Although my MB says it's connected to the Internet, browsers stall, but Spotify works, why?

Strange things have been happening to my MB pro. After installing a new hard drive (it has been a while since this), and reinstalling OSX, my MB occasionally will display that it's connected to the Internet, but any browser will just stall and continuously try to connect to a webpage until it eventually errors. Also strange, Spotify will work, streaming songs that, as far as I know, are not cached on my computer. This occurs only occasionally, about once a week. My only remedy currently is to restart my MB, which is a little annoying. That sums up the problem.

Power cycle
     Power off the router. Unplug it from the wall. Wait a while.
     Plug it back to the wall. Power the router on. Wait until all the lights are lit properly.
     It will take a   while.
     Restart the computer.
     Start up in Safe Mode
     http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212

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