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There’s nothing cooler than getting an in-depth introduction to something super niche. They’ll also do these really deep dives into particular genres. One of the coolest things they do is post Monthly Finds – a bunch of cool new releases and freshly dug digs that they collect for the first Monday of every month. But they know their shit, and can recommend deeper cuts than anyone I know. Really it’s best for you and your destiny to check out their blog or hang with them on JQBX, because that’s where I learned everything I know about them, which is very little. Some of the founders are: Joja, thepokémask, shroomie, LuckyKip, hoggy, ahbooyou, and wilmerton, but many others have helped along the way. It’s a group of about a dozen JQBX users from around the world who love music and started a blog about it. Turns out, some of them started a collective called the Lanky Bastards, and they rule. I had to find out more about these music junkies. And the quality doesn’t go down during themes at all. For me, every time I’ve been on it’s been birds.

One of my favorite things so far is themes – sometimes via the chat you get talking about something, and then everybody DJs on that theme. This little miracle of a song came from the one and only Geoff!! Most of the 74 songs I’ve starred since then are jazz-funk or latin gems that I would probably never find anywhere else. The first song I starred on JQBX, which adds the song to a dedicated playlist on Spotify in real time, was Inside Outside by Joanne Grauer. They also have mind-blowing taste in tunage. These folks are veterans of the app, and they couldn’t be more welcoming to newcomers. Others in the crew that fateful night were Triquelli, verde, Granddesign, Geoff, and I can’t remember who else? Probably TheYuhTobi, bethmax, yorchy, and maybe hoggy.

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I definitely don’t have a full handle on it yet, but I met MF SHROOM (aka shroomie, shrm, the list goes on) instantly and caught such a good vibe. But now I look like I’ve dedicated my life to music.” 🍄 shroomie Not even 2 years later, I’m still musically ignorant. But really – you can join genre-themed rooms to suit your taste, give your feedback on songs, save them instantly for later, access your Spotify playlists right in the app, everything. It’s been the best thing for my music discovery, and the worst thing for my time management, since AIM. JQBX plugs into your Premium Spotify account, then lets you DJ online in live chat rooms like it’s 2009. Heah’s some actual video of me disappearin intah jukebawx every day. *Cue thickest Boston accent* That’s when it was awl ovah.

More importantly, I was blown away by theirs. I was encouraged to give DJing a shot, and people were liking my picks. And the room you choose essentially doesn’t matter. Except, they’re all super intensely nice and intelligent. It was like being in middle school again, picking a lunch table. I was a little nervous at first – JQBX users are quite adept at horsing around.

So I smashed the link, authorized JQBX with my Spotify account, and joined MF ROOM because the description sounded funky. Like because humans are averse to new things, and enjoy inordinate dramatic rage. I’d started reviving my faith in Spotify playlisting and live radio, so I was that certain type of skeptical where you really shouldn’t be, but you just are because…reasons. Just trying to cast a wide web on the wide web, ya dig? I’m not even really sure where I was at, but I found this comment (holy MOLY it was shroomie all along 😵) suggesting that something better than Spotify existed.

I recently joined Reddit to scrounge for new music & news I might not hear elsewhere. In case you hate reading, and that headline’s enough for you, climb aboard at JQBX.fm. This is a story about stumbling upon an online radio spaceship helmed by everyone.