Before I subscribed to Last.fm, I thought I should find a TUI Last.fm player, I am a CLI addict. I tried LastBash first, but it didn’t play and I don’t know the reason. Then I found Shell.FM, and I love it.

Here is my ~/.shell-fm/shell-fm.rc:


username = [username]
password = secret
default-radio = lastfm://user/[username]/recommended
np-file = /home/[username]/.shell-fm/nowplaying
np-file-format = %t by %a
title-format = Now playing %t from %l by %a (%T)
screen-format = %t by %a
term-format = %t by %a
delay-change = true
# COLORS!!!
# Track title
t-color = 1;31
# Album name
l-color = 1;32
# Artist name
a-color = 1;34
# Track page
T-color = 0;36

I also use Conky to cat nowplaying file. If you don’t know what those mean, man shell-fm to find out.