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24 alternatives to Van Gog Music Radar

The best social way to explore new sounds!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Van Gog Music Radar launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Trbble▲231

   Discover new music by listening to a song’s best part first

   2016 · trbble.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Spotify Release Radar▲483

   A personalized playlist of the newest releases, every Friday

   2016 · newsroom.spotify.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Son.gg 2.0▲102

   Share music everywhere. 🎵

   2017 · son.gg · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Radar▲121

   Your virtual travel guide from Yahoo!

   2016 · yahoo.tumblr.com · its alternatives →

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   Songhunt▲150

   AI powered song search and playlisting

   2023 · mypart.com · its alternatives →

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   Combo.fm for iOS▲153

   The best new music you probably haven't heard yet.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Bandit▲101

   Find musicians near you

   2023 · bandit-app.com · its alternatives →

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   The Drop v2▲215

   EDM discovery community, now w/ instant search and genres

   2015 · thedrop.club · its alternatives →

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   Sound Twirl▲62

   The most complete and versatile Jamming App on the market

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Best Song▲146

    The fun way to discover good music

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    trending.fm▲67

    social music

    2014 · trending.fm · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Radar by Particle▲145

    The Podcast Search Engine

    Aug 2026 · radar.particle.pro · its alternatives →

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    Found them First▲184

    Spotify's new app to determine if you found a band first

    2015 · spotify.com · its alternatives →

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    trbble for Android▲89

    Discover new music by listening to a song’s best part first

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ROAM▲87

    A new standard in earphones

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    LFG▲133

    Discover, curate and share places to go

    2024 · cgda.us · its alternatives →

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    Deezer (US pre-launch)▲65

    Listen, discover, and take your music anywhere.

    2014 · deezer.com · its alternatives →

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    8tracks 3.0 (iOS)▲115

    Refreshingly human music playlists

    2014 · 8tracks.com · its alternatives →

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    Staywalk▲58

    Adaptive music for running, cycling, or in the car

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    OneSong▲98

    Like instagram but for music

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Artist Hunt▲108

    An intuitive way to discover music

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    SongDrop ▲77

    New tracks from new artists, once a week

    2015 · songdrop.me · its alternatives →

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    Digs.fm – For passionate music explorers (like Goodreads but for music)▲131

    Hello everyone! As someone who's constantly on the look for new music to discover and being very deliberate about the things I'm listening, I needed a better way to organize the albums I want to listen to, listened and liked. And also I would like to see the discoveries of other folks who I know I like. So I started creating the tool I wish I had in the first place. In Digs, the basic idea is that: - you can add music releases (albums, EPs, singles, mixes) in three lists: Want to Listen, Listened, Digged. You can also use tags and notes to better organize these lists. - you get a public…

    2022 · digs.fm · its alternatives →

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    Bkstg▲106

    Watch, listen and interact with artists and other fans

    2016 · bkstg.com · its alternatives →

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