Spotify's layoffs put an end to a musical encyclopedia, and fans are pissed | TechCrunch

Glenn McDonald created EveryNoise , an encyclopedic goldmine for music discovery.

The site hosts a map of over 6,000 music genres, which you can click on to hear samples of music in any genre from pagan black metal to Australian rockabilly.

Now that McDonald does n’t have access to internal Spotify data, he can no longer maintain the site.

“Everynoise was my Library of Alexandria , and you’re burning it down from the inside.”.

EveryNoise was created by the Echo Nest's Echo Nest , but was laid off days after it was announced by Spotify .

The site was popular for its New Releases feature, which allowed fans to easily browse new music filtered by genre.

It was also popular for Soundtowns , top genres, listening personalities, and a Tarot-like feature.