Joshua Mellin @joshuamellin.bsky.social Writer / Photographer | Published @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc. | Covering #travel #music #art #sports | http://instagram.com/joshuamellin joshuamellin.com
Andy Steiner @nofinersteiner.bsky.social @theringer, @pastemagazine, @Under_Radar_Mag, @theneedledrop
Jeremy @jeremyjfisette.bsky.social The Needle Drop lead video editor & website editor in chief /// Host of artist interview podcast Meet Our Makers /// Music writer
www.theneedledrop.com
Alan Pedder @neverdoneing.bsky.social Freelance hat stand
Writer/features ed @ thelineofbestfit.com
Newshound @ theneedledrop.com
Mostly found in rural Sweden
alanthology.com // 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🐕🇵🇸🇱🇧 (he/him)
sarahs onlyhaters @ultracrap.bsky.social the one and only 
One Punch-In Man @cinemasai.bsky.social They/He/Dyl. Idiotic rap/film writer. founder/writer/editor @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Host of the #ReelNotes podcast. Walkin' on water for tips. Never on schedule but always on time. #invoiceboyz
marco @b0ygr1mez.bsky.social yeah it’s hot like that
Jon-carlo @stupidfingers.bsky.social 
still sally manning fireworks @makemeachevy.bsky.social death of a ladies man
cody defalco @codydefalco.bsky.social Terrorbird, ❍neiric 🜎ge
https://linktr.ee/codydefalco
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social 
taylor @georgetaylorg.bsky.social Mostly here to RT @swimintosound.bsky.social and @ganborzoi.bsky.social
Cowgirl Pond @mollypond.bsky.social 
Matt S @mattsouva.bsky.social Come count them ways to forever | Music & hockey & drawing & photos | Upstate NYer, Ohioan, Michigander | @BuckeyeStHockey Alum | @zekebud on the bird app
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social rock and pop music critic, @wsj, freelance elsewhere • former EIC @pitchfork • markrichardson.org • markrichardson.substack.com
Scott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com Founder/Editor-in-Chief, @stereogum.com
Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, The Guardian, etc. Author of two books. Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
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!
keegan @franziamom.bsky.social writer, guitars in Camp Trash
Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social “northeast guitar”; he/him/any; useful promo stuff is @realtedleo on insta*ram, tedleo.bandcamp.com
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social editor/writer
in film, vulture, etc
mostly on ig
Michael Tedder @mtedder.bsky.social (He/Him) Words for Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Ringer, bunch of other places.
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/ 
Philip Cosores @philipcosores.bsky.social Senior Director, Editorial and Content Strategy at Uproxx. Writer and Photographer. Philip.cosores@uproxx.com
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.
Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social Writer of Fluxblog for 20+ years... I heard codes in the melody and heeded the call, so I'm sharing things I know and love with those of my kind http://linktr.ee/fluxblog
Jason Lipshutz @jasonlipshutz.bsky.social Co-Chief Content Officer, Billboard. My debut book, IT STARTS WITH ONE: THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF LINKIN PARK, is out now. One Direction book coming soon.
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
Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social author, biography of justin townes earle
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him
https://jonbernsteinwriting.com/
Lior Phillips @liorphillips.bsky.social verklempt, mostly.
🌿Author of 33 1/3 South African Popular Music out now everywhere
❤️🔥Currently writing a book about Cher
🖤🇿🇦🪬🧿mother of twins 〰️ music journalist
chicago via cape town
Zach Kelly @zachkelly.bsky.social Bylines seen at Pitchfork, Stereogum, SPIN, Billboard, etc. Ezra and Rowan’s dad. Publicist for Daughn Gibson, zchklly at gmail
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
📓 associate staff writer Pitchfork
🎙️ co-host Punk This Week
✏️ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Brittney McKenna @brittneymckenna.bsky.social writer at apple music, bbc, billboard, forbes, nashville scene, npr music, rolling stone, vinyl me please, elsewhere
she/her
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com prof ∙ critic ∙ music and media ∙ Hoosier in Michigan ∙ dead serious, take flicks and don’t smile ∙ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" ∙ ericdharvey.com
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
Larry Fitzmaurice @larryfitzmaurice.bsky.social Different posts, same great flavor
Newsletter: https://last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/
Gigs: larry.fitzmaurice@gmail
Chris Wade @chriswade.bsky.social Festival Promoter | professional amateur historian | podcast producer/host | spare us the cutter
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
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
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/
Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social I write things. Pitchfork. Stereogum. SPIN. Vice Chair of Florida Film Critics Circle.
