Mondo Trasho @mondotrasho.bsky.social Just siftin' & shiftin'
'Like water, I had no colour, running free, eternal beauty.'
Never sarcastic 👀
#MDANT
Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social The Strategic Tape Reserve, based in the Penedès region of Catalonia, is a fully independent organization dedicated to the responsible dissemination of ferric cassette materials.
The Resonance Association @trahq.co.uk Post-prog noiseniks since 2006
Dominic Hemy - guitars, Theremin, electronics
Daniel Vincent - guitars, synths
trahq.co.uk
MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social MORE REALISTIC GOALS - 2 friends share music with each other, and with you. Radio. Blog. Previously other stuff.
Now - https://medium.com/more-realistic-goals
Before - https://linktr.ee/frontandfollow
Ellen E Jones @ellenejones.bsky.social Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
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 // Jacques Cousteau could never get this low
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
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 ⚒️🏳️🌈
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
Manu Ekanayake @manueky.bsky.social Oh God, this is just what we do now, isn't it? Just go from platform to platform like some kind of ongoing Littlest Hobo scenario
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
Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
Cal Cashin @calcash.in Mercurial music writer. As seen on @thequietus.com, @sonemic.com, and beyond.
Complete works: calcash.in
Joe Banks @joebankswriter.bsky.social 'Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground' - a MOJO, Uncut, Prog & Shindig book of the year. www.daysoftheunderground.com.
'Rock And Role: The Visionary Songs Of Peter Hammill And Van der Graaf Generator' out now. www.rockandrole.net
Adrian Lobb @adey70.bsky.social I write for The Big Issue about arts and culture and stuff. SE London, via Derby, Cov, N London and Glasgow. 
Jeremy Allen @jeres.bsky.social Record Collector, Prog, Electronic Sound, the Quietus, Classic Pop... others.
Author of Relax Baby Be Cool: the Artistry and Audacity of Serge Gainsbourg - out now on Jawbone Press
Will Salmon @evilrobotbill.bsky.social Super falling star. Words at SFX magazine, The Quietus, Wyrd Science, GamesRadar+, and more.
Modern Aviation (@modernaviation.bsky.social here and @musiqueparavion at the other place) doing tapes & that.
Tabletop stuff: unremembered_empire on IG.
Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social Writer / DJ / silly sausage
crisps / hullabaloo and custard / pop music is important
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Observer. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 3rd book out March ‘27 https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
Zara Hedderman @zarahedderman.bsky.social Listens to albums & writes (mostly) & talks (sometimes) about them in The Quietus, Aquarium Drunkard, Northern Transmissions, RTÉ Arena, The IMRO Podcast.
📩: heddermanzara@gmail.com
Newsletter: The Bad Arts
Hannah G @hannaheg.bsky.social writer on art, places, relations
~ memory-work ~
editor of nonfiction & experimental lit 
Keith Kahn-Harris @keithkahnharris.bsky.social Author. Sociologist. Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Jewish Policy Research and Senior Lecturer at Leo Baeck College but here in a personal capacity. Interested in metal, Jews and much else. https://linktr.ee/keithkahnharris
Dr Leo Chadburn @leochadburn.bsky.social Composer, performer, writer. FKA Simon Bookish. 🏳️🌈
www.leochadburn.com
leochadburn.bandcamp.com
John Quin @jdquin.bsky.social FRCP. #MDANT Writing sometimes in The Wire, Quietus, ArtReview, The Tablet, 🇮🇪Times, 🏴 National.
Memoir: Dr Quin, Medicine Man. 4 star review @TheTimes.com
New 📕Video. On 📺 Art
Matthew Neale @matthewgneale.com For those of you just returning.
https://matthewgneale.com ✨ he/they
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. 
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
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.
Elizabeth Aubrey @aubreywrites.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Telegraph, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Derek Robertson @derekrocks.bsky.social Writer & editor. ✍🏻 for @guardian, @Independent, @NME, @VICE, @theQuietus, @timeout, @TheFaceMagazine & more.
https://derekrobertson.journoportfolio.com
Kiran Acharya @whoismrbishop.bsky.social 🎬 Eternity, Survival, Dispossession, Honesty
📧 Email community at www.kiranacharya.xyz
📱Enquiries & collaborations at www.kinoflekke.studio
Alex Burrows @alxbrrws.bsky.social 
Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.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
Antonio @alteranthony.bsky.social ✍️ music writer: The Wire, The Quietus, Kulturpunkt...
🥼 researcher
🍎 teacher: Academy of Music, Zagreb
⌨️ programmer
🌐 https://antonio.poscic.net
📰 https://researchmusic.blog
Christian Eede @chriseede.bsky.social Permanently tired / editing news stuff @thequietus / freelance stuff elsewhere
Jared mumbles into the void @ouchmonkey.bsky.social "I told him I was a business monkey, Roy"
Ben Graham @bleeding-cheek.bsky.social Writer & arts journalist in East Sussex. Shindig! The Quietus. Author of A Gathering Of Promises, Scatological Alchemy, Amorphous Albion, Pink Floyd Are Fogbound in Paris, etc. Discordian poet. www.bleedingcheek.wordpress.com https://ko-fi.com/bengraham23
Lior Phillips @liorphillips.bsky.social verklempt, mostly.
