UK Music @ukmusic.bsky.social UK Music is the collective voice of the UKβs world-leading music industry. We represent all sectors of our industry β bringing them together to collaborate, campaign, and champion music.
Find out more about what we do here: https://www.ukmusic.org/
Keith Brymer Jones @keithbrymerjones.bsky.social Potter ....and judge on Channel4's The Great Pottery Throw Down 
Rolling Stone [Unofficial] @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
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Popjustice @popjustice.bsky.social Where the skies are blue, this is what weβre gonna do.
Music Managers Forum @mmfuk.bsky.social We are the world's largest professional community of music managers.
The Cure Forever @thecure-forever.bsky.social The Cure Fan Afterparties
CARDIFF - MANCHESTER - EDINBURGH
TICKETS at www.STIGMATA.uk
THESE WILL SELL OUT! GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY DO!
Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social Columnist & broadcaster. Presenting for BBC Radio 4, news reviews for This Morning & Sky News. Highly commended/shortlisted Society of Editors' Commentator of the Year 2023 & 2024.
soniasodha.com
Robert Smith @robert.thecure.com The Cure : founder & writer & singer & guitarist & : shake me up
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
π https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social Pushing back against Tories, regardless of what colour tie they wear.
Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
zoegardner.net
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Then: the Guardian/Observer. Now: co-founder all-women journalist collective, thenerve.news. Also, co-founded tech justice non-profit, https://the-citizens.com. And write a personal newsletter at broligarchy.substack.com
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. ππ
Glad to be over here from the "other place"π
It's like breathing clean air again ππΌ
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Miki Berenyi @mikiberenyi.bsky.social Bands: MB3/Lush/Piroshka
Book: Fingers Crossed
Website: mikistuff.com
Gigs: UK/EU: julia.wasielewska@roamartists.com
US/RoW: bowen@teamwass.com
PR: UK: duncan@bellaunion.com;
US: sarah.avrin@charmschoolmedia.com
Martyn Ware official @marcheenware.bsky.social THIS ONE - Heaven 17, BEF, founder Human League, Illustrious,composer,producer, podcaster, DSc, DMus, Prof,socialist,3D soundscapist, In Place Of War, author
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly @forgetcape.bsky.social Aka Sam Duckworth.
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
The Cure @thecure.com THE CURE FORMED IN CRAWLEY, SUSSEX, ENGLAND. PLAYED ITS FIRST SHOW IN 1978.
Official account for The Cure / @robert.thecure.com
The Blessed Madonna @theblessedmadonna.bsky.social America is a Riot.
Theblessedmadonna.com
lilyallen @thelilyallen.bsky.social queen of myspace
Suede @suedehq.bsky.social #ComingUp30 out 25 September. Suede & Manic Street Preachers UK co-headline tour tickets on sale now.
https://linktr.ee/SuedeHQ
Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox π¨ drownedinsound.org π¦ follow @drownedinsound.org
Laura Kelly @laurakaykelly.bsky.social Editor, multimedia journalist, award-winning writer, podcaster. Gig-goer. Feminist. Witchy. π€π€π»
Myspace Tom @tom.bsky.social former social media guy turned humble patron
Ryan Schreiber @ryanschreiberfm.bsky.social The artist formerly known as @ryanpitchfork
Author of WEIRD ERA (Dec 1 via @fsgbooks)
Resident DJ @thelotradio
Writing at ethernet.fm
Dork @readdork.com DOWN WITH BORING // Music magazine, online radio station, and βmoreβ. Find us at readdork.com
Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social Typist.
Alec Hanley Bemis @alechanleybemis.bsky.social Check out my mixtape delivery service: alechanleybemis.substack.com
Founded Brassland.org. I help artistsβand manage & curate creative projects. Current stuff at http://linktr.ee/a_h_b
Be brave & be kind β€οΈβπ₯
WichitaRecs @wichitarecs.bsky.social Record label/mgmt company turning 25 in 2025
Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world falling apart
David Emery @de-online.co.uk Music / Tech / Words
Apple Music
Views mine etc.
https://de-online.co.uk
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
Lewis Jamieson @lewjam.bsky.social Overlord of Music Declares Emergency, glory hunting @mancityfc.bsky.social fan, kid's taxi
Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social Education, research and advocacy for musicians.
Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social The UK's only trade union for musicians
A community 36,500 strong
βΌοΈ Urgent enquiry? Contact the MU at https://theMU.org/contact
π¨ Cover art by Malini Chakrabarty
The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies @theanchoress.bsky.social Songwriter/Producer 3x@musicproducersguild nominated. Management: sean{at}drownedinsound.org
Booking: lux@spideringtouring.com
Press: polly@completecontrolpr.co.uk
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.
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
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
Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com A collaborative of 60 writers and artists publishing a newsletter for you each weekday. Culture, opinions, criticism, news, comics, mayhem.
$3/month
https://flaminghydra.com
maura johnston @maura.bsky.social boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you. sign up for maura.ghost.io today.
self-titled @selftitledmag.bsky.social a blast from the mp3 blog past
altering your algorithm since 2008
edited by @andrew-parks.bsky.social
now available at selftitledmag.substack.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
Simon Raymonde @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social Musician with a label. Cocteau Twins/Lost Horizons. Producer, mixer. Some non-Cocteaus gig highlights? Playing bass with Midlake, on βThe Ratβ live with The Walkmen, and playing guitar on tour with Mercury Rev β€οΈ Memoir βIn One Earβ on Nine Eight Books now.
EchoesAndDust @echoesanddust.com Album & gig reviews & interviews.
Contact us if you want to review for us!
Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social Going out of business since 1988.
Weβre not the best, but weβre pretty good.
www.subpop.com
IQ Magazine @iqmagazine.com The essential news resource for the international live music business: http://iqmagazine.com
Get the latest industry news in your inbox: http://iqmagazine.com/iq-index
Music Ally @musically.com musically.com :) Knowledge and skills for the modern global music business.
Stereogum @stereogum.com πππ πππππβπ ππππ πππππ ππππ
β stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
DIY @diymag.com Bringing music alive.
diymag.com / shop.diymag.com
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social Official account of John Robb musician and writer. Upcoming memoirs and tour https://louderthanwar.com/john-robb-memoirs-and-spoken-word-tour-may-2026/
Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social π¬οΈπ³ Artist and activist. Founder of The Awen Project and The Dreaming retreat. Loves a bit of singing an all.
π§ charlottechurchmgmt@gmail.com
Duncan Seaman @duncanseamanyp.bsky.social Music correspondent for The Yorkshire Post
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/
MDANT π
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
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
Billboard @billboardbot.bsky.social *UNOFFICIAL*
music β’ charts β’ news β’ more
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Maintained & ran by @jglypt.co.uk
jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social editor/writer
in film, vulture, etc
mostly on ig
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Michael M π½ @michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social 'Rick Moranis' hyperactive bug-eyed son' - a newspaper.
Slimes / Physics / Jurassic Park Dossier / Slugs / That Slade video that repeats the first line
An author now I guess??
All the links π linktr.ee/michaelmisrubbish
The Secret DJ. @thesecretdj.bsky.social
nobhead.
https://linktr.ee/thesecretdj
UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social
JOEMUGGS.UK
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Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms
I have bad dreams and I poop a lot.
#MDANT
bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com
joemuggs.substack.com
theartsdesk.com
mixcloud.com/joemuggs
rovr.live/#/curator/joe-muggs
etc
Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social πMusic, Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoctoral Researcher (Stanford University)
βπ½Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
π https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
Ellen Peirson-Hagger @ellencph.bsky.social Deputy books and arts editor, the Observer
ellencph.co.uk
kate solomon @katiesol.bsky.social freelance culture journalist
Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social Bag for life. Words: Evening Standard, Guardian, Dazed, AnOther, Rolling Stone, Crack, L&Q. Commission me: glsamways@gmail.com | She/her
Emma Swann @emmaswann.com founder diy magazine. music photographer. 
