1. RYM - fun way to keep track of albums you’ve been listening to and see what your friends are listening to.
2. Last.fm for listening stats (more accurate than Spotify and Apple Music IMO, but that’s not news) but also for curated recs and leaving one-liner comments on songs/albums.
3. Bandcamp for buying music, yes, but also I’ve especially been loving their feature articles as of late. Good music writing!
Mar 6, 2025
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I came here to give a big +1 to all three of these sources; indeed I could never have written my EP book without them. ❤️
Mar 6, 2025
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Every time Spotify‘s algorithm hits a wall in terms of giving me new music, I use this site to look for new releases but I specifically look at artists who‘s music I haven’t heard before or if I’m feeling super experimental I’ll only look Into genres I've never heard of or barely know. I highly recommend this, it’s a fun way to discover new artists and music in general🤩
Music roamer is also a goated way of finding artists similar to your faves https://www.musicroamer.com (use the desktop version)
Apr 26, 2024
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NTS and Do You Radio are two of my daily listens — NTS has a tracklist function too + a huge archive of mixes.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
Apr 29, 2024
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i actually just made a list of my favorites right before i saw this! out of them, i'd recommend airbuds, cara, and last.fm the most!
airbuds is an app/site where you can see what music your friends are listening to and you can make a cool profile of music recommendations
cara is an app/site for artists with a great algorithm and i would use it more if i had more art to post and if people i knew were more active on it
last.fm is a music analytics website (they have an app but its not as good as the website) that goes pretty in depth about the music you listen to and recommends you some music too!
Mar 7, 2025
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showing that you care about things you care about is really cool
Mar 10, 2025
i actually have no shame in bumping this song, but #society makes me feel like i should. it is THE song of the 2000s, no debate. makes me feel like i should be filming myself lip syncing on photo booth with every filter possible and uploading it to youtube
Mar 2, 2025
all of the songs on this album fade into each other. 🤩 it’s what made me appreciate the art of the album when i was 15/16, and i still love to listen it in full from time to time, when the season is apt. you not only get great stand alone songs but also a thorough piece of art that helps curate the album’s feel. i love love love this album!!
Mar 8, 2025