I don’t know what has taken me so long to actually try iLike as I apparently signed up for an account months ago. I’m sure it was on my to do list but just never got around to it and I was already sharing my playlists with last.fm. Since I did not download the sidebar app before now, I can’t speak for the functionality it had before but the latest version (as of 12/18/2007) is pretty slick.

It shares a lot of the same concepts as the Last.FM app but the look and feel of how well it integrates with iTunes is impressive. I really like how it fits in as a sidebar instead of a separate GUI and lists recommended artists (with previews), links to free mp3’s from up & coming artists that are related, videos, tourdates and news all from within a seamless interface.

As far as cool goes, These go to 11.

Tags: apps, iLike, itunes, last.fm, mashup, music, scrobble