February 2012
8 posts
Clik
thegongshow:
I’m excited to share that Kik Interactive just launched its second product. The first one was the popular messaging app Kik, which continues to have a strong base of devoted fans and is growing quickly. Today, the company launched Clik, a remote for bridging phones to bigger screens. Techcrunch has a good high-level summary.
Clik today is a very compelling demo where you use your...
Linsane IM
Linsanity has taken over the globe to such a degree that, as of two days ago, “Jeremy Lin” became a more popular Google search term than Jesus himself. (This would probably horrify Lin, a devout Christian who tweeted “God is good!” after the Knicks beat Minnesota on Saturday.) In fact, Lin is currently a more popular search subject than Jesus and Canadian Jesus — Justin...
Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
parislemon:
“Most are stories written with little or no research done. They’re written as quickly as possible. The faster the better. Most are just rehashing information that spread by some other means. But that’s great, it means stories can be written without any burden beyond the writer having to read a little bit and type words fast. Many are written without the writer even having to...
January 2012
9 posts
I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'
murkavenue:
CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY...
Come party with us
jessicaivypage:
Please join us for a very special celebratory Groundhog Day night of music with two of our favorite Album of the Week picks, Snowmine and Spanish Prisoners.
Brooklyn local Field Mouse and Academy Award nominated artist Ben Lear will be performing, too, making this is one helluva lineup you won’t want to miss.
@Pianos 158 Ludlow St | New York, NY Doors at 8:00 pm | Thursday...
WatchPhil goes viral.
Listen With
Yesterday Facebook got into the “Listen With” game by announcing a new feature that allows people to click a button and listen to what their friends are listening to along with them. I haven’t tried it yet but it does look pretty nice.
Of course, as soon as they announced it, everyone cried “they are stealing from Turntable.fm”. Techcrunch even ran a followup post...
MIKE SNIPER: An Indie Label in 2012. →
I read this post yesterday and loved it. Today we’re featuring these guys as our Site of the Day. Go read the post and then go listen to their music. You’ll love both of them.
mikesniper:
I posted a recent Facebook comment regarding our policies with signing artists and found myself getting into a discussion of what the role of an independent label is in 2012, something I’ve...
“The financial woes of the Mets have been well-chronicled, but the team insisted...”
– http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/mets_hire_company_that_helped_rangers_Ly1IwfDB1uULgySKM6CYNN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
You Wish You Were Red by Trailer Trash Tracys Some...
December 2011
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Mr. Gnome (14)
Silver Swans (12)
alpineband (7)
Fort Fairfield (6)
Jagwar Ma (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 10 Songs of 2011
Every year I do a Top 10 Albums of the Year post. Here’s this year’s. This year though, my listening habits have changed thanks to exfm. While I still consider myself an ‘album listener’, I’m also very much a ‘singles listener’ now too. So it’s only appropriate to do a Top 10 Songs of the Year post. My only criteria was that these songs could not be...
My Top 10 Albums of 2011
Another year passes by, another amazing year of music. It just seems to get better every year. Here are my favorite albums of 2011.
#10 Album: Ventriloquizzing Artist: Fujiya & Miyagi
Released: January 25, 2011
#9 Album: Code and Keys Artist: Death Cab For Cutie
Released: April 5, 2011 Listen on Soundcloud
#8 Album: Reptillians Artist: Starfucker
Released: June 7, 2011 Listen on...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
My Morning Jacket (48)
Phish (13)
A Tribe Called Quest (13)
Bell X1 (11)
Counting Crows (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Kirk Love: Relative Pitch: Live On Letterman →
Most people I know don’t know about this either - http://www.spinner.com/interface. It’s pretty amazing.
kirklove:
Do you know about this? I didn’t. I literally had no idea this has been happening. And it looks like it’s been happening for a while now, too. There are 17 of them in total. I watched the one with Ryan Adams the other day and he blew me away. And to think I almost...
Exfm Trending. Now With Extra Tremendous.
extensionfm:
Yesterday you had one choice for Trending on exfm – whatever was popular overall. While great, we knew we could do better. So, we did. Starting today you can filter Trending.
Want to see what’s Trending just for the genre Rock? Mouse over the blue /OVERALL near the top of the exfm window and a drop down appears. Click on Rock and voila – trending just for Rock. Same thing applies...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
The Devil Whale (30)
Terracotta Blue (21)
Vanaprasta (21)
Starfucker (15)
Bell X1 (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
November 2011
17 posts
Meet The New Sony Store, Same As The Old Sony... →
I’ll add this - it amazes me how many retail stores (Best Buy, CompUSA, Sony Store, Samsung, etc) don’t have wifi working for their laptops, tablets and phones. Phone stores are even worse - they have fake phones with paper screens. I just can’t believe these companies can’t even get that right. Apple stores are amazing in so many ways but I swear it’s just having...
extensionfm:
Exfm For Android Has Arrived!
