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Blocked ListenBrainz services/User Agent strings

Unfortunately some legitimate services got caught up in our recent attempts to mitigate (yet another) bot-net attack on ListenBrainz.

You may find that a service you use is now being blocked, including Navidrome. We have also had reports of multi-scrobbler submissions being blocked, and there may be other affected services that haven’t yet been reported to us.

These services got caught up in recent blocks because they are/were not setting a proper user agent when calling the LB API.

Navidrome and multi-scrobbler are already pushing fixes!

If you are experiencing issues on another service, we would like to let you through, but without a user agent (UA) string we can’t identify the service’s traffic. Please ask your service to add a meaningful UA string (in a format like described in https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API/Rate_Limiting) so we can get you back up and running.

Phishing attempts using MetaBrainz messages

There have been reports of users receiving phishing messages via the MetaBrainz messaging service.

Remember: MetaBrainz staff will never ask for your password. MetaBrainz staff will never ask you to log in to a third-party site (or ‘verify’ your username and password in any other way).

MerchBrainz

We have added a range of great new MetaBrainz designs to our merch store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/metabrainz/shop

These designs by Monkey, previously only available to MetaBrainz summit attendees, have been lightly modified (summit-specific text removed) for everyday wear. Are many people going to know what you’re repping? No. Are the ones that do going to go “DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN IT’S THE BRAINZ YO”? Most definitely!

Year in Music 2025 – new and improved!

#YearinMusic 2025 is out now!

A bit like Spotify’s Wrapped (but way super better, in my extremely biased opinion) your ListenBrainz Year in Music report summarizes your listening habits from throughout the year 2025… and now, back through time!

Read more after the jump, or just check it for real real by clicking here to see your report or here if you don’t have an account.

You are invited to MetaBrainz Summit 25

MetaBrainz Summit 25 is upon us! September 15-19 in Barcelona, Spain.

We would love for you to join us remotely. If you are reading this, you are qualified to attend. Congratulations! Read on for more information.

Updates to Audiobooks, Audio Dramas, Broadcasts and Podcasts

If you are a fan of words going into your ears, please fasten your seatbelt. We have a number of exciting updates for podcasts, broadcasts, audiobooks and audio dramas, including new relationships and updated guidelines!

Explore Your Year in Music 2024

ListenBrainz is back with your #yearinmusic (YIM) reports for 2024!

Log in to ListenBrainz (LB) and click here to see your report, or here if you don’t have an account and want to see what the fuss is all about.

Missed out and want a YIM? Sign up for a ListenBrainz account, connect your services or your player, and get listening. We’ll have you sorted for 2025. If you are a last.fm user with existing listens you’re in luck – connect your last.fm account to ListenBrainz now, which will also import your listening history, and we will (re)generate you a 2024 YIM in a couple of weeks time.

ListenBrainz donor flairs

We’re shaking with excitement! Flipping with energy! Anaglyphing with… something. These are just some of the username effects (flair) you can now show off if you are a ListenBrainz donor:

Static effects, animations and mouseover animations, all are unlocked for a month when you donate $5. Paying more will stack further months of flair.

Check out the different effects in your settings page, and then head to the donation page to unlock them and help us pay for our server costs and keep all that lovely data flowing. If you can’t afford this cost, don’t worry! Your presence is always enough. Thank you for being part of this project and this community.

New! Syndication Feeds in ListenBrainz

Some days everything comes together, and this is one of those days. We now have a range of Syndication Feeds (aka RSS or Atom feeds) available in ListenBrainz.

Look for the feed symbol in the following places in ListenBrainz:

Fresh Releases
Fresh Releases For You
User Listens
User Stats (top artists/albums/tracks)
Stats Art Creator (album art grids!)
Created For You Playlists (daily/weekly playlists)
User Created Playlists

X-odus: Find our projects on Bluesky and Mastodon

We have now completely moved off X (the platform formerly known as Twitter). It has been a long time coming, with rampant enshittification, uncertainty around platform changes, and content that has been increasingly unpleasant to interact with. Politics aside, we’re sick of going to check notifications and getting blasted with a feed largely consisting of violence, porn, advertising, the owner, and AI grifters*.

Instead, come join MetaBrainz, MusicBrainz, ListenBrainz and BookBrainz on Bluesky and/or Mastodon!