Tyler Hayes

Tyler Hayes is a Southern California native, early technology adopter, and music enthusiast. You can reach him at tyler@liisten.com

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China’s WeChat Isn’t Just An App—It’s A Cross-Cultural Education

The powerful messaging app has a billion users, and is both a major influence, yet strikingly different from Western competitors.

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You’re About To Get Down With This Week’s New Music, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Snoop And…Third Eye Blind?

Rod Stewart rocks the new A$AP Rocky song, seriously.

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Tanlines Gets Down To Business, Sets up Conference Call To Preview New Album

Tanlines band are crushing the art of releasing a new music album in 2015.

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SWISH: You’ve Got A Week’s Worth Of New Music To Listen To

Hear the new jams from Disclosure, Britney Spears, and My Morning Jacket.

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Your Weekly New Music Guide, Featuring Refused, Jamie XX, Hot Chip, And More

Get down with new music from Refused, Mates of State, Hot Chip, and hear Grimes’s thoughts on Tidal.

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Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Blur, Alabama Shakes, And Neil Young

Get down with new music from Panic! At The Disco, Mew, Peter Bjorn And John, and more.

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Your Between-Coachella-Weekends New Music Roundup, Featuring Mumfords, Tyler The Creator, And More

Hear new music from Tyler the Creator, Mumford & Sons, Brand New, The Weeknd, and more.

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Don’t Get Stuck In A Playlist Rut: Check Out The New Music Roundup Featuring Beyonce, Rihanna, Passion Pit, And More

Beyonce, Rihanna, and The National provide Tidal with big exclusives. There’s also new music this week from Passion Pit and more.

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Spotify, Tidal, Taylor Swift, And The Coming Streaming Music Wars

The battle for listeners is about much more than one star’s catalog.

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Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, With Jay Z, Joy Williams, Ludacris, And More

Hear new music from Joy Williams, All Get Out, and Toro y Moi, and find out what #TIDALforALL is all about.

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Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie, And More

Get caught up on this week’s new releases from Florence and the Machine, Shamir, Charli XCX, and more.

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Moju Wants To Be A Smarter Instagram

On the surface, this app is awfully Instagrammy. But it has big, ambitious plans for your photos.

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Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, SXSW

There’s a new Kendrick Lamar album, plus new stuff from Laura Marling, Grimes, AWOLNATION, and more.

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The Story Behind The Insanely Catchy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Theme Song

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earworm combines old-school TV-music principles with the Internet-era-appropriate auto-tuned news. Here how it came together.

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Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring M.I.A., Mumford, More

Hear new music from Mumford And Sons, M.I.A., Lord Huron, Local H, and more.

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Your 1-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Earworm, And The Mumfords

Your new music round-up for the week of March 2, featuring the follow-up to “Call Me Maybe,” a stirring performance by Alabama Shakes, and more.

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Why Kelly Clarkson Is Treating Twitter Like A Music Platform

“It’s the place where she’s really herself.” And the new audio cards don’t hurt, either.

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You Should Hear This: Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Death Cab, Scarlett Johansson, And Big Sean

Looking for new music? Look, and listen, here–it’s our new, weekly roundup of new releases, videos, and music news.

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This Is How Apple Beats Spotify

By applying the App Store model to artists, Apple could build more than just another sleek on-demand streaming music service.

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Next Out Of Pandora’s Box: Letting The Artists Speak To You, Literally

Pandora is expanding its artist platform to include direct-to-listener messages.

Ideas

Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

Ideas

People with disabilities are still twice as likely to be unemployed

Ideas

Can manufactured homes help the housing crisis?

Entertainment

This charity shirt sends the opposite message of Melania’s jacket

Entertainment

Rebecca Minkoff on creating a brand and workplace for modern women

Entertainment

Top 5 ads of the week: Cannes Lions Grand Prix edition

Co.Design

Products

The toilet of the future is made of mushrooms

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Artists and illustrators respond to Trump’s immigration policies

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The only Hawaiian shirt you should wear this summer

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Five ways consumer brands can become more queer-friendly

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Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

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Tyler Hayes

China’s WeChat Isn’t Just An App—It’s A Cross-Cultural Education

The powerful messaging app has a billion users, and is both a major influence, yet strikingly different from Western competitors.

