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Record Store Day 2025: the full list, plus 5 great albums you need to bag on April 12

By Carrie Marshall published 5 April 25

Record Store Day 2025 promises tons of unmissable music for every kind of music fan – here are my picks.

Qobuz proves once again it's the hi-res music lovers' choice with DSD audio downloads

By Becky Scarrott published 10 October 24

Just bought a hi-res player or headphone DAC? Treat yourself to a Qobuz DSD download – you don't even need a subscription!

Tidal's game-changing feature lets your friends open shared songs in Spotify

By Cesar Cadenas published 28 March 24

Tidal's new universal links offer an easy way to share music without needing to download an app or make a playlist.

Tidal just made its hi-res music subscription as cheap as Apple Music

By Roland Moore-Colyer published 11 April 24

Tidal is now cheaper than Spotify and offers a lot more his-res audio options. Maybe it’s time to swap?

Qobuz Club’s first anniversary proves the original hi-res streaming service will always do things differently to Spotify

By Carrie Marshall published 22 March 24

Qobuz adds to its free Club membership with a paid-for tier that offers exclusive events, deals and discounts.

Fed up streaming songs that all sound the same? Qobuz brings you legendary labels to level up your listening

By Carrie Marshall published 28 March 25

Qobuz's new Labels feature showcases legendary labels across all your favorite genres.

Spotify seems to be gearing up for more expensive subscriptions, and I'm annoyed

By Henry St Leger published 7 February 25

Spotify's new deal with Warner Music Group should help "further paid subscription tiers".

Deezer is rolling out its answer to Wrapped and Replay, plus three new features you won't find on Spotify or Apple Music

By Becky Scarrott published 16 April 25

Deezer's launching four new features between now and the end of May – and top of the pile has to be platform-agnostic music sharing

Tidal's incoming HiFi price cut makes it an even better Spotify alternative

By David Nield published 6 March 24

Tidal is doing away with its Plus tier, so everyone gets the highest quality lossless audio for the same price.

Spotify's cheaper music-only tier appeared and disappeared in the UK – here's what it offered

By Carrie Marshall published 7 June 24

Spotify's CEO promised this would come, and now we maybe know what to expect from it.

Shazam's new Viral Chart wants to be your one-stop playlist for the latest hits and classics getting more spins

By Jacob Krol published 7 May 25

Shazam's new Viral Chart playlists are rooted in data, highlighting the latest hits and classics getting more spins.

Spotify launches new service for audiobooks but Supremium is still missing

By Cesar Cadenas published 1 March 24

Audiobooks Access Tier offers 15 hours of listening time and requires users to go to another website to purchase it.

Tidal's waving goodbye to MQA and Sony 360 Reality Audio: here's what you need to know

By Carrie Marshall published 19 June 24

Tidal is betting on FLAC and Dolby Atmos as the key formats for hi-res audio and spatial audio

Alexa+ is coming to Amazon Music, and it’s an AI DJ, playlist curator, and music encyclopedia all rolled into one

By Rowan Davies published 5 November 25

You can ask the new AI assistant to create specific playlists and even answer your burning music trivia questions.

Spotify will 'double down' on music in 2025, but does that mean Hi-Fi or AI?

By Henry St Leger published 6 February 25

Spotify has big plans for 2025 after its first full-year profit, and maybe we'll get the new music tier we've wanted for years.

AI music platform Udio and Universal Music strike a deal – is this AI music's Spotify moment?

By Eric Hal Schwartz published 31 October 25

UMG allies with AI music startup Udio for an AI-powered music streaming service.

A new Spotify and Tidal rival is coming with support for next-gen wireless Hi-Res Audio

By Carrie Marshall published 17 June 24

A new streaming service for audiophiles (and tech-heads) is coming, with support for MQA AIRIA.

Spotify may be raising prices, here are my 3 favorite alternatives

By Cesar Cadenas published 3 April 24

A recent Bloomberg report states Spotify may add an extra two dollars to the standard plan to make up for audiobook costs.

Finding new artists on Spotify just got harder after layoffs put an end to useful music encyclopedia, and I’m tired of it

By Carrie Marshall published 14 February 24

Spotify's cost-cutting drive means one of the best third party Spotify sites has lost all access to the service.

The 90s revival continues! WH Smith announces it's selling vinyl in shops again

By Becky Scarrott published 22 October 24

WH Smith is about to become your local record store again – someone tell me Woolworths is reopening!

Apple Music's awesome $2.99 deal is your reason to finally switch from Spotify

By Jacob Krol published 3 February 25

Apple Music is offering new subscribers an excellent deal ahead of Super Bowl LIX and the Apple Music Halftime Show. You can get six months for just $2.99, an exceptional savings.

Missing Spotify's lyrics? They're coming back for free users again, with no restrictions

By Becky Scarrott published 31 July 24

The general gist was that Spotify pulled free lyrics so it could add them to its additional $5 HiFi tier, so maybe that plan's scrapped…

Amazon Music has Delivered its 2024 Spotify Wrapped clone – here’s how to find it

By Hamish Hector published 4 December 24

Amazon Music Delivered 2024 is here to show off your year in music.

Our favorite budget audiophile brand has a new affordable hi-res music player, with a desktop mode to make it part of your hi-fi setup

By Carrie Marshall published 13 June 25

The FiiO M21 offers high-spec hi-res without a high price – and has a cool cassette deck case, because why not

Spotify Supremium leak reveals what the new tier and some features may look like at launch

By Cesar Cadenas published 2 May 24

Images show Spotify Supremium could have a compatibility checker to see if your phone can run hi-res audio and the tier might get a new name.

Spotify is adding another 1,000 audiobooks for Premium subscribers

By Carrie Marshall published 29 July 24

More books from smaller publishers are now available for you to stream

Finally, Apple Music might be making it easier to leave Spotify – with your playlists

By Becky Scarrott published 20 February 24

Reddit users spotted a feature in Apple Music for Android beta that offers up a third-party playlist import app natively.

Is Spotify Mix already overshadowed? This audio-mixing software lets you mix Spotify’s entire music library

By Rowan Davies published 25 September 25

Algoriddim's audio-mixing tool djay now allows you to access all of Spotify's music catalog.

Get ready for Spotify Supremium – Spotify CEO finally reveals ideas for 'higher quality' tier that's a lot pricier

By Matt Bolton published 23 July 24

Spotify's Daniel Ek gets even more candid about the long-rumored higher tier – but don't expect it right away.

DJ with Apple Music lands, allowing subscribers to build and mix DJ sets directly from its +100 million-song catalog

By Becky Scarrott published 25 March 25

Let's get this party started you Apple Music DJ, you!

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