An example of how the music streamers prefer to lock you into their catalogue rather than your _own_ music buff.ly/b7W6RVE (see buff.ly/qQfmSbv and buff.ly/jQIkAMjfor alternatives)

A nostalgic look back on the "MP3 Blog" scene of the early 00s buff.ly/fcY5bBr

Building my own streaming service - #Hetzner, #Jellyfin, #Wireguard buff.ly/eIGkq7H

New Astiga iOS update is live 📱 We’ve kicked off a major UI overhaul with new Home, Library, and Search sections, plus a redesigned Library with a storage browser at its core. More coming soon 👀 community.asti.ga/discussion/791…

Props to #Bose for handling EOL properly... buff.ly/dn6cdX8

Now, this could be useful - buff.ly/t2y9ITY . Automated downloads of Bandcamp purchases - point it at your music folder, buy some music... it should appear. Shame that bandcamp haven't opened their API to avoid the initial session cookie setup.

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 buff.ly/HL1Zok7

Eeeek: an exploit of Bluetooth audio buff.ly/BtDHu9R . Affects Sony, Jabra, JBL, Marshall, Xiaomi, Nothing, OnePlus, Soundcore, Logitech, and Google devices.

Hipsters be like... bit.ly/4jVfa76

A rundown of Linux music players buff.ly/c1HfIEM

This Month in Digital Music Libraries - January 2026. Napster & MTV close, research reveals evolving music trends, and self-hosters build DIY streaming solutions. buff.ly/h2hPkxr

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/791…

MTV Rewind is a tour through MTV's glory days buff.ly/cJs4On4

"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 buff.ly/34vXLdO thanks tydosh

Interesting analysis (ignore the overly specific title) of musical listening stats - interesting how music streaming peaks during work hours buff.ly/enV1t1r

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

Connecting Navidrome to ListenBrainz for generated playlists and more stat-tastic listening analytics buff.ly/HLeaj0c

An interesting site collecting musical works and connecting them to works of art (painting, film, literature) that inspired them buff.ly/UjQe3tM

Some good tips on musical acquisition and discovery post-streaming here... buff.ly/gSHiCZP

Be careful blindly using AI skills... buff.ly/ysFTwPg