Spotify - anyone heard of it?

lumpygravy: art pop, fluxwork, outsider house, fourth world, float house, microhouse, art rock, dance rock, ambient, new wave, chamber psych, freak folk, dub techno, mandible, experimental, minimal techno, uk post-punk, drone, post-punk, noise pop, dream pop, experimental rock, intelligent dance music, neo-psychedelic, new romantic, new wave pop, detroit techno, compositional ambient, indietronica, bass music, electronic, techno, indie rock, no wave, indie r&b, electra, rock, chillwave, mellow gold, experimental pop, acid house, soft rock, industrial, alternative rock, escape room, deep house, preverb, classic rock, slow core, warm drone, chicago house, modern rock, vaporwave, future garage, tech house, lo-fi, folk-pop, shoegaze, gothic rock, new weird america, nu gaze, chamber pop, canterbury scene, dance-punk, indie pop, electropop, synthpop, album rock, electro, hauntology, dark jazz, psychedelic rock, garage psych, blues-rock, scottish new wave, alternative dance, noise rock, folk rock, sound art, new rave, drift, grave wave, funk, industrial rock, deep soul house, krautrock, wonky, space rock, punk, garage rock, roots rock, permanent wave, melancholia, minimal tech house, lo-fi house, free jazz, neo soul, trip hop, r&b, post-rock, contemporary post-bop, urban contemporary, british experimental, soul, neue deutsche welle, minimal, minimal wave, rap, folk, symphonic rock, ninja, cool jazz, jazz, post-hardcore, pop rock, alternative pop, free improvisation, hip hop, drill and bass, progressive rock, singer-songwriter, focus, afropop, world, dark post-punk, jazz fusion, zolo, dark wave, disco, jazz funk, scottish rock, gbvfi

someone posted on this thread a few months ago about the albums saved to their library would now only display in the order they were added, rather than a-z by artist

the same thing happened to me, so I guess this is an across the board thing - does anyone know if there's a way to change this?

― soref, Sunday, 11 November 2018 18:16 (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pretty sure I answered this at the time – pull down the albums list at the top to reveal an arrow-type thingy which you can use to sort your albums by artist or title.

Gah, I'm pretty narrow. (Thanks!) All that ECM didn't count for much, eh? Andras Schiff is apparently in my top three after all.

haha, nice - thank you glenn! xps

"permanent wave" is my excellent name for bands that were once "new wave" but people are still listening to them long afterwards, like U2 and REM.

Haha! Love it

lol @ gbvfi

And Tastebreakers just...isn't that. It's more like Discover Weekly Revisited.

Is gbvfi for guided by voices-sounding lofi acts?

that was my guess - not sure what i might have been listening to though

I can't see anything past "Firsts" in my Spotify Unwrapped (I know this would be anathema to 2018 but a text-only version would be nice) but my username is 1239159458

I am betamaxdk Glenn, thanks in advance 🙏

Also thx in advance, Glenn: I'm thepoacher.

Tangentially, it still baffles me that Spotify is so shit for sharing, seeing what followees are up to etc.

I’m curious too, glenn! innagadadavida here.

xp otm. I'd love spotify with the old last.fm functionality, groups and charts and wotnot

I'd like to know my microgenres too

my username is space_

thanks

The ordering of Top Songs is definitely wrong. I wish they gave play counts with the ordering. There's no way some of these songs in my top 10 got played more than 3 times.

the usual reason would be that your account is being used in some context you aren't thinking about, like connected to a TV or a Google Home or something

I get that, but I only have an account on laptop/phone which scrobble to last.fm so find it bizarre that this artist has appeared on it. Shame as the rest of the list is right up my street https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1Ejk8oZx5FgVYk

Glenn, would love to see my microgenres. username is: brotherlovesdub

glenn if you have any insights/theories on how the 762 songs widely varied songs i played last year were classified under the single genre of "art pop" I'd love to hear them

sorry "microgenre"