Space and light and dreams
That's what people need.
Rob Mitchum @robmitchum.bsky.social Science and music writer. EIC of @kellogginsight.bsky.social.
Rosy Overdrive @rosyoverdrive.com World-famous music blog rosyoverdrive.com
Frank Nieto @fdnieto.bsky.social Senior Director of Publicity
Sub Pop + Hardly Art
@subpop.bsky.social
@hardlyart.bsky.social
He/Him. LGBTQIA. Pete's husband. Bamboo's dad. 🇲🇽🏳️🌈
Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social A mix for every year of recorded sound.
Find out more at centuriesofsound.com
Support the show at patreon.com/centuriesofsound
Jake @gloriousnoise.bsky.social Hi! I've been doing gloriousnoise.com since 2001.
Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social Your critic and co-listener // ex-Washington Post // reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.com // contact me: christopherpaulrichards at proton dot me
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
We Buy Records Podcast @webuyrecords.bsky.social The award winning show for all your crate digging and record collecting nonsense.
webuyrecordspod@gmail.com your letters, ideas and questions are always welcome
All episodes https://pod.link/1456163688
Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social Read about each song that topped the charts in Ireland at irishnumberones.com
Every Friday: the new Irish charts and 'Mr Brightside'-Watch!
Written & posted by @aidancurran17.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm
Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social Freelancer re music & food for Washington City Paper; DMV DC concert list blog; guy recently retired from fed gov dayjob; dad, husband; fan of ilxor.com, Orioles, Terps, Wizards ; http://stevekiviat.blogspot.com/
Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social A website, a newsletter, a record label. All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner. BUY PHYSICAL MUSIC.
Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Musician. Country Soul. Why Bushwick Bill Matters. Pro wrestling coming soon. No Fences Review. Wisconsin and Southern. Disabled and disorderly. He/him.
Monica Carol Miller @monicacmiller.bsky.social Assoc Prof of English at Middle Georgia State University. I write about the intersections of region, gender, & sometimes music
The Tacky South; Being Ugly: Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion; Dear Regina: Flannery O'Connor's Letters from Iowa
matthew reed baker 🤘😇🤘 @matthewreedbaker.bsky.social Writer, editor, Boston Magazine contributor, arts'n'music maven, photography amateur, Liverpool FC fan, mediocre pianist, husband, dad...but not in that order
Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Music columnist @ salon.com | writing @ jukeboxgraduate.com
clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/
She / her | current Detroiter, forever New Yorker, child of the Garden State
David Cantwell @cantkill.bsky.social Music critic. Husband. Dog Lover. Author of “The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard.” Cofounder No Fences Review. Midwesterner
Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social Dallas-based writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: www.dontrocktheinbox.com
natalie.l.weiner at gmail
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
Patrick Lyons @plyons.bsky.social opinions are like kittens, i'm giving them away patlyons91 at gmail dot com | inbox-infinity.ghost.io | patricklyons.work
Will Groff @willgroff.bsky.social Legendary woman of country and journalist w/ bylines at WSJ, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, etc
willgroff.com
Daniel James Leith @danthecritic.bsky.social Music Writer. Check out my blog: danthecritic.weebly.com
Nate Patrin 🎧 @natepatrin.bsky.social StP, MN | '77 born | he/him | enthusiast
as in "patron of the arts"
"The music began again and was much improved." -Kurt Vonnegut
'Versions and Subversions: the Cover Songs That Changed Music' out soon
https://www.upress.umn.edu/author/nate-patrin/
Chris Molanphy @cmolanphy.bsky.social Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Author of book #OldTownRoad. Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronouns—he/him/his.)
The Back Lounge @thebacklounge.bsky.social Sonoran Sounds: Mill Avenue Rock, Desert Folk, and the Enduring Legacy of Arizona Music. Coming March 2027. By @jcrutchmer.bsky.social. sonoran-sounds.com
@sctttnnnt.bsky.social @sctttnnnt.bsky.social Committed list-maker, friend of sounds
Country Universe @countryuniverse.net The longest-running country music blog (f. 08.2004).
www.countryuniverse.net
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.
Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social Disquiet.com since 1996: ambient/electronic music, field recordings, sound studies. I moderate the Disquiet Junto community of weekly music projects. I've written for The Wire, Pitchfork and Nature. I publish ThisWeekInSound.disquiet.com. Offline weekends.
Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com Writer/critic/researcher/musician in DC. Fiction lotsa places. Writing a road trip novel and a book for DUP “Singles” about “Party in the USA.” mikebarthelauthor.com
Making music as APOPHRA https://apophra.bandcamp.com/
Rock Docs @rockdocspod.bsky.social A podcast about music documentaries brought to you by Treble Media
Ambient Visions @ambientvisions.bsky.social Ambient, electronic, new age music. Interviews. Music Reviews. Jazz, classic rock, chill, electronica, prog rock, classical, world music. Exploring the Outer Edges of Sound!
BSKY User # 516,385 https://www.ambientvisions.com
Cyrena Touros @cyrenatouros.bsky.social cultural critic talking about new music, gender, labor, social structures, queer stuff, etc. — now working outside journalism
member & organizer • FSP-NWU
Floridian white-knuckling her way through it
https://midnight-transmission.ghost.io/
Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Nashvillian, etc. Wrote a book called HER COUNTRY for Holt. Writing one now for Da Capo called I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD GIRL. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
Brian A. Anderson @thebanderson.bsky.social NYT bestselling author. Pulitzer-winning editor. LOUD AND CLEAR, my book on the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound (St. Martin’s Press, 2025), out now in hardcover and paperback.
chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social he him / musician / record producer / death cab for cutie, '97 - '14 / http://chriswalla.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.
Marissa Lorusso @mrsslrss.bsky.social writer & editor | mrsslrss dot substack dot com
Otis Hart @spotieotis.bsky.social NPR Music
Kira Grunenberg @shadowmelody1.bsky.social Music Journalist🎵📰
Words: DownBeat, No Depression, NPR Music, Bluegrass Situation, etc. | Asst. Editor Aromatica Poetica | Writer for Hire📝 | Hot Sauce 🌶️ | Hockey🏒| Puns
ThrowtheDiceAndPlayNice.com
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
linktr.ee/nikostratis
Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social Podcast Editor: @wunc.org
Contributor: @npr.org
Alum: @opb.org, @wamu.org
Cheerwine enthusiast. Go Dawgs!
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
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
Britt Julious @britticisms.bsky.social Music critic for Chicago Tribune. Occasional freelance writer and editor. The last girl on the dance floor. 🪩✨
HIT ME UP: http://brittjulio.us
steven_mps @stevenmps.bsky.social (ex-)music editor at https://tonemadison.com
founder of https://heartbreakingbravery.com
✍️/📸: rolling stone, npr, consequence, etc.
makes music.
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 isn’t here yet.
patreon.com/endlessscrollpod
AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social It's not something that I say in jest
jay @acollectivefeeling.com yeah, but still
Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social My novel SEE FRIENDSHIP is out now, I edit on the culture desk at the Atlantic, my newsletter is at http://jeremygordon.substack.com, and my website is at https://jeremygordon.xyz
Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social Be-shadowed music reviewer on YouTube, cohost of
Song vs. Song
Patreon: http://patreon.com/toddintheshadows
Media/inquiries: toddintheshadows@standard.tv
Ryan Schreiber @ryanschreiberfm.bsky.social The artist formerly known as @ryanpitchfork
Author of WEIRD ERA (Dec 1 via @fsgbooks)
Resident DJ @thelotradio
Writing at ethernet.fm
Eric R. Danton @erdanton.bsky.social Writer of Freak Scene, about music in #WesternMass and CT. Bylines in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Paste and more. IWWFJU. Ex-Hartford Courant. Knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but likes it.
https://buttondown.email/freakscene
Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Host of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. 75+ cover stories on music, movies, and television
QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social can't stop the rawk
"Every movie is a documentary of the times and places where it was filmed."
https://letterboxd.com/queencityjamz/
Queen City of the Pains, CO
#marqueespotting