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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 25/06/2026

We are in the process of moving user accounts, authentication and OAuth applications from MusicBrainz to MetaBrainz. Users, you don't need to do anything - enjoy the shiny new system when it arrives! Developers, please read the blog post for details. Details: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/06/25/u...

A preview screenshot of the upcoming metabrainz oauth page

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 31/03/2026

We dropped a couple of merch designs today! As well as the recent drop of summit shirt illustrations. A ‘new notes!?’ sticker/magnet and “I made 1,000 edits and all I got was this lousy T-shirt”. Rumours abound of secret versions available to high-scorers only… blog.metabrainz.org/2026/03/31/m...

a t-shirt mockup with the text 'I made 1,000 musicbrainz edits and all i got was this lousy t-shirt' printed on it in a simple font

a black t-shirt mockup with a rad black metal rendering of text reading 'metabrainz'

a t-shirt mockup with the text metabrainz in a psychedelic font, with a tentacle elephant with three eyes underneath it

A t-shirt mockup with a vaporwave futuristic cityscape design, with a fluro metabrainz text and a transparent cassette behind it. the cassette has 'whenever you need somebody' written on it.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 16/03/2026

New merch drop! monkey's beautiful summit designs are now live! Previously only available to #MetaBrainz summit attendees, they have now been adjusted for daily cool wear for cool people. Choose your fighter: synth, bollywood, psychedelic, vaporwave or black metal www.redbubble.com/people/metab...

A photo of MusicBrainz editor Rick Astley wearing a fancy new black metal-style metabrainz top

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 25/09/2024

Lots of monkeying about at #MetaBrainzSummit24 - we're running late! Expect at least an hour until today's stream commences. Jump on Chatbrainz for updates. Summit/stream details: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...

A photo through a window of two monkeys on a patio

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 24/09/2024

A plethora of breakouts and group meetings so far #MetaBrainzSummit24 day 2. We have the remaining streamed plenary/“state of X” presentations at 12pm UTC. Join us via Zoom: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...

A group of nerds in a bedroom crowded around laptops, looking at the oldest and most voted MusicBrainz tickets.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 23/09/2024

#MetaBrainzSummit24 day 1 is live now. Join us via Zoom: wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_...

A group of people in a room in Delhi, most of them looking at laptops. A television screen is on the wall behind them, showing chat.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 06/09/2024

#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.3 is now available for download. Another very quick release for 2.12! -a Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/09/04/p...

A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12.3”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 27/08/2024

#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.2 is now available for download. Picard 2.12.2 fixes an issue with sorting numbers in list views in Windows that was introduced in 2.12.1, and updates Chinese (Simplified), Italian and Lithuanian translations. -a Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/08/27/p...

A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12.1”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 13/08/2024

#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12.1 is now available for download. Picard 2.12.1 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 2.12 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. Thank you contributors and bug reporters! -a Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/27/p...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 18/07/2024

Happy birthday to #MusicBrainz and #MusicBrainzPicard! 25 & 20 years old, and STILL not shitty! Some kind of tech world record 🥳 -a MetaBrainz papa has written a lovely blog post for the occasion: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/07/17/h...

A colourful explosion of confetti with text on top reading: “25 & 20 years of musicbrainz picard & musicbrainz!”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 15/07/2024

When you let AI write your blog posts 😂 Censored to not give these clowns any clickthrough. Public Service Announcement: We will die before we let AI **** up your music collection -a

A screenshot of a X tweet, which is sharing a dumbass blog post called “AI in Music: Applications and Tools like MusicBrainz Picard”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 29/06/2024

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2024-06-24.0 I missed one! This update improved Apple Music search with fuzzy matching + a few technical fixes -a github.com/metabrainz/l...

A mockup of a Picard ‘box’ with the text: New Release, v-2024-06-24.0

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 27/06/2024

#MusicBrainzPicard 2.12 is now available for download. This release focuses on providing a stable Picard v2, fixing bugs and making minor improvements. In the meantime we are focusing on Picard 3, which will have significant changes. Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/27/p...

A mockup of a boxed version of Picard, with text on top reading “version 2.12”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 14/06/2024

#Harmony now supports Spotify. Harmony is a importer for #MusicBrainz that aggregates and seeds releases from multiple sources: Bandcamp, Beatport, Tidal, Spotify, Deezer & iTunes. Give it a try - harmony.pulsewidth.org.uk -a Forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/harmony-mu...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 12/06/2024

Oh hi ChatBrainz! Our chat has moved to Matrix. We also maintain official IRC and Discord bridges. -a Want help with edits, chat about music, or to get started with open-source development? Click here to chat: wiki.musicbrainz.org/Communicatio... Read more: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/06/12/c...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 04/06/2024

A new open-source #MusicBrainz importer has hit the scene!! 😱🥳 #Harmony aggregates metadata from multiple sources to seed releases. No download required: harmony.pulsewidth.org.uk Announcement post by community member kellnerd: community.metabrainz.org/t/harmony-mu...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 10/05/2024

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2024-05-10.0 / v-2024-05-10.1 Singple page application (SPA) fixes, shouting out #Mopidy music player in “add data” page, fixed release page background colours -a github.com/metabrainz/l... github.com/metabrainz/l...

