CAN YOU SPOT
A SMASH?

The Internet is a bottomless pit, and therefore, the ocean of new music released digitally is seemingly endless, but Spotify wants to help. The streaming giant has revealed a new feature, the New Release Sorting Hat; yes, the name was inspired by Harry Potter, and we imagine Daniel Ek looks pretty comfy in a wizard's robe.

The “experimental attempt at an algorithmic organization of the week’s new releases," as data alchemist Glenn McDonald puts it, provides just that, a list of releases sorted by genre and updated each Friday. Check it out here.