News of the week: Eclipse soundtrack announced, Apple music streaming

Listening to: Lou Reed "Perfect Day"

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The new Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack has been announced. Even if you're not a huge Twilight fan, the soundtracks are always pretty great.  Thank you Stephanie Meyer for having great taste in music!

Eclipse Track Listings:

Metrick - Eclipse (All Yours)
MUSE - Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)
The Bravery - Ours
Florence + The Machine - Heavy in Your Arms
Sia - My Love
Fanfarlo - Atlas
The Black Keys - Chop and Change
The Dead Weather - Rolling in on a Burning Tree
Beck and Bat for Lashes - Let's Get Lost
Vampire Weekend - Jonathan Low
UNKLE - With You in My Head (Feat. the Black Angels)
Eastern Conference Champions - A Million Miles an Hour
Band of Horses - Life on Earth
Cee Lo Green - What Part of Forever
Howard Shore - Jacob's Theme

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Online streaming: Pandora vs. Spotify.

Listening to: Pandora online 'Apocalyptica radio'

Pandora is the only online radio service I use on any sort of regular basis. It’s the best legal option we have in the US for listening to music online, I've found. It's very easy to use and free. So there are the occasional ads, whatever. I am also a huge fan of Hulu for tv shows, same idea. 

I've discovered that there is a new service available only in Europe called Spotify, which is very similar to Pandora but way smarter and more awesome. Spotify is a legal peer-to-peer online music streaming service. With Spotify you can create playlists of any songs you want, drag and drop to line them up (just like you do on your iPod or iTunes), hit play, and the music starts immediately (because it’s streaming not downloading).