According to the usual band of invisible anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal says Google’s cooking up its own AirPlay rival. Are they? Probably!
Streaming-music-service-slash-social-network Rdio’s new Android app is pretty damn excellent. In addition to support for Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), the app now includes Network Activity, User Profiles, New Releases, Album Charts and recommendations based on listening habits. If you’ve had a chance to check out the iOS version of Rdio, you’ll know that the Android version has been lagging.
We’re always interested in (and looking for new) music discovery tools here at Giz: from the Aussie-developed Discovr app to Discogs.com. So here’s a new website you may want to check out: Music Bloodline. It catalogues artists according to who influenced who. It’s still very basic. But neat.
Music distributor STHoldings just pulled its collection of more than 200 record labels off subscription music services. Like, all of them. Quoting one label, “Let’s keep the music special, f**k Spotify.” What do those fighting words mean for us?
Wirelessly streaming music around your house is great, but for audiophiles, the middling audio components in wireless devices are a drag. But if those devices output a digital signal, you can bypass those components and let a device like NuForce’s Dia handle the audio processing.
UK band Uniform Motion recently released their third album, One Frame Per Second. Here, they break down exactly how much of that sweet streaming money pie is left over for the musicians — and it’s even less than you think.
