Matt Knutson 🏜 @mattknuts.bsky.social Writer. Work in Bat City Review, Cola Literary Review, Iron Horse Literary Review & others
mattknutson.net
S.W. Lauden @stevewlauden.bsky.social Writer, author, drummer. Edits the guitar pop newsletter Remember The Lightning: https://rememberthelightning.substack.com/. Contributor for Big Takeover. Drummer for Tsar, The Brothers Steve, Ken Layne & The Corvids, and Ridel High (aka "Coulter").
Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
Christian Finnegan @christianfinnegan.bsky.social Comedian?
Watch my albums, read my specials, listen to my newsletter.
Linktr.ee/christfinnegan
Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” Newest book: "Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs." Others on Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Xmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social Writer, author, renaissance man, cat dad, citizen of the universe.
https://danepstein.substack.com
Kevin Alexander @kevinalexander.bsky.social Indie music reporter | Mixtape maker | Playlist dealer. | EIC of The Riff on Medium.com | I write the On Repeat Records newsletter.
#music #avgeek
Hot takes on cool records:
https://thekevinalexander.substack.com
Penny Kiley @pennykiley.bsky.social Oxford-based writer and editor. Former music journo. Autistic. Memoir 'Atypical Girl' published by Polygon. https://linktr.ee/pennykiley
Chris @bradleycs1.bsky.social Guitars🎸
Cadillacs 🚗
Hillbilly Music🤠
https://linktr.ee/bradleycs1
Mallie Hart @itismalliehart.bsky.social Content and social media marketing leader with 18+ years in the trenches. Music and mixed media art lover. Fan of micro-blogging and community built on conversation!
Chris Zappa @chriszappa.com Field notes from the crumbling American empire @ gonzoreport.com
Justin Steiner @justinsteiner.bsky.social 5th grade teacher. I love music, comics, books, TV, podcasts, movies, and more. You can check out my writing at shooflypie.substack.com.
Kal Hodgson writes Kalowski's Substack @kalowski.bsky.social Wannabe polymath, educator and self proclaimed nerd. Mathematician and music writer...
All views my own!
https://jimmymook.substack.com/
gabbie @meandtimory.bsky.social new bands for old heads:
https://www.newbandsforoldheads.com/
Ersatz music critic turned curator and staunch anti-gatekeeper. Playing constant whack-a-mole with everyone who claims there's no good music anymore.
Jami Smith @songsthatsavedyou.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Exploring the queer roots of rock & roll on Substack and on the radio.
📻 Radio Kingston - https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/songs-that-saved-your-life
✏️ Substack - songsthatsavedyou.com 
Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social playing the hits, the misses, the B-sides & deep trx. Go Birds.
philly. tweeter deactivator. resister
Rae Roer @raeroer.bsky.social Canadian Prairie boy, lovin' Vancouver Isl #yyj, Husband, Dad, music lover, rugby enthusiast & more. Curator of Rae's Friday Faves http://bit.ly/41zSbnI
David McPherson @davidmcphersonca.bsky.social Author. 101 FASCINATING CANADIAN MUSIC FACTS; MASSEY HALL; THE LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN: A COMPLETE HISTORY. Journalist. Cyclist. Voracious reader. Sober. Music is the Elixir of Life.
adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social building hearhear.fm for concert lovers // formerly brand & content marketing at spotify + arcadia // monthlyish music newsletter: hearhear.substack.com 🎧⚡️🍿 views my own
Matt @dursk.bsky.social I'm here because Mike gave me a code.
