Spotify Roundup

Is Spotify an incredible new service that will revolutionize the music industry or just the same old stuff dressed up in a hip European package? After being available in Europe for the past few years (and hyped endlessly in the US), Spotify had its much-awaited launch in the US on July 14.

MSN Money, in an article breathlessly titled "Spotify: The future of music is here," describes the music service like this:

Spotify is a service that lets you listen to any song in the Spotify library -- anytime you want. It's kind of like iTunes: You can search for what you want, set up playlists, and sort by artist or album or genre. The difference is that instead of drawing only from your own music library, you have access to all of Spotify's 15 million song library. J.D. likens it to a musical version of Netflix streaming, only with less hassle and better selection.

Entertainment Weekly says "Spotify USA is real, and it's pretty spectacular"

Tom's Guide has a much more reasoned and less hyped review of Spotify.

What then does Spotify bring to the table that Rhapsody, Rdio, Slacker Radio, Napster and other services don't offer? That's a good question.

I will post my full review in the next couple of weeks. In the mean time, if you would like to get a free Spotify account, check out the Love Your Music Facebook/Spotify promo.