Hi all,
I pirate plenty of games and films, but I haven’t pirated music in years. Recently, I’ve been using FOSS streaming alternatives that hook into Spotify or YouTube to avoid ads.
However, my Android is currently out of service (waiting on a new screen), so I’m using an old Nokia Lumia 1020. In 2025, it’s practically a dumb phone, so I need MP3s, WAVs, or FLAC files to have some sound in my life. I’m struggling to find music—my taste is eclectic and niche, and I’m also lazy. Are there any active communities in 2025 that focus on music piracy with curated playlists?
I’m specifically looking for:
- Folk-punk
- Post-punk
- British indie
- Swing
Any advice is welcome!-------
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Qobuz and OrpheusDL. I used to use Deezer and deemix but it’s hardly possible to find working accounts anymore
If you’re downloading music honestly there’s no better alternative than soulseek.
Although I’d get the app nicotine+ it’s a graphical client of slsk with a much better UI and more features…
When you are lazy, and your tastes are niche - you just stop listening to music.
Or listen to OK Computer for the billionth time because it’s perfect.
Yes, this too! Which I do, do. I miss new music, but I don’t miss the bullshit.
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Yes, or nicotine +
Or Seeker (f-droid) on Android
I couldn’t find that one in search.
Oh, sorry. I forgot you’ll have to add the IzzyOnDroid repo first
Edit: assuming you’re fine with this
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You can get Seeker directly from its github if that’s all you want.
Edit2: there’s an app for automating updates for apps installed directly but I can’t remember the name.
Edit3: Seeker is also on the play store. 🤷♂️
The app for updating is obtainium. Highly recommend it.
I still use soulseek. Works great. No I haven’t tried anything else for 15 years.
Soul seek, although a lot of folk punk bands have their shit for free on bandcamp, all of Pat The Bunny’s stuff at least I’m sure
I always go back to just torrents.
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If you’re not opposed to doing it yourself, you can sign up for a free trial to Tidal and rip it.
Try RuTracker.
Rutracker,bandcamp, yt-dlp with extract to mp3 :)
Wait, FOSS alternatives that hook? Are they in Fdroid?
RiMusic is one I know of
Idk about curated playlists but I use soulseek to share files with my friends.
I like the same genres, I can recommend you some albums I’ve been liking if you want
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