Also, I write on Substack about alternative rock and Billboard charts: chartchat.substack.com
Richard Elliott @richardelliott.bsky.social Writer, teacher and researcher based in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). Author of books and articles about sound and music. I write the Songs and Objects newsletter at Substack (https://songstudies.substack.com/)
Brianna Bartelt @bribarte.substack.com brooklyn based bmusician/barchitect
author of Building Songs
https://bribarte.substack.com
Amy McGrath @smallmegapixel.bsky.social Music & Current Trends Scribe | Editorial Board, The Journal of Beatles Studies | Aca-Fan Scholar: Actor Michael Sheen | Founding 50 Global Ambassador, Calon Films | Production Designer + Artist + Ally
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Substack: writehearpopculture.substack.com
Lo Carmen @locarmen.bsky.social Words & music. New album ‘Transatlantic Light’. Weekly newsletter Loose Connections on music/culture at www.locarmen.substack.com
Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social The axe forgets but the tree remembers
board games | music | thoughts
https://www.onlycastlesburning.com
Scott Michael Winchell @scottwinchell.bsky.social ✌️Life, Love, better conversations.✌️
🎙Media and sales veteran.🎙
🎚🎧Music lover/vinyl collector🎧🎚
Grizzlies/Dolphins/Royals🐻🐬🤴
Jonny Trobro @jonnytrobro.bsky.social Bass and baritone guitar as a lifestyle:
Bass player for @rianisalive.bsky.social
Musical director for @carpeeleonore.bsky.social
https://share.monnett.social/u/operationbasscrime
Chase Roper @kissmesonofblog.com I am writing about every song by They Might Be Giants. (he/him) From Tacoma, WA
www.kissmesonofblog.com
Beebe Sharkey @beebesharkey.bsky.social Currently/always listening to music. Obsessive maker of playlists. Anti-snobbery. Read my newsletter for hot album recs: https://bandpractice.substack.com/
Mike Press @mikepress.bsky.social Writer - about music, about London, often both together. Sometimes about design. Edinburgh based.
One half of the Walk on the Wild Side project.
https://walkonthewildside.substack.com
We write, take photos and organise walks.
Dig Me Out Podcast @digmeoutpodcast.com Rediscover the lost gems of 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s rock. Deep dives, forgotten classics, and the stories behind the music that shaped Gen X. https://www.digmeoutpodcast.com
@ourrealityshow.bsky.social @ourrealityshow.bsky.social 
Mark (Musings Of A Broken Record) @markfrommusings.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 (he/him) Writing on Substack as Musings Of A Broken Record. Music. Art. Movies. Gay. 90s kid.
I've seen the future. I can't afford it.
I 🚫 Scolds. Psychos. Flakes. Trolls. Fanatics. Soliciting. Assholes. Female OF accounts (I am 🏳️🌈)
Critical Hit Parader @criticalhitparader.com Covering the intersection of music and tabletop roleplaying games.
criticalhitparader.com
Brian Kobil @bkobil.bsky.social Co-creator, 3Albums6OldGuys Substack - https://open.substack.com/pub/3albums6oldguys?r=1tzo6z&utm_medium=ios
Husband, dad of 3 boys, lawyer by day. Mets, Knicks, Isles, Giants.
Albums200 @albums200.bsky.social Glasgow. Albums in 200 words reviews, a personal opinion. If you want album reviewed that is on Apple, DM me or email albumwords200@gmail.com
Brad Kyle FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE @bradkyle.bsky.social "The Best Music History Writing Online!"
New FR&B and Tune Tag Merch! https://front-row-and-backstage.printify.me/
Music exploration, commentary & analysis! Home of Tune Tag + the popular Audio Autopsy and Inside Tracks + Stephen Michael Schwartz Stories
Suzy Starlite @suzystarlite.com 1966 - solo album dropping Feb 2027. Bassist/composer/singer with Starlite & Campbell, writer Bass Musician Magazine and VIBES. Mixed media artist, co-owner of The Supertone SonicLab, analogue recording studio, Portugal. https:/suzystarlite.com
Simon Campbell @simoncampbell.com Artist, guitarist, keyboardist & music producer. A devotee of sweet sounds and beautifully crafted music. https://starlite-campbell.com/simon-campbell
Erik Steigen @eriksteigen.bsky.social http://steigen.substack.com
Liverpool FC fan, music man, Norwegian.
💼Talent manager. Consultant.
📍Los Angeles
Alex Burgess Music @alexburgessmusic.bsky.social Music critic, vinyl collector, and advocate for the album as an art form. I focus on the artist, the music's history, and the craft of songwriting, aiming to provide an immersive experience for fellow music lovers and collectors.
Jack Kost @jackkost.bsky.social Author and photographer.
I write neo-noir thrillers.
My books include The Breaker series, Slipped Masks, and What's On? - my guide to movies and television.
