Yesterday, on May 31, 2010, the streaming music site Lala shut down. Apple had bought it out late last year, and in April, it was decided that the company would get the plug pulled on. It’s a sad day for music, since I relied on it heavily to listen to and review new alums without having to resort to downloading them and let the files take up (usually unwanted) space on my hard drive. And there’s always the struggle in finding files with the right bitrate so you don’t get files that sound like crap. Lala made millions of songs appear instantly, and pristine-sounding for free and legally(with the option to buy of course). Now I’m going to have to find another site that has an endless library of full-length albums with amazing sound quality. Any recommendations? I don’t mind downloading, but when it comes to reviewing albums once and never hearing them again, downloading can tend to be cumbersome.
RIP Lala…. You have a place in digital heaven (2006-2010)