Pandora | Discover Music that You Like

Pandora is a music discovery service designed to help you find and enjoy music that you’ll love. It’s powered by the Music Genome Project, the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken. Just tell the program one of your favorite songs or artists and it will launch a streaming station to explore that part of the music universe.

The program also lets the user give a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” for any song played so it can be tailored to personal tastes. I tried it out with some of my favorite bands including Slowdive, and it played songs by Doves, Lush, and Curve, all bands that I really like. I typed in Joy Division and Pandora played New Order and Lali Puna. Pretty impressive. It is a very useful tool that allows the user to discover music that they may not have found on their own.

Check it out, there’s a free 10 hour trial, after that it’s $36 per year.