Last.FM has relaunched with some new features, included a Flash-based player… [see story by Marshall Kirkpatrick at TechCrunch].

I commented previously on the pros and cons of social-recommendation (Last.FM) vs ’sounds-like-this-based-on-parameters’ (Pandora). My update on this now is that

a) Last.FM’s Flash player moves it into the ‘as simple as Pandora’ zone, but I find that with the window in the background (Windows XP, FireFox) it stutters a lot… bah

b) Pandora, is great for ‘lazy-mode’ listening if (i) I do not ’skip’ too many songs, and (ii) I pick artists from pretty obvious genres where it is easy to find ’sounds-like-this’ matches…

So I generally get better results and a more pleasant overall experience with Pandora, but my hunch based on other people’s remarks is that Pandora is less good for more adventurous/indie listening.

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