Combining the mixtape-making functions of Muxtape, with the up-to-the-second music aggregation powers of Hypemachine, Hypetape aims to make it easy to find and stream exactly the kind of music you want to hear. Hypetape lets users search through the extensive listing of tracks from Hypemachine, and organize them into playlists. The concept is fantastic, and though it’s subject to random file takedowns, it’s useful, and functions pretty well.
Hypetape
[via Lifehacker]

Two interesting data points have popped up that are pointing towards a radical change in music acquisition and listening habits.
Crunch Gear has presented the idea that actual music ownership is headed for obsolescence. They argue that with the advent of ubiquitous, always-on fast internet and robust streaming music services, the need for having local copies of songs will become a thing of the past. Why have to pay for and store gigabytes of audio files when for a low monthly fee, you could (theoretically) have streaming access to all the world’s music at your fingertips?
As far-fetched as it sounds, this [...]