maura johnston @maura.bsky.social boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you. sign up for maura.ghost.io today.
Jan Turkenburg @janturkenburg.bsky.social Dutch Duck-loving WFMU DJ
vhfrecords @vhfrecords.bsky.social The greatest record label in the world. vhfrecords.com
Recliner Notes @reclinernotes.bsky.social Recliner Notes are written explorations into items that require further investigation: http://reclinernotes.com
Contributor to Aquarium Drunkard and Asheville Stages
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
walt @waltonline.bsky.social patron of the arts 
snake-nc @snake-nc.bsky.social Aaron Smithers | Special Collections Research & Instruction Librarian | Folklorist in the archives @Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC Chapel Hill | https://snakenc.bandcamp.com | https://www.instagram.com/thebandmake/
Entrez Vous @entrez-vous-band.bsky.social RockโNโRoll
Carrboro North Carolina U.S.A.
entrezvousband.com
https://linktr.ee/entrezvousband
Nathan Taylor @spngbth.bsky.social Carrboro, NC
https://www.softer-recordings.org
Damon Seils @damonseils.bsky.social Science communicator and a former mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina, among other things. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ damonseils.org
Joe Pera @joepera.bsky.social standup comedian, 'Joe Pera Talks with You' on Adult Swim & HBO Max. 'Drifting Off w/ Joe Pera' Sleep Podcast too.
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
Tabs Out Cassette Podcast @tabsout.bsky.social Unfortunately a podcast. We play cassette tapes! Experimental / Noise / Black Metal / Ambient / Weird / Other / etc.
'rambunctious and nerdy' - The New Yorker
๐ฝ tabsout.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!
dis__ko comments @magicalbody.bsky.social 
Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social Seasoned extremism reporter at @rawstory.com. Investigations: law enforcement, national security, politics. Contact me at jordan@rawstory.com or jordangreen.03 on Signal. Here for the long haul.
https://www.rawstory.com/u/jordan-green-special-to-raw-story
Brian Burns @brianburns.bsky.social Music Reporter @wunc.org โข Future Shock at @wuncmusic
Brent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social Time-lag accumulator. Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
Charles Perry @charlesperry.bsky.social Publisher at Mysterious Press, Scarlet, and American Mystery Classics. Social media user at Mysterious Bookshop.
Eli Winter @thebookofeliw.bsky.social Guitarist, writer, not really using this but my IG handle is the same
eliwinter.com
hi: eliw97@gmail.com
mgmt: nathan@33-33.com
Danny Paul Grody @dannypaulgrody.bsky.social Guitar whisperer, question asker, light seeker.
Duo: https://dannypaulgrodyduo.bandcamp.com/album/arc-of-night
Solo:
https://dannypaulgrody.bandcamp.com/
Debacle Records @debaclerecords.bandcamp.com Seattle Record Label, Est. 2003
https://linktr.ee/debaclerecords
for sync & licensing contact gavin@syncsmith.com
distro: http://thebusinessanacortes.com
Dan Hockstein @dwhockstein.bsky.social he/him / loyal pal to people, my dog, and legacy AV media / views are mine
danhockstein.com
Rhizome DC @rhizomedc.bsky.social community space in Takoma DC // art * learning * diy culture // rhizomedc.org
@bisaufsmesser.bsky.social @bisaufsmesser.bsky.social 
Christina Carter @chtctr.bsky.social Charalambides, Doll Dreams, Obscuress. I am from Texas. Houston, a big city, to be precise.
Nicklas Sรธrensen @nicklassoerensen.bsky.social Library assistant (for too many years),but mainly a guitar player.
Solo music: https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/l-i-v-e-2
Band music: https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
David Menestres @abstracttruth.northsky.social Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
davidmenestres.com
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/LGjqTCbctIfzanv6jEdM4Q88-gRORqbNrxZoWuHUs8BTfG7-NpFGao1HC8l7SHZs
Jeff Tobias @jefftobias.bsky.social One Hundredfold Now in This Age
https://linktr.ee/jefftobias
Jeffrey Alexander @lidders.bsky.social bands: JA+The Heavy Lidders | DWLVS/Dire Wolves
radio: Pome Pome Tones on E-M radio + Camp France | Heavy Lidding on NQRA
life: NW Philly - prev. San Francisco, Providence, Baltimore
http://jeffreyalexanderlovesyou.com
https://linktr.ee/jerkfree
jocelyn romo @theroamer.bsky.social heaven and earth magic on NTS.