1239159458: art pop, indie r&b, escape room

betamaxdk: rock, folk-pop, folk rock, mellow gold, classic rock, freak folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter, art rock, chamber pop, folk, art pop, alternative rock, album rock, indie pop, soft rock, roots rock, modern rock, indie folk, lo-fi, traditional folk, slow core, psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelic, permanent wave, stomp and holler, melancholia, dance rock, new wave, noise pop, anti-folk, hip hop, rap, chamber psych, indietronica, dream pop, preverb, pop rock, lilith, jazz, adult standards, new weird america, protopunk, vocal jazz, alternative country, pop rap, garage psych, country rock, bossa nova, fourth world, cool jazz, new wave pop, new americana, contemporary post-bop, bebop, soul, danish hip hop, contemporary jazz, funk, mpb, samba, garage rock, afropop, danish pop, pop, indie r&b, southern rock, shoegaze, gangster rap, jazz fusion, world, afrobeat, hard bop, nu gaze, experimental rock, forro, dance pop, alternative dance, british folk, hardcore hip hop, blues-rock, chillwave, heartland rock, twee pop, dark jazz, jazz funk, experimental, east coast hip hop, southern hip hop, bubblegum pop, soul jazz, lounge, electropop, alternative hip hop, escape room, glam rock, cabaret, electronic, modern alternative rock, hard rock, brill building pop, traditional country, piano rock, post-punk, deep new americana, new rave, noise rock, r&b, jazz blues, british invasion, outlaw country, classic soul, dance-punk, jazz trumpet, motown, pub rock, new romantic, free jazz, neo soul, metropopolis, swing, trap music, jazz saxophone, indie jazz, avant-garde jazz, uk post-punk, dirty south rap, southern soul, norwegian jazz, hip pop, quiet storm, urban contemporary, float house, no wave

thepoacher: rock, folk-pop, alternative rock, indie rock, freak folk, chamber pop, slow core, art rock, folk rock, neo-psychedelic, art pop, melancholia, roots rock, lo-fi, modern rock, indie folk, fourth world, folk, singer-songwriter, indie pop, new wave, stomp and holler, dream pop, classic rock, new weird america, noise pop, psychedelic rock, permanent wave, ambient, soul, mellow gold, alternative country, drone, electronic, dance rock, funk, album rock, traditional folk, post-rock, compositional ambient, experimental, experimental rock, shoegaze, chamber psych, classic soul, pop rock, motown, new americana, country rock, microhouse, post-punk, garage rock, anti-folk, indietronica, uk post-punk, jazz, dub, roots reggae, quiet storm, britpop, reggae, soft rock, trip hop, warm drone, mandible, cool jazz, southern soul, bebop, protopunk, contemporary post-bop, fluxwork, disco, intelligent dance music, noise rock, new wave pop, dark jazz, british folk, jazz funk, no wave, vocal jazz, new romantic, hard bop, lilith, deep funk, grunge, garage psych, hard rock, adult standards, jazz fusion, nu gaze, free jazz, soul jazz, hip hop, contemporary jazz, afrobeat, experimental pop, dub techno, bass music, blues-rock, outsider house, math rock, jangle pop, afropop, indie r&b, dancehall, avant-garde jazz, alternative pop, post-grunge, power pop, glam rock, dance-punk, world, preverb, chillwave, alternative metal, escape room, rock steady, scottish rock, industrial, twee pop, brill building pop, sound art, post-hardcore, drone folk, minimal techno, alternative dance, jazz trumpet, pop, stoner rock, punk, southern rock, heartland rock, canterbury scene, post-doom metal, deep new americana, rap, synthpop, drift, lounge, jazz saxophone, ninja, vaporwave, madchester, ska, scottish indie, space rock, metal, jam band, free improvisation, lovers rock, r&b, hauntology, indie jazz, doom metal, electra, acid house, bossa nova, neo soul, canadian indie, stoner metal, glitch, drone metal, stride, alternative hip hop, float house, focus, outlaw country, avantgarde metal, post-metal, nu metal, sludge metal, brooklyn indie, dance pop, turntablism, hardcore hip hop