A percentage from all book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com
Signal: muellershewrote.23
Podcast: https://the-daily-beans.simplecast.com/
The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com Daily News. With swearing. https://www.dailybeanspod.com/
Hosts: @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social
Support independent media: http://patreon.com/thedailybeans
Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods
Emergence @lexou88666.bsky.social According to a study I made up, people who like or follow my posts are happier and smarter than those who don’t
Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social Cartoonist, portrait artist, painter. PNW. They/Them.
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
Send story ideas and tips to anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Razorcake @razorcake.bsky.social The first & only official non-profit DIY punk rock magazine in America. You're not alone. Over twenty years of bringing punk straight to your door. And newsprint all over your fingers. Subscribe today! Razorcake.org
CRSTL.FM @crstlfm.bsky.social Community Radio St. Louis is a volunteer-powered nonprofit streaming free-form music, culture, and conversation from STL to listeners everywhere.
🎧 Live: https://crstl.fm
📻 Archives: https://mixcloud.com/CRSTLFM
🎵 Playlists: https://spinitron.com/CRSTL
Trouble in River City @tircrecords.bsky.social TIRC Records || St. Louis, MO || Established 1999 || Rock'n'Fuckin'Roll
Chief Troublemaker: @kopper.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/tircrecords
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Jenny Hayes @jennyhayes.bsky.social Seattle writer, former '80s Berkeley teenager, punk rock wine mom. (she/her)- S Schneid @schneid71.bsky.social
Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Teacher.
He/Him. ANTI-AI.
SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social Writer, whiskey drinker and cat dad
Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social Film festival judge & consultant for filmmakers. Sharing my love of cinema. http://imdb.com/name/nm4862196/
#IndieFilm #Filmmaking #FilmFestivals
another morgan @mheslin.bsky.social she/her, illustrator and designer in denver
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morganheslin.com
Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social Reader. Obsessively so. Oh, and I have a bit of an obsession with Dutch things. But please don’t ever make me smell patchouli.
Steve Weddle @steveweddle.bsky.social My book about a 1933 outlaw camp in Arkansas: www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine
My book of connected short stories: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Country-Hardball/Steve-Weddle/9781440570803
Reading, Writing & Arsenal
Cville & RVA
steveweddle.com
Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
DoSomeDamage @dosomedamage.bsky.social The social media account for the blog site for some of today's coolest crime fiction writers.
DoSomeDamage.com 
Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com Independent music, books, and short stories.
Humans writing things about humans making things.
Web: https://www.turnandwork.com
Newsletter: newsletter.turnandwork.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/turnandwork
Sara Ivry @saraivry.bsky.social I don't chuckle in mirth; I chuckle in despair.
Semi-regular dispatches: https://unfetteredandalive.substack.com
Former features editor, JSTOR Daily. Current freelancer. Future colleague.
Ivan Kreilkamp @ivan812.bsky.social English prof, easily distracted Victorianist
Writing: https://ivankreilkamp.com/
Scott Miles @downriverhorseshoe.bsky.social A writer of sorts... Short stories in LIT, Cimarron Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Mystery Tribune, and forthcoming in BULL and Midwest Noir.
scottmiles.net
Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com I’m on my way. https://www.stephengrahamjones.com
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
www.darkertimes.com
Liv Emrys @livemrys.bsky.social Writer, pantser, hyperphantasiac, working class roots, muse at the bathroom sink.
Dom Tyer @atangleofwires.bsky.social Punk rock, alt rock and indie music. Occasional writer.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tangleofwires
Hallucinophonics @hallucinophonics.com Hallucinophonics exist at the nexus of consciousness and sound—crafting immersive soundscapes that challenge the boundaries between reality and reverie. http://hallucinophonics.com
Jay @slowdayjay.bsky.social quit your little charade and join the freak parade
Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social Author, punker, raw nerve. PORTRAITS OF DECAY out now. Co-host of the Dead Languages Podcast. Social media at CHM. https://linktr.ee/CarsonWinter
C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social Author: HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY ✷ WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN ✷ THE COLD DARK FOREVER ✷ 3X Derringer Award winner ✷ Anthony Award Finalist ✷ #crimefiction #noir #santacruz
https://lnk.bio/cw_blackwell_writer
Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social Anthony Award winner.