🌿Author of 33 1/3 South African Popular Music out now everywhere
❤️🔥Currently writing a book about Cher
🖤🇿🇦🪬🧿mother of twins 〰️ music journalist
chicago via cape town
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
Daryl Worthington @darylworthington.bsky.social Spool's Out cassette reviews columnist at The Quietus. Sound maker at Beachers. Co-runner of Bezirk tape label. 
C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social Writer of stories. 'We Live Here Now.' 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (@melvillehouse.bsky.social)
lottie brazier @lottiebrazier.bsky.social https://lottiebrazier.com/ instagram: @lottiebrazier
London
https://linktr.ee/Lottiebrazier
Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com Top rollmo’ star. Writer. Media node. Author of the 33 1/3 on George Michael’s Faith. Arsenal. Running. Dartford.
https://matthewhorton.com
Amanda Farah @amandafarah.bsky.social Woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.
Your foreign correspondent.
Sometime music writer.
Kombucha socialist.
Pointy dog owner.
Hemmelig dansker.
miloš hroch @miloshroch.bsky.social sonic nurse • the wire magazine • the quietus • respekt ❘ media studies at charles university ❘ nadšením nájem nezaplatíš
UK Prime Minister @joemuggs.bsky.social
JOEMUGGS.UK
--
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
Vanessa Ague @vanessakayague.bsky.social Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.
Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social Typist.
claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social “the glamorous node of glasgow” –grant morrison / writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, tribune, the quietus, little white lies, singles jukebox + / big opinions @ overinvested podcast / zines @ everywhere / https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
Bill Brewster @djhistory.bsky.social DJ, writer, idiot.
Bookings: ryan@thepool-london.com
wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social DJ, producer and professor of musical information.
Contact: wrongtom@gmail.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
Wayne Gooderham @wbgooderham.bsky.social Freelance writer. Blog about books (https://bookdedications.co.uk & https://livesinlit.com). Co-run @tpfilmclub.bsky.social. All links to all bits: https://linktr.ee/wbgooderham
Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Michael Hann @michaelhann.bsky.social Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Aug Stone @augstone.bsky.social There is no I in 'Optometry'
https://linktr.ee/augstone
Substack augstone.substack.com
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 too: puja_garia.rd
Lisa Jenkins She/Her @lisaannejenkins.bsky.social Disability Inclusion Advocate | Turning Lived Experience into Lasting Impact Speaker & Podcast Guest | Empowering Organisations Through Authentic Storytelling
Matt Anniss @sellbydave.bsky.social Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net
Hayley Scott @hayleyscott.bsky.social Writer and promoter based in Manchester
linktr.ee/hayleycscott
Chris Roberts @chrisroberts123.bsky.social 
Actually @actuallystudio.bsky.social Graphic design and artwork for arts, culture, fashion and music.
https://actually.studio
Tomorrow Syndicate @tomorrowsyndicate.bsky.social Sound and visualslbeamed directly from Glasgow, Scotland.
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
Audio Obscura @audioobscura.bsky.social I make: Sound / Music / field recordings / films.
Releases on: Subexotic Records, Woodford Halse, Mortality Tables, Naviar Records.
Work part-time as a bookseller. From Newcastle, UK but live in Norfolk.
https://audioobscura.bandcamp.com/
Andrew Ostler @expert-sleepers.co.uk Founder, Expert Sleepers Ltd; composer, saxophonist & modular synthesist.
https://linktr.ee/expertsleepers
High Peak Recordings @highpeakrecordings.bsky.social #Recording | #Mixing | #Mastering
HPR is a music studio offering recording, mixing, and mastering services. And rehearsal rooms. Get in touch to discuss your music.
Bon plays in Flange Circus and on his own as Hol Weg. Likes weird sounds/music.
Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social Audio/Video collagists. We made that Alan Sugar mash-up, and that Boris Johnson one, and that other Boris Johnson one
ko-fi.com/cassetteboy
youtube.com/cassetteboy
The Leaf Library @theleaflibrary.bsky.social Drone/indie pop band from NE London and beyond. Matt posts.
Links: https://paa.ge/theleaflibrary
New album out now: https://fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain-strange-seeds
Future Children @futurechildren.bsky.social Tomorrow's Sound Yesterday
Yesterday's Sound Today
https://linktr.ee/FutureChildren
Castles in Space @castlesinspace.bsky.social UK Electronic Vinyl Record Label
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
castlesin.space
Clint Mansell @iamclintmansell.bsky.social Love Now More Than Ever
Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social The electronic music magazine
Ghost Box Records @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social 
Burning Shed @burningshed.com Online record shop and label specialising in Progressive, Ambient, Electronic & Art Rock music. We also run official webstores for bands/labels. Sign up for our weekly newsletter at burningshed.com
Mulgrave Audio @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Original audio drama. Where white noise meets dark forests, where waking terrors meet sleepy hollows, where analogue dreams meet digital nightmares...
mulgraveaudio.co.uk
mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com
daniel vincent @danielvincentmusic.com Musician (danielvincentmusic.com)
Photography, outdoors stuff, CPFC
Also
trahq.co.uk
linktr.ee/decomforests
Bob Fischer @bobfischer.bsky.social Writer and mumbler. Haunted Generation, Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innit