Goombah Music Service

Wired did a useful comparison of music recommendation sites recently, but it left out the newest kid on the block. Goombah, just launched joins several other services —namely last.fm, Pandora, Qloud
, and iLike. Goombah is similar to its predecessors in that it uses iTunes to make recommendations. But whereas Last.fm and Pandora (now aiming for that golden oldie demo) generate radio stations, it compiles a playlist of songs you might like. Unlike Qloud and  iLike, it bases its decisions on your entire library, rather than just your recently played songs or ones you search.

One helpful feature is the adjustable settings tool, which tweaks your recommendations (I covered up my old Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos albums when they looked like a Lilith fair set list.) You can sample each, then click to purchase at iTunes, Amazon or Napster.

Goombah

Contributed by Allison Mooney