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We've Moved!

Please be sure to check out our new and improved blog at http://blog.songza.com!

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12 Incredibly Fun Holiday Playlists

Songza has 72 unique Christmas playlists for every kind of holiday celebration. Find them all in our Concierge or choose from one of our:

12 Incredibly Fun Holiday Playlists

1. The Biggest Christmas Songs of All Time Recommended If You Like: Getting into the Christmas spirit, the smell of Christmas trees.

2. All I Want for Christmas Is Pop! RIYL: Mariah, Beyoncé, dancing around the Christmas tree.

3. Acoustic Guitar Christmas RIYL: A quiet and reflective Christmas, sitting by the fire.

4. Modern Country Christmas Hits RIYL: Celebrating Christmas in cowboy boots.

5. Teen Pop Christmas RIYL: The Justins (Bieber and Timberlake), the Spice Girls and spiced lattes.

6. The Coolest Christmas Songs of All Time RIYL: Getting vinyl for Christmas.

7. A Cosby Sweater Christmas RIYL: Coogi sweaters and R&B.

8. Yuletide Swing RIYL: Eggnog cocktails, finger snapping, bow ties.

9. Christmas at the Movies RIYL: Home Alone, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Elf, Home Alone 2.

10. A White Sand Christmas RIYL: Celebrating Christmas in a bikini or board shorts.

11. Merry Indie Christmas! RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, getting books for Christmas.

12. Merry F***ing Christmas RIYL: Having a bad attitude, listening to anything but Christmas music.

Happy holidays, Songza

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Songza Presents: Magic Man & Friends @ BK Night Bazaar

Songza is very happy to be curating a free night of live music at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday January 4th headlined by Songza's New Artist of the Month for January 2014, Magic Man.

Here are the details you need:

What: Songza.com Presents Magic Man & Friends

When: Saturday January 4, 2014; Doors at 6pm

Where: BK Night Bazaar; 165 Banker Street, Brooklyn, NY

Optional RSVP on Facebook: Click here

If you're not familiar with BK Night Bazaar, it's a combination night market, bar, game room (mini golf, ping pong) and music space that was recently listed as #1 on Brooklyn Magazine's "Brooklyn 20: Winter 2014" list.

Hope to see you there!

-Team Songza

p.s. We'll also be at BK Bazaar on Friday January 3rd to co-present with MyFreeConcerts.com if you'd like to come join us for what's sure to be a great night as well. Click here to RSVP!

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Songza on Chromecast!

We're happy to announce that we are now available on Google Chromecast on iPhone and Android!

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You can now update the Songza iPhone app to access a list of your thumbs-upped songs! (Just go to 'Favorites')

Enjoy the music,

Songza

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The Best Halloween Playlists Ever

Whether you spend Thursday giving out candy corn with the family, or dancing with a tall, mysterious stranger in a Wookiee mask, Songza has the right playlist for your Halloween gathering.

Throw the Ultimate Halloween Party, or impress your cool costumed friends with a fright-themed rock playlist that goes way beyond the "Monster Mash". Find these and other scary, spooky, goofy playlists on Songza.

And the funk of 40,000 years? We got that too.

Happy Halloween,

Songza

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Songza's Canadian HQ

Songza just got a lot more Canadian!  

Today we're proud to announce the incorporation and founding team of Songza Canada Inc.

Our new Canadian team brings incredible experience to Songza as well as great passion for advancing Songza’s mission of serving expertly-curated content that improves what our users are doing.

With 2.5 billion songs served in Canada over the last year, Songza is now improving the lives of over 2,400,000 Canadians each month; with the Songza Canada team, we’ll be able to add more value for more users, more quickly.

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Songza 3.2 on iOS

Click here to download the most beautiful version of Songza yet, now optimized for iOS 7.

In addition to fixing top crashes, this update brings a full-screen 'Now Playing' experience with easier access to save a playlist to your favorites, buy the song you're listening to, and go ad-free.

We hope you like this update as much as we do!

-Team Songza

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Songza is Partnering with Foursquare!

Songza is partnering with Foursquare to reward music fans on the go! 

We're happy to announce that Songza is officially on Foursquare! 

