Pandora, Last.fm, and PandoraFM

I don't know if I've mentioned Pandora or Last.fm any time on this blog, so I will now. Plus: the (now authorized) mashup of the two!

First: Pandora. It's a great place to discover new music. Just enter a song or artist you like. Then it will play songs that are musically similar. It works really well. Few community features though. That's what Last.fm is for...

Second: Last.fm. They have a music streaming service to discover new music, but it doesn't work nearly as well as Pandora does. However, what makes it great is that it will keep track of the music you listen to and let you find people with similar musical tastes. Hint: download the Audioscrobbler Beta software, it is overall better in my opinion.

Third: PandoraFM. The great results of Pandora with automatic submissions to Last.fm! Originally a "hack", now the author has been given access to the Pandora API, and is semi-sort-of-official.