A mockup of a Picard ‘box’ with the text: New Release, v-2024-05-10.0/.1

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 10/04/2024

Go test out the new undoable artist credit removals on #musicbrainz 🥳 -a

A gif of fields being removed and then re-added in the MusicBrainz artist editor. The artists being added and removed are ’NEVER’ ‘GON’ ’NA’ ‘GIVE’ ‘YOU’ ‘UP’ (a rick roll)

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 26/02/2024

small role, big impact Guess today is the day a user decided to view the ‘Various Artists’ artist page on #listenbrainz. oops 🤦

A screenshot showing a server load graph. On the right side it suddenly spikes far into the red.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 20/02/2024

Help test out the beta of this Wordle-style music game, that uses MusicBrainz data, by bobbyflips1. Hip-hop collab focussed (for now): song-grid.web.app …wow, I am *bad* at this! -a

a screenshot of the SongGrid results screen, showing a score of 150

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 26/01/2024

#MusicBrainzPicard 2.11 is now available for download. This release brings multiple improvements to AcoustID fingerprint scan, matching files to search results for specific cases, and more. Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2024/01/25/p...

A mockup of a retail box for Picard, with ‘version 2.11’ in a blob on top.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 21/01/2024

Four million #musicbrainz releases! Hundreds of millions of data points entered by people selflessly spending their time and energy to help others, for 23 years now. Amazing. Thank you. Onwards, and upwards! - aerozol

orange and purple confetti with the text ‘four million musicbrainz releases’ over top

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 19/11/2023

Breaking news: We’ve gotten reports that the very first Delhi/India MetaBrainz summit was amazing! People said ‘we’re working real hard’. That means they’ve been working hard, right? Right?? - aerozol

A photo of a screen in a room. It has an AI generated handshake in it, with only the text ‘bruh’ under it.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 09/11/2023

💀 The MetaBrainz insta is being brought back from the dead - purely for shenanigans and data nerd memes. If that Venn diagram has a picture of you in the middle, go check it out. www.instagram.com/metabrainz/

A screen shot of the troi-bot ListenBrainz account, showing that it has listened to only one song, and that song is ’Never Gonna Give You Up’ by Rick Astley.
The screenshots also includes the comment “troi-bot got rick rolled”, by the metabrainz instagram account.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 31/10/2023

aerozol has a bunch of horror vgm handy at all time - so here’s a #halloween playlist! What’s your favourite horror/spooky/spoopy soundtrack or music? listenbrainz.org/playlist/857... #listenbrainzplaylist #horror #vgm

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 12/10/2023

MusicBrainz Picard 2.10 is now available for download. This release mitigates a critical security issue for Windows and MacOS. It also has bug fixes and new features like Weblate translations, plugin icons, and more. Full changelog: blog.metabrainz.org/2023/10/12/p... #musicbrainzpicard

A fun mockup of a what a Picard retail box would look like, with the text ‘version 2.10’

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 12/10/2023

mayhem and lucifer sending us pics from their visit to the Internet Archive. You know you’re a data nerd if seeing pallets of VHS tapes due to be archived makes your mouth water! Mmmm old formats. Mmmmmm archiving 🤤

a photo of pallets in a shipping container, with ‘vhs’ written on them

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 06/10/2023

Day 5 of #summit23. The last day! Once again, no livestream as everyone hunches over their laptops in small groups creating great new things. 5 hard days of #concentration! If you have questions or would like to be involved in a topic, let us know, and we’ll dial you in.

A picture of three people at a very busy looking desk in front of computers and laptops, concentrating. There is a linux hanging on the wall in the background.

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 02/10/2023

Summit23 takes place on #animalwelfareweek ListenBrainz user aerozol *cough me cough* has put together a blistering #crustpunk #animalrights playlist to stud your pleather jacket to. Not for the faint hearted! listenbrainz.org/playlist/8fd... #listenbrainzplaylist

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 02/10/2023

The MetaBrainz team smashed two common misconceptions yesterdays - that we would know our way around a ticketing system better than pensioners, and that nerds can’t hike! #summit23 kicks off in four hours. Join us on the livestream ❤️

Some MetaBrainz staff in front of a Spanish ticket machine, struggling. Two old people at the machine next to them seem to be doing fine :D

A beautiful view of the valley from the top of Mt. Monserrat

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 19/09/2023

Happy #talklikeapirate day! ListenBrainz usarrrrr UltimateRiff has looted us a playlist for this ere day, me hearties: listenbrainz.org/playlist/7d3... #listenbrainzplaylist

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