Tuneably

Reviewer: Tim McLain
Platform: Android

RATING:
4 out of 5

PRICE:
FREE

TASTY:
Pulls together several popular music discovery outlets into a single-app experience for nary a penny.

BUMMER:
If you simply want to listen to your favorite bands and discover similar artists for free, you’ll do better to tune into the Last.fm app. (Also free!) YouTube video results were hit or miss.

COOL:
Recent update included the ability to add live dates to your phone’s calendar.

REVIEW:
Music fans have a growing collection of no-cost Android apps that make it easy to follow favorite bands, watch music videos, find tour dates, purchase tickets, and discover similar artists.

Add Tuneably to the lineup, boasting an integrated last.fm, YouTube, BBC Music, and Bands in Town experience.

In fact, that’s exactly what you get in terms of an app experience here. Input your favorite bands or artists, then swipe across each viewing pane to read more information, watch YouTube videos (results were hit or miss), listen to tracks, view event information and buy tickets, and view similar artists.

Along the way you can link off to Wikipedia, the band’s official website, MySpace, or Last.fm to read more about the act, view fan and official sites, then listen to tracks recorded by the band and similar artists.

It’s certainly refreshing to have all this capability mashed into a single app. Sure many DROID owners can access each individual online destination rolled up here and conduct similar searches, but I’ll give Tuneably extra credit for saving me and other music fans a bit of time.

My favorite use for the app is to quick track down similar artists. Sure Last.fm does a darn good job of letting me listen to my favorite bands, but I have to wait for it to feed me similar artists and their tracks while listening. With this all I can skip to the Similar pane and scroll through a succinct listing without the wait.

The most recent update includes the ability to add live dates to your phone’s calendar, so you’ll never miss a show. If you're a serious music fan, grab this app and give it a go.