The vagaries of the Spotify algorithm

[Knotted]

Can and Moondog are staples of mine too. But I wouldn't knock Dire Straights, Knopfler is such a unique guitarist... there's actually a subtle flamenco style on Sultans of Wing and... oh... erm... It was me. Sorry danny la rouge !

 

[Voley]

Annoyingly, I have to admit to knowing what Knotted is on about with that flamenco bit.

 

[Voley]

MY PARENTS USED TO LISTEN TO IT, OK ?!?!

 

[skyscraper101]

It personally like to remove myself from Spotify now. It's costing £240/year on my family plan which is bollocks. I'd quite happily swap it out for YouTube Music because I have a premium YouTube Premium subscription anyway (so it's included), but crucially YouTube Music doesn't sync with Amazon Echo, (or Shazam which is a lesser issue) - so I'm wedded to the bastard app for now. But I'm seriously considering jumping ship more than ever.

 

[danny la rouge]

OK, who knows if this is possible?

I’d like to see and possibly compile a list of which new releases I’ve listened to this year. Singles and/or albums.

This seems like something a third party app might offer. Anyone know of anything out there?

 

[danny la rouge]

A Spotify odyssey:

 

[Voley]

Not quite the same but probably pretty good I'd imagine.

In a similar vein, there was a Lez Zeppelin doing the rounds a few years back.

 

[Lotte]

I found a singer called Phildel via the algorithm after listening to Emilie Autumn. She's done a couple of songs I like, Wolf and Holes in Your Coffin. The algorithm also played a song called Bloodsucker by a Canadian dark band called Johnny Hollow. It comes up with some interesting choices sometimes.

 

[Silas Loom]

Fuckers are serving up ads in their app now. £20 a month to listen to music which is easily available on torrents, enshittified with wide-of-the-mark suggestions that I might want to go and do a coding course at a dubious college.

 

[Hollis]

I dunno if i am late to this, but have just discovered if you bung in a word like 'angry' 'depressed' 'happy' 'joyful' (etc. etc.) in the playlists search, then it will produce a playlist recommended for you - i.e based on what you've been listening to/in library..