Hype Machine Hacking

I'm trying to not overwhelm everyone today with a thousand posts, but this one is important. I just realized that everyone's favorite MP3 aggregator, The Hype Machine, has added RSS capabilities for their search terms. What that means is that you can do a search for an artist or a song with the Hype Machine, copy the RSS feed into iTunes and subscribe to it as a podcast. That way whenever the Hype Machine finds new things that match your search terms it'll get downloaded automatically in iTunes for you. OH MY FUCKING GOD!

Of course it's not perfect and you'll get a handful of duplicate tracks. And the search tends to take a while to return results. Oh well, I'm will to accept these faults.

If you're a noob to podcasts here's a quick walk through

1. Go to The Hype Machine
2. Search for something (ie. "the national live")
3. Scroll down the page to where it says "Get RSS Feed" with a little orange box next to it that says "XML"
4. Right click on the orange box and copy the link that it gives you
5. Go to iTunes, go to the "Advanced Menu" and select "Subscribe to podcast"
6. Paste the link into the dialog box that pops up and hit enter
7. You're all done. iTunes will automatically download any new MP3's that match your search term. In other words whenever someone posts a new live MP3 of the National, KABOOM! It's now downloaded into iTunes for you! Fuck yeah!

Here are some pre-made RSS feeds for you that you just have to copy and paste the link for.

"The National Live"
"Ghostface Killah"
"Justice Remix"
Stereogum blog
The Music Slut's Blog
Brooklyn Vegan Blog