Mild Horses @mildhorses.bsky.social Noise-pop/dream-pop/shoegaze/electronica/lo-fi/psychedelia and all points inbetween. Ex-Crest/Coin-op/Cortez/2Hot2Sweat
www.mildhorses.co.uk
Contact: mildhorses2@gmail.com
Spacehotel @spacehotel.bsky.social High beam electro-rock. Low Earth orbit 🌐 No AI used in any music/videos!
https://beacons.page/spacehotel
Ancient Trees Recordings @ancienttreesrec.bsky.social
Stewart Smith @drstewartsmith.bsky.social Writer: jazz, improvised, experimental, Scotland & the avant-garde @ The Wire, Bandcamp, The Quietus, We Jazz, Guardian. Associate lecturer Newcastle University. Musician. He/him. 🇵🇸
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Seth Cooke | Every Contact Leaves a Trace @sethcooke.bsky.social filling noise with space
https://sethcooke.bandcamp.com
https://everycontactleavesatrace.bandcamp.com
speculation mine
Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) @alanranta.bsky.social Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards.
Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
ⓘ this user is woke
Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social REEL formed when three refugees from The Psychedelic Duelling Wars congealed in the psychic wreckage of a Somerset studio to record Wild Garlick electronica on adapted bits of farm machinery, petrol cans & sine wave generators
https://psych-duelling.uk
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
@leearizuno.bsky.social @leearizuno.bsky.social
Nathan Evans @nayfunevans.bsky.social Music journalist + UK garage enjoyer, words in the guardian, p4k, resi advisor, mixmag, bandcamp, crack, the wire, dazed, etc.
https://linktr.ee/nayfunevans
taxim @taxim.bsky.social
Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social Music lover, occasional reader, dabbles in the outdoors.
https://albumwhale.com/arewenotben / https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/arewenotben / https://silent.pika.page/ | taking a break from here
James / BALF @balfnoise.bsky.social BALF
NOISE ARTIST FROM THE NORTH YORKSHIRE COAST.
RELEASES OUT NOW ON INDUSTRIAL COAST INCLUDING SPLIT W/ QUIET HUSBAND & COLLAB WITH WREN ADOBE. LOW FELL W/ TOMASZ C.
James
Dad of two.
Teacher for Post-16 SEND & SEMH.
https://linktr.ee/BALFNOISE
DavidMcKenna @davidmckenna.bsky.social Rockfort, Concrete Gazebo, Personal Reasons. He/Him
https://www.mixcloud.com/ROCKFORT/
https://thequietus.com/writer/david-mckenna/
https://concretegazebo.bandcamp.com/
Robert @robertd1.bsky.social (failing) writer; @loudandquiet @thequietus @clash
Mat Colegate @matcolegate.bsky.social Writes about cult and horror movies, makes electronic music as M.L. Deathman.
jensenbull @jensenbull.bsky.social Pretty consistent outlook on life. Mildly obsessed with music, football (Hereford FC), nature in all its forms and food.
Walker @subspacebiography.bsky.social
Harold Heath @haroldheath.bsky.social Writes words about music
AuDHD
My first book 'Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Smalltime DJ' is out now
Stained Zurich @stainedzurich.bsky.social Live music enthusiast, film geek, horror, tsundoku, esoterica, shiny discs, megaliths, whippets
Rob Emmett @robadobbob.bsky.social Complete amateur at most things. Highly competent in slouching. Enjoys lying down and avoiding responsibility.
shin9996 @shin9996.bsky.social Mastodon (toot.blue)
https://toot.blue/@shin9996
Bandcamp
https://bandcamp.com/shin9996
Samuel Barbier-Ficat @samuelbarbierficat.bsky.social mgmt : iman@iceworldgroup.com
Instagram.com/samuelbarbierficat
https://too.fm/curtainmusic
Earth Libraries @earthlibraries.com Unearthing esoteric sounds & hidden gems. Curating avant-garde & nostalgic music across decades.
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
Marie Leanne Shrewsbury @crapcerealandpills.bsky.social Older trans woman. GID dx 1990. DID dx 2003. We live through this so no-one else has to. We publish a research heavy trans rights article approx. every 6 weeks. Unsolicited DMs blocked.
Rubie @rubierubie.bsky.social glasgow
she/her
🏳️⚧️🎤🎸🎹⚔️
rubie.bandcamp.com
substack.com/@rubierubie
instagram.com/rubie____
Lauren Barley @rarelyunable.bsky.social Rarely Unable - music PR. Anagram appreciator. (she/her)
rarelyunable.com
I'm Gary Suarez of CABBAGES @imgarysuarez.bsky.social Music journo/critic who wrote for every publication you used to read.
CABBAGES is my hip-hop newsletter + rapper movie podcast.
Subscribe for free: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/
Eat Your Own Ears @eatyourownears.bsky.social London-based music promoters and record label who work with an eclectic roster of the best new and established artists
tayler @billdifferen.bsky.social billdifferen.blogspot.com
just posting moosic that i like on here 👍
Jenny - Records/Vintage Trading Cards @jennifer-jenny777.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 I co-own a record/vintage trading card store inside of The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring, LA.
https://www.lastbookstorela.com/
Crack Magazine @crackmagazine.bsky.social Listening closely.
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
kranky ltd @krankyltd.bsky.social www.kranky.net
Room40 // Lawrence English @room40.bsky.social Lawrence English//Room40 ... vibrating bodies with sound, philosopher of listening.
