Audio players for GNU/Linux

Why is it that something simple as a good music player doesn't exist on Linux?

And for those of us who aren't building from source, deadbeef is still the best player. I'm really shocked that it's so unheard of, given it's basically a clone of foobar2000.

I use mpv, but I've heard mpd is another great option.
If you are a guifag maybe try amarok.

music123 is great

opencubicplayer for that extra .nix feeling

Clementine

mpd + ncmpcpp (mingus for emacs) is the only way to go.

Are there any good upnp clients for music? Kodi isn't so great on desktop

It does, it's called mpd. There are several interfaces for it.

Don't kid yourself, there's no such thing as a good music player application at all.