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March 17, 2007

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Peel the music from MP3 blogs

Posted Mar. 17, ’07, 8:44 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software

PeelI never really got into the whole “MP3 blog” thing. The idea, if I seem to be spewing nonsense, is that blogs will post info about bands—usually smaller, independent acts—and often include an MP3 sample distributed by the band itself. It’s a good way to get exposed to new music, but going through and clicking on all the MP3 links could get annoying.

Enter Peel, an app specifically designed to lessen the hassle of having to click on all those links (it’s onerous, isn’t it?). Consider it what might happen if Dr. Frankenstein decided to marry NetNewsWire with iTunes. Subscribe to your favorite MP3 blogs, and easily skim a list of the music they post, adding the ones you like to iTunes and consigning those you don’t to a pit of everlasting torment. You can also stream music from webpages should you not be of the downloading persuasion.

Peel’s in beta right now, so it’s free to try out. It’ll be $14.95 when it’s eventually released, so you might as well give it a shot now.

[via MacApper]


2 Comments

Tim said:

What's the difference between this and the (currently) free Songbird?

March 17, 2007 9:37 AM
Colin said:

It's a nice little programme, but as Tim commented, there's a significant overlap between Peel and Songbird. I reviewed it at musicinterfaces.com.

March 18, 2007 2:31 AM

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