MTV’s steady and somewhat sad transformation into a channel more widely know for reality TV programming than for music seemingly signaled the end of the music video era. But in February of 2005, YouTube came along and completely changed the game. Not only did YouTube’s massive popularity help bring the visual art form known as …
For anyone who likes to listen to music online and enjoys services like Spotify, there’s a free Internet site called Radio Garden that’s also worth checking out. Radio Garden is basically like Google Earth, except for radio stations. Anywhere there’s a green dot on the world map, you can start playing a local radio station …
Spotify, with more than 345 million users, is easily the most popular music-streaming service on the planet. Aside from being incredibly intuitive, Spotify also boasts a number of hidden features that can drastically improve the overall user experience. Spotify over the last few years has cemented itself as a must-have for any serious music-lover. And …
The coronavirus lockdown has prompted many artists to hop on social media and engage more directly with fans. Some musicians have recently started live streaming concerts from home while under quarantine. Even top tier musicians like Garth Brooks, John Legend, and Chris Martin are getting in on the fun. Visit BGR’s homepage for more stories. …
What are you listening to today? Spotify? Apple Music? iHeartRadio? Whatever it is, it can’t possibly compete with Third Rock Radio. You’ve never heard of Third Rock Radio, and I don’t blame you. It’s a radio station that is run with the help of NASA, and in years of being a total science nerd I …
At the end of every year, Spotify releases its Spotify Wrapped feature which provides users with a detailed snapshot of what music they listened to the most over the previous 12 months. In addition to listing which genres, artists and songs were played the most often, the feature also lets you know how many minutes …
Over the weekend, Jay-Z and Beyonce surprised music fans everywhere when they released a brand new joint-album titled Everything Is Love. Interestingly, the album launched exclusively on Tidal, a curious strategic decision though not at all surprising given that Tidal is owned by Jay-Z. Not two days later, Everything Is Love is already available on a slew …
Kanye West is many things to different people. To some, he’s nothing short of a musical genius with an unrivaled catalog of influential albums. To others, he’s a rapper well beyond his prime who now spends too much time sending out bizarre tweets. Regardless of where you fall on the Kanye spectrum, one thing that …
Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music might be about to get more expensive, thanks to a decision from the Copyright Royalty Board. The CRB, which determines how much songwriters and music publishers are paid by streaming services, handed down a ruling early Saturday that boosts the amount of revenue songwriters and publishers will receive …
Though music services like Spotify and Apple Music tend to garner the most attention in the tech press, it’s sometimes easy to forget that Pandora is not only alive and kicking, but still extremely popular. In fact, one survey we saw earlier this year found that Pandora was actually used more often than Apple Music …
