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I've been cutting out subscriptions and Spotify is the last one I would like to get rid of. I've transitioned to buying and downloading my favourite artists songs so I can own the music I love. The only thing keeping me with Spotify at the moment is the Release Radar playlist it creates for you. Basically I want to know if there is a way to get notified when the artists I follow release new music. I've been looking and so far I haven't found a viable alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Band camp sends you updates about artists/producer you bought from. Feel like it's borderline scam, but may be a way

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I bet they've got websites with RSS feeds. Pick up an RSS reader and subscribe to their news & announcements page.

Relevant link: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

http://rateyourmusic.com/

That's my suggestion. It has a special section for new music from the artists you follow. I also find their recommendations fantastic. Found so much new stuff on RYM

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A lot of artists have mailers or feeds they maintain - it's often easiest to just follow them directly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is the way to avoid all the spammy apps and services.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure if by notification but last.fm will even give you heads up when music you listen to is in concerts. And supports scrobbling in many apps

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
  • Social Media of them
  • YouTube pages owned/operated by them
  • Bandcamp
  • Mail lists
  • A google search every now and again

That's how I do it. Mainly YouTube and the eMails. But some of the bands I most listen to are more indie/obscure, so they play to their fans more than people on the level of Metalica and Taylor Swift.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://releasefeed.elomatreb.eu/

https://releasefeed.elomatreb.eu/releases/spotify/Artist ID

Replace Artist ID with the string of characters found at the end of the artist’s Spotify URL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Now this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

FOSS

Spottube (runs off Spotify) Innertune (runs off YT music)

I was running Spottube but it kept crashing, so I switched to innertune closes if you add too many songs in a row, but that's the only issue so far.

Spottube has all the features, including the new music station.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Musicbutler.io but it's not free

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

|I wanna know how I can cut out all those pesky artist updates so I can focus on whats new and corporately exciting with Spotify

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Most music torrent sites have notifications for artists you follow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I've been using Muspy for years: it loaded my artists from my Last.fm profile and has been sending me new releases via RSS. No ads except for Amazon links to buy the albums.