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.
Michael Hollett @northbymichael.bsky.social Editor/publisher NEXT Magazine. President/CEO NXNE. Editor-in-Chief SPIN Canada. Founder of NXNE and NEXT Magazine, co-founder NOW Magazine nextmag.ca. NXNE 2027 June 16-20
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.
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol Senior Writer at The Ringer covering the intersection of tech, politics, and media 🦉 NYT bestselling author of Impossible Owls 🦉 also, how can I put this: sports
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Cade @megatech.bsky.social Audio engineer, guitarist, and music nerd who enjoys sci-fi, lifting weights, martial arts, movies, whiskey. Hard femme dyke in NYC ♥️
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com A reader-supported online film journal, offering a different lens on movies.
issues/essays: brightwalldarkroom.com
podcast: @bwdrpod.bsky.social
all the things: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
NBABeau @nbabeau.bsky.social NBA Top 10/NBA Highlights voice.
NBL Top 10 voice. Euroleague Top 10 voice.
Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social Here for posts on: Music. Films. TV Shows. Writing. Fiction/Poetry. Art. History. Science. Humor. Progressive Politics. Photography. Nature. Ecology. Hippies. Navel-Gazing Existentialism. Baseball. Not even sure if I'm in the right place, tbh. We'll see.
Peter to the Ploeg 𓆚 @pvdp.eurosky.social nrc, onbehaarde apen, zes losse tanden, to the teeth
treykerby @treykerby.bsky.social The NBA
https://youtube.com/@nodunksinc
John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social Former congressional candidate and journalist trying to change politics for good :) | www.kapow.works/
EL-P @el-p.bsky.social producer and rapper. RTJ and more. actually me. www.productomart.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
Machine Music @machinemusic.bsky.social Metal, Hardcore, Hyperbole
Jonathan Koven @jonathankoven.bsky.social author/poet 🌿 PALM LINES (Toho, 2020), BELOW TORRENTIAL HILL (Electric Eclectic Prize 🏆, 2021), MYSTIC ORCHARDS (Kelsay, 2023), SPARK BIRD (Thirty West, 2024) https://linktr.ee/jonathankoven
Ryan Galloway @ryangallowav.bsky.social music guitar midi
colon dumpsey @dempseyc.bsky.social Editor-in-chief @ Invisible oranges
Writer @Treblezine, The Needle Drop News Consequence, and apparently Yahoo
fragrance of a pungent scum
jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com Board game designer (Fox in the Forest, Hocus, Foresight) and terrible music blogger (fiverandomsongs.com). (He/him)
Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social | * down vs up, not left vs right
| * problem-solving > doomering
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Jah Solid Rock Music @jahsolidrock.bsky.social Music from the highest region. Roots Reggae, heavyweight dubs. New! Micah Shemaiah - Natural is the Mystic (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqIuiXoN98MFRT5T1eFQuZqj9tLevNpmo&si=s7FnUccTC6KGmWlB)
Empty Heaven @empty-heaven.bsky.social SWEAR is out NOW
on vinyl and streaming
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Shannon Void @shannonvoid.bsky.social ✨spitefully feral™
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Enrique Sagarnaga @hanksangria.bsky.social Manager of Promotions and Marketing at Relapse Records. Drums and Devilry at Crypt Sermon, Daeva, and The Silver ⚔️🇧🇴⚔️
Katie Müller @kmullerart.bsky.social Artist, Drawing, Pointillist with pen and ink on paper, and some digital works. Absolutely NO AI
Brendan Sloan @brndanws.bsky.social ALTARS | CONVULSING | DUMBSAINT
Jazzgrinding Deathfusion Powernoise
Don't make me tap the sign. 161.
Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social The Ween Of American Rock Critics. Author of six books. My book on The Strokes is out 9/8/26. Indiecast dude. Writing at Evil Speakers: https://stevenhyden.substack.com
soros youth @chris.maug.live Chris
NJ
Accidentally celibate for six years.
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!
