Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
Gia Margaret @giamargaret.bsky.social 
Simon Vozick-Levinson @simonwilliam.bsky.social deputy music editor at rolling stone // just my own opinions over here
Kate qp @kateqp.bsky.social Music | musicology | Chicago | abolition | jokes
Dave Miska @davidmiska.bsky.social Studio Operations Manager and Sound Engineer... Studio Rat.. WBEZ 91.5FM and Vocalo. "Record Store" host WRRG 88.9. Record nerd.. Fan of baseball and vacuum tubes. Opinions are strictly mine.
Mary Dixon @maryldixon.bsky.social Host of Say More w/Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith on WBEZ.
Former Morning Edition host, former 93XRT
Irish memory โ๏ธ
dr. izzy true @izzytrue.com Bass in Tenci, guy in Izzy True, cartoonist at midbrow.org
they/he
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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social We are a Chicagoland DIY forever music label. We release beautiful LPs & tapes for basement songmakers, gentle weirdos & melancholic introverts from all over.
https://linktr.ee/orindalrecords
Larry Fitzmaurice @larryfitzmaurice.bsky.social Different posts, same great flavor
Newsletter: https://last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/
Gigs: larry.fitzmaurice@gmail
One of Many Claires You Know! @claire-stone.bsky.social โจ๐๐ฌ๐ฟ๏ธ๐ฑ๐ง๐ปโจ
bobby e. @ohbusiness.bsky.social brined in pickle juice
Pinwheel Records @pinwheelrecords.com Vinyl, CDs, cassettes, & more since 2015!
1459 W. 18th Street Chicago
@littlemazarn.bsky.social @littlemazarn.bsky.social 
UMAW @umaw.bsky.social UMAW is a 501(c)(4) member-led advocacy group committed to organizing music workers to create a more just music industry, and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society.
Stereogum @stereogum.com ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
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Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
jeff etc @angelhorse333.bsky.social 
Ur Mom Records @urmomrecords.bsky.social CalicoLoco ๐๐๐ง๐ป
A Day Without Love ๐ซก๐๐ชข
Chicagoโs Second Best Since 2022
CEO/Bleeding Heart Molly Compton
Izzi @busyizzi.bsky.social blocking with abandon | ๐ฝ โก๏ธ โถโถโถโถ | she/her
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
TimmDon @timmdon.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/timmdon
Tiger Bomb Promo @tigerbombpromo.bsky.social Radio promotion company based in Austin, TX & Chicago, IL๐ฏ๐ฃ
Karl // ๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต @gaymeat.bsky.social '๐น๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ' out NOW๐ง
https://linktr.ee/gaymeat
Squirrel Flower @sqrrlflwr.bsky.social New album 'Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going' out 08/21 on Polyvinyl.
Austin Vesely @austinvesely.bsky.social filmmaker, etc.
Emma McCall @emmamccall.bsky.social chicago
โฆIโm aroundโฆ.
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https://linktr.ee/EmmaMcCall
Troigo @troigo.bsky.social 32 y/o pop rock musician from the Chicagoland area
Check out my work here:
linktr.ee/troigo
Thanya iyer @tbirdthanyaiyer.bsky.social Thanya T-bird blue skying life
pompey @pomppompeypomp.bsky.social lullabies for all ages
chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social he him / musician / record producer / death cab for cutie, '97 - '14 / http://chriswalla.com
Cat Zhang @catzhang.bsky.social lapsed music critic, culture writer at The Cut / NYMag
Iโm not here often but cat.zhang@nymag.com if you need me
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 ๐
chicagoreader.com
micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social โพ wicked clown of journalism | staff @chicagoreader.com โป mcaporale@chicagoreader.com โ signal: juggaloreporter.69 โพ https://linktr.ee/juggaloreporter
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social
Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
Ian Cohen @iancohen.bsky.social 
Liza Victoria @goldfishbloom.bsky.social Hey/hi
smol band yet very brave
lisalizas.bandcamp.com
The Creative Independent @thecreativeindependent.com A resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people, published by @kickstarter.com
Pete Zimmerman @peterjzimm.bsky.social Producer WGN. DJ CHIRP Radio. Rescue dogs & cats. Vegan. BLM.
Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Musician, Singer, Poet, Writer, Walker, Polyglot
CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org CHIRP 107.1FM is Chicago's listener-supported community radio station. Worldwide at chirpradio.org.
free range @freerangesongs.bsky.social sofia // chicago
Indie Basketball @indiebasketball.bsky.social Where indie rock meets the NBA's finest
Podcast, Half Court Sessions, memes, Discord community
www.indiebasketball.com
Sid Fiore Branca @sidbranca.bsky.social i make & study moving images, the pervertโs medium ๐ญ๐ฉธ ๐น they/them. Montrรฉal & Chicago. phd researcher into horror, experimental ๐๏ธ & ๐ผ , cinema depictions of stage performance, & the history of clowns in film. director of https://quietinthehouse.com
EJP @ejpmusic.bsky.social ๐๐๐ธ๐ โก ๐๐๐๐ โก๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฝ
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https://linktr.ee/ejpmusic
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Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
Blake Jordan Tallent @blakejtallent.bsky.social Lead guitarist for Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
blakejordantallent.com
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
Andrew Sa โข Cowboy Crooner @lonesomeandrew.bsky.social "Dark Phoenix"/"Little Lamb" OUT NOW
andrewsamusic.com
Alicia Gaines @dialoguedub.bsky.social Bassist/vocalist for @ganserband.bsky.social, Chicago-based creative director. SAIC alum, etc. Basically Niles from Frasier.
AVANTIST ๐ต๐ธ๐๐ต๐ธ๐ @avantist.bsky.social Cuatro Hermanos Mexicanos trying to navigate the calamity of the world, one song at a time. #AVANTIST http://theavantist.bandcamp.com
oux like awe @ouxband.bsky.social chicago gyatt rock
indigo (they) ionophoremagnified.bsky.social
manae (she) manae.bsky.social
arya (they)
vita (she)
profile pic by ash dye
header pic by mol white
linktr.ee/ouxbandchi
jerry cowgill @jerrycowgill.bsky.social talent buyer in chicago for metro & gman tavern. i used to write about music too, maybe i will again someday
shows: jerry@metrochicago.com
words: geraldcowgill@gmail.com
https://jerrycowgill.com/
Owen Ashworth @advancebase.bsky.social Formerly the dude from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, currently the dude from Advance Base
Chicago, Illinois
https://linktr.ee/advancebase
Greg Obis @guypidgeotto.bsky.social Chicago Mastering Service | Stuck
https://linktr.ee/gregobis
Laura Jane Grace @laurajanegrace.bsky.social New album โAdventure Clubโ out July 18th
https://linktr.ee/LauraJaneGrace?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
pictoria vark @pictoriavark.bsky.social โ๏ธ Nothing Sticks ๐ก๏ธ out on 3/21
pre-order + pre-save: https://pictoriavark.lnk.to/nothingsticks
mailing list: pictoriavark.substack.com
oceanator @oceanator.bsky.social hi
Booking: Brian@wiredtourbooking.com
Everything else: oceanatorband@gmail.com
Fire Talk @firetalkrecs.bsky.social A record label. Purveyors of the underground since 2009.
www.firetalkrecs.com
jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social yells in the band daddyโs boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
arielle @reallygordon.bsky.social a day late / a buck short
Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Out now in affordable paperback!
Tyler Andere @tylerandere.bsky.social ๐จ๐พโ๐ปwork @topshelfrecords.com
formerly @ father/daughter records + portals
~ hit me up + send me tunes: tyler@topshelfrecords.com
letterboxd ๐ฅ: https://boxd.it/1duKf
based in austin, tx
he/him
Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social Series editor for Tiny Desk at NPR Music. World's Okayist Guitarist. #FreeDC. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org
JEERFROSENSTICK @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social Musician, Composer, Fool
GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
Post-Trash @post-trash.bsky.social a site dedicated to new music.
www.post-trash.com
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
๐ associate staff writer Pitchfork
๐๏ธ co-host Punk This Week
โ๏ธ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social Going out of business since 1988.
Weโre not the best, but weโre pretty good.
www.subpop.com
Britt Julious @britticisms.bsky.social Music critic for Chicago Tribune. Occasional freelance writer and editor. The last girl on the dance floor. ๐ชฉโจ
HIT ME UP: http://brittjulio.us
Ganser @ganserband.bsky.social Falling Elevator Music ๐ณ๏ธ EU/UK tour April-May 2026
booking booking@ganserband.com
EU booking gab@annibale.eu
https://linktr.ee/ganser
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
https://www.noexpectations.fyi