Look at how many releases and countless prototypes, even with a giant team, it took to get to the refined single click wheel. I’ve spent most of the past week working on a lot of tiny frontend UI bits for Sched. I love taking these baby steps over the years, slowly refining the content grouping and interaction of a simple schedule as my understanding and perception changes. I’ll post more when it’s live. One of my favorite pieces to work on at Hype Machine was refining the way each blog post was displayed. It took years to get it just right.

Look at how many releases and countless prototypes, even with a giant team, it took to get to the refined single click wheel.

I’ve spent most of the past week working on a lot of tiny frontend UI bits for Sched. I love taking these baby steps over the years, slowly refining the content grouping and interaction of a simple schedule as my understanding and perception changes. I’ll post more when it’s live.

One of my favorite pieces to work on at Hype Machine was refining the way each blog post was displayed. It took years to get it just right.

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Jack White - Love is Blindness (U2 Cover)

Holy shit this is good. Discovered via The Music Ninja.

Music blogs like Gorilla vs. Bear, Fader, Nah Right and Stereogum post dozens of new songs, mixtapes and albums every day, making them reliable sources for fresh sounds. But those sites number in the hundreds, making it hard to stay on top of them all. The Hype Machine is a Web site and iPhone app that aggregates any song posted to a number of music blogs and streams them in a single place.

The Hype Machine is ideal for listeners who like radio remixes, covers and mash-ups and other B-side materials that rarely see the light of day. Imagine your favorite underground radio station playing only the newest jams, on an endless loop. You can also explore by genre, or use “latest” and “popular” tabs to sort through the songs. There’s also a “spy” tab to see what other Hype Machine users are listening to in real time.

—How to Hum Your Way Through the Online Music Jungle by Jenna Wortham, Oct 19 2011

Jenna splendidly talks about the Hype Machine in today’s issue of the New York Times, along with a bunch of other great places to hear new music.  Great overview and list. (via fascinated)

Submit Your Top 10 Albums of 2009 List

Want to be included in Hype Machine’s Annual Music Blog Zeitgeist? Even Tumblr’s can be included!

Guidelines:
* The blog does NOT have to be listed on the Hype Machine but must have been established by October 2009.
* List must consist of albums released in 2009
* List must rank each album 1 through 10
* Submitting a post does not guarantee inclusion.