongDNA feature will show you which songs are sampled on a track

Spotify has unveiled an upcoming interactive feature called SongDNA designed to show you the samples, collaborators and...

Warner signs AI music licensing deal with Udio

Warner Music Group (WMG) settled a lawsuit with an AI company in exchange for a piece of...

How LimeWire ended the Napster music revolution

Quick: tell me how old you are by telling me which app you used to download free...

Can’t wait for Spotify Wrapped? Here are 5 great ways to get your music stats today

The unknown launch date of Spotify Wrapped 2025 is all I can think about right now –...

How to find music you will love without the algorithm

Oh, how I want to break free. While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what...

New streaming app Coda Music is rolling out tools for labeling and blocking AI-generated tunes

At this point, the streaming music landscape feels pretty well settled. Giants like Spotify, Amazon, Apple and...

Amazon Music’s Fan Groups are a refreshingly old-school way to share and find tunes

Amazon is in the middle of rolling out Alexa+, the long-awaited, AI-infused update for its voice assistant....

Spotify could finally be about to roll out this much-loved Apple Music feature – but not for everyone

Spotify could be preparing to launch its own lyric translation tool, as spotted by a user on...

You need to listen to this compilation of ‘80s Spanish ambient and electronic music

Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection...

The algorithm failed music

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...

Why Sonos can’t afford to lose the Music Intelligence race

Sonos’ software has historically been one of its biggest differentiators…but Amazon is leading a wave of improved...

Apple Music will soon let you share songs and lyrics to your WhatsApp status as the fight against Spotify continues

Apple Music could soon offer lyric sharing direct to your WhatsApp status This would match a Spotify...

The gear I used to photograph Paul McCartney

This story about Paul McCartney begins with one of his old bandmates. "I'm not really Beatle George,"...

Spotify introduces weekly listening stats

Spotify delivers a lot of personalized, data-driven music recommendations, and now the streaming service is adding new...

Spotify launches listening stats every 24 hours plus a weekly Wrapped, and it’s a sure-fire way to beat Apple Music Replay

Spotify is warming up for Wrapped by rolling out a new 'Listening stats' tab that shows you...

Alexa+ is coming to Amazon Music, and it’s an AI DJ, playlist curator, and music encyclopedia all rolled into one

Alexa+ has rolled out to the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android devices The AI assistant...

Amazon is building Alexa Plus into its Music app

Amazon Music users with access to Alexa Plus can tap the “a” symbol to start making requests. Amazon...

Alexa+ comes to the Amazon Music app

Amazon has launched its new and improved AI assistant in the Amazon Music app. From today, anyone...

AI music platform Udio and Universal Music strike a deal—is this AI music’s Spotify moment?

Universal Music Group is collaborating with AI music platform Udio and has ended its lawsuit against the...

OpenAI is reportedly working on an AI music-generation tool

According to a report from The Information, OpenAI is interested in developing a tool that could generate...

Spotify’s upgraded live events feed lets you follow your favorite live music venues, allowing you to discover lesser-known gigs in your area

Spotify is updating its Live Events feed with new venue listings, rolling out now to both Free...

Spotify partners with the big three music labels on ‘artist-first AI music products’

Spotify sees the music industry's AI problem, and it's going to do… something about it. On Thursday,...

Spotify’s managed accounts will help keep your kids from wrecking your music taste profile

Spotify has introduced a new "managed accounts" feature aimed at younger listeners. Initially piloted last year and...

Martin Shkreli has to face claims of copying one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album

Martin Shkreli, better known as Pharma Bro for his price-gouging antics with AIDS medication Daraprim, is going...

Spotify is doing more to address AI ‘slop’ on its platform

Spotify has announced a set of policy changes surrounding AI-generated music and spam on its streaming platform....

New subscribers can get three months of the Apple Music Family Plan for free

Apple Music is running a promo in which new subscribers can get three free months of the...

Amazon Music launches AI-powered weekly playlists based on ‘preferences and mood’

Amazon Music has just launched new AI-powered weekly playlists based on the "preferences and mood" of listeners....

ElevenLabs launches its own royalty-free AI music service

AI startup Eleven Labs just announced a service called Eleven Music, which generates fake songs that are...

TikTok’s latest feature will help songwriters show off their work

TikTok has proven to be a powerful platform to help tunes go viral and now the company...