Starting today, you can unlock the Songza badge and get rewarded with a special playlist made just for our Foursquare followers. Here's how it works:

Step 1: Follow Songza on Foursquare http://foursquare.com/songza

Step 2: Check into one of our favorite live music venues: https://foursquare.com/songza/lists/created

Step 3: Listen to a special playlist of fresh new music, only available to our Foursquare followers. 

What are you waiting for?  Get out and go!

Update: Check into a second music venue on our list for the chance to earn a 6-month trial membership of Club Songza, featuring no ads and double the skips.    

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Exclusive World Premiere: American Authors "Hit It"

Over the past few months, Brooklyn-based rock band, American Authors have become wildly popular with the Songza audience with their bright and optimistic songs, "Best Day of My Life" and "Believer."

  In honor of the release of their forthcoming self-titled EP, out tomorrow, American Authors gave Songza the exclusive world premiere of their new song, "Hit It."

Click here to listen. Enjoy!

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New Artist to Watch: BASECAMP

BASECAMP is a brand new, Nashville-based trio of producers that make seductive, downtempo R&B.

Their first single, "Emmanuel," makes its Songza debut today on our New Artists to Watch playlist. Click here to listen to its glitchy break beats and smooth, R&B inflected vocals reminiscent of James Blake and SBTRKT -- a great subtle, groove to soundtrack working, relaxing, or hanging out with cool friends.

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Songza 3.1 on iOS!

Introducing Club Songza, an in-app subscription that offers you 100% ad-free listening, exclusive activities and playlists, and more.

Join the Club to experience Songza in its purest, most beautiful form.

This update also contains fixes for bugs and crashes.

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Exclusive World Premiere: Basic Vacation "I Believe"

Basic Vacation are a brand new NYC/Philadelphia-based trio who make energetic, anthemic, indie pop/rock.

We're really excited to be the first to debut their first single "I Believe" on our New Artists to Watch playlist. Listen now!

If you like what you hear, make sure to catch Basic Vacation on tour and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Congrats to the Audyssey Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to the 12 lucky winners of our Audyssey giveaway: Jay W, Uzair R, Anthony P, Jason C, Mark B, Stephanie K, Pablo G, Miles L, Scott J, Keith H, Marshall W and Bryan R.

Check your inbox for an email from Audyssey and stay tuned for your Sennheiser headphones!

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Try the Audyssey Media Player for FREE!

Love using HQ audio while listening to your favorite Songza playlist? The Audyssey technologies that power HQ audio are also available for your iTunes music library.  Our friends at Audyssey are hosting an exclusive giveaway for Songza users only!  Try out the Audyssey Media Player app for free from July 22nd-July 26th and complete the form below for a chance to win a pair of headphones.

1. Download the Audyssey Media Player for FREE

2. Write a review on the iTunes Store to be entered for a chance to win a pair of Sennheiser headphones.

3. Complete the form below and make sure to include a copy     of your review in the space provided.

See Official Rules for more details.

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New Artist of the Month: BANKS

Banks is a self-taught pianist, vocalist, and songwriter from Los Angeles whose music focuses on the duality of soulful earthly emotion and ethereal atmospheric sounds. 

The Songza community has been showing BANKS a ton of love on playlists like Witchy Thug Grrrl Pop, Freshly Squeezed, and Just Skin during the past 2 months and we're eagerly watching her career blossom. 

As Songza's "New Artist of the Month" for July, BANKS has hand-curated 3 playlists to help introduce you to the music and artists that have influenced her sultry, soulful, gritty and sensual sound. Listen to Body Wash for what BANKS describes as "fresh shit you wanna rub all over you," My Youth: Growing Up in the '90s consisting of "songs that remind me of being a little creature," or Voices with Crunch featuring "a collection of voices with Soul, Pain, Love, Rasp, Grit, Anger, Sex and CRUNCH."

Make sure to follow BANKS on Facebook and Twitter to get playlist updates and request songs!

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Announcing Club Songza!

You can now subscribe to Club Songza to go ad-free and get double the skips on Songza’s apps for iPhone, Android, Sonos, and the web.

Only $0.99 per week. (Cheaper than a soda!)