*Hypegram *is a simple desktop application that allows you to stream and
search for songs on the popular music streaming site, Hype Machine. In this
early beta version of Hypegram, you are given a very simple, well designed
yet slightly spartan interface. You have the option to browse music by
"Popular," "Latest," "Loved," "Subscribed," and "Twitter". You can also
search for an artist or track name. While the Hype Machine has limited
streaming from their website, there is *no limit using this application* (at
least for now). This is a great music streaming service and app for
discovering new artists and remixes by artists. There are plenty of remixes
and mash ups available. Hypegram is still in very early beta so there are
plenty of issues and missing features. While Hype Machine's site supports
Twitter and Last.fm integration, Hypegram doesn't have either feature baked
in yet. There's a Twitter tab in Hypegram but it's not clear who Twittered
the songs. No Last.fm integration means no scrobbling to the popular song
tracking service. Hypegram also doesn't feature any type of normalization of
songs so some songs play much louder than others. This wouldn't be as much of
a problem if there were a volume slider in the app but there isn't. You'll
have to adjust volume using the system's volume slider. There are other
little quirks with Hypegram like the fact that the "album art" is pulled from
the specific blog post so some art is not relevant to the song at all.
Overall, Hypegram is a great, stable beta for music discovery. If you want to
stream songs you know you want to listen to, there are services like Spotify,
Grooveshark, Pandora, and Last.fm. *Hypegram has a long way to go but they're
off to an excellent start. *Download *Hypegram beta 1.0* in Softonic
