Subscribe to Artists

[chopztix]

I know for a fact that myself and a lot of people I know would love a feature that lets you subscribe to an artist or a group, immediately letting one know when a new album/track has been released.

[Tim]

Check out FreshSpotify...

http://www.freshspotify.com/

[schneiderareed]

This is a genius move Spotify.  

I'll be waiting for New Release Feed.  

[chopztix]

Cool, thanks. Still needs to be implemented in Spotify, though. Something like the notification-system that Facebook has, that some others have already mentioned on this site.

[chris__]

This is  maybe not what you are searching for, but we have a way that you can follow your favorite music artist directly in spotify @ www.spotmylist.com 

[David]

I think I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I'll say it again.

I imagine something like this would be to have a notifcation number next to Artist / Playlist, informing you that new tracks have been added. Almost like a Skype system where the number on the left hand side tells you that there is a new message waiting for you. 

This has been mentioned as an idea before - I'll put it forward again. 

[bradavon]

I use Fresh Spotify too but I'd prefer Spotify did it too.

[gs]

Anyone knows how freshspotify is built? How do they get the new releases by date?

I miss the old google doc with updates that made it possible to build mashups with last.fm and other music sites.

[bradavon]

@ GS: It says here: www.freshspotify.com/about.

The guy who runs it Richard Keen is a nice guy. It broke at one point. I e-mailed him and he was right on it fixing it. I also managed to create two accounts under two e-mail addresses and quickly deleted one for me.

[Jipem]

As the selection of album, it would be nice to select an artist. This would add a new page "Selected Artists" and warn us of the output of one of his new album on Spotify.

[rrkelley]

I'd love this feature baked into spotify also. It's cool using a 3rd party site, but integrating it into the core functionality would be awesome.