Pandora launch it's IPO today opening at $20 over its $16 asking price designed to net a $2.5 billion valuation. Morning trading ranged from $23 - $25 . Some analysts are warning investors to stay away but I have " 5 Reasons I'd Buy Pandora's IPO ". Mobile music identifier Shazam is buying technology from Tunezee that shows song lyrics in sync with a currently-playing song. ( paidContent ) Ticket Truths - [...]

Aussie dance duo Sneaky Sound System are back with a new single! The title pretty sums up how we feel about this new song: “We Love”. It's a catchy piece of electro pop that creeps up on you, gets inside your brains and makes you want to shake your hips and bob your head. In other words, it's exactly what you'd expect from Sneaky Sound System. The track is the first taste from their highly anticipated third long-player, From Here To Anywhere , due out in August via Modular. The album is currently [...]

Over the past few months, Shazam , the world's most popular mobile phone app for hunting down elusive song titles or artists has been filming a series of exclusive, stripped down performances for their 'Shazam Sessions' YouTube channel . They have featured artists such as Guillemots, Secret Sisters, and Glasvegas. They looking to build this into a new, exciting destination site where fans can come and see their favorite bands performing in free, unique videos. Below we have posted some of the featured videos. Check out the channel here and for [...]

What's going on everyone? Another week has come and gone, and somehow I'm already closing in on the end of my time here in Prague. I obviously have some very mixed feelings about this, but luckily I still have at least a month or so to get into as much wild shit as possible. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves as well, especially those of you on summer break from your studies. This week I'm going to leave you with a few tunes that I've been digging recently from Oliver $, Zombie Disco Squad, Joris Voorn and a few other [...]

Today marks the return of one of my favourite features, THE CLUB (house music) . A weekly dose of your favourite progressive house, deep house, tech house, minimal. . I've been lucky enough to have this feature handed to me as the first two weeks (8 months ago), were just awesome. Check them out and see for yourself how far the scene has come in just under a year. Each week I'll bring you a selection of anything from heavy bangers that make the dance floor jump, to those chilled out deep vibes that just [...]
You may know Shazam as the world's most popular mobile phone app for hunting down elusive song titles or artists. Seriously, if you don't, you should. Just this weekend, at the Sharks playoff game (where they demolished the hapless Red Wings!) I used the app three times to identify songs that the arena played that Mrs. Racer loved. Could be handier. You can download it free here . But now there's more from the Shazam folks. Over the past few months they've been [...]

0:17h Si ves que un nombre Australiano saca un LP, vé directo a iTunes o a tu tienda favorita, porque tienes por seguro que no te va a decepcionar. The Aston Shuffle vuelven a confirmar la regla. El dúo de Camberra publicaron hace ya unas semanas su disco "Seventeen Past Midnight", una especie de "Bag Raiders meet Grum". Si ya lo petaron con "Your Love", su single anterior, y con tooooodo lo que pudimos ir viendo a lo largo de su trayectoria (os iremos poniendo algún que otro tema antiguo más abajo), el álbum [...]
You may be familiar with Shazam as the ace music recognition phone app and more importantly instant settler of pub arguments. What you may not know is that they've been hosting a series of stripped down performances by some great artists on their YouTube channel. 'Shazam Sessions' has featured the likes of Glasvegas, Trophy Wife [...]

Hazel Savage, a music encoder with Shazam the world's most popular mobile phone app for hunting down elusive song titles or artists has taken time out from encoding music (aka witchcraft) to chat to the Devil about the Shazam sessions, the music that brings her joy and her love of roller disco. The Devil: If Shazam had been invented in the middle ages you'd have all been burned as witches. Tell me how the app works? Hazel: Well there is a distinct [...]

Two weekends late! Thought I'd whip one up quickly over the weekend. Starts off a bit on the slow side but it should progress quit well with this lazy Spring weather. Download the mix here . 72.88MB Tracklist: 1. Air - Playground Love (Vibraphone Version) 2. The Naked And The Famous - Young Blood (White Sea Remix) 3. Purity Ring - Loftcries 4. Chromatics - Circled Sun 5. Summer Heart - Please Stay 6. Nicolas Jaar - Mi [...]

Everyone's favorite music discovery service Shazam isn't just an app on your phone. Shazam has expanded to creating interactive experiences on television shows and commercials, and also have a blog where they feature something called Shazam Sessions . The sessions are stripped down performances of many popular indie bands who visit the Shazam Studios to play a song or two. Dinosaur Pile-Up , The Shoes featuring Esser , Matt and Kim and The Pigeon Detectives have all visited the studio. [...]

Everyone's favorite music discovery service Shazam isn't just an app on your phone. Shazam has expanded to creating interactive experiences on television shows and commercials, and also have a blog where they feature something called Shazam Sessions . The sessions are stripped down performances of many popular indie bands who visit the Shazam Studios to play a song or two. Dinosaur Pile-Up , The Shoes featuring Esser , Matt and Kim and The Pigeon Detectives have all visited the studio. [...]

Australia continúa exportando buenos grupos, y ahora es el turno de Bag Raiders , dueto asociado al dream-wave y cuyo sonido se ha emparentado con Miami Horror, Shazam o Empire Of The Sun . El grupo, se presentará por primera vez en México el próximo 14 de abril, como parte de las celebraciones del 4to aniversario del blog Synthetic Rocks trayendo bajo el brazo su primer disco: “Way Back Home”. Bag Raiders son Jack Glass y Chris Stracey quienes han realizado remixes para Cut Copy y Midnight Juggernauts , forman [...]

Australia continúa exportando buenos grupos, y ahora es el turno de Bag Raiders , dueto asociado al dream-wave y cuyo sonido se ha emparentado con Miami Horror, Shazam o Empire Of The Sun . El grupo, se presentará por primera vez en México el próximo 14 de abril, como parte de las celebraciones del 4to aniversario del blog Synthetic Rocks trayendo bajo el brazo su primer disco: “Way Back Home”. Bag Raiders son Jack Glass y Chris Stracey quienes han realizado remixes para Cut Copy y Midnight Juggernauts , forman [...]

Well, I never thought I'd see this. Nu-disco champ Shazam remixing prog house producer Sander Kleinenberg and his new single "The Healer"? Great thing is, it works. Really well. He has transformed this bass heavy house track to a laid back, summery disco masterpiece. Think sunshine, BBQ's and everything in between. Download: The Healer (Shazam Remix) - Sander Kleinenberg (Right Click, Save As) Click here for love. Enjoy.
Checking out the Shazam sessions with vids of @ trophywifeband @glasvegas and @ buck65 , http://t.co/5AbYS6V @ Shazam

The Healer (Shazam Remix) by Shazam (Official) Awesome

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Whoa whoa whoa! It's Friday annnnnnd it's the first of the month?!? We're looking to help you kick off the weekend correctly with the latest Boner Jams mix. This mix is unique in that there's some new stuff, but there's some old stuff as well. The songs selected for this mix are songs that I've [...]
Hypebot offers a morning roundup of music business news each weekday, and when warranted we add an update late in the afternoon. For breaking news also follow @ hypebot on Twitter . Indie powerhouse Beggars Group says that Spotify is its second or third largest source of incom e . ( Music Ally ) A pattern is emerging that indie music benefits most from Spotify, perhaps because those who pay for Premium are more active [...]