Hi everyone!

I was wondering, what do you guys use for online music discovery that is at a Spotify-level quality?

I’ve been having tough luck finding new music for the genre I like and thought I’d ask around here!

I checked out InnerTune, but it seems like it doesn’t proxy my requests and sends them right back to Google. Also, a Linux supported client would be preferable .

Thanks in advance!

  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    28 days ago

    What genre of music is it you are looking for?

    I follow a lot of people on SoundCloud and will listen to different mixes from people I already like which can then introduce me to new tunes and artists via those mixes.

    I also follow a lot of people on bandcamp which can help me keep up with their releases but also you can follow different genre tags on there which will then suggest you new and older releases that fall within that genre. You can also browse the genre tag to then get suggestions of artists you may not already be aware of.

    Also on bandcamp if you browse a lot of the same genre you will notice users who buy a lot of the same genre as you so I have a few “fans” I follow and I will periodically look through their purchases to find new shit.

    The only downside to the genre tags on bandcamp is the artists incorrectly tagging their release so for example I follow dubstep mainly but a lot of people that release this kind of music will use both the dubstep and drum and bass tags for the same releases even if it only actually falls into one of them.

    In this same vein you can have a look at the charts on things like Juno or beatport (although personally I can’t stand beatport so will not buy from them) that will list new releases within a genre or list what is selling well (new and old) within that genre.

    • pissman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      28 days ago

      I am mainly looking for traditional Arabic music, which is hard to do without knowing Arabic haha. I do use bandcamp and follow various artists, but this is only helpful for new releases. Genre tags help find albums, and are less track-based.

    • pissman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      I do use Soulseek, but it has no ‘Discover’ option. I want to find music recommendations based on tracks that I listen to.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    28 days ago

    I know it’s becoming a trend to not let YouTube put cookies on your computer, but I have always gotten excellent suggestions from there.

    Just play videos of the songs you like, and the suggested videos start feeding off of that history.

    I don’t even log in, it just goes by whatever video is playing now and my recent watch history according to that particular browser.