Mufi π
Mufi is a command-line music finder written in Python with a bit of Javascript. It is capable of finding albums of various styles, genres, moods (even random, using command-line args). Basically, it uses Allmusic and Last.fm to get brief music information.
Mufi comes with two command-line tools:
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mufi: finding albums by style, genre, date, mood. -
mufi-recs: getting personal recommendations from Last.fm.
Dependencies
Mufi depends heavily on Selenium and Chrome WebDriver. I will add support for Firefox WebDriver soon.
Installation
$ pip install mufiOr you can install from this git repo:
$ pip install git+https://github.com/maximtrp/mufiTo use mufi-recs command, you need to provide your Last.fm login data. Mufi reads it from ~/.lastfm and ~/.config/mufi/.lastfm files. Just say:
$ echo login password > ~/.lastfmUsage
mufi
$ mufi -h
usage: mufi [-h] [-d DATE] [-g GENRE] [-m MOODS] [-n ALBUMS_NUM] [-r RATING]
[-s STYLE] [-v] [-o {album,year,rating}] [-x] [--and] [--asc]
[-k SAMPLE_NUM] [--random-album] [--random-style] [--random-genre]
Mufi finds albums by style, genre, date, or mood π
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d DATE date interval, e.g. 2010-2019
-g GENRE genres, e.g. rock electronic
-m MOODS moods, e.g. sad
-n ALBUMS_NUM number of albums to get (default: 1)
-r RATING rating interval (1-5), e.g. "3.5 5"
-s STYLE styles, e.g. "blues rock,indie"
-v verbose
sorting/matching arguments:
-o {album,year,rating}
sorting criteria
-x strict style/genre matching
--and AND logic (default is OR logic)
--asc ascending sort
randomizer arguments:
-k SAMPLE_NUM number of random styles/genres to get (default: 1)
--random-album get random album
--random-style get random style
--random-genre get random genremufi-recs
$ mufi-recs -h
usage: mufi-recs [-h] [-a] [-l] [-n NUMBER] [-o ORDERBY] [-s] [-v]
Mufi fetches your recommendations from last.fm π
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a recommended artists (default)
-l recommended albums
-n NUMBER results number
-o ORDERBY sort by: none, random (default), name, listeners
-s show similar/context
-v verboseExamples
Defaults
If executed without arguments, mufi selects a random style and fetches just one album from Allmusic.
$ mufi
Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge (2010) ββββSelecting 3 random styles and 5 random albums
$ mufi --random-style -k 3 -n 5
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982) βββββ
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983) ββββ
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) βββ
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988) ββββ
The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion (2013) βββIt will not output the names of styles that were selected randomly. To get all this info, you need to use -vv flag. See below.
Verbosity
You can tell mufi to be verbose (albums list will become numbered, and artist names will be in bold style):
$ mufi -v
[1] Kenny Neal - Hooked On Your Love (2010) βββOr even more verbose (mufi will tell you what it is doing):
$ mufi -vv
Selected styles: Indie Rock
[1] The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) ββββGetting random albums of certain styles
$ mufi -s "blues rock" -n 5 -vv
Selected styles: Blues-Rock
[1] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967) βββββ
[2] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968) βββββ
[3] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (1967) βββββ
[4] Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits (1969) ββββ
[5] Jimi Hendrix - First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997) ββββThere is a difference between using a space and a comma in a style/genre query string. First, the string is split by non-word and non-whitespace symbols (such as punctuation symbols), and then each of substrings is split by non-word symbols. Blues rock will match only blues-rock style, but not all styles containing "rock" and "blues" words. If you want to match all styles with a word "rock", use a comma to separate it from another word: blues,rock.
See the following examples. Selecting all styles that contain afro substring:
$ mufi -s "afro" -vv
Selected styles: Afro-Brazilian OR Afro-Peruvian OR Afro-Pop OR Afro-beat OR Afro-Cuban Jazz OR Afro-Colombian OR Afro-Cuban
[1] Vinicius CantuΓ‘ria / Bill Frisell - LΓ‘grimas Mexicanas (2011) ββββSelecting just Afro-pop:
$ mufi -s "afro pop" -vv
Selected styles: Afro-Pop
[1] Fela Kuti - Koola Lobitos/The '69 Los Angeles Sessions (2001) ββββ
