Best music streaming sites, pay or free

[jayswin]

What does everyone use? I'd like to find something free to just find new music or see if I like new albums etc. But not looking to be a free loader and just get it all free.

[jayswin]

Crap, meant to post this in the tech thread. I guess it kind of works here.

[Diemenz]

What device are you going to be using to stream?

I have iTunes music and as an apple ecosystem its pretty hard to beat (I can listen to whatever I want whenever I want and the radio stations are pretty decent with the unlimited skips)

For non apple people I have found Songza and Spotify to offer decent stations with new music in that order. I tend to use Songza more as the playlists are more my taste profile.

[Tyler]

I use Google Play. Nothing but great things to say.

They just launched a free version with ad support in Canada.

App is great too.

[troutman]

TuneIn Radio

[monkeyman]

I'd recommend Songza. It has some pretty cool pre-defined playlist/genres.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

I'd recommend Songza. It has some pretty cool pre-defined playlist/genres.

Too bad it's being shut down next month. Google is integrating it in to Play Music, but I'm sure it won't be free.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Too bad it's being shut down next month. Google is integrating it in to Play Music, but I'm sure it won't be free.

I didn't know that. Google sure knows how to ruin a good thing. My Nest, my Dropcam and now Songza.

[calumniate]

I've been using the pay version of Spotify. Album lists are pretty deep for most artists. I enjoy it

[DuffMan]

YouTube

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

Too bad it's being shut down next month. Google is integrating it in to Play Music, but I'm sure it won't be free.

Originally Posted by monkeyman

I didn't know that. Google sure knows how to ruin a good thing. My Nest, my Dropcam and now Songza.

If you look in Play Music they have already incorporated a bunch of the same curated playlists.

I'm sure there will be changes but you may want to check it out before giving up on it.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

YouTube

That's a horrible suggestion.

[Muta]

Spotify is awesome. You can stream it, and if you are a member, you can download the songs to listen off line as well.

It's my go-to music service.

[Qwerty]

Youtube with adblock works great. Pick an artist and someone will have created a play list.

Songza was bought by google play music and they say it's going to be free still (apparently)

[East Coast Flame]

Spotify is awesome. Well worth the $10.99/month.

[Itse]

I use Spotify premium. I've also tried Rdio and Google Music (or whatever it's called), but Spotify is IMO better. It's the market leader, so a pretty safe bet.

[troutman]

Stream NPR's top 400 songs of 2015:

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/15/459719...-songs-of-2015

[darockwilder]

Stingray isn't bad if you're already some sort of TV subscriber, which makes it free (at least with Bell it does).

[spetch]

I like the pay version of Slacker, as I usually like more random playlists than say Spotify or Rdio has. Plus they have a couple guys on there that will come up with some pretty interesting playlists. Ex. 55 Nuttiest Artists, 55 Worst Ideas in Music History, 60 Wussiest songs.

The downside to Slacker is you can only have one device per account.

[TomLeeMC]

Spotify! You can find pretty much any artist your looking for, the playlists are decent and if your going out of service you can download songs to listen offline!