Experiments in (hardware) music player UX emilechuffart.com/project/tiles

The increased demand of AI on hard drive costs mashable.com/article/ai-h...

We've worked with Rob for many years; his integrity, honesty, belief, drive and enthusiasm for @MetaBrainz were an inspiration.

Backblaze drive stats, 2025. Annual failure rates down, lifetime failure rates stable. www.backblaze.com/blog/backbla...

Be careful which version of 7-Zip you download! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-...

New Astiga build 🚀 - Major Web play queue refactor (faster large playlists) - Library enhancement now adds release dates, genres & cover art - Profiles UI in Web settings - Multiple Sonos, sync & sorting fixes Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Very nice (and the free CDs were a bonus!) #cdcollectors www.reddit.com/r/Cd_collect...

A nicely written and presented series of experiments getting #ClaudeCode to write music www.josh.ing/blog/claude-... thanks @jshchnz

AI bots' musical tastes are undeniably #Radio2 moltdj.com/discover

Oh cool, Subsonic compatibility! That means you could connect it to... me! And see reccos in your own/Subsonic/Astiga collection...

Be careful blindly using AI skills... www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted...

Some good tips on musical acquisition and discovery post-streaming here... hidde.blog/owning-music/

An interesting site collecting musical works and connecting them to works of art (painting, film, literature) that inspired them artdots.co/category/music

Connecting Navidrome to @listenbrainz.org for generated playlists and more stat-tastic listening analytics chhs1.github.io/blog/2026/01...

Library enhancement gets supercharged in the coming weeks... now filling in missing cover art! #metadata #musichoarder

Interesting analysis (ignore the overly specific title) of musical listening stats - interesting how music streaming peaks during work hours www.statsignificant.com/p/whats-the-...

"The result is a disappearing middle class of artists. Musicians either play stadiums or work day jobs." an article on intentional listening, shared musical experience and music economics linernotesxr.substack.com/p/when-music... thanks @TyDosh

MTV Rewind is a tour through MTV's glory days wantmymtv.vercel.app/player.html

New Astiga iOS alpha update 🎶 • Album & artist carousels in the Library • Full A–Z album and artist browsing • New album pages with playback • New artist pages with one-tap play Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/7...

This Month in Digital Music Libraries - January 2026. Napster & MTV close, research reveals evolving music trends, and self-hosters build DIY streaming solutions. www.blisshq.com/music-librar...

A rundown of Linux music players crescentro.se/posts/linux-...

Hipsters be like... boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vi...

I don't know if I can agree with the long-term goal of #listenbrainz ... 🤣 https://listenbrainz.org/about/

Eeeek: an exploit of Bluetooth audio www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20... . Affects Sony, Jabra, JBL, Marshall, Xiaomi, Nothing, OnePlus, Soundcore, Logitech, and Google devices.

Yuzo Koshiro was the primary producer behind the music for the Streets of Rage series, but this gem of a Wikipedia page brings together all the contributors and how the music developed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_o...

Now, this could be useful - github.com/meeb/bandcam... . Automated downloads of @Bandcamp.com purchases - point it at your music folder, buy some music... it should appear. Shame that @Bandcamp.com haven't opened their API to avoid the initial session cookie setup.

@bandcamp.com take a stand against AI generated music. Is this pure branding and messaging? Is there a valid use of AI in music creation? www.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/c...

Props to #Bose for handling EOL properly... arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

First Astiga build of 2026 🎉 A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup. Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Building my own streaming service - #Hetzner, #Jellyfin, #Wireguard layandreas.github.io/personal-blo...

A nostalgic look back on the "MP3 Blog" scene of the early 00s cybercultural.com/p/mp3-blogs-...

An example of how the music streamers prefer to lock you into their catalogue rather than your _own_ music davids.town/dear-apple-p... (see www.blisshq.com/music-librar... and www.blisshq.com/music-librar... alternatives)

What do listening stats mean if you're consuming music passively? I think they make sense in an intentional listening context. @lizpelly nails it again (ignore the clickbait "AI" in the title, it's really not a lot to do with AI) www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

A tale of two shutdowns! First, Napster finally departs... musically.com/2026/01/05/n...

"Our analysis reveals a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity over five decades" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"If you want to actually support your favorite artists, buy their music outright. " birchtree.me/blog/more-on... Thanks @birchtree.me

Another #TakeBackControl post - this time from @AppleMusic wonderfulfrog.com/posts/take-t... "A nice side-effect of poring over my music library has been re-discovering music I had long forgotten about. " - I notice this when importing the same library to different players sometimes

New Astiga build 🎄 - Playlist storage account remapping - Clearer library enhancement details - Play queue button moved - Multiple fixes incl. Sonos, genres, playlists & sync reliability community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Record players surged with the return of vinyl, so for cassettes... walkman.land/modern

A quick primer on Indian classical music andrewbatson.com/2025/10/11/f...

Don't run your Tailscale exit node on the same computer running #LMS www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/...

Fixing up an old PC to use as a #NAS www.howtogeek.com/turned-old-w...

Of general interest... www.ryanliptak.com/blog/windows... (who wants to try mapping their music folder to ♫:\ ?)

If you're not paying for the product.... etc etc jayd.ml/2025/11/10/s...

Another excuse... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A very smart looking DIY #NAS build blog.briancmoses.com/2025/11/diy-... Thanks @briancmoses.com

This Month in Digital Music Libraries - November 2025 www.blisshq.com/music-librar... @audiophilestyle.com @dmitri.tymoczko @hicks.design

How Limewire was the "missing link" between the high seas of Napster and subsequent legitimate streaming services www.theverge.com/podcast/8208...

One for the #MBAs maybe, but this is an interesting, counter-intuitive, example of how a new competitive market entrant can improve revenue for all players www.headphonesty.com/2025/11/spot... (plus a big mis-step with the ICE adverts)

If you self host your own music library to avoid algorithmic recommendations, and use #Windows, you may want to disable this... www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/18/w... - note the agent has write access to your music!