The Pirate Bay just launched their new music section where artists are categorized utilizing tagging data from the popular music community, last.fm. Together with the previously released music discovery feature, it makes it easier than ever to find music you like.

The music section is a beta release, but it already looks very promising. It allows you to discover new artists based on hundreds of genres or tags.

True to the p2p nature of the site, The Pirate Bay uses the last.fm API to collect their data. Pirate Bay admin Brokep told us: “The last.fm API is one of those things that add value to the internet as a whole, made by users for the users – it’s like peer2peer data.”

The genre and artist based browsing is designed to make it easier for users of the site to find music they like, and just as importantly, to discover new artists.

Last.fm does not openly support The Pirate Bay, however, they said that everyone is free to use their API. I can’t think of any better implementations of the API than this, and i’m sure that the last.fm team love the idea as well, they just can’t say it out loud.

We will probably see more of these “user friendly” features integrated into other sites in the near future. For example, FlixFlux, a BitTorrent site dedicated to movies has already a description, IMDB rating and trailers from YouTube for every film. The possibilities are endless.

Genre based browsing