Wolf Rambatz @wrambatz.bsky.social Heavy metal idiot. Ex-Stereogum's Black Market. Ex-Invisible Oranges. Ex-Last Rites. Ex-many publications I don't remember. I produced a podcast you've heard. I've written a bunch of stuff you haven't read. https://linktr.ee/wrambatz
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social 
Becky @beckylaverty.bsky.social Troublesome
Roadburn/Prosthetic/Freelance idiot
Ampwall @ampwall.com The modern independent music platform. Public Benefit Company dedicated to building thriving music scenes. Share, sell, & find new music & merch.
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Chris Grigg @subvertallmedia.com **Taking a break from this app. Send me an email.**
Putting the code in the computer @ampwall.com
Woe
Glorious Depravity
Nameless Cult
NYC
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Jon Barbas - Heavy Metal Philosophy Host @jonbarbas.bsky.social Sommelier of extreme metal and blue collar philosopher. Host of Heavy Metal Philosophy. Former writer for Metal Digest
https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/
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bagagwaa @bagagwaa.bsky.social my name is Ben. no colon, no masters. antizionist jew. Used to do a blog about black metal & beer, but now I'm writing about music and life at traumaangel.substack.com
all pronouns are fine, I'm too old to care how you perceive me
Jon @ronjosenthal.bsky.social guy
Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social Present: Heavy metal marketing and editorial stuff. Past: YouTube Music, writing words about music on the internet, Full Metal Hipster podcast.
Rediscover Fire Booking @rediscoverfire.bsky.social Booking in DC
Comet Ping Pong + Quarry House Tavern
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avant dumb @avantdumb.bsky.social through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain. pyrrhon // scarcity // glorious depravity // weeping sores // seputus // umulamahri. go birds
open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social and then there's this
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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social son of a legend. PDX. D1 Ball at UNLV/ASU. Co-host of The Dunker Spot. 5+ years of NBA exp. Former Asst. Coach w/Nets, Video w/Grizz. 0-2 as a Head Coach in Summer League. shjones1@gmail.com
Zach Lowe @zachlowenba.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvIa7IOHJ9/
petpiranha @petpiranha.bsky.social “Life Has Surface Noise” - John Peel. 
Andy Steiner @nofinersteiner.bsky.social @theringer, @pastemagazine, @Under_Radar_Mag, @theneedledrop
Socialism with Metalcore Characteristics @gachasocialism.bsky.social he/him communist. posts about music, gacha games, anime girls, Thunder basketball, and whatever else. Will rt nsfw, minors dni
Venkatesh Rao 🔹 @vgr.bsky.social Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com
Michael Briggs Audio @michaelbriggsaudio.bsky.social Award winning producer, mixer and mastering engineer. Home of the Civil Recording Studio. DM to inquire. https://michaelbriggs.audio
Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com only the good shit.
kevin duquette @littlestinker.biz green thumbed website buildy designy musicy person. thanks / sorry.
i do @topshelfrecords.com and @tonedotaudio.bsky.social things
topshelfrecords.com // tone.audio
Teemu Homanen @teemuguitartricks.bsky.social Guitar tricks @indigodreamband.bsky.social
Pedal nerd. Severe gear acquisition syndrome, always happy to talk about music and gear. From the land of thousands of lakes and reindeers.
https://linktr.ee/indigodreamband
ellie @friendofnessie.bsky.social Friend of Nessie.
heavy music, monster movies, obscure horror games.
i used to write. i still do, but i used to, too.
married to @deenuhhh.bsky.social
Indigo Dream @indigodreamband.bsky.social Dreamy & Distorted sounds from Helsinki, Finland. Our new single ‘Inverness’ is out now, click below✨
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The Two Seasons @thetwoseasonsband.bsky.social Chicago Jangle based in LA
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ryo @sneek.bsky.social words on music • This Side of Japan newsletter 🇯🇵 https://thissidejapan.substack.com
Nuh-KAI-us Duncan @nekiasnba.bsky.social Host of The Dunker Spot, NBA & WNBA thoughts aplenty. Be kind to each other.
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.
