Last.FM : Finally social music for the masses

When I'm in the UK, I've used the amazing Pandora internet radio service. This service was suspended in all locations outside the U.S. a while ago, but the UK had been a bit of a grey area. Since the 15th of Jan, it has stopped in the UK.

Now, staying in South Africa has been even worse, with virtually none of the great things about Pandora available on any service.

BUT NO LONGER! Last.fm has finally gone global, having signed licensing agreements with all the major record labels, just go to:

http://www.last.fm

Last.fm works on the same principle as Pandora: type the name of a genre or artist you enjoy, and let the software jukebox play you a selection; Last.fm also listens in to your iTunes and/or WinAmp etc playlists as they are playing, to see what else you might like; they call it scobbling, but it sounds like spyware to me. I've installed it, I'll write soon, how that goes...

Last.fm is accessible via the browser or their desktop app.

I recommend to anyone (everyone) who loves music. Awesome... absolutely fantastic. and its legal. Good bye thousands of MP3's on your PC.