You’re About To Get Down With This Week’s New Music, Feat. A$AP Rocky, Snoop And…Third Eye Blind?

Rod Stewart rocks the new A$AP Rocky song, seriously.

Tanlines Gets Down To Business, Sets up Conference Call To Preview New Album

Tanlines band are crushing the art of releasing a new music album in 2015.

SWISH: You’ve Got A Week’s Worth Of New Music To Listen To

Hear the new jams from Disclosure, Britney Spears, and My Morning Jacket.

Your Weekly New Music Guide, Featuring Refused, Jamie XX, Hot Chip, And More

Get down with new music from Refused, Mates of State, Hot Chip, and hear Grimes’s thoughts on Tidal.

Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Blur, Alabama Shakes, And Neil Young

Get down with new music from Panic! At The Disco, Mew, Peter Bjorn And John, and more.

Your Between-Coachella-Weekends New Music Roundup, Featuring Mumfords, Tyler The Creator, And More

Hear new music from Tyler the Creator, Mumford & Sons, Brand New, The Weeknd, and more.

Don’t Get Stuck In A Playlist Rut: Check Out The New Music Roundup Featuring Beyonce, Rihanna, Passion Pit, And More

Beyonce, Rihanna, and The National provide Tidal with big exclusives. There’s also new music this week from Passion Pit and more.

Spotify, Tidal, Taylor Swift, And The Coming Streaming Music Wars

The battle for listeners is about much more than one star’s catalog.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, With Jay Z, Joy Williams, Ludacris, And More

Hear new music from Joy Williams, All Get Out, and Toro y Moi, and find out what #TIDALforALL is all about.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab For Cutie, And More

Get caught up on this week’s new releases from Florence and the Machine, Shamir, Charli XCX, and more.

Moju Wants To Be A Smarter Instagram

On the surface, this app is awfully Instagrammy. But it has big, ambitious plans for your photos.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, SXSW

There’s a new Kendrick Lamar album, plus new stuff from Laura Marling, Grimes, AWOLNATION, and more.

The Story Behind The Insanely Catchy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Theme Song

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earworm combines old-school TV-music principles with the Internet-era-appropriate auto-tuned news. Here how it came together.

Your 2-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring M.I.A., Mumford, More

Hear new music from Mumford And Sons, M.I.A., Lord Huron, Local H, and more.

Your 1-Minute New Music Roundup, Featuring Carly Rae Jepsen’s New Earworm, And The Mumfords

Your new music round-up for the week of March 2, featuring the follow-up to “Call Me Maybe,” a stirring performance by Alabama Shakes, and more.

Why Kelly Clarkson Is Treating Twitter Like A Music Platform

“It’s the place where she’s really herself.” And the new audio cards don’t hurt, either.

You Should Hear This: Your New Music Roundup, Featuring Death Cab, Scarlett Johansson, And Big Sean

Looking for new music? Look, and listen, here–it’s our new, weekly roundup of new releases, videos, and music news.

This Is How Apple Beats Spotify

By applying the App Store model to artists, Apple could build more than just another sleek on-demand streaming music service.

Next Out Of Pandora’s Box: Letting The Artists Speak To You, Literally

Pandora is expanding its artist platform to include direct-to-listener messages.

Ideas

Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

People with disabilities are still twice as likely to be unemployed

Can manufactured homes help the housing crisis?

Entertainment

This charity shirt sends the opposite message of Melania’s jacket

Rebecca Minkoff on creating a brand and workplace for modern women

Top 5 ads of the week: Cannes Lions Grand Prix edition

Co.Design

The toilet of the future is made of mushrooms

Artists and illustrators respond to Trump’s immigration policies

The only Hawaiian shirt you should wear this summer

Fast Company

Five ways consumer brands can become more queer-friendly

Coming soon to cities: one transit app to rule them all

Netflix fires C-level exec for using racial slurs