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Algorithms are very good at feeding you the same old songs.

Generated playlists full of 20-year-old tracks, calibrated precisely to hit your nostalgia berries. Comfortable, familiar - and increasingly dull.

If you want to discover new music that doesn’t just mimic the past or lazily rework it, you’re in the right place.

F*ck the algorithm is an independent publication I created in response to realising my Spotify algorithm looked like the land that time forgot. In 2025, I was in the top 0.01% of blink-182 listeners worldwide, which made me think it was time to broaden my horizons. But the robo-DJs had other ideas and kept pumping my playlists with the same songs on an endless loop. I can't be the only one in this situation, so I started F*ck the algorithm to force myself to try harder - and hopefully help others along the way.

Each week, I'll be creating a new playlist of fresh music I like, with a brief explanation of why it works for me - a 40-year-old who grew up on punk, metal and hardcore.

That doesn't mean that everything I include will kick you in the face with angsty, overdriven guitars and double kick drums. My tastes have broadened to include all sorts of things my young self would have dismissed, but I've been around the block a few times since then and I'm comfortable admitting that little punk didn't know everything.

My only promise is that each recommendation has a bridge back to the music that shaped me - and hopefully that means you'll like it too.

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