Why didn’t Spotify notify me about a new release?

New music notifications only cover artists you follow, and Spotify doesn’t send one for every release. Check that you follow the artist and that New music is on in Settings, under Notifications.

Can Spotify notify me about artists I don’t follow?

Not with notifications. Release Radar can include artists you listen to without following, but only one song per artist per week.

Do I have to follow the artists?

No. brew reads the artists in the playlists you pick, so the ones you never got around to following are covered too.

Free to start: up to 3 living playlists, each watching its 10 strongest artists once a week, plus 90 days of Fresh Finds from your top 10 artists. Lifetime is $49 once, no subscription: every artist in up to 100 playlists, checked daily, and the taste-matched modes.

New music notifications on Spotify

Know the moment your artists drop something new

Spotify has three ways to tell you about new music from your artists, and each one covers only part of it. Here’s how to switch all three on - and how to have the new songs land in a playlist on their own.

Works with the playlists you already have. Free to start.

In the last 30 days brew tracked 16,274 new releases from 11,384 artists in its listeners’ playlists.

1. Turn on new music notifications

In the Spotify app, open Settings, then Notifications, and turn on New music - push, email or both. It only covers artists you follow, so follow the ones you care about first, and don’t count on an alert for every single release.

2. Check What’s New

Tap the bell icon on Home. What’s New lists recent releases from the artists you follow, newest first - it’s the closest thing Spotify has to a release feed.

3. Play Release Radar on Fridays

Every Friday Spotify rebuilds Release Radar from new music by artists you follow and play. It’s one song per artist per week, so a full album shows up as a single track.

Or skip the checking

All three ask you to follow artists and to look. brew watches the artists in the playlists you already have and puts their new singles, EPs and albums straight into Spotify - nothing to follow, nothing to check.

Connect Spotify

One sign-in with Spotify’s own login. Nothing to set up and nobody to follow - brew starts from the music you already keep.

Pick a playlist

Any playlist you own. brew watches the artists in it for new singles, EPs and albums.

New releases land in Spotify

In Unroasted mode every new release from those artists collects in a playlist of its own. With lifetime, the taste-matched modes add only the tracks that sound like they belong.

“Found this site (brew.fm) that scrapes all your artists off a Spotify playlist then makes a new playlist of all their new releases. Release radar who??”

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“I immediately found new releases from some of my favorite bands that I didn't even know about!”

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Free to start. $49 once for every artist.

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Questions people ask

Why didn’t Spotify notify me about a new release?: New music notifications only cover artists you follow, and Spotify doesn’t send one for every release. Check that you follow the artist and that New music is on in Settings, under Notifications.
Can Spotify notify me about artists I don’t follow?: Not with notifications. Release Radar can include artists you listen to without following, but only one song per artist per week.
Do I have to follow the artists?: No. brew reads the artists in the playlists you pick, so the ones you never got around to following are covered too.
Is brew free?: Free to start: up to 3 living playlists, each watching its 10 strongest artists once a week, plus 90 days of Fresh Finds from your top 10 artists. Lifetime is $49 once, no subscription: every artist in up to 100 playlists, checked daily, and the taste-matched modes.