Looking for a Pandora alternative.

[tragic]

I used Spotify across all my computers and phone. It's great and well worth the $9.99/monthly.

 

[drmike]

Is there a Spotify client for Linux that isn't browser based?  Perhaps something like the Pandora client herein above listed... or something with CLI?

 

[BuyCPanel-Kevin]

Doesn't spotify already have a GUI client? (I've never used it, I always use my phone) but I cant imagine it would be too hard to port to linux using something like wine

 

[Magiobiwan]

They have a client in development for Linux. You can install it on Ubuntu. I've had some success running the Windows client in WINE, but... It's running in WINE, so it's not the best. 

 

[drmike]

Spotify client for linux  Debian actually...

https://www.spotify.com/us/download/previews/

 

[sv01]

sh**t


Rdio isn't available in your country just yet

time to use vpn

 

[trewq]

sh**t


Rdio isn't available in your country just yet

time to use vpn

Just had a look at Rdio. Seems to do exactly the same thing as Spotify and costs the same but has less people using it.

 

[Dylan]

Giving Google Music a try now - it's a little quirky, and the price is a bit higher than what you're wanting (10$/mo) - but it's doing decently enough so far.

Google Play Music All Access (ugh, what a mouthful) beats Spotify hands down IMO. The streaming catalogs are virtually identical, but with Google, and this is a huge but, you can also upload your own music (or, hell, any audio files) to your library and then stream it anywhere. Google's Android app and web player are also much better than Spotify's.

 

[kaniini]

Google Play All Access is better than Spotify, at least in terms of the radio capabilities.  I'm happier with it over Spotify.

 

[KuJoe]

I've been buying a lot of music on Google Play (mainly because I have so much credit and don't need any apps) so maybe the All Access is the better route. I do hate how hard it is to close any apps by Google on Android but I guess that's better than listening to two songs at once.

 

[Hxxx]

RHAPSODY is the BOSS. Premium content, no ads, you select what you want from each album, you also may download the files to your phone

 

[Dylan]

I've been buying a lot of music on Google Play (mainly because I have so much credit and don't need any apps) so maybe the All Access is the better route. I do hate how hard it is to close any apps by Google on Android but I guess that's better than listening to two songs at once.

You can get a 30-day trial before you're charged, so you can always give it a go and cancel (wallet.google.com>subscribtions) if you don't like it. 

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

I do hate how hard it is to close any apps by Google on Android but I guess that's better than listening to two songs at once.

You don't enable force-kill?  Or am I misunderstanding your intent?

 

[Srvify]

Does Spotify have the same issue as pandora with mixing music styles between channels?

I had to cancel my account and create a new one because it kept playing metal on country stations. 

 

[KuJoe]

RHAPSODY is the BOSS. Premium content, no ads, you select what you want from each album, you also may download the files to your phone

I wish I never cancelled my Rhapsody subscription, it was only around $40/year and well worth it.

You don't enable force-kill?  Or am I misunderstanding your intent?

Can you explain more about this?

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

There's an option you can enable in Android (developer settings maybe?  I don't recall where it is offhand, and my phone's in the other room >_>).  But what it does it you press and hold the 'Back' button/key, and it force-kills the current app.

 

[KuJoe]

There's an option you can enable in Android (developer settings maybe?  I don't recall where it is offhand, and my phone's in the other room >_>).  But what it does it you press and hold the 'Back' button/key, and it force-kills the current app.

Oh I miss that feature, it was on my older phones but not my latest 2.

 

[Shados]

I've been buying a lot of music on Google Play (mainly because I have so much credit and don't need any apps) so maybe the All Access is the better route. I do hate how hard it is to close any apps by Google on Android but I guess that's better than listening to two songs at once.

To confirm, are you aware of the technical differences in app/process management between Android and Windows/Linux/OS X? Generally speaking you probably shouldn't be 'killing' off apps in Android unless you explicitly know they are actively consuming CPU or radio time.

Memory-wise, any process that isn't either part of the active app or a 'foreground' service (i.e. one that has an active notification in the notification bar) can and will be killed by the memory management subsystem as needed. Generally, this subsystem will do a better job at maintaining performance than any person acting manually.

 

[blergh]

Is there a Spotify client for Linux that isn't browser based?  Perhaps something like the Pandora client herein above listed... or something with CLI?

despotify

 

[Taronyu]

I wish I never cancelled my Rhapsody subscription, it was only around $40/year and well worth it.


Can you explain more about this?

I just wanted to try Rhapsody and it isn't available in my country (the Netherlands)