Last.fmFREE
Music geeks and Android lovers unite! Last.fm is an across-the-board great application. Boasting 'the world's largest online music catalogue', the service itself probably needs no introduction; it's already used by more than 40 million music lovers worldwide. The Android app brings it within reach of even more.
If you already have a Last.fm account, you can simply sign in to jump to the service's homepage. If you yet don't have an account, setting one up takes only a minute within the app.
The homepage has tabs for Artist, Tag and User along with a search bar. We tried a search for the Pixies, and almost immediately Frank Black's voice started singing from the speakers.
STALK THE STARS
When Last.fm plays a song by an artist who's currently touring, the upper right corner of the album artwork displays a banner that says 'On Tour'. Clicking this leads to an artist bio, a 'similar artists' tab, tags, fans and events. The information on events includes a listing of all nearby shows that this artist is playing along with their dates and venues. Intuitive and classy - we like that in an app.
The Radio tab holds all stations you've recently listened to as well as a list of recommended artists and popular artists in your neighborhood. Your Profile tab will show your top artists, top
albums, top tracks, recently played music, events, friends and tags.
We enjoyed playing around with this app, which performed nearly flawlessly, and kept finding pleasant surprises in each new feature. For instance, Last.fm has background streaming, so you can listen continuously while using other features of your phone. We were also pleasantly surprised to find you can purchase songs from Amazon directly from the app. Though we did miss a pause button, we could probably have kept Last, fm running all day - if only the speakers on our smartphone weren't so tinny.
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