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		bonjourmr on June 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Music to Let you Concentrate last.fm is great for this. Type in an artist/genre you like and for the next few hours while you work, you will discover plenty of new ones as their radio service works by molding a 'radio service' to your taste.

jsingleton on June 13, 2013 | [–]

I made a playlist generator application for Spotify a while ago that uses the last.fm API:

http://unop.co.uk/dev/spotify-playlist-generator/

I'd be interested to know if it works everywhere. It still works in the UK.

EDIT: Source code: https://github.com/jpsingleton/Spotify-Playlist-Generator

slhsen on June 13, 2013 | [–]

Sadly, last.fm radio isn't available on most parts of the world anymore.

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