Ghostly’s Music Discovery iPhone app
Our friends over at Ghostly, who consistently dig up the glitchiest, choicest electronica, have just released a brilliant new music discovery iPhone app which is available for download through their website. This thing is smoking hot, packed with new music and beautifully designed. You can also create Playlists through it and share tracks with your friends. We’ve created a Playlist of some of our favorite Ghostly music, which you can check out above.
Tagged: cool iPhone app, electronica, Ghostly
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francis said | 24 July, 2009
that Solvent tune is MASSIVE. i’m in love all over again