[JLG]

Ever since Pure Volume updated its site and for some reason took away the "Top 100 Artists" feature, I don't think that its really worth using anymore. I liked looking at the top 100 bands that were generally the same genre of music I was into (Fall Out Boy, AAR, etc.) Does anyone know of or use any other sites that are similar to http://www.purevolume.com ? Thanks

[Gargoyle]

Never used pure volume, but your discription sounds a bit like iTunes Music Store - You can goto any genre you like and hear a 30 second sample of any track

[BenP]

Not exactly the same, but I less than three Pandora.

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by BenP Not exactly the same, but I less than three Pandora.

Pandora is amazing.

[atomicbartbeans]

Yeah... if a bit processor-intensive, Pandora is a wonderful music discovery tool.

[JLG]

Wow thanks for the great suggestion of Pandora...I love it! I was looking more along the lines of charts though such as the Top 10 on purevolume, but this custom radio thing that pandora allows you to do is great. If anyone knows of any chart sites then please share them, but thank you again for the pandora suggestion I think its a great site.

[AsLan^]

Thanks for the Pandora link, defiantely a great service

[Zodiac]

http://www.audiri.com


It's pretty much the same except with 200mb free space.

[murbot]

I'm loving these music threads. Great links, boys. I've found quite a few great bands that I hadn't heard of before.

[ghoti]

Wow, I just discovered Pandora. Simply awesome. Excellent user interface too, and I really like their explanations why they picked a song.

But that "Buy this song from iTunes" function is going to kill me ...

[InactionMan]

Pandora is pretty badass but I've gotten some bizarre results. Picking DFA1979 gave me a bunch a cheesy dance songs, I guess because the first DFA song it played was from their remix album, so I let that one slide. Next I entered Joy Division as the band so it started playing She's Lost Control (which is a thoroughly asskicking song) but the next song it played was by John Motherfucking Mayer!!! What kind of sick bastard would in any way link Ian Curtis to that suckass? Seriously.


It fried my brain.

I'll try the site again in a few days after I calm down. Until then I'll be listening to Ceremony on repeat.

[pilot1129]

Originally Posted by InactionMan Pandora is pretty badass but I've gotten some bizarre results. Picking DFA1979 gave me a bunch a cheesy dance songs, I guess because the first DFA song it played was from their remix album, so I let that one slide. Next I entered Joy Division as the band so it started playing She's Lost Control (which is a thoroughly asskicking song) but the next song it played was by John Motherfucking Mayer!!! What kind of sick bastard would in any way link Ian Curtis to that suckass? Seriously. It fried my brain. I'll try the site again in a few days after I calm down. Until then I'll be listening to Ceremony on repeat.

Here it is... on the FAQ page

Q: My station just played two artists that I never thought would go together. How can that happen? At the Music Genome Project, we treat each song as a totally unique musical performance. We don't have a pre-conceived notion of what the artist usually sounds like, or how they're usually categorized - in fact we're really trying to avoid that. What matters is the song itself. We carefully listen for all of its elements; everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and all things vocal, and use that to build the playlists. Since we never pigeonhole artists, and since artists often record in a variety of styles, you'll see some surprising bedfellows. But you will also hear a much broader and more interesting mix - all centered around your favorite parts of the musical universe.