The Modern Folk @themodernfolk.bandcamp.com HOMEMADE MUSIC/VIDEOS / ECO-JAZZ / ABOLITIONIST / ๐ต on Debacle, Eiderdown, F/NF, WarHen, Bud, Island House, Horse Complex, IHN, Echodelick, Ramble, EEG, Monadnock S&V / they/them / same @ on IG
I often delete posts
PNW
https://linktr.ee/modernfolk
Lee Ranaldo @leeranaldo.bsky.social Master destroyer of Rigid Formalism. Six stringer, sometime Singer, Shimano 105 whip.
Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social Dusted editor, Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp contributor, Knicks fan, sci fi writer
Duncan Park @duncanparnassus.bsky.social ๐๐๐ฑ๐ป๐๐๐๐ช๐ชท๐ฏ
Vocal Fry on WFMU @vocalfry.bsky.social Radio show of odd & fun vocals, Tues at 8 ET, 91.1 FM / WFMU.org: yodels, throatsinging, jazz improv, eerie polyphony, avant garde weirdness, eephing, lilting, gritadero, beatboxing, umngqokolo & more. Past episodes on demand: http://wfmu.org/playlists/VF
Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social writer and culture editor at @indyweek.bsky.social | poetry + fiction sometimes, gchat often | sedwards@indyweek.com | eddysarah.substack.com
Brett Williams @brett614.bsky.social Columbus, OH
I like music and write about it sometimes
in Aquarium Drunkard, Post-Trash and VAN Music Mag
https://t.ajrkmx1.com/331727/6224/0?po=6533&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN
Jealous Butcher Records @jealousbutcher.bsky.social Making quality sonic artifacts since 1991
Paul @paulsoud.bsky.social Music, urbanism and left-wing politics. ๐๐นโก
https://www.wxnafm.org/playlists/?id=270554
๐Chicago
Emily Hilliard @emhilly.bsky.social Folklorist & writer | MAKING OUR FUTURE: VISIONARY FOLKLORE & EVERYDAY CULTURE IN APPALACHIA (UNC Press 2022) | @spinstersounds.bsky.social co-owner | @thefemalebobdylan.bsky.social podcast |
Rich In Washington @richinwashington.bsky.social Host of the WFMU/Give The Drummer Radio stream show The Radio Is Broken (new day/time TBA!) & KBOO's Radio Lost & Found (2nd & 4th Thursdays, 10pm)
"Hobbled by neuroses, yet brings home the groceries"
Gwenifer Raymond @gweniferraymond.bsky.social Guitar convincer. Banjo thumber. Primitive Welsh composer.
EU/UK bookings:
andy@earth-agency.com
North America bookings:
josh@crossovertouring.com
Ben Salmon @bcsalmon.bsky.social bylines at Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, the Portland Mercury and elsewhere. radio show at KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon.
Stephen Deusner @stephendeusner.bsky.social www.stephendeusner.com
Tashi Dorji @dorjitashi.bsky.social 
gorilla vs. bear @gorillavsbear.bsky.social instagram.com/gorillavsbear ๐ชฉ
record label: luminellerecs.com ๐
boomkat.com @boomkat.com Independent music specialist
Ethan @ethanclauset.bsky.social Record guy at alldayrecords.com & alldayrecords.bsky.social
Fat Possum Records @fatpossumrecords.bsky.social we're trying our best
https://linktr.ee/fatpossum
All Day Records @alldayrecords.bsky.social New & used records, CDs, tapes, books, movies, stereo gear
112 East Main St, Carrboro, NC
Open 12-6 Mon-Sat, 2-6 Sun
45 West St, Pittsboro, NC
Open 11-5 Thurs-Sat, 12-4 Sun
alldayrecords.com
Sebastian Bischoff @sonofbuzzi.bsky.social Music
Son of Buzzi
https://sonofbuzzi.bandcamp.com
๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐จ๐น ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ซ๐จ๐บ๐ @skylargudasz.bsky.social ๐ฆi believe in everything
listen to โจ๐ช๐ถ๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐น๐ โจ out now โ๏ธ
@fretboardjournal.bsky.social @fretboardjournal.bsky.social 
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
@jkellydavis.bsky.social @jkellydavis.bsky.social 
Zachary Lipez @zacharylipez.bsky.social Editor at large for Creem Magazine. I am in a couple bands with people who are in other, more successful, bands. Like your mom, I have a newsletter. 
Basic Folk @basicfolkpod.bsky.social Basic Folk: honest conversation with folk musicians, produced by The Bluegrass Situation. Hosted by Cindy Howes & lizzie no. Account run by Chowes
Links: https://basicfolk.bio.link/
Listen: https://basicfolk.com/episodes
Endless Scroll Podcast @endlessscroll.bsky.social a podcast about music, the internet, and where those two things intersect. Hosted by elienis.bsky.social, mirandareinert.bsky.social, violetbyhole.bsky.social, and michael, who isnโt here yet.
patreon.com/endlessscrollpod
Post-Trash @post-trash.bsky.social a site dedicated to new music.
www.post-trash.com
Thrill Jockey Records @thrilljockey.bsky.social Independently owned and operated. 50/50 profit share.
