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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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Slskd

[–] xmanmonk@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, or nicotine +

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or Seeker (f-droid) on Android

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I couldn't find that one in search.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh, sorry. I forgot you'll have to add the IzzyOnDroid repo first

Edit: assuming you're fine with this

DISCLAIMER: As stated above, all .apk files are directly taken from the repositories of their resp. developers. They are provided under FOSS licenses, without any warranty, though we've taken some additional measures to provide our repository with additional transparency and safety checks (see the Security section below).

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. 🤷‍♂️

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The app for updating is obtainium. Highly recommend it.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

That's it! Thank you.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Blessings to you, friend!

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A hundred times soulseek, all the music nerds are there!

[–] BlueRingedOctopus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nicotine+ for a better interface of Soulseek

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

I'm more of a slskd kind of guy, even if the webapp is pretty terrible

[–] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Since it's p2p do I need to use a VPN to not get with a dmca letter?

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

As long as you don't share anything you should be okay! It's not very ethical tough... But you can share your files list with users you trust (for example people you have already downloaded from).

At any rate i never heard of anyone getting in trouble for using soulseek.

[–] felipe@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still use soulseek. Works great. No I haven’t tried anything else for 15 years.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

☞ !soulseek@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] ryxben@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use Chosic to find music and then download with SquidWTF

[–] BlueRingedOctopus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks I was looking for something like this for a long time

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Try RuTracker.

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] RunicSword@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I subscribe to Deezer but use Deemix to download the FLAC files without DRM for my personal library. If the music you want is on Deezer, then you can download it.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always go back to just torrents.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Public torrents suck for music these days. Little available and a lot that is there is FLAC only, no mp3-320

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 month ago

Then let's start creating more again. And seed.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

If you haven't already done it, Pat (the Bunny) put all his stuff on archive and he's far from the only one.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you're not opposed to doing it yourself, you can sign up for a free trial to Tidal and rip it.

https://github.com/exislow/tidal-dl-ng

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Rutracker,bandcamp, yt-dlp with extract to mp3 :)

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

I just use RED. The user collages are pretty nice to find new albums.

[–] sp451@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Qobuz and OrpheusDL. I used to use Deezer and deemix but it’s hardly possible to find working accounts anymore

[–] gila@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

eu dot qobuz dot squid dot wtf

[–] matzler@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Returns 502 for me :/

[–] gila@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weird, try same with na dot instead of eu dot

[–] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got address not found

[–] gila@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oops, I meant us dot not na dot

[–] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Oh thank you man working now

[–] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, FOSS alternatives that hook? Are they in Fdroid?

[–] crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

RiMusic is one I know of

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I just download mp3 files from youtube using yt-dlp (laptop) or newpipe (android)

[–] canine_teeth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I get at least 1/3rd of my MP3s the super old fashioned way; by renting CDs from the library and ripping them lol. It does help that I live in a big city with an interconnected library system. Or you could try archive.org.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I like Nicotine for Soulseek, but it's been some time since I got on there, like pre-pandemmy

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bloodywood

[–] Bags@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But that's none of those genres...

I would like their stuff so much more if the nu-metal parts went away.

I am unsure what makes something "Swing", but I absolutely adore The Roar of '74 by Buddy Rich. I discovered it via my dumb rule of "See vinyl record with car on it, buy vinyl record with car on it"

[–] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 1 month ago

I don't care much for most Metal. either.