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Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social rock and pop music critic, @wsj, freelance elsewhere • former EIC @pitchfork • markrichardson.org • markrichardson.substack.com
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social it’s regular but it’s not normal | EIC: POW Mag | Founder: P.O.W. Recordings | "Waiting For Britney Spears" out now on MCD/FSG | Long Live Drakeo
Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Compact
Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation
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🔥🛠 Fire-Toolz 👩🏻💻🔴 @fire-toolz.bsky.social LAVENDER NETWORKS 🛜 OUT NOW ON WARP RECS
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Krill Enjoyer @peteyeesh.bsky.social 
Miloš Markićević @softsrb.bsky.social Just another dork with old film cameras.
Video game enthusiast + music nerd.
Chicago transplant now based in Naarm/Melbourne.
Indie Basketball @indiebasketball.bsky.social Where indie rock meets the NBA's finest
Podcast, Half Court Sessions, memes, Discord community
www.indiebasketball.com
Natalie A @familiarshape.bsky.social Tattooer, Sugar Ray apologist
@familiarshape on ig for tattoos
@8bitshape on ig and twitch for pixel art and games
Compost-pile.com to find info on booking tattoos in Chicago
Sam Brown @sambrownsambrown.bsky.social drums in flesh panthers | guitar and vox in sprite | code guy | cat haver
Rabin @rabin.bsky.social Celebrity animal medium 
Treble @treblezine.bsky.social Groundbreaking music, independent media.
https://www.treblezine.com
Ferrn @ferrnmusic.bsky.social https://ferrnmusic.bandcamp.com/
@will-nola.bsky.social @will-nola.bsky.social 
Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social Music that nobody asked for | DIY guy | ⚾️ ‘Helluva Swing’ ⚾️ out now on the internet: lightleakthing.bandcamp.com
Andrew Sacher @andrewdsacher.bsky.social longtime music journalist, ex-BrooklynVegan, author of EMO REVIVAL (@clashbooks.bsky.social)
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a Marketplace and Scientific American pick for 2025!
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couchtobarbell.com
anjelica 🪱 @pygmalism.bsky.social lover of shenanigans 
Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social Freelance critic and terminally online figure. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jakepcole/
Greg Obis @guypidgeotto.bsky.social Chicago Mastering Service | Stuck
https://linktr.ee/gregobis
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.- J @josephschafer.bsky.social @josephschafer.bsky.social
Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature
https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social aka Max Alper. Composer, sonic arts educator, and audio worker with opinion. “The Nadia Boulanger of Ableton weirdos.”
Founder of @klangacademy.bsky.social.
Co-host @criticallistening.bsky.social. Based in Hudson Valley. peretsky.xyz
steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social (ex-)music editor at https://tonemadison.com
founder of https://heartbreakingbravery.com
✍️/📸: rolling stone, npr, consequence, etc.
makes music.
Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social Music critic at Paste Magazine • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸 • KCMO • I’m writing a novel bc it’s never been done before • kingdom hearts apologist
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
Founder, Music Nerd Football Blog
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/
Dim Wizard @dimwizzy.bsky.social a power pop think tank
aka David Combs
producin vids w Baby Pony Food
Bad Moves 4eva
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mike caulo 🥤 sipsman @sipsman.com 📍 manche irlandaise
💌 mike@sipsman.com
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Body Void @bodyvoid.bsky.social New England via Bay Area Noise Doom
https://linktr.ee/bodyvoid
Jeff Yerger @jyergs.bsky.social CLT-based freelance writer, full time idiot. Words for Stereogum, Pitchfork, Paste, & a few others. Jyergs89 at gmail. Go birds.
@mikeboyd.bsky.social @mikeboyd.bsky.social Publicist at Thrill Jockey. Guitarist in Stander.
Cortial @c0rtial.bsky.social birth year begins with a 19 | tired | they/she
i draw stuff - i'm slow to post
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
Clont @clamp.bsky.social I’m losing my edge
laura d. flowers🏳️⚧️☘️🕸️ @senddeadflowers.bsky.social writer. trans woman (she/her/hers). supremely sapphic. leftist. you might’ve thought i had another name.
protect the vulnerable (including yourself) however you can.
Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social cherished idiot / writer on SHŌGUN and KENNEDY (2027) and POINT BREAK (2027)
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.