Author of WAVES OF BURDEN—out now.
https://shorturl.at/5OePA
Member of Sisters in Crime, MWA.
he/him
https://curtisippolito.com
Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social A small-press independent publisher delivering crime, noir, and dark fiction chronicling bad decisions and desperate people.
Nathan Pettigrew @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social Writer. Author of TALES FROM TERREBONNE, forthcoming in 2026 from @rhppress.bsky.social. Managing Editor at Mythic Picnic. Awarded 2nd Place in the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for his story "Yemma."
Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
Grace Krilanovich @gracekrilanovich.bsky.social Writer. Partial to buzzards, porridge and Margaret Dumont.
Emma Kinsley @kinsleywrites.bsky.social Writer, editor, proofreader, and book nerd.
Specializing in romance, fantasy, speculative fiction, and more.
She/her. DMs currently closed. Watch this space!
@julia10141.bsky.social @julia10141.bsky.social 
Michael Pershan @mpershan.bsky.social math teacher, writer in upper manhattan
substack: pershmail.substack.com
website with links to publications etc: michaelpershan.com
Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social Husband, father, teacher, writer, birder, progressive💙 and Vegas kid living north of Boston📍Writing is my personal practice; teaching is my public service. The opinions here are mine alone—no homework required.
National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974.
bookcritics.org
Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social I’M THE UNDERTOW (Central Avenue, 2026)
Rep’d by @clgslr.bsky.social at BSCM
EIC: @flashfrog.bsky.social
www.ericscottryon.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker Web App): www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social horror writer, musician, educator
Check out my new short story for free at -
www.amidnightkindofplace.com
The Hand of the Archer
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Noise Ordinance
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Richie Narvaez @richienarvaez.bsky.social Adjunct as well as Agatha- and Anthony-award–winning author of HIPSTER DEATH RATTLE | HOLLY HERNANDEZ & THE DEATH OF DISCO | NOIRYORICAN | 🇵🇷 | The songs I punched are dreaming
https://linktr.ee/richienarvaez
Vaida Nicodème (Niksaite) @vaidanik.bsky.social Historian of modern Europe with a focus on CEE, working on diasporas, mass politics, propaganda, and crowdfunding across borders.
Research fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of History, associate at @ox.ac.uk and @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
A.G. Velasco 🇵🇷🇵🇸 @agvelasco.bsky.social Anti-imperialist. Writer.
#VivaPuertoRicoLibre 💚
Kevin Maloney @kevinmaloney.net Author of HORSE GIRL FEVER, THE RED-HEADED PILGRIM & CULT OF LORETTA. Co-founder & fiction editor: @poolpartymag.com. Married to @femmeintheory.bsky.social
Jerome Sala @jeromesala.bsky.social Poet, scholar, critic, fan. Books include: How Much? New & Selected Poems. Corporations Are People, Too! The Cheapskates.
Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com Writer. Only work gets done here. Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. Beneath the gold, the bitter steel. Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. I will not betray my soul. Fix your hearts or die. Tiocfaidh ár lá
Moment Of Vent @matthewmcgovern.bsky.social Ahhh, geez man, why cant we all just get along. Geeze.
ATS Mom @atsmom.bsky.social 🖤 Tattooed Mom | Cat Lady | Silverish Fox | Vinyl Vixen | Bibliophile | Lego Enthusiast | OG Goth | 🖤 I proudly read banned books. Pro-Feminism, Pro-Life. Anti-fascist. Anti-Racist.
Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com I help run @flaminghydra.com and the Brick House Cooperative.
Love freedom of expression, digital ownership, libraries, and fun.
Avatar by @carmenjohns.bsky.social
maria |at| flaminghydra |dot| com
mariabustillos.com | flaminghydra.com
sam @samthielman.com Sam Thielman | Graphic novels at NYT Book Review, seen NYer, Flaming Hydra, foreverwars.ghost.io | he/him | DC COMICS: THE STORY OF A UNIVERSE w/Sean Howe forthcoming | I know I can come off a little proactive, and for that I’m sorry.
Faulty Cognitions @faultycognitions.bsky.social SATX punk
Free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Fuck 🧊🧊🧊 ACAB
https://faultycognitions.bandcamp.com
X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social the best writers on earth
www.xraylitmag.com