katherine morayati @morayati.bsky.social coder, music writer, game maker
katherinemorayati.com
Bandcamp @bandcamp.com Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love.
Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Nashvillian, etc. Wrote a book called HER COUNTRY for Holt. Writing one now for Da Capo called I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD GIRL. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
Ana @motherslug.bsky.social Detroit writer. Books, jazz, records, eclectic music, bleak sci-fi, depressing and upsetting fiction and films, the works.
Read me in print media (Uncut Magazine & Maggot Brain), plus motherslug.substack.com and some other places when they will have me!
Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social Dallas-based writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: www.dontrocktheinbox.com
natalie.l.weiner at gmail
Tobias Lambrecht @blechtram.bsky.social Bürolist. Literature, blues discographies, audio pieces. Co-organising sonohr.ch, writing for literaturschweiz.ch / viceversaliteratur.ch, did read for literatur.ch 2025/26, not doing anything obscure on textlambrecht.com
Al @alcartoonist.bsky.social they/she. 27. Cartoonist and music lover. I also go by Allie!
Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/
Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social Feminist music geek
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
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
The Singles Jukebox @singlesjukebox.bsky.social Pop, to two decimal places
A CLOSER LISTEN @acloserlisten.bsky.social dedicated to instrumental and experimental music. info at acloserlisten dot com // Sound Propositions podcast // *Press A*
https://acloserlisten.com/
https://acloserlisten.substack.com
(account managed by @josephsannicandro.bsky.social)
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
shy🎀 @shy.center ✿ la fillette révolutionnaire
✿ words at Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, Resident Advisor, etc
✿ https://www.shy.center/
✿ https://ko-fi.com/mewcaroon
Of Note @ofnotemusic.bsky.social Sharing music writing worth reading. Formerly a monthly newsletter (see archives at https://buttondown.com/of_note)
Managed by Justin Anderson-Weber (@jlweber.bsky.social)
Based in Chicago, Illinois.
Dave Moore @otherdavemoore.com Music stuff. Minimal non-music stuff. 20 new songs a week or your money back at: www.otherdavemoore.com
Brendan Menapace @brendanmenapace.bsky.social Writer for places like Spin, Stereogum, Esquire, Paste, Vice, Brooklyn Vegan, etc. Got my own thing over at www.snakesandsparklers.com.
www.brendanmenapace.com
Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
Derek Malcolm @derekmalcolm.bsky.social Section Editor, Streaming & AV at How-To Geek. Dad. I like tech, audio gear, vintage audio, music, movies, TV, vinyl records.
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social Board President, Jacob Burns Film Center. Longtime NYT critic.
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Evan Calder Williams @nightsmove.bsky.social 
Catherine Russell @catherinerussell.bsky.social Actress & Van Lover
http://independenttalent.com
https://www.tiktok.com/@realcatherinerussell?_t=8rRlHH2olg8&_r=1
https://www.youtube.com/@catherinerussell6226/videos
https://twitter.com/catherinerusse2
#TheVan
nico baumbach @nicobaumbach.bsky.social 
Robert K. Brigham @robertkbrigham.bsky.social Historian of US foreign relations, particularly the Vietnam War. Author most recently of - Reckless: Henry Kissinger and the Tragedy of Vietnam- (PublicAffairs, 2018) and -This is a True War Story: My Improbable History with Vietnam- (Chicago, 2026).
Wayne Koestenbaum @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social writer / artist
Robert Greene @prewarcinema.bsky.social PAVEMENTS, THE FEATHERWEIGHT, PROCESSION, BISBEE ‘17, KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE, ACTRESS, etc + Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
Pasquale Iannone @pasqualeiannone.bsky.social Lecturer in Film Studies (University of Edinburgh)
Writer / Broadcaster (BFI, BBC Radio, Sight & Sound)
Podcast Producer / Host (Edinburgh Film Podcast)
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/piannone
Michael Brooke @marbleicehook.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor and DVD/Blu-ray producer/commentator specialising in British and central/eastern European cinema. Indexes to my regular posts celebrating the latter (9am daily, 9pm most days) can be found at http://www.michaelbrooke.com/bluesky
Linda Ruth Williams @lindaruthwilliams.bsky.social Jam first (home), cream first (work)
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social Writer, Film Curator 
Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social UK-based game-maker, writer, university researcher and Green Party member.
manchestergamecentre.org
Tabletop Games, LARP, TTRPG, Horror, Gothic, Weird, Fantastika, Environmental Philosophy.
