Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
Judy Miller Silverman @judymotormouth.bsky.social Boss at Motormouthmedia.com
Stage 3b Breast Cancer Survivor
Always Goth
Mortified Leftie
Only here to complain and annoy
J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc
2220 Arts + Archives @2220arts.bsky.social Interdisciplinary, volunteer-run cultural center in LA hosting film, music, literature, performance.
A community living room for autodidacts, explorers and ordinary intellectuals championing art, experiment and imagination.
