Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social 🎓Music, Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoctoral Researcher (Stanford University)
✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
Fred Garratt-Stanley @fred-gs.bsky.social Freelance writer published in The Guardian, NME, GQ, Pellicle, Ferment, Time Out etc. | #ncfc fan, music lover, pub & beer enthusiast | blog: http://stanchion.me
https://linktr.ee/fredgarrattstanley
k*r*n @karengwee.bsky.social Managing Editor (Music), @nme.com. Editor, Mynah Magazine. All opinions my own etc 🇸🇬
NME @nme.com The world’s defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking what’s new and what’s next since 1952. Follow us for news, interviews & more: http://bnd.link/nme
Max Pilley @maxpilley.bsky.social Freelance music journalist - NME, Guardian, Telegraph, Bandcamp Daily, Spin, DIY, more. Wrote a book about R.E.M.
Super Cat PR @supercatpr.bsky.social Music Marketing & Strategy Company.
Otis Robinson @0aty.bsky.social He/him • Journalist, writer • Contributor @ DIY, NME etc
Emma Wilkes @emmabwilkes.bsky.social Curly music journo, proudly sponsored by caffeine / words in Guitar.com, Stereoboard, DIY, Kerrang!, Alternative Press, NME, Revolver, Ticketmaster etc. / she/her / emmabwilkes@gmail.com
Paul B @paulbridgewater.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @thelineofbestfit.com
kelseyjbarnes @kelseyjbarnes.bsky.social doing the most / writer / kelseyjbarnes.com
Daniel Dylan Wray @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
Arusa Qureshi @arusa.bsky.social Author of Flip the Script (404ink) and words sometimes in the Quietus, NME, Guardian, The Forty-Five etc.
Trustee @ Music Venue Trust & Hen Hoose
https://www.arusaqureshi.com/
Emma Garland @emmaggarland.bsky.social music, sex & culture writer / editor.
first book TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MAINSTREAM EMO (2000-2013) COMING 2026.
emmagarland.substack.com
emmaggarland.com
Robert Barry @monsterbobby.bsky.social Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot.
Elizabeth Aubrey @aubreywrites.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social Journalist on culture and news, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Ten Sunday Spells for you every week on juderogers.substack.com
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Chris Connor @chrisco96.bsky.social Games, Movies, Music and Books 🍅-approved, coffee and whisky-driven culture wordsmith. Words in IGN, NME, Radio Times, DIY, Clash, Metro, Yahoo and others. Member of the UK Film Critics Association.
Narzra @narzraa.bsky.social Freelance Music journo, day dreamer...
Online portfolio: https://www.clippings.me/users/narzraahmed
Find me at @narzraa on instagram or narzra [at] gmail [dot] com 😁
Kayleigh Watson @kaylwattson.bsky.social ✨Tea, tears + questionable taste✨
🔍Deputy Editor @ Journo Resources
🖋Bylines: gal-dem, Best Fit, NME, Ticketmaster, Time Out, British GQ + more
Skye Butchard @ohayeitsskye.bsky.social Music writer
@loudandquietmag @theskinnymag @Clashmagazine @guardian @thequietus @bestfitmusic @nme etc. they/them. Glasgow
Rhys Buchanan @rhysbuchanan.bsky.social Sentric Music // Words for NME, DIY, LFC Matchday Programme, Liverpool Echo and more // ETC judge at Glastonbury Festival
Wall of Sound PR @wallofsoundpr.co.uk Your friendly neighbourhood music PR company. Hoping you’re well since 2012 all the way from Liverpool, UK.
https://linktr.ee/wallofsoundpr
Contact: hello@wallofsoundpr.co.uk
Rebecca Mason @beckymason.bsky.social head of publicity for events & special projects
@ inside out
Puja @puja-words.bsky.social Writer | Freelance music & film | Poetry & screenplays | Bridport Prize 2024 shortlisted | Words in The Quietus/Screensphere/ Filmhounds Mag & Ors
Find me on IG: puja_garia.rd
Dave Simpson @davesimps0n.bsky.social Guardian music critic. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davesimpson Author of The Fallen - Life In And Out Of Britain's Most Insane Group and The Last Champions. Yorkshire.
Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org DiS is one of the original music blogs and online communities, founded back in 2000. Its back as a weekly newsletter about the future of music and as a podcast hosted by founder Sean Adams. ⚓︎ http://drownedinsound.org
Jake Hawkes @jrhawk.bsky.social Pill punk evangelist, subcultural history PhD student, Contributing Editor at Dork and co-host of Down With Boring
adam england @adam-england.bsky.social freelance journo for nme, the line of best fit, verywell mind, people, petsradar
he/him
Alan Pedder @neverdoneing.bsky.social Freelance hat stand
Writer/features ed @ thelineofbestfit.com
Newshound @ theneedledrop.com
Mostly found in rural Sweden
alanthology.com // 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🐕🇵🇸🇱🇧 (he/him)
David Roskin @handle.invalid 🏜 Ginger man, writer, whimsy professional
🦭Lifestyle & culture writer: Guardian, Mashable, Yahoo etc
🪐Email: davidaroskin@gmail.com
✍️Bylines: www.davidroskin.com
🧛🏻Newsletter: https://substack.com/@davidroskin
🏳️🌈 📌 Northerner in London
JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social Author of Electric Wizards and Off The Ground.
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/rb-author/jr-moores
Bylines in The Quietus, Record Collector, The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The Guardian, etc. MD Alternative National Treasure.
Cal Cashin @calcash.in Mercurial music writer. As seen on @thequietus.com, @sonemic.com, and beyond.
Complete works: calcash.in
Gary Ryan @garyryanfreelance.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Words for NME, The Telegraph, Big Issue, and more.
NME ‘Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells?’ columnist - https://www.nme.com/tag/does-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells
Cuttings: whatarew0rdsworth.wordpress.com
garyryanfreelance@gmail.com
Ed Gillett @ehgillett.bsky.social Writer for higher. Freelance journalist covering music and politics, author of "Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain"
https://linktr.ee/ehgillett
http://edwardgillett.com
Clash Magazine @clashmusic.com CLASH Magazine. Adventures in music, fashion, film and more. Online, and in print | Our 'Delirium' Issue 133 is here: http://www.theclashshop.com
THE LINE of BEST FIT @thelineofbestfit.com The UK's biggest new music discovery website | Follow our playlist for the best new music - bestf.it/discovery - and say hello AT thelineofbestfit.com
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus
Co-founder of Acid Horse
Writer/Editor
Anti-Fascist
Listen to Nurse With Wound
https://linktr.ee/jahduran
Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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