Michael Hollett @northbymichael.bsky.social Editor/publisher NEXT Magazine. President/CEO NXNE. Editor-in-Chief SPIN Canada. Founder of NXNE and NEXT Magazine, co-founder NOW Magazine nextmag.ca. NXNE 2027 June 16-20
KICKSIE @k1cksie.bsky.social toronto alt r&b. indie pop. emo. gay.- B @buenno.bsky.social @buenno.bsky.social
God Is In The TV Zine @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social The music and culture webzine established in Cardiff in 2003. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
matty monroeπ₯€ @monrovianprince.bsky.social @indieheadspod.bsky.social host | moderator on r/indieheads | bylines at pitchfork, paste, merry go round | marketing coordinator @redeyeworldwide.com
Crucial Tracks @crucialtracks.org The songs that made you. Part music blog, part music journal app. Come join us! π€
www.crucialtracks.org // app
www.crucialtracks.org/blog
www.crucialtracks.org/explore
Supercrawl @supercrawl.ca Official account for #Supercrawl β an annual not-for-profit music & arts street festival β’ September 11+12+13, 2026 β’ James St. N., Hamilton, ON
supercrawl.ca
The Pressure Drop Show @pressuredropshow.bsky.social Danny Payne brings you an hour of #radiogold every Monday @ 5pm ET on CJLO w/ the best #newmusic & a nod to music's pioneers
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Writer
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NICOROLA - Music blog @nicorola.de Handpicked indie music since 2004 β playlists, songs, videos, reviews, and interviews from shoegaze to post-rock.
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Redeye Worldwide @redeyeworldwide.com Celebrating 30 Years of Independent Distribution
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John Baronello @jtbaronello.bsky.social He/Him. Chicago.
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From The Strait @fromthestrait.bsky.social A music brand for music fans.
Em Moore @emmoore.bsky.social Editor at Punknews
Polaris Music Prize Juror
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Canadian punk
She/they
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ΰΉΰΉΰΉΰΉ @transfeminazgul.bsky.social 'Chicago's Little Lady'
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peter zwarich @ez4pz.bsky.social lover of family, friends, community, music, nature, art, travel, and building/reno projects. River & Sky co-founder, past director, and current board member, decarb advocate. :)
Steve Sidoli @stevesidoli.bsky.social Telephone Explosion // Uh Huh
NorthbyNortheast @northby.bsky.social North by Northeast (NXNE) is Canadaβs leading discovery festival of emerging music since 1995.
June 16-20, 2027
NXNE.com
Jayme Keith @jaymekeith.bsky.social Freelance photographer πΈ DJ Sobeys Bag πΏπͺ© Vintage collector/thrifter π¦ undiagnosed and unthriving
jaymekeithphoto.myportfolio.com
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Katerina Theo @katerina-theo.bsky.social 
/SUV/ @essyouvee.bsky.social Nick // FKA Bad Channels suvsuv.bandcamp.com
Kali Horse @kalihorse.bsky.social Experimental-rock band from Toronto Canada, Des and Sam π
Vallens @vallens-vallens.bsky.social musician & girl named Roy
Ace of Wands @aceofwandsband.bsky.social A Dream Rock Band π catharsis for your feelings since 2017
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https://linktr.ee/aceofwandsband
Riverfest Elora @riverfestelora.bsky.social Elora & Fergus' annual big-little festival! Music, food, art and community.
We turn 15 on August 15-17, 2025! Get your early bird weekend passes now!
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Squirrel Flower @sqrrlflwr.bsky.social New album 'Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going' out now on Polyvinyl.
Matt Latham @mattjlatham.bsky.social Gig-goer, TV-Watcher, attempted-runner, podcast-er. Host of @pickadisc.bsky.social @askusaboutloom.bsky.social. Part of the Shipwrecked and Comatose Red Dwarf podcast team, as well as @adventgamepod.bsky.social!
https://linktr.ee/mattlatham
Stephen McGill @stevemcgill.bsky.social Music Journalist & Lyric Farmer & All Around Nerd & Ally & He/Him
Michael Cloud Duguay @michaelcduguay.bsky.social composer, producer, collaborator
watch that ends the night record || scions || bunny hollo
Daniel G. Wilson @danielgwilson.bsky.social π―π²π¨π¦Afro-Jamaican/Canadian Guitarist/singer, Punk, Editor, Comic Book Writer, Comic Book Flatter, Prose Writer, Frontperson of JONCRO, Music Journalist, Freelancer, Journeyman. I really like pie
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Amy Millan @amymillan.bsky.social My last name rhymes with plan.
I Went To Find You πΉ Out Now
Fiver @fiverfines.bsky.social grand redaction and melody.
new album Cleaning House out July 10.
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begonia @hellobegonia.bsky.social My 3rd album 'Fantasy Life' is out Oct. 24th on Birthday Cake Records !!!!
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Pitchfork @pitchfork.com The most trusted voice in music
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Killbeat @killbeat.bsky.social Canadian Based Music Publicity www.killbeatmusic.com
raina douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social host & writer of world cafe, heard nationally daily from npr & produced at wxpn // voice on pretty dim wonder & pixar's sodas// formerly cbc // instagram: rahrahraina // friend to all
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
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jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social Going out of business since 1988.
