SonicStandard – a weekly, human‑curated and not AI music zine

Hi HN

I built SonicStandard because my music recommendations started to feel weirdly “same-y.” Great production, polished playlists… but fewer surprises. And I was tired of those fully AI generated musics which all sounds like each other. And I kept running into great releases only because a friend happened to DM me a link. So once a week we publish a short “issue” of hand‑picked tracks across genres, languages, and scenes. The goal is simple: a small set of picks that feel intentional, with just enough context to tell you why it’s there.

A few details, since this is HN:

It’s free to browse you can explore the weekly issues directly on the site.

There’s an optional weekly email if you want the issue link delivered.

I’m not anti‑AI: I even in this project used AI to score new releases how those are AI generated! but the final selection is human listening + judgement.

I’d love feedback on:

whether the site makes it easy to explore each issue

anything you’d change to make it a thing you’d actually come back to weekly

Site: https://sonicstandard.com

I’ll stick around in the comments and answer everything (including the curation process).