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20th Jul 2010
Mercury Prize - Generates Debate

The nominations for the 2010 Barclaycard Mercury Prize were announced this week, with Dizzee Rascal and The xx both taking an early lead as joint favourites to win. To find out which other albums were nominated and to have your say, read on.The complete list and current odds are as follows:
16th Jun 2010
The Gen’s festival Spotify mix-tape

Keeping with the theme of festivals flowing through this blog like mud in a massive field, we’ve decided to make a Spotify mix-tape featuring some definitive festival anthems alongside various underground treats exposing the newer acts lower down the festival line-ups that you would do well to check out this year. From Stevie Wonder to Surfer Blood, Field Music to Vampire Weekend, your summer festival soundtrack has arrived!
18th May 2010
The Gen Spotify May Mix-tape

Spotify's new social features have inspired us to make a new mix for you. The result is 15 tracks of fantastic alternative new music and a couple of old favourites. From The Futureheads, Errors, Broken Bells, The National and Free Energy to an inspired Hot Chip / Bonnie Prince Billy mash-up and many more musical delights - it's all here for you to stream and enjoy.
28th Apr 2010
Last.fm drops on-demand streaming

Hugely popular online radio station Last.fmhave dropped the ‘on demand’ streaming element of their services and have formed alliances with direct competitors such as Spotify and MOG.
28th Apr 2010
Spotify goes social and takes on iTunes

Internet music service Spotify have announced some major new features that will integrate the service with social networking sites in an attempt to dethrone iTunes as the definitive online music provider.
1st Apr 2010
Let’s Buy Happiness to play Glastonbury Festival

Hotly tipped North East act Let’s Buy Happiness were recently confirmed to appear on the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury Festival this year.The festival is taking place on 23rd-27th of June at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset and will feature a vast array of huge music acts, including headliners U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder.
8th Feb 2010
Spotify introduce artist recommendations

Music streaming site Spotify recently announced that they are in the advanced stages of introducing an artist recommendation feature to the service. This will function in a similar way to music recommendation sites such as Last FM and retail sites like Amazon, using technology that will actively track listening habits and purchases.
18th Jan 2010
Super 8: The Gen's Tips for 2010

It's that time of year again, when everyone from the BBC to a myriad of different music magazines and blogs are setting out to predict the future. Amidst the fierce weather and already broken New Year resolutions, we offer our unique twist on this educated guessing game- ‘Super 8’.
21st Dec 2009
The Gen ‘Festive Fifteen’ Spotify play-list!

Following on from our top songs of 2009 play-list, we wanted to give you a mix-tape as festive as hangovers, over indulgence and goodness gracious great balls of snow! A few familiar Christmas classics combined with some underground pop carols, everything from Low to James Brown to Eazy-E, it's all here!
7th Dec 2009
The Gen's Year in Spotify

We’ve explored, agonized and woken up in the middle of the night thinking “But what about….” and finally here is the finished version- The Gen’s Top 40 Tracks of 2009.