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Giving the Gift of 8tracks Plus
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by Staff Picks on December 22, 2016
How to gift unlimited, ad-free listening with 12 months of 8tracks Plus to lucky souls you ‘ppreciate: 1. Send $29.99 (our 50% discounted rate) to [email protected] via PayPal, and include these details in the “note” section: The recipient’s 8tracks username or a link to...
by Staff Picks on November 29, 2016
How did we discover instrumental music? Were people singing around the campfire as usual, when everyone stopped to take a breath at the same time and collectively noticed “oh hey, the drums actually sound pretty good by themselves. Let’s make more instruments to see how far we...
by Staff Picks on November 23, 2016
We have a proposition for you. Consider the following two cases we present below: The case for holiday cheer The holidays are upon us, and we think it’s the most exciting time of the year--a time of warmth, comfort, and belonging, to say nothing of presents (though, yes,...
Is this year over yet?!
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by Staff Picks on November 22, 2016
The holidays (yes, ALL of them) are nearly upon us, and although we at 8tracks certainly look forward to the coming celebration of gluttony and consumerism friends and family, we can’t help but reflect wistfully upon the year that’s coming to a close--one that’s been...
by Staff Picks on November 08, 2016
Now that we’re done with the whimsical horror of Halloween we just have a few more days of the very real horror of the presidential election. This week will (hopefully) put an end to what has felt like years of nail-biting and night sweats and contingency plans to leave the...
by Staff Picks on November 03, 2016
Katya Szewczuk is a young adult writer, a YouTuber who hosts Miscat Squad, a place for teens to embrace their inner fans, and runs her own fan art request blog. When she's not fangirling over her shippings and fandoms she's working as KidLit TV's host and producer, helping...
by Staff Picks on October 31, 2016
Today is Halloween, a day that we look forward to every year as an opportunity to dress as something other than ourselves and live in a general atmosphere of terror and have a great time doing it. As you should hopefully be aware, we've been running a Halloween playlist...
by Samuel_peterson on October 19, 2016
As you probably know, our round on SeedInvest comes to an end this Friday, October 21. It’s been a truly inspiring experience, and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the unbelievable show of support along the way. We also want to make...