# Last.fm?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-fm/778287>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 27, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-fm/778287 "2017-01-27T02:45:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![sms339](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@sms339](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sms339)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-fm/778287/1 "2017-01-27T02:45:31Z")

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Hi all,  
First time poster, long-time lurker…

I was on last.fm for the first time in ages looking up indie/local artists and discovered that tracks can now only be played if they are available via Spotify or YouTube… And that it’s been this way for a long time. Is this absolutely true?

Not looking to Scrobble what I’m already listening to, but rather stream more obscure songs that were once Scrobbled on the service.

I already have Spotify, and to my understanding there is no way to get back the “old” last.fm (I’ve tried going through [archive.org](http://archive.org), for example). I also can’t get Pandora in my country.

I’ve also checked out some weird – mostly foreign – sites that create playlists from last.fm artist tracklists, but when you go to listen, the sound is from YouTube videos.

Any hints/suggestions? Not looking to do anything illegal. Thx.