Machine Shop: Hype Machine Team Blog

The Hype Machine is Shiny and New!

About two weeks ago we launched an updated version of the site.  Now that the dust has settled and things are running smoothly, here is what’s we added:

  • Squeaky-clean design.
  • More prominent ability to browse the blogs we feature.  Click “view more” to expland the list on any page.
  • YouTube video and Eventful & Upcoming.org concert search.  Whenever you search the Hype Machine, you will see relevant results in the sidebar on the right if we find something on those services.

Enjoy!

We have shirts!

UPDATE: Last day to order shirts is December 10th, 2006!

That’s exactly right.

We have shirts!

Hype Machine T-shirt
Lovingly designed by Zoya Feldman, these will be printed on quality American Apparel stock.

They are $20 for US/Canada and $25 for the rest of the world. Here is the sizing chart for the shirts if you aren’t sure which size fits you.

Check them out!

Music Blogs in the Press

Good articles about music blogs and other new media sites in the press:

A good discussion about new ways to find good music on the Internet at PBS’s MediaShift.

The Washington Time writes about music blogs, why they exist and what they do.

Boston Phoenix has an in-depth look at YouTube and the Hype Machine.

1000th issue of Rolling Stone has a mention of the Hype Machine and podcasting.

Popular Science writes about great ways to discover music “you never knew you liked”Esquire and Entertainment Weekly (thanks Scott!) also gave Hype Machine a shout-out.

Flash Player is Now Fancier!

A few neat updates to the pop-up flash player on the Hype Machine. This version is based on wonderful work with the XSPF player by Lacy Morrow.

Now you can:

– Pause
– Seek within a track
– Shuffle
– Repeat the same track over and over
– Go to the relevant iTunes page for each song, if iTunes carries the artist.

In other words, it’s actually useful now. 🙂

Instantly Search MP3 Blogs

You can now search the MP3 blogs indexed by the Hype Machine in two ways:

Just the tracks or whole posts!

Whenever you are on any Hype Machine search results page, just click on the “Tracks” or “Posts” links to find exactly what you want.

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