Juliana Young @barkingdogckuw.bsky.social Playing folk & roots music on #CKUW since 2018
Tune in every Thursday from 2-4 PM CT
https://bio.site/julianayoung
https://julianacyoung.com/archive
KLOF Mag @klofmag.com Independent Music Journal (Est. 2004) - KLOFmag.com Substack: https://klofmag.substack.com/
S P I N S T E R @spinstersounds.bsky.social sounds & ultrasounds | traditional, radical, experimental | a feminist record label | spinstersounds.com
WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social The freeform station of the nation! Independent, creative, rocking radio. Skeeter behind the curtain: @dmandl.bsky.social. Submit music via http://wfmu.org/sendmusic.html. Sorry, but we're too busy shopping for records to respond to DMs. Listen: wfmu.org
David Menconi @dmenconi.bsky.social Formerly at Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, now scribe for hire at various places. https://loseringbook.wordpress.com.
Worried Songs @worriedsongsmusic.bsky.social https://worriedsongs.bandcamp.com
heavenly highway hymns
record label
new brighton
Andy Cush @cushac.bsky.social musician, writer, editor
Phil McMullen @philmcm.bsky.social Writer, editor, printer & publisher at the Ptolemaic Press (a letterpress operation) in Wiltshire. Experienced gardener, and a retiring town planner.
Dying For Bad Music @dying4badmusic.bsky.social Rural Gospel, AmPrim, Outsider Folk, Drum'n'Bass
Jeff Conklin @thetrailhead.bsky.social Community Radio / High Fidelity Stereo Advocacy / Music Discovery
Ambient Audiophile: https://open.substack.com/pub/ambientaudiophile?r=u1bi5&utm_medium=ios
The Trailhead: https://www.mixcloud.com/jeff-conklin/
J. Neas @jneas.bsky.social Radio DJ at WQFS Greensboro, dad, trivia enjoyer, occasionally contributing music writer, Quaker. He/him. https://linktr.ee/indie.rock.mayhem
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
Centripetal Force @centripetalforce.bsky.social Mike Mannix. Music label. Ex-Nashville. Now just outside Santa Cruz, CA. Zines, blog, radio & podcast folks are encouraged to get in touch. Event management for (((folkYEAH!))). Programmer at KSQD. centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com
Ben Chasny @6organs.bsky.social Guitar in Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire, Rangda, New Bums, et al.
Moon Glyph Records @moonglyph.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/moonglyph ๐ฒ Portland, OR
Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social Official Blue Sky for the site Raven Sings the Blues
https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/
Curator - Deep In The Valley Festival
Perpetual Doom @perpetualdoom.bsky.social ๐
New Hope, PA
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Independent brand & art label
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Apparel, music & cultural projects
https://www.perpetualdoom.com
Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
Bill Orcutt @billorcutt.bsky.social Real good typer
Bryon Whitley @bryontreece.bsky.social Just a dad in the Colorado mountains who loves to catch live music whenever I can. 
Rose City Band ๐น @rosecityband.bsky.social Rock โnโ roll band
Portland, OR
Petal Motel @petalmotel.bsky.social a website about music
Ernest Jenning Record Co. @ejrc.bsky.social Record label. General enthusiast.
www.ernestjenning.com
Golden Brown @goldenbrownmusic.bsky.social Cosmic guitar music. Guitars and lap steel in Prairiewolf. Releases on Inner Islands, Aural Canyon, and Eiderdown. ๐ฆฅ๐ฆฆ
Prairiewolfโs Zone Poems is out now.
https://prairiewolfcf.bandcamp.com/album/zone-poems
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
MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
Jen Powers @jenpowers.bsky.social 
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
Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Musician, Singer, Poet, Writer, Walker, Polyglot
Three Lobed Recordings @3lobed.bsky.social psych, guitar and out since 2000.
knee deep in the hoopla.
listen in here - threelobed.bandcamp.com
Merge Records @mergerecords.bsky.social Independent Music since 1989.
https://bio.to/mergerecords
Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social Guitar, etc./Folklore & History of Virginia/Gardener
Manahoac Territory
Born at 353.15 ppm.
Jerry David DeCicca @jerrydaviddecicca.bsky.social The Original Unlikely Optimist- CARDIAC COUNTRY out on 4/28 via Sophomore Lounge vinyl/digital
Mark Neeley @markneeley.bsky.social animation // words, sound & vision at Aquarium Drunkard
https://www.markneeley.com/
Third Man Records @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social Record Label โข Store โข Live Venue โข And Moreโฆ