From Newgrass to Indietronica, Last.fm Discover allows users to make their own independent music discoveries, providing access to a range of music genres, free of charge and without commercials.

Sponsored by Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, the new app sits within Last.fm and will also allow unlimited skips, listens and the creation of mini mixtapes of newly discovered music, which can then be shared.

"Our team has grappled over the years on how to best overcome the barriers of discovering new ...