Agreed, it’s hard to find listens, and it’s also confusing how links to artists/albums kick you back out to MB. Particularly for old last.fm users.
That said, maybe the solution is to use MB more, rather than less. MB already has search and all the entity pages one could wish for. This thread has my mockup for integrating the two:
I’ve often found myself wishing for the LB ‘play’ button when editing something, to check the genre!