I’m a late adopter of Shazam, which is a semi-magic music recognition service. I just gave it a ten song shuffle from my collection.
Shazam matched:
- LLL — Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
- Puppet Master — Marissa Nadler
- He Woke Me Up Again — Sufjan Stevens
- At The Bottom Of Everything — Bright Eyes
- Derelict — Beck
Shazam found no match for:
- Religious Songs — Withered Hand
- Caney Fork River — Old Man Luedecke
- Appetite — Mount Eerie
- Setting Forth — Flashman
Shazam was completely wrong about:
- Reuben — Rafe Stefanini, which it thought was Sure The One You Need — Ron Wood.
So: 50% hit rate, 50% miss — and one false positive. Adequate.
Karl recommended I try SoundHound. It matched:
- LLL — Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
- He Woke Me Up Again — Sufjan Stevens
- Religious Songs — Withered Hand
- Caney Fork River — Old Man Luedecke
- At The Bottom Of Everything — Bright Eyes
- Derelict — Beck
Soundhound didn’t match:
- Puppet Master — Marissa Nadler
- Reuben — Rafe Stefanini
- Appetite — Mount Eerie
- Setting Forth — Flashman
So it knew about Withered Hand and Old Man Luedecke, but didn’t know about Marissa. About the same; maybe slightly better.