innagadadavida: afropop, azontobeats, afrobeats, pop, dance pop, nigerian hip hop, azonto, indie r&b, r&b, urban contemporary, ghanaian hip hop, electropop, rap, afro house, south african pop, kwaito house, dutch hip hop, art pop, pop rap, neo soul, post-teen pop, k-pop, funk, hip hop, quiet storm, soul, hip pop, disco, escape room, kwaito, new wave pop, gqom, indietronica, hiplife, motown, reggaeton, dancehall, uk hip hop, rock, trap music, dance rock, world, folk-pop, electronic, fluxwork, mellow gold, post-disco, highlife, float house, chamber psych, new jack swing, europop, new wave, soft rock, pop rock, southern hip hop, classic soul, latin, mande pop, soca, bongo flava, grime, tropical house, afrobeat, edm, outsider house, turkish pop, deep house, freak folk, swedish pop, new romantic, folk rock, deep pop r&b, art rock, house, canadian pop, microhouse, singer-songwriter, permanent wave, francoton, post-punk, minimal techno, metropopolis, indie pop, alternative dance, uk post-punk, trip hop, electra, deep funk carioca, trap latino, korean pop, new rave, chamber pop, uk contemporary r&b, album rock, jazz, classic rock, neo-psychedelic, latin pop, trap francais, south african hip hop, french hip hop, chicago house, free jazz, experimental pop, batida, riddim, arabesk, tropical, swedish electropop, chillwave, indie rock, downtempo, kizomba

space_: art pop, rock, alternative rock, neo-psychedelic, chamber psych, fluxwork, art rock, dance rock, freak folk, new wave, noise pop, permanent wave, electronic, indie rock, mandible, outsider house, experimental rock, dream pop, intelligent dance music, experimental, indietronica, fourth world, microhouse, lo-fi, post-punk, electra, modern rock, pop rock, dance-punk, folk-pop, minimal techno, classic rock, psychedelic rock, album rock, trip hop, experimental pop, noise rock, escape room, ambient, folk rock, garage rock, mellow gold, vaporwave, indie pop, chamber pop, chillwave, bass music, float house, roots rock, uk post-punk, industrial, drone, indie r&b, detroit techno, slow core, dub techno, preverb, new romantic, electropop, techno, new wave pop, garage psych, shoegaze, indie folk, wonky, drill and bass, alternative dance, new rave, synthpop, acid house, dark jazz, punk, blues-rock, pop, protopunk, folk, new weird america, rap, grave wave, post-hardcore, hard rock, soft rock, anti-folk, stomp and holler, no wave, electro, compositional ambient, nu gaze, dance pop, pub rock, alternative pop, singer-songwriter, power pop, grunge, zolo, melancholia, british invasion, glam rock, industrial rock, alternative country, lilith, punk blues, traditional folk, hip hop, pop rap, post-doom metal, new americana, britpop, stoner metal, stoner rock, post-metal, drone metal, space rock, country rock, sludge metal

brotherlovesdub: new wave, dance rock, electronic, alternative rock, art rock, dream pop, new wave pop, rock, uk post-punk, art pop, new romantic, indie rock, neo-psychedelic, post-punk, shoegaze, permanent wave, slow core, fourth world, chamber psych, britpop, trip hop, dub, noise pop, freak folk, no wave, folk-pop, roots reggae, reggae, chamber pop, lo-fi, indie pop, dance-punk, synthpop, indietronica, experimental rock, madchester, experimental, c86, microhouse, alternative pop, rock steady, twee pop, electropop, melancholia, pop rock, alternative dance, ambient, modern rock, dancehall, folk rock, balearic, hip hop, new rave, intelligent dance music, acid house, minimal techno, nu gaze, chillwave, alternative hip hop, hardcore hip hop, garage rock, soft rock, big beat, float house, dub techno, compositional ambient, afrobeat, funk, fluxwork, drone, psychedelic rock, outsider house, soul, nu jazz, rap, mellow gold, singer-songwriter, detroit techno, deep house, classic soul, afropop, world

I should rename "art pop" to "ilmo".

haha

these are way cool

thanks! (even if the list is a bit of an indictment of my musical taste -- I mean, I did bring it upon myself)

Glenn what are the odds of Spotify making some kind of button for all users to press to see their 2018 micro genres?

pretty sure I answered this at the time – pull down the albums list at the top to reveal an arrow-type thingy which you can use to sort your albums by artist or title

Thanks anagram but this doesn't seem to apply to Spotify accessed from a web browser

awesome. me please! mafyou12

I'd like mine! username is suckerblues.

