The Buzz Killer

I have to apologize for the lag in writing reviews, I have had a few life-changing events occur over the past few weeks:

1. I changed positions at my day job and my personal time has suffered quite a bit.
2. I got a Wii and then got Guitar Hero III… enough said.

I have been listening […]

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One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm serves you up new tunes based on a marriage of your unique preferences and the rest of the huge Last.fm community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a few quick […]

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Find playable mp3 files and listen to them on your ‘puter or iPhone with SeeqPod, an intriguing search engine that looks only for media files on the Web. (Yes, even David Hasselhoff music is fair game.)
This is a really interesting service. You can find specific artists and listen to them play as you surf, share […]

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The technology tutorial site SimpleHelp has posted a very practical how-to on changing your iPod music management from iTunes to Winamp instead.
It’s a relatively straightforward process, great for anyone who (for whatever reason) is not happy with iTunes as the default music management system. I was able to test it out within about five minutes; […]

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The always informative Tech-Recipes has posted a quick and dirty guide on how to download music from Haystack, a social network focused on music.
This little tutorial will help you grab tunes to play either on your computer or your MP3 player of choice; you’ll have to register as a Haystack user, but after that […]

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Streamripper and streamtuner are Linux applications that work in tandem, allowing you to listen and record streaming radio.
Streamtuner is a basic application used primarily for playing internet radio from any number of sources including Xiph, basic.ch, punkcast.com, Google Stations, Live365, and SHOUTcast. Streamripper, on the other hand, sits stealthily in the terminal […]

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Feel like mixing up your Last.fm song list? Try Anthony Liekens’s handy script that takes your top twenty artists and matches them with similar musical styles, creating a more diverse playlist.
It takes a few seconds to generate the playlist, but the results are well worth it; plus, it’s a great way to discover new music […]

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You don’t need to spend a dime to stream your music library to another PC. All you need is Orb, a free service that turns your system into a killer MP3 server.
As you learned in last week’s feature, Orb lets you access and play your music library from virtually any web-connected PC—and even some PDAs […]

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I love finding good music mashups, and MusicMesh is definitely one of the better ones that I’ve come across lately.
You’ve got a lot to look at here: just type in your favorite artist’s name and you’ll be treated to a smattering of related albums plus what you’re looking for, as well as YouTube vids, track […]

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As you may have heard, beloved music-streaming service Pandora just pulled the plug for listeners outside the U.S. Web 2.0 blog franticindustries shows you how to put it back in.
The solution: Use a proxy. The author lists eight different options, some free, some costing a few bucks. The winner appears to be Public CGI Proxies, […]

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