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Catherine Strong @hellharpy.bsky.social Music scholar, activist
IASPM-US @iaspm-us.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the US branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music
Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social Senior lecturer at University of York, researching sexual misconduct in HE and CCIs and inequalities in music education. Founder and co-director of The 1752 Group. Cats. www.1752group.com
Gina Arnold @ginanarchy.bsky.social ...Nearby is the country they call life.
Author: "Route 666," "Kiss This," "Exile in Guyville," "Half a Million Strong".
Substack: Bring Me Giants.
https://gina19e.substack.com/
Dr Raphaël Nowak @raphahead.bsky.social Sociologist of cultures and media. Lecturer at the University of York.
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
David Suisman @dsuisman.bsky.social Author of INSTRUMENT OF WAR: MUSIC AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA'S SOLDIERS (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2024) and SELLING SOUNDS: THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN MUSIC (Harvard Univ. Press, 2009). History professor. Occasional WFMU DJ. davidsuisman.net
Paul Rekret @paulrekret.bsky.social Write and research music, media and popular culture. Latest book, 'Take This Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis'. Teach in School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster
Kaleb E. Goldschmitt @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social Popular music scholar and music department chair at Wellesley College. Neuroqueer. I wear a mask for a reason. Falo português. תיקון עולם 🏳️⚧️🚴😷
Big Capybara Energy 🌈 🍉🦄 @lmgm.bsky.social BOOK: https://www.dukeupress.edu/together-somehow
I party so you don't have to. He/him, with notable exceptions. Gay affinity animal: capybara. Opinions are epiphenomena of discourse and power—and also my own.
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social Writer of books, player of music, professor of media, tech & democracy
tejaswinee kelkar @tejaswinee.bsky.social associate prof in music tech @ university of oslo 🔲 singing with computers⌨️ historian of my friends ✒️ research in multimodality ▪️ she
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Sarah Hill @hillgower.bsky.social Oakland native, siaradwr Cymraeg, relapsed oboist. Co-ordinating Editor of Popular Music. Prof of Popular Music and Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford.
Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social Education, research and advocacy for musicians.
Catherine Liu @bureaucat.bsky.social author of Virtue Hoarders, working on a book on trauma culture, cliuanon.substack.com, tennis fan, views all my own, 
Stephen Muecke @monsieurmouche.bsky.social Cultural studies academic, writer, translator
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Jeff Sparrow @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social Frightful hobgoblin
Benjamin Duester @benjaminduester.bsky.social cultural sociologist 國立中正大學
www.benjaminduester.com
Tomorrow on Cassette: Tape Jams in the New Media Age (Bloomsbury) coming May 2025:
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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social Political Ecology @ Lund University. Climate mitigation politics, carbon removal and offsetting 🦄 / Books: Overshoot (Verso, 2024); The Long Heat (Verso, 2025)
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
katherine mckittrick @demonicgrounds.bsky.social sound aficionado + heartbroken reader + lovesick bookmaker
most of my writing can be accessed free: www.katherinemckittrick.com
we established a working group at: www.revolutionarydemandforhappiness.com
Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray.bsky.social Democratic socialist.
Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, publishing (and funding, through the non-profit Antipode Foundation) the very best radical research
Jan Overwijk @jloverwijk.bsky.social Social Philosophy & Critical Theory | Book: Cybernetic Capitalism (2025) | Assistant Professor at University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht | Fellow at Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt | Eco-Marxism & Ecological Economics
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social We are an independent academic society working to strengthen Danish research at the intersection between Marxism and other traditions of radical scholarship. For news about our annual conference → http://marxistiskestudier.com/
Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social Cultural theory, political analysis, dance party politics.
Latest book: Hegemony Now (Verso, 2022). https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/494-hegemony-now?srsltid=AfmBOoqJNrqKZ8ydc63_O5y4SrzNyv9lpYrFBw3P-Bs4O0Y-tEdJft1u
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Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy @catalystjournal.bsky.social A quarterly journal developing a theory and strategy with capitalism as its target. Published by Jacobin magazine.