Tina Hart @tinietinah.bsky.social π« My home office is named Spiceworld π«
πͺπΌ #GirlPower π₯ #PopMusic πΆ #MusicIndustry
π©π»βπ» @TinaHartMedia.bsky.social π€
π #Londoner π #Leytonstone @LeytonstoneLove.bsky.social
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
lucy ford π @lucyjford.bsky.social what the hell sure
writer & yapper for hire british gq, teen vogue, time, netflix tudum, nmeβdaily host @ magic at the musicalsβex-senior celeb gal at bauer media
π lucyfordwrites@gmail.com 
Lara Baker @larabaker.bsky.social Music biz - Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships @ Spotify. Music Week Women in Music Awards cofounder. AIM Awards creator. Diversity & women in music advocate. She/her.
Sophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social Boltonian in London. Garlic bread! β¨ A silly billy!
COMEDY: https://sophlouisehall.medium.com
SUBSTACK ABOUT BEST BITS OF POP SONGS: https://sophiehall.substack.com
Vick Bain @vickbain.bsky.social 'So-called expert' random man on Twitter π
Fervent lefty, founder of @theflistmusic & PhD researcher #womeninmusic
Jo Kendall @jothekendall.bsky.social Hengemaker, cake eater, uke destroyer, Associate Ed Prog Mag, contrib for Classic Rock, Record Collector and Electronic Sound, lecturer at BIMM London. Mixtape elf, Radio 5 Live-er, infiltrator to Woman's Hour, she/her. More on linktr.ee/jokendall 
Anna Neale @annanealemusic.bsky.social Singer/Songwriter, Artist, Composer, Musician, Engineer, Producer | Director of Creators Relations at CISAC | Academic. Views are my own. www.annaneale.net
Kat Five @katfive.bsky.social Electronica with bite, Emergency Start out now!
Music. Tech. Change.
aka Terry Tyldesley / Feral Five
https://linktr.ee/katfive
https://feralfive.bandcamp.com/track/truth-is-the-new-gold
mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social wild horse..
BBC 6 Music Sunday 6-8pm
The 6 Mix Friday 11pm
https://www.instagram.com/maryannehobbs_
Martin Talbot @martinlt.bsky.social Books, film, music, Ipswich Town FC, Clapton CFC, dog dad, charts, data. Opinions my own.
Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
https://linktr.ee/MusicVenueTrust
Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social The electronic music magazine
Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com UK-based songwriter and broadcaster (b.1950). Rock Against Racism, Glad To Be LGBT+, Sometime DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music https://linktr.ee/tomrobinson
Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
COLOSSAL ποΈendβ¦
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). βAn exceptional writerβ - Olivia Laing.
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
Steve Farris Music @stevefarrismusic.bsky.social Music consultant & publisher at Schedule A. A&R, catalogue optimisation, artist development, business & A&R support, startup support, project management & mentoring.
https://linktr.ee/stevefarrismusic
alice @alicebrwne.bsky.social π aspiring mob wife / mother natureβs bitch working in museum comms πΉ
words in @polyesterzine @bestfitmusic @gigwise etc.
Last Night From Glasgow @lnfg.bsky.social Your Friendly Neiighbourhood Record Label
Support us from as little as Β£4 per month @ http://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com
Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social Benn Jordan / The Flashbulb
β’β’Recording artist | YouTuber | Researcherβ’β’
https://linktr.ee/BennJordan
Laura Kidd π Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social πΈ Sad songs to make you feel better.
π§Ά Craft, music and adventure.
π Do Stuff β΄ Stuff Happens.
I love typewriters.
π§ Nottingham, UK.
π€ Get a FREE album + zine from http://linktr.ee/penfriendrocks
Andy Edwards @andyedwardsster.bsky.social Music business executive. Artist advisor. Cyclist. Autistic and ADHD. Antiracist.
www.andyedwards.net