Find stuff at frankandalex.itch.io and over at academia.edu.
Alexander Stille @astille.bsky.social Columbia Journalism Professor, writes a lot on Italy. Author of The Sullivanians and other books
Inkoo Kang @inkookang.bsky.social Television critic at The New Yorker. Pronounced in-goo. Get updates from me: https://inkoo.substack.com/ | https://linktr.ee/inkookang
Megan McGurk @meganmcgurk.bsky.social Queen of classic Hollywood woman's pictures.
Writes essays and vintage radio plays. Host of Sass Mouth Dames podcast and film club. Wrote and directed the short film Sex Pirates of 1931.
elena gorfinkel @cinemiasma.bsky.social film scholar + critic | books abt 60s sex films, global cinema, place | in '25: The Prop (Fordham); Wanda (BFI); toiling: Cinemas of Exhaustion | teach @ King's College London | post-soviet newyawker, ekphrastic perfume fiend | elenagorfinkel.com
Oliver Wang @owang.bsky.social Arts & culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Curator of the forthcoming "Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community."
Zakes Mda @zakesmda.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Academic, Professional Dabbler
Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social 🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR
📖: WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPES ME: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris
https://linktr.ee/aishaharris
Adam Nayman @brofromanother.bsky.social Let’s count the rings around my eyes
Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Gene Seymour @geneseymour.bsky.social Writer, Jazz geek, Professional Spectator 
Nathan Lee @nathanlee.bsky.social Assistant Professor (allegedly). Defrocked film critic.
Unreconstructed gay Nietzschean.
Raquel Stecher @raquelstecher.bsky.social Film Historian and Critic. Writer for TCM. Quelle Movies, Out of the Past and #CineHistorians. Passionate about cinema.
www.raquelstecher.com
Ashley Clark @ashcclark.bsky.social Don't look at the carpet, I drew something awful on it
https://linktr.ee/_Ash_Clark
Michael Musto @michaelmusto.bsky.social Commentator, columnist, weirdo-about-town
kogonada @kogonada.bsky.social 
Jessica Kiang @jessicakiang.bsky.social Aw, crap.
Nick James @filmnickjames.bsky.social Writer, former Editor of Sight and Sound magazine. A rock singer last century. A choir member now. 
Dave Kehr @davekehr.bsky.social Longtime film critic -- Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, New York Times -- now a curator in the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Opinions are my own. 
karen han @karenhan.bsky.social 🍒 screenwriter and culture writer
🍊 author of BONG JOON HO: DISSIDENT CINEMA
🍋 reps: lit entertainment/uta
🍐 krnyhan@gmail.com
🫐 https://www.karenhan.org
Graham Fuller @grahamfuller.bsky.social Film Editor at The Arts Desk. Editorial Associate at Cineaste. 
Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.social writer. critic. essayist. on staff at New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://angelicabastien.com/
https://angelicabastien.substack.com- A Chris Fujiwara @amongtheliving.bsky.social writer and film critic
Carrie Rickey @carrierickey.bsky.social Movie Geek. Museum Aficionado. Author of the forthcoming, "A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda" (Norton, 2024)
Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/
Lucy Sante @luxante.bsky.social writer, artist, enigma
Rachel Syme @rachsyme.bsky.social Writer. Woman about town. Here now, I guess. 
Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social Former Pitchfork Executive Editor. Mom. No Fun.
Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social Your critic and co-listener // ex-Washington Post // reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.com // contact me: christopherpaulrichards at proton dot me
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social A pal and a confidant 
Kieran Press-Reynolds @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social editing nobells, writer for pitchfork, GQ, NYT, The Face + more
https://www.kieranpressreynolds.com/ / https://www.kprblog.fyi/
born & living in new yorker
David Anthony @dbanthony.bsky.social Current thing: https://formerclarity.com/
Old things: Music Editor at The A.V. Club, The Shape of Punk column at Noisey, bylines at a bunch of other places, No Plus Ones and As You Were podcasts
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.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
Jens @icofromloco.bsky.social Weird bandcamp enjoyer and RYM Mod. Profile picture by Valyri Harris Sheffner.
https://rateyourmusic.com/~icofromloco
Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social Film archivist, programmer, writer, collector etc
Director of Operations at OCN Distribution, Curator of Cinématographe, Producer at Vinegar Syndrome
Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly
https://letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
dgtl_nightmares @digitalnightmares.de they/she
non-binary industrial goth bitch
hobbyist multimedia artist, music, graphic design, video, writing: https://digitalnightmares.de
no ai, no crypto, no ads, no copyright
media studies student
occasional nsfw art in my likes, sorry not sorry
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
Maarten Wagemakers @grobbelify.bsky.social 
fran hoepfner @franhoepfner.bsky.social i am just here to post my blogs // senior news writer for vulture
Michael Azerrad @michaelazerrad.bsky.social Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social I hate that I'm here. Director, eulogist, author of books on Tobe Hooper, John Ford, Christophe Gans, and Anthony Mann
patreon.com/honorszombie
peyton danielle @peytondani.bsky.social film crit and transient thoughts • writer for RogerEbert.com and CinemaFemme • shipwreck enthusiast • she/her
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die @twiabp.bsky.social Theworldisabeautifulplace.com
diction @diction203.bsky.social 42, uncool dad according to my 12 year old. Listen to music all day always digging for new gems so will be posting a lot about that. Also gaming and cinema.
EN/FR 
Cal Cashin @calcash.in Mercurial music writer. As seen on @thequietus.com, @sonemic.com, and beyond.
Complete works: calcash.in
no bells @nobells.bsky.social nobells.blog
Sonemic / Rate Your Music @sonemic.com RYM is one of the largest music databases and communities online with endless ways to discover new music. https://rateyourmusic.com/
Shoshin Boy @shoshinboy.bsky.social I talk into an upside down fun in an old TV on the clock app
Half Japanese, former Quiz Kid, 0-1 Amateur Boxer, Straight Edge, Shitty BJJ Blue Belt
Jacob deNobel @denobel.bsky.social Junk enthusiast.
Jamie Flanagan @jamieflanagan.com 🏳️⚧️
Brian Duffield: For Good @brianduffield.bsky.social 
Meagan Navarro @hauntedmeg.bsky.social Horror fanatic, journalist, and critic.
Kate Siegel @katesiegel.bsky.social often actress, always dramatic. 
Chris Farren @chrisfarren.bsky.social Chris farren
Cat Graffam @catgraffam.bsky.social artist
linktr.ee/catgraffam
Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, The Guardian, etc. Author of two books. Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social Still being followed by the teenage FBI
speedy ortiz ÷ sad13 ÷ sadie dupuis ÷ haunted guy @sad13.horse sadie dupuis \\ speedy ortiz & sad13 frontdemon \\ books: Cry Perfume, Mouthguard \\ ahhhhhhhhhhhh \\ 1331 mixtape out July 10 via Exploding In Sound
Larry Fitzmaurice @larryfitzmaurice.bsky.social Different posts, same great flavor
Newsletter: https://last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/
Gigs: larry.fitzmaurice@gmail
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
Michael Tedder @mtedder.bsky.social (He/Him) Words for Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Ringer, bunch of other places.
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/ 
Bill Pearis @soundbitesnyc.bsky.social Ousted BrooklynVegan editor, general music nerd; also likes food, film, television, adventures and whatnot
Please don't call me Reg: it's not my name