Cherry Red Records @cherryredrecords.bsky.social The unmistakable sound of independence. A record label releasing the most independent thinking music since 1978.
https://linktr.ee/cherryredrecords
Ghost Box Records @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social
Planet Mu Records @planetmurecords.bsky.social Award winning record label. www.planet.mu
Blue Tapes @bluetapes.bsky.social Minimal and often abstract music - from grime to gugak, American primitivism to Japanese ambient - presented with minimal and often abstract cyanotype artwork.
https://bluetapes.bandcamp.com
Stones Throw @stonesthrow.bsky.social We make records, based in Los Angeles.
https://www.stonesthrow.com/
Ninja Tune @ninjatunehq.bsky.social Independent record label created in 1990
#loverecordstores
https://ninjatune.lnk.to/bio
Warp Records @warprecords.bsky.social
4AD @4ad.com
@roughtraderecords.bsky.social @roughtraderecords.bsky.social
Bella Union Records @bellaunion.bsky.social Indie record label based in Brighton, run by Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde
bellaunionvinylshop.com & bellaunion.com & https://bellaunion.bandcamp.com
MUTE @muterecords.bsky.social We make records.
https://linktr.ee/muterecords
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
Andrew Spackman @andrewspackman.bsky.social Composer and Music Producer - SAD MAN, The Dark Jazz Project, Cars from the Future, Nimzo-Indian - etc…
https://linktr.ee/andrewspackman
Munkle @unklemunkle.bsky.social With his fingers broken 'n his heart 'n back forgotten
boomkat.com @boomkat.com Independent music specialist
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)
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
@lemoncruise.bsky.social @lemoncruise.bsky.social
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 “The Rat” live with The Walkmen, and playing guitar on tour with Mercury Rev ❤️ Memoir “In One Ear” on Nine Eight Books now.
Heather Leigh @wishimage.bsky.social sanctifiedsteel@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/heatherleigh
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social Author
Tom Robinson @marsdenmouse.bsky.social “I don't particularly like the person singing on this L.P. That said, I marvel at his guts.”
Music, Books, etc.
Jamie Bains @jamiebains.bsky.social Life just bounces 🐝 - writing about music and culture.
Substack: https://jamiebains.substack.com/
Skye Butchard @ohayeitsskye.bsky.social Music writer
@loudandquietmag @theskinnymag @Clashmagazine @guardian @thequietus @bestfitmusic @nme etc. they/them. Glasgow
James Kilkenny @gingerjames99.bsky.social Music journalism and Green Party member
@harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social Writer.
Guardian. The Quietus. Vice. Record Collector.
Author of Monolithic Undertow.
Kasimiira Kontio @kasimiira.bsky.social Founder of Kontio Comms, working across music, art, culture, books, events internationally 🪩
💻: kasimiira@kontio-comms.com
https://www.instagram.com/kontiocomms
Cosey Fanni Tutti @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social My Art is my Life My Life is my Art - Artist, Musician & Author of Art Sex Music & Re-Sisters. Co Founder & member of Throbbing Gristle / Industrial Music / Chris & Cosey / Carter Tutti / Carter Tutti Void
Sunny @sunnysjwinter.bsky.social 👨🏻💻 Manager, Sony Music (KNR)
🎥 Interviewer, Creator & Host
🏆 Music Industry Advice
❤️ Community & Connection
🙋🏻♂️ All views my own
Brendan Landis @slownames.bsky.social Guy from the band Receive, drummer in Star Card, FKA Hey Exit
https://brendanlandis.com/
https://slownames.bandcamp.com/
https://ampwall.com/a/receive
@fanfairalliance.bsky.social @fanfairalliance.bsky.social Established 2016. Campaign against industrial-scale online ticket touting. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? www.fanfairalliance.org
Cvmsleg Borenail @cumslegborenail.bsky.social booking: cumslegborenail@gmail.com
He loves Coil, Peter Frohmader, Gunter Schickert & Throbbing Gristle. Music, art, the usual Internet junk peddler.
https://linktr.ee/cumslegborenail
Joshua Minsoo Kim @misterminsoo.bsky.social
Emily Bick @saving-throw.bsky.social Editor @thewiremagazine. she/her. @saving_throw@ohai.social on Mastodon. Message me there, forget this ID data scraping nonsense. Dexterity 6, Charisma 4, a d20 kiss for luck.
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog- B byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
Baba Yaga's Hut @babayagashut.bsky.social Anthony Chalmers
London based concert promoter.
Experimental, left-field and underground music from UK & across the world.
Cafe OTO @cafeotodalston.bsky.social New music venue & cafe.
18-22 Ashwin Street / London / E8 3DL
cafeoto.co.uk
The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
thewire.co.uk
Sterrenplaten @sterrenplaten.bsky.social Bi-weekly show on Radio Scorpio covering extraordinary non-mainstream music. Listen Friday night (21h CET) on http://radioscorpio.be
https://www.mixcloud.com/RadioScorpio
https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten
🌙Karl D'Silva 🥀 @krldslv.bsky.social Karl D’Silva
Debut Album Love Is A Flame In The Dark Out Now On @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social
Email krlcnrddslv@gmail.com for any live booking enquiries!!!
LISTEN / BUY / READ - https://linktr.ee/krldslv
IG - https://www.instagram.com/krldslv/
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Vanessa Ague @vanessakayague.bsky.social Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.