We’re proud to announce the launch of exfm for Android! Now you can discover, listen to and share an endless feed of the best music on the web wherever you go. We’ve worked hard to give you the best Android experience possible combining all your favorite exfm web features:
- Love tracks to favorite them and post to your exfm profile.
- Listen to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
The Coasts (45)
Spanish Prisoners (17)
Nightlife (15)
Suburban Living (8)
Mirror Kisses (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A World of Difference in Metadata.
extensionfm:
Introducing Global Metadata Editing Across exfm. Bad metadata sucks. It’s no fun listening to “Unknown Artist.” We know it. You know it. With the rollout of v3 in October, we pulled the ability to edit your personal metadata. Understandably, that was tough for a lot of exfmers. We apologize for that temporary inconvenience. Today we’re thrilled to offer the ability to edit metadata...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Spanish Prisoners (34)
Tearjerker (7)
Bell X1 (7)
Reybee (6)
El May (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
This is how you should buy music online
I wrote a guest post for GigaOm on how to buy online music. Check it out!
With the recent launches of Google Music, Amazon Cloud Player and iCloud, there has never been an easier time to buy a song. Each service is different, though, and each has their strengths and weaknesses. Depending on your phone, listening habits and geekiness, you are better off going with one service over another. Here...
Slow Decay by Spanish Prisonersshared from exfm
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
SNOWMINE (38)
Mother Mother (22)
The Drums (8)
The Envy Corps (6)
Tennis (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
So psyched to have these guys aboard!
extensionfm:
Welcome Aboard Stereogum and Gorilla vs. Bear!
We’re beyond thrilled to welcome two blogs that need no formal introduction to our Tastemakers section. Stereogum and Gorilla vs. Bear; both known for their impeccable taste; have joined forces with us to bring you the best new music on the web straight from their blogs, over to their exfm...
exfm in Tomahawk? Hell yeah!
Listening to exfm Chillwave in the new Tomahawk. Sweet!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Eulogies (24)
Mr. Gnome (18)
Jack Johnson (15)
Gotye (9)
Young Statues (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Love Born Gold (Gobble Gobble)
Now Playing on exfm: Now Playing
extensionfm:
Today we’re happy to debut real-time Now Playing notifications for all exfm users. We think you’re really going to dig it.
There isn’t anything you need to do on your end. It just works automatically. The instant you start playing a song it will be reflected at the top right of your profile page. Anyone who is following you on exfm or visits your profile page (here’s mine for...
October 2011
20 posts
WatchPlayed with it earlier today. It’s pretty sweet!
david-noel:
soundcloud:
You asked for it, we proudly deliver: SoundCloud for iPad.
Boom!
Stunning work, team!
11 Apps and Services for Sharing, Discovering and... →
The Trendsetter Tech Series is supported by smart. Test drive the space saving, eco-friendly, totally unique, smart. Visit smartusa.com to…
Now Available: New Email Notifications and Sharing
extensionfm:
Announcing exfm’s new Notifications and Email Sharing options:
We continue to roll out new features at a rapid clip and today we’re excited to bring you two great new ones. The first is an all-new Notifications panel. Navigate to your Settings, then Notifications and you’ll find the new Email Me options. These include email alerts for new followers, when another user loves one of...
My Back Pages →
For many years, I have been a reader of this blog. I’m excited, and humbled, by the opportunity to now be a contributor and to announce here that I have joined Union Square Ventures.
In early…
NYTimes!
“Now that you’ve got all these new places to check for new music, how best to keep track of them? Exfm is a free browser extension that keeps track of every song you listen to and save as you bounce around the Web, and assembles them into a handy mixtape for later listening. The service also lets you browse through the top songs saved by all the users on its service, making for a neat...
Believers vs non-believers
Good entrepreneurs and good investors must have this built-in to succeed. And Bijan is a pretty damn good investor :)
bijan:
“I’d shut down Apple” - Michael Dell, 1997.
That line is from one of the most memorable quotes ever.
Today Michael Dell said it was a misunderstood quote. Maybe, but my gut says it wasn’t. Why clarify it 14 years later. It doesn’t make any sense to me.
Here’s the way...