Weβre not the best, but weβre pretty good.
www.subpop.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
Ben Waldman @benwaldman.bsky.social Winnipeg Free Press arts reporter, theatre appreciator, music enjoyer, book considerer, film ponderer, bagel eater
World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social Bringing music discovery to nearly a million listeners on NPR stations nationwide, World Cafe is hosted by Raina Douris with contributing host Stephen Kallao and produced by WXPN in Philadelphia.
UPROXX @uproxx.bsky.social The Culture of Now -- Music. Film. TV. Creativity.
Read more at uproxx.com
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social a music blog & record store
Album of the Year @aoty.org Only the best music. Discover the best albums of the year.
aoty.org
PopMatters @popmatters.com Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999. Independent and women-owned.
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Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 75, The '90s Issue Part 2 with Pulp and Suede on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social The heart and soul of music journalism.
The FADER @thefader.bsky.social Look ahead. Instagram: instagram.com/thefader
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gorilla vs. bear @gorillavsbear.bsky.social instagram.com/gorillavsbear πͺ©
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Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
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more @ www.terrorbird.com
NPR @npr.org This is NPR ποΈ
kate killet @katekillet.bsky.social music documentarian, photographer, writer, event producer & booker @ POSIVIBEZ, vinyl DJ, host, punk βsingerβ & moreβ¦ /she-ish queer weirdo
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Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
π associate staff writer Pitchfork
ποΈ co-host Punk This Week
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Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social arts & culture journalist
co-founder @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks.bsky.social
Ian Cohen @iancohen.bsky.social 
Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social editor/writer
in film, vulture, etc
mostly on ig
You've Changed Records @youvechanged.bsky.social artist-run record label, est. 2009
Hua Li εε @hualihuali.bsky.social Half-Chinese, half-militant, half-rapper.
Sam Amidon @samamidon.bsky.social Voted best rebounder at my local basketball game with 80 percent of the vote, December 2022
Toronto Star @thestar.com Canada's biggest daily newspaper thestar.com
Nonesuch Records @nonesuch.com An oasis of artistic excitement (Boston Globe), featuring contemporary classical, jazz, Americana, popular, world, and music theatre.
Joyful Noise @joyfulnoiserecs.bsky.social An independent record label and artistic facilitator for a variety of exploratory musicians. Most posts by Ruby
Double Double Whammy @dbldblwhmmy.bsky.social record label. never dark sided <3
The Ophelias @theophelias.bsky.social Spencer, Mic, Andrea, and Jo πͺ²π―ππ»πͺ©π‘πΎ π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈwe make moth music
Robin Hatch @robinhatch.bsky.social composer/ synth & piano... robinhatch.bandcamp.com
touring keyboardist for hire... currently out w tr/st. ex-our lady peace, porno for pyros, f*cked up, rural alberta advantage, your band here
The OBGMs @theobgms.bsky.social The greatest punk band on Blue Sky
Consequence @consequence.bsky.social Music, Movies, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground.
Bethany Cosentino @bethanycoast.bsky.social Once upon a time I was a Twitter it girl
NO JOY @nojoy.bsky.social pam@feelsrealmgmt.com
PRESAVE https://ffm.to/biglifebigleafsingle
Bugland UK & EU https://linktr.ee/bugland_sc
Bugland Rotw https://orcd.co/buglandalbum
TOUR DATES https://bnds.us/jdnw1x
Polyvinyl Records @polyvinyl.bsky.social Polyvinyl is an independent record label founded in the Midwest, 1996.
https://liinks.co/polyvinyl
DIY @diymag.com Bringing music alive.
diymag.com / shop.diymag.com
slumber mag @slumbermag.bsky.social highlighting your fav & new fav nb, trans, & female-identifying artists πΉ next gen of @thelesigh
Talkhouse @talkhouse.bsky.social Writing and conversations about music and film, from the people who make them; a home for all of your favorite podcasts.
The Alternative @getalternative.bsky.social Real music fans talking about the best tracks we can find.
getalternative.com
patreon.com/getalternative
illuminati hotties @illuminatihotties.bsky.social pka Sarah Tudzin
πΊtenderpunk pioneerπΊ
producer/engineer/noise gremlin
https://linktr.ee/illuminatihotties
Topshelf Records @topshelfrecords.com an independent record label started in 2006
check out our 20th anniversary bundle: www.topshelfrecords.com/twenty
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dev0)))n @bigugly.bsky.social water-based sweetheart | pgh
oceanator @oceanator.bsky.social hi
Booking: Brian@wiredtourbooking.com
Everything else: oceanatorband@gmail.com
GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
The Weather Station @theweatherstation.bsky.social Songwriter.
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
@charlottecornfield.bsky.social @charlottecornfield.bsky.social Hurts Like Hell out now on Merge Records and Next Door Records (can)
Aaron Goldstein @aarongoldstein.bsky.social Toronto music guy. Record production at my headquarters Gold Standard Recorders. I front a band called Espanola. Touring and recording on pedal steel and guitar and more.
Hillside Festival @hillsidefestival.bsky.social An eco-friendly festival of music and community for 40+ years!
#Hillside2027 July 16-18, 2027 (Guelph Lake Island)
https://linktr.ee/hillsidefestival
Bonnie Trash @bonnietrash.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/BonnieTrash
marcus nuccio aka baloney ramone @noochiez.bsky.social marcus drums // ratboys, pet symmetry, what gives, wrong numbers etc
marcusnuccio.com
@landoftalk.bsky.social @landoftalk.bsky.social