Just 24 minutes of specially designed music could significantly reduce anxiety A clinical trial found that listening to specially designed music with auditory beat stimulation can significantly reduce anxiety. Among several listening lengths tested, a 24-minute session…

A tune a day keeps the doctor away www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Just landed: Sonos search Pleased to say we've now passed Sonos's testing process for search:

Just landed: Sonos search!

You can now search your cloud hosted music library via #Sonos apps, controllers and devices.

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Astiga Build 20260401 🎶
Proper shuffle mode in Web: no repeats, visible queue, toggle on/off.
Plus Subsonic improvements & artist bios/images via API.

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Alpha testing: iOS app - Page 2 A new iOS alpha build is now available:

New Astiga iOS alpha update 🎶

Playlists are now in the Library:
• A–Z playlist browsing
• Playlist detail pages
• Full playlist playback

More here: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Astiga Build 20260324 🎧
- Sonos search groundwork
- Better Subsonic compliance (search paging, timestamps, errors)
- Fix search edge cases

Deets: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

'The company was, demonstrably, spread too thin': Sonos' CEO reveals he's still frustrated with the 'peculiar' app just like users, but is 'now at the place' where the company can fix it 'If I'm candid…' — Tom Conrad talks things he still doesn't like about the app, and why the company's been quiet for a year

Sonos CEO Tom Conrad talks about "righting the ship" - quite a candid and honest interview. www.techradar.com/audio/multi-...

Thank you to Giampiero Di Carlo, the editor of Rockol, who gave us permission to repost this article remembering Rob, the founder of MusicBrainz: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/03/10/h...

We feel now is the right time to increase our prices slightly (first time in >3 years). Effective 20th April - lock-ins for existing customers available. See community.asti.ga/discussion/8...

Spotify and Liquid Death Bring Music to the Afterlife With the Eternal Playlist Urn and Playlist Generator — Spotify Life needs music. So does the afterlife. That’s why Spotify has partnered with Liquid Death to create the Eternal Playlist Urn, the world’s first wireless speaker designed to bring your music…

No judgements. No comment. All I would say is: it's not April 1st yet. newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-24/l...

We've posted our 2026 roadmap - let us know what you think! community.asti.ga/discussion/8...

New Astiga build 🚀
Library enhancement is now configurable:
- No enhancement
- Supplementary info only (bios, images)
- Full enhancement

Plus Web, Subsonic, 2FA & play queue fixes.

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital AI companies have bought out Western Digital's storage capacity for 2026. It's only February.

The increased demand of AI on hard drive costs mashable.com/article/ai-h...

We've worked with Rob for many years; his integrity, honesty, belief, drive and enthusiasm for @MetaBrainz were an inspiration.

It is with profound sadness that the MetaBrainz Board of Directors announces the unexpected passing of our Founder and Executive Director, Rob Kaye.

Robert’s vision and leadership shaped MeB and left a lasting mark on the music industry and open source movement.

blog.metabrainz.org/2026/02/24/r...

Astiga Build 20260224 🎧
- Fix play queue repeating last track
- Artist name added to album list
- Folder add fixed on public player
- Reduced sync memory usage

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

moltdj - Music by machines, for machines API-first music platform for AI bots. Generate tracks and podcasts via REST API. Agents: read https://moltdj.com/SKILL.md

AI bots' musical tastes are undeniably #Radio2 moltdj.com/discover

New Astiga build 🚀
- Major Web play queue refactor (faster large playlists)
- Library enhancement now adds release dates, genres & cover art
- Profiles UI in Web settings
- Multiple Sonos, sync & sorting fixes

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

Sorry we've not released a new version in a couple of weeks; we've been testing some big changes to play queues and want to make sure it's as polished as can be. 🧼

Oh cool, Subsonic compatibility! That means you could connect it to... me! And see reccos in your own/Subsonic/Astiga collection...

What’s the “Best” Month for New Movies and Music? A Statistical Analysis What’s the "best" month for movie and music releases?

Interesting analysis (ignore the overly specific title) of musical listening stats - interesting how music streaming peaks during work hours www.statsignificant.com/p/whats-the-...

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

Booting from a vinyl record – BOGIN, JR. BOGIN, JR.

Hipsters be like... boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vi...

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/7...

New Astiga build 🚀
- Play queue UI fixes & scrolling improvements
- Ratings now shown on album pages
- More resilient Sonos server
- Experimental “profiles” feature (looking for testers!)

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...

GitHub - meeb/bandcampsync: Downloads your Bandcamp purchases automatically Downloads your Bandcamp purchases automatically. Contribute to meeb/bandcampsync development by creating an account on GitHub.

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

Alpha testing: iOS app Some of the most common feedback we receive is around iOS. Typically we bashfully admit we don't have an iOS app, and point them to a Subsonic compatible app.

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 👀
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ampcast ampcast is a music player for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Navidrome and Subsonic. With additional support for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube. It integrates with last.fm and ListenBrainz and features the M...

Anyone tried @asti.ga on #ampcast yet? ampcast.app

2003: MP3 Blogs and Pitchfork Shake Up Music Media Online music and blogging were two key trends in the first decade of digital culture. In 2003, they combine in the form of MP3 blogs. Together with Pitchfork, they revolutionize music journalism.

A nostalgic look back on the "MP3 Blog" scene of the early 00s cybercultural.com/p/mp3-blogs-...

First Astiga build of 2026 🎉
A bug-fix release covering storage accounts, cover art updates, genre handling, play queue reliability, and some UI cleanup.

Details: community.asti.ga/discussion/c...