dvd-4-life

I've had them for a day or two and sick of the stoppages and asking me if I'm still listening. Hells Bells,I use the internet as a radio and I'm not on a computer 24/7.

I have the free service so I shouldn't complain too much.

At least Sirius/XM plays songs that I haven't heard in awhile ,while Pandora plays the same-old-shit.

Interested mostly in New Wave,Heavy Metal,Disco and the 1960s and the 1970s and early 1980s.

dhmac

Do you mean something like either Spotify or iHeartRadio ?

Dan

Yeah, sign up for the free version of Spotify or Rdio or whatever, and find/make some playlists in the genres you like. Then, if you really like them, pay the $10/month for extra features, no ads, etc.

dvd-4-life

Does Rdio have a free version( no trial period,w/o playlists)?

Mikael79

I wish last.fm was still functioning like it once did.

Ky-Fi

Jango is pretty good.

www.jango.com

Texan26

Slacker is my favorite. http://www.slacker.com/

I use the $3.99 a month version that is ad free. That option also allows you download stations to your phone through wi-fi so I can listen in my car without using my data plan. I cancelled my XM radio when I tried out this option. They have deeper playlists than XM.

gmanca

IMO Spotify is the best streaming radio service; you can limit it to artists in case you want to hear some deep cuts.

Neitzl

I use Grooveshark. I've been with them since the start, so I have the $3 a month plan. I like it though I rarely try out the radio function. I do like being able to take songs offline in case I don't have any sort of data connectivity.

Norm de Plume

I just signed up to Spotify yesterday. Because of some music-rights nonsense, we Canadians haven't had access to Pandora or Spotify, but I checked out Spotify yesterday and it is just now becoming available here.
Question: If I create a playlist, is there a way to have it play randomly? I don't want to hear a bunch of songs one after the other from the same musician.

Pointyskull

Yes, you can shuffle playlists in Spotify.

Spiderbite

Just wanted to say a quick thanks for this thread. I have had Spotify from the beginning and really just used it for checking out albums. They didn't have the radio option at first and when they finally added it, I forgot to check it out. With my Pandora sub expiring next month and them increasing the price and going monthly, I checked out the Spotify radio options and like them alot. They seem to be deeper than the Pandora stations. The Pandora stations have a really bad habit of focusing on 3 different artists and that's it on certain stations.

I have now canceled my Pandora sub. I am going to check out the slacker on that someone mentioned but I can't see myself every parting with Sirius/XM.

Spiderbite

I am not understanding how you are doing this without a data. If you are driving, how are you using wi-fi? Are you taking a hot spot with you? Or does it download a shitload of music somehow? I am confused or misunderstanding your post.

cungar

I use the $3.99 a month version that is ad free. That option also allows you download stations to your phone through wi-fi so I can listen in my car without using my data plan. I cancelled my XM radio when I tried out this option. They have deeper playlists than XM.

Spiderbite

Again, my questions stand.

Cungar, you answered nothing with your smart-ass bolding. My question concerns the downloading of stations that you so cleverly bolded. If you are in your car driving, how is it getting the music if it isn't streaming? Sure you downloaded the stations but did a bunch of music come with the download?

Dan

You download them in advance, when you are at home or work. The "stations" contain the songs that get played. It's the equivalent of downloading a playlist of songs before you leave your house.

Texan26

Yep, that's the way. I have about 16 saved stations that I download. Depending on how much memory is available on your phone, I read somewhere that it downloads about 100 songs for each station but it doesn't show you the list of songs it downloaded. You also get unlimited skips on these stations. You can "refresh" the stations anytime through wi-fi again which means it downloads more songs to your saved stations and deletes the ones you listened to. I usually refresh every Sunday.

Spiderbite

Cool. Thanks for the answers. May have to check that out.

superdeluxe

I heart radio doesn't shut it down if you don't click on something once in awhile.