we are pleased to announce that Amie Street is now available on boxee. Amie Street is a new comer to the Music Store scene, and they have taken a fresh new look at what a Music Store experience means.

they have a very consumer friendly approach. when new tracks/albums show up on Amie Street they are dirt cheap. the price rises as they gain popularity (but never more that $0.98 per track), so if you’re one of those people that are early to discover new music you are awarded by paying really low prices! you can stream the full tracks on the web, or download DRM-free MP3s.

if you REC (write a short review) the music you discover, you are rewarded when they become more popular (you actually get credit to your account).

the first version of the Amie Street boxee enables you to listen to the music in your Amie Street library, listen to your playlists, browse the history of the stuff you’ve been listening to during the day, browse recommendations and more. you can also save albums for later (so you can listen/buy them on the web). future versions will also enable you to buy music directly from boxee.

there is also a special offer for boxee users:

• Go to http://amie.st/boxee-challenge to get 25% when you add credit to your account.
• Sign up and you can download these 17 tracks of glory @ericdamiestreet put together for free
• If you’re in NYC, swing by our office in Long Island City (1 stop from grand central on the 7) and we’ll hook you up with some sweet t-shirts, buttons, and possibly a shot of Malort.

Amie Street in their own words:

What is Amie Street?
Amie Street is a pretty sweet music store.  All songs start free or stupid cheap and rise in price to 98 cents as they become more popular.  That means when new albums come out like the new Spinal Tap (http://amie.st/music/spinal-tap) you can get them at a really good price if you come across them early enough (Music in your Inbox every Tuesday is the best way to do that http://amie.st/newsletter/landing?pytr=boxee-challenge).  Everything you download comes in MP3 and you can listen to anything you buy in full from the site.  You can also REC your favorites (tiny reviews) and if song becomes more popular, you can get credit back in your account for more music.

What does the app do?
The purpose of the app is to connect what you do on Amiestreet.com during the day while you’re at work/school/library whatever with your living room. The app has two basic modes: pull in, push out.  You pull in your purchases and listen to them in your library, make a playlist at work and then listen to it at home while you do chores, show your roommate that awesome live album by The Drones (http://amie.st/music/the-drones) you came across, or use your history to track down that crazy pirate jig you bumped into after lunch (http://amie.st/music/dark-dark-dark) etc. You push out went you’re actively browsing your recommendations, the new releases, or search by saving them for later (and soon buying them) to listen to while you’re at work the next morning.

Why is boxee and the Amie Street app awesome?
One of the things we focus on a lot is making music fun again.  We want to expose people to as much music as possible that makes them stand up and say “damn! what was that?”. Music should excite us, and not just be something that annoys us when it starts autoplaying on a myspace page.  We all have at least one experience when we were listening to the radio in the kitchen or a new record playing on the family turntable that genuinely surprised us and made our mouths drop. Boxee as a platform can connect you to music by its very nature in a way that connects to you personally with a level of intimacy that just isnt possible to achieve through a website blasting out of your crappy laptop speakers.

What was it like developing on boxee?
Coming from a Flex background, building apps in boxee is super simple.  For a long time, it has been nothing but background noise.  After adjusting to the GUI XML specifics, trading in AS3 for python, and figuring out you need to edit sources.xml, it was a breeze.  The app itself does everything over our API (more on that in a few weeks) and because of the way our API is engineered, generating a client class to use inside the boxee app took all of 10 minutes of C++.

What’s next for the app?
Being able to buy albums. Browsing by genres. RECs. Staff picks. Totally open to suggestions. Email me lucas@amiestreet.com

Can I get some free stuff?
Always. Go to http://amie.st/boxee-challenge to get 25% when you add credit to your account.  Sign up and you can download these 17 tracks of glory @ericdamiestreet put together for free http://amie.st/playlist/0eIZdys_fvox?pytr=boxee-challenge If you’re in NYC, swing by our office in Long Island City (1 stop from grand central on the 7) and we’ll hook you up with some sweet t-shirts, buttons, and possibly a shot of Malort (http://www.flickr.com/photos/srobbin/3632773093/).

What is Malort?
Check wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malort