If you don’t use Spotify, what’s your favorite artist and song right now?

      • LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz
        9·
        10 months ago

        Apologies.

        I believe the responsible parties are: Lorn, less.people, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Death in Vegas, Shlohmo, Ramin Djawadi, and Gustavo Santaolalla.

        • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world
          5·
          10 months ago

          Not really my jam but I tracked through a few tracks of each band. I will say threw things.

          1. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble is a fire band name.
          2. Something about that song they have Embers feels nice.
          3. Their description overall was very apt.
          • LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz
            2·
            10 months ago

            Samhain Labs is my jam off that album. TKDE is something else, that’s for sure.

            I suppose you’re right, just wasn’t expecting to earn ‘Vampire’ today. Looks like I’ll be watching Louis and Lestat this evening.

    • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      I have no idea how that is. But our usernames are…related. So, I felt compelled to respond.

      edit: that Vincent Black Shadow song is pretty good

  • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 months ago

    For the first time in many years I’ve no EDM in my top five…feels weird. And apparently, I like A Day to Remember a lot more than I thought.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      What were your other top genres? Why do you think you’ve transitioned away from EDM? I feel like I’ve been slowly listening to EDM more over the years (and pop is always my staple), but this year R&B managed to sneak its way into my top five.

      • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        Why? Access probably. I get exposed to a lot of EDM from friends and I do really love it a lot. My favorite right now is Apashe.

        On the flip side, I’m older. Radio is gone far as I’m concerned so my rock/metal taste have just kind of sat there until this year I got annoyed and for a while made a concerted effort to find new music I like. But now that list has sort of stagnated again. I just don’t have the time.

        Radio sucked, and continues to suck. But it did act like a kind of filter for the previous generations. With it gone those few of us who are still interested in new music have a harder time.

        • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          Ah yeah fair. I try to use Spotify’s algorithms to my advantage to find new stuff I like, but I only seem to resonate with a new song it suggests every now and then.

          Years back before Spotify I used to use Pandora. Idk if they are still around but their radio feature always seemed better than Spotify to me. It’s been years though.

          • RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world
            3·
            10 months ago

            I was one of the first subscribers to Pandora. They actually emailed me and gave me 6 months free as a thank you for being the first x number of subscribers. It used to rule. But last time I checked it out I was a bit disappointed. Its like it got dumber somehow.

            • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              Unfortunate, but not too surprising I guess, especially because it’s not popular anymore.

              Pandora used to have the best radio feature, but it just didn’t have a way to go back and play a song you liked. So I switched to Spotify and I guess most others did as well.

      • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        Reasonable! I usually need music to focus on work. I also have music going any time I’m driving, for sure. And sometimes I even have it going when I sleep–although, I don’t think I did a lot of night music in 2023. Definitely more 2022. I think my number was in the 180s last year, maybe because I’ve been watching more Youtube videos this year. I should cut Youtube out and go back to music–probably a healthier use of my time lol.

  • SVcrossDO@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 months ago

    My most listened band was Linkin Park, and my most listened song was Intergalactic - Beastie boys.