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Leigh Phillips @leighphillips.bsky.social Journalist & science writer (Nature, Sci Am, New Scientist, Guardian, Telegraph, Jacobin). Almost a geologist. Co-author of People’s Republic of Walmart (Verso, 2019). Author of Austerity Ecology (Zer0 Books, 2014).
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social Democratic socialist perspectives and analysis from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Berlin | Posts auf Deutsch: @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social Human, writer, critic, social researcher, professor, critical communication & social theory, https://fuchsc.net Editor: http://triple-c.at 
Ben Green @bengreenfuz.bsky.social Researching music & society | MIRC https://www.musicindustryresearch.com | RMIT https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/g/ben-green | TASA Sociology of Music https://www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=671860&module_id=638147 | views my own
Gavin Mueller @gavinmueller.bsky.social Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and Critical Theory Tutor at the Sandberg Instituut. American, but slightly less so every passing day.
Evgeny Morozov @evgenymorozov.bsky.social Hater of solutionism. Books: The Net Delusion; To Save Everything Click Here. Podcasts: The Santiago Boys. A Sense of Rebellion. Founder: The Syllabus. 
Branko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social 1) Income inequality; 2) Politics; 3) History; 4) Soccer.
Author of "Global inequality" and "Capitalism, Alone" (2019).
Stone Center, CUNY; LSE, London
Kohei Saito @koheisaito.bsky.social Degrowth Communist
Paul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social History and politics of climate science, climate change, knowledge infrastructures. Prof. Emeritus of Information and History, University of Michigan and Director Emeritus, Stanford University STS Program. Now expat based in Marseille, fleeing US fascism.
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Good Neighbor Music @goodneighbormusic.bsky.social Eco friendly record manufacturer here to make toxic free records for u!
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/)
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
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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social “The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure)
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Graeme O’Hara @bobstrainset.bsky.social Scotland-based filmmaker.
Byron Dueck @byrondueck.bsky.social a.k.a. Ethnomusicology Du(e)ck?
Nick Tochka @nicktochka.bsky.social Ethnomusicology, popular music studies, creative nonfiction. Eastern Europe / Albania, United States, and Multicultural Australia.
IASPM UK and Ireland @iaspmuki.bsky.social Official account, UK & Ireland branch at the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) iaspm.org.uk
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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social editor & scholar. Pop music, gender, philosophy. Books: GOOD VIBES ONLY; THE FUTURE OF ROCK & ROLL; THE SONIC EPISTEME; RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY. Writing a 33 1/3 on The Breeders. Bylines all over, views could only be mine lol. its-her-factory.com
Alex Reed @salexanderreed.bsky.social author of Assimilate + books on TMBG + Laurie Anderson
professor @ Ithaca College / NYU / U. Florida / William & Mary
singer of the band Seeming
ex-ThouShaltNot
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Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com prof ∙ critic ∙ music and media ∙ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" ∙ ericdharvey.com
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social Musician, writer, and teacher.
Site | http://dandipiero.com
Substack | http://dandipiero.substack.com
Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl | https://press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-Feelings2
Barry Shank @barryshank.bsky.social Aspiring thinker, careful reader, cautious writer, aging guitarist. 
Marc Hogan @marchogan.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, IBM, S&P. Past lives: Pitchfork, SPIN, BusinessWeek. marchogan at gmail dot com. He/him. Iowa since 2009, but ex–NY, IL, MA, AZ, TN; CA native. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-hogan-00b34b1a photo by Erol Reyal
Noriko Manabe @nmanabe.bsky.social Professor, music theory, ethnomusicology, Japan studies. Research in music & social movements, popular music, music & language. Author, Protest Music after Fukushima; Editor, Oxford Handbook of Protest Music, 33-1/3 Japan. Views my own. linktr.ee/nmanabe
elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social media historian.
mastodon: @erazlogo@assemblages.es
web: http://elenarazlogova.net/
Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social Senior Executive Editor, Duke University Press. Director, Intellectual Publics, CUNY Graduate Center. Book doula/curator. Art lover, record accumulator. All opinions my own-ish. 
Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social Associate Professor of Music @ NYU Abu Dhabi. Writes on music & sound in Kenya. #Ethnomusicology #Anthropology. Author 'Sounds of Other Shores: The Musical Poetics of Identity on Kenya's Swahili Coast' www.weslpress.org/9780819501066/sounds-of-other-shores
Kembrew McLeod @kembrew.bsky.social Writer, media maker, prankster, professor. Author of The Downtown Pop Underground, Blondie’s Parallel Lines and Pranksters. Executive Producer of Copyright Criminals. 
Rob Drew @slobster48602.bsky.social Prof @svsu, author Karaoke Nights: An Ethnographic Rhapsody (AltaMira, 2001) and Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable (Duke, 2024).
Deborah Wong @taikodeb.bsky.social Ethnomusicologist, follower of Asian American musicians everywhere, KUCR deejay. 
Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social Professor of music and sound in Asia. Editor of @avcx.bsky.social crosswords. Posts about pop music, sound, Thailand, NYC, anthropology, puzzles, TNG.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social Assistant Prof. Laurier popular music, music + environment, sound studies, digital media & game studies Co-organizer @SwiftCon2021 & Music & the Internet 2023
Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social Feminist music geek
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Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social Media studies
–Gender & tech (Polity https://t.ly/LhLoK)
–Synth-pop (Bloomsbury https://t.ly/IUZHv)
–Networks & horse racing (MIT Press ebook https://t.ly/CJvI2)
–Music scenes (Peter Lang https://t.ly/aI__X)
Irish setters+horse+rescue dog. Iowan 4ever
Norma Coates @nocoates.bsky.social American expat who escaped to Canada in 2005 when " it couldn't get any worse." Popular music and media scholar, professor, mom. I don’t reply to unsolicited DM’s.
Eric Drott @ericdrott.bsky.social 
Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social Associate professor of musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Former saxophone player, always philosophy reader, currently popular music fan (and more). 
Mack Hagood @mactra.bsky.social Sound scholar. Author. Subscribe to Phantom Power, a podcast + newsletter about sound at mackhagood.com.
Matt Brennan @profmattbrennan.bsky.social Professor of Popular Music at University of Glasgow. My book 'Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit' (Oxford University Press) is out now: linksta.cc/@mattbrennan
alexandra boutros @alexandraboutros.bsky.social associate prof | communication and cultural studies | wilfrid laurier university | pop culture | pop music | critical race theory | media, religion, and identity |
Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
IASPM @iaspmofficial.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the The International Association for the Study of Popular Music
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Nabeel Zuberi @nabeelzuberi.bsky.social music listening, films, media, communication, cultural studies
Jessica A. Holmes @holmesjessica.bsky.social Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Copenhagen
Website • jessicaholmes.phd
Music at the Margins of Sense • https://press.umich.edu/Books/M/Music-at-the-Margins-of-Sense
David Hesmondhalgh @hesmondthing.bsky.social Professor of Media, Music and Culture at University of Leeds; Town Councillor in Yorkshire (Green Party); Fellow of the British Academy; lover of music, film, poetry, football, walking, churches; over-user of semi-colons
Eric Weisbard @eweisbard.bsky.social Hunter High, WPRB, alt-weeklies, Spin Alternative Record Guide, Pop Conference, and professing. Top 40 Democracy. Songbooks, Hound Dog, Oxford Handbook of Pop Music
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!
Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit
Sasha Frere-Jones @sashafrerejones.bsky.social https://n.sashafrerejones.com/archive/writing-about-2025/
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Imre Szeman @imreszeman.bsky.social Director of UTSC Institute for Environment &
Sustainability in Toronto. Energy Transition, Energy Humanities, Social Change. Author most recently of *Futures of the Sun*
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holly jean buck @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social energy & climate policy, writer, analyst
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Materialist Institute for Research @ucmarxistinstitute.bsky.social 
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Vincent Bevins @vincentbevins.bsky.social www.northsouthnotes.org
Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social staff writer @ The New Republic
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of European Studies, King’s College London. I write mainly about capitalism and its great adversary Marxism.
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
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