Welcome to Music From the Archive!
Hi, I’m Ghost! I’m a huge fan of the Internet Archive and number #1 public enemy of streaming services, so I decided to combine all of that into a blog where I compile all of the albums I find on the Archive for you to listen to or download for free!
If you want an alternative to streaming services such as Spotify, you want to spend less time online, you want to support the Internet Archive, or you just want to discover new music, then this is probably the right place for you :]
I might eventually open this blog up to movies or TV shows as well, but for now I’m sticking to music. You can also send in any albums you find on the Archive yourself, and I’ll happily post them! Or, you can request a specific artist and I’ll try to find any songs/performances/albums of theirs on the Archive and compile them together for you!
The BDS movement has also officially added Spotify to their boycott list, so now is an even better time to start moving away from Spotify’s exploitative and racist practices and discover better alternatives for music. Don’t want ads? Don’t want to support a company that profits from deportations and genocide? Want to support your local libraries and/or archives? I got you covered ;-)
Every album/single post will be tagged “#archive music” along with its genre and artist, so you can easily find what you’re looking for! There will also be an #album tag for albums, a #single tag for singles and a #collection tag for Archive collections.
Bandcamp Saturday
I’ve now opened up this blog to posting albums from Bandcamp as well, since Bandcamp directly supports the artists with every purchase of their music. If you don’t have the money, you’ll still be able to stream albums for free on Bandcamp, but if you are able to pay, you’ll be able to download the albums and ensure that the majority of your money is actually reaching the artist!
Even more revenue goes to the artists on Bandcamp Friday, so I’ll be sure to post on every Bandcamp Friday to remind everyone :] In a similar vein, I will be posting albums from Bandcamp every Saturday and tagging it as “#bandcamp saturday” (so as not to disrupt the actual Bandcamp Friday tag). You can scroll through this tag to find anything that catches your interest and, if you have the means, you can help to support the artist!
If you have any other questions, please send them in! And if you’re able to, please consider donating to the Internet Archive.
And if you’re reading this go listen to 1000 gecs by 100 gecs :3
Album Masterlist (updated daily):
[Please note: some of the more popular albums will always be at risk of being taken off the Archive without warning, so I apologise for any links that may no longer be available.]