There's a Momus track on my Tastebreakers list that recycles a gag from Flight of the Conchords. Just thought I'd share this important information.

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:54 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I got that track too!?

― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:57 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mine has a bunch of stuff that i've not only listened to this year but have saved.

and a fucking momus song

― adam, Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:59 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same, is this some kind of ilx in-joke glenn

ahahaha it's also on mine

Hippopotamomus?

Lol I got it too

I imagine it would be pretty easy for an algorithm to cluster ILXors given a significant part of our listening habits would be synchronized temporally & content-wise via this site

Feel left out. Didn’t get it.

I have it too - I Am A Kitten.

Thats so funny

I hope it’s an ILM joke

there are songs on my tastebreakers list that i 100% listened to in 2018

pleased to report that there is no Momus in my Tastebreaker list, and I've only heard of 16/50 of the artists!

there are def some artists I have listened to this year, like Jon Hassell

The Momus is probably on there because of the Cherry Red comp

My Tastebreakers has "Hippo," and also a song by William Shatner for some reason? I guess he made a country album.

I got Momus too.

Really pleased with the playlists (Momus excepted).

micro genres please, spotify username: djmartian

damn i got momus too! aw spofify you shouldn’t have!

okay that was terrible, spotify we’re through

mafyou12: art pop, indie rock, folk-pop, modern rock, indie pop, freak folk, electropop, indietronica, indie r&b, alternative rock, hip hop, escape room, chamber pop, neo-psychedelic, rock, pop, rap, noise pop, art rock, indie folk, lo-fi, permanent wave, alternative hip hop, chillwave, electronic, chamber psych, preverb, dream pop, dance pop, garage rock, metropopolis, new rave, fourth world, new wave, post-punk, garage psych, pop rap, trip hop, r&b, indie psych-rock, dance rock, neo soul, slow core, melancholia, alternative dance, underground hip hop, ambient, intelligent dance music, hardcore hip hop, roots rock, experimental rock, gbvfi, east coast hip hop, noise rock, dance-punk, stomp and holler, psychedelic rock, nu gaze, hip pop, compositional ambient, southern hip hop, wonky, new weird america, experimental pop, mellow gold, classic rock, post-teen pop, experimental, pop rock, post-rock, folk rock, alternative pop, album rock, anti-folk, singer-songwriter, bass music, britpop, indie punk, jazz, uk post-punk, new americana, microhouse, no wave, fluxwork, bebop, cool jazz, gangster rap, shoegaze, contemporary post-bop, turntablism, trap music, outsider house, jazz fusion, hard bop, funk

suckerblues: modern rock, indie rock, alternative rock, freak folk, lo-fi, neo-psychedelic, noise pop, art pop, indie punk, folk-pop, rock, chamber psych, indie pop, chamber pop, garage psych, preverb, emo, garage rock, dance-punk, noise rock, slow core, indietronica, indie folk, dream pop, hip hop, post-hardcore, stomp and holler, rap, permanent wave, melancholia, alternative emo, pop, pop rock, anti-folk, indie r&b, nu gaze, pop rap, gbvfi, alternative country, modern alternative rock, art rock, trap music, experimental rock, escape room, electropop, pop punk, britpop, post-rock, new wave, roots rock, post-doom metal, southern hip hop, new rave, new americana, shoegaze, underground hip hop, electronic, metal, alternative metal, alternative dance, singer-songwriter, folk, chaotic hardcore, chillwave, melodic hardcore, dance pop, post-grunge, alternative pop, canadian indie, twee pop, mathcore, alternative hip hop, folk punk, post-metal, dance rock, avantgarde metal, power pop, anthem emo, math rock, nu metal, new weird america, traditional folk, country rock, grunge, lilith, compositional ambient, voidgaze, post-punk, sludge metal, experimental, gangster rap, folk rock, deep new americana, jazz metal, fourth world, punk blues, experimental pop, jangle pop, speed metal, dirty south rap, groove metal, pagan black metal, microhouse, doom metal, brooklyn indie, hard rock, album rock, drone, punk, alt-indie rock, progressive metal, fluxwork, uk post-punk, screamo, trip hop, dreamo, classic rock, death metal, garage punk, r&b, shimmer pop, philly indie, metropopolis, conscious hip hop, stoner metal, hip pop, black metal, drone metal, intelligent dance music, ambient, atmospheric black metal, progressive post-hardcore, outlaw country, c86, heartland rock, indie garage rock, orgcore, new wave pop, emo punk, stoner rock, australian indie, skate punk, melodic death metal, texas country, psychedelic rock, mellow gold, grave wave, neo-synthpop, post-teen pop, viking metal, canadian punk, indie psych-rock, new jersey indie, no wave, scottish indie, australian garage punk, australian alternative rock, scottish rock, mandible, folk metal, outsider house, garage pop, small room, swedish metal, industrial, dark jazz, nwobhm, technical death metal, comic, focus, drill and bass, contemporary country, ska punk, canadian metal, psychedelic doom, wonky, west coast trap, boom bap, bow pop, country, symphonic black metal, minimal techno, industrial rock, djent, hardcore hip hop, trap queen, indie poptimism, gothic metal, space rock, traditional country, downtempo, big beat, blues-rock, east coast hip hop, british alternative rock, soft rock, hauntology, urban contemporary, vapor trap, new romantic, crossover thrash, pub rock, portland indie, deathgrind, power metal, neo mellow, canadian hardcore, norwegian rock, brutal death metal, funk rock, bass music, protopunk, black thrash, warm drone, neo-trad metal, thrash metal, electra, vaporwave, glam rock

djmartian: indietronica, art pop, electropop, chamber psych, chillwave, indie r&b, new wave, dance rock, escape room, indie psych-rock, freak folk, dark post-punk, new romantic, fluxwork, dream pop, new wave pop, rock, preverb, vapor soul, modern rock, noise pop, art rock, pop, electronic, nu gaze, dance pop, shimmer pop, neo-psychedelic, indie poptimism, alternative dance, grave wave, dance-punk, metropopolis, new rave, float house, experimental pop, indie rock, uk post-punk, garage psych, soft rock, jazz metal, microhouse, chamber pop, album rock, aussietronica, alternative rock, outsider house, indie pop, mellow gold, deep australian indie, vaporwave, deep house, folk-pop, electra, synthpop, post-punk, modern alternative rock, post-doom metal, progressive metal, post-metal, tech house, voidgaze, indie electro-pop, hard rock, bass music, future garage, metal, mandible, gauze pop, minimal techno, permanent wave, tropical house, noise rock, electroclash, modern hard rock, gothic rock, house, experimental rock, norwegian pop, neo-synthpop, shoegaze, trip hop, progressive rock, symphonic rock, classic rock, djent, wave, gothic metal, europop, avantgarde metal, r&b, garage rock, alternative metal, pagan black metal, alt-indie rock, psychedelic doom, post-rock, minimal tech house

I would like to hear of my microgenres too. I'm eatandoph on Spotify. Thanks Glenn!

thx!!!

eatandoph: art pop, fourth world, art rock, noise pop, alternative rock, neo-psychedelic, dance rock, new wave, indie rock, electronic, lo-fi, experimental, noise rock, chamber psych, experimental rock, dream pop, dance-punk, post-punk, uk post-punk, freak folk, no wave, garage psych, psychedelic rock, garage rock, industrial, rock, ambient, folk-pop, experimental pop, indietronica, drone, shoegaze, punk blues, chillwave, trip hop, punk, permanent wave, new weird america, alternative dance, chamber pop, microhouse, preverb, modern rock, nu gaze, post-hardcore, industrial rock, new wave pop, vaporwave, indie pop, intelligent dance music, fluxwork, slow core, disco, compositional ambient, new rave, new romantic, outsider house, mandible, bass music, folk rock, escape room, dub techno, post-rock, synthpop, electropop, post-disco, krautrock, motown, zolo, pop rock, classic rock, album rock, quiet storm, funk, hauntology, protopunk, soul, indie r&b, folk, canterbury scene, dance pop, mellow gold, warm drone, singer-songwriter, traditional folk, progressive rock, symphonic rock, soft rock

would love some microgenres for user: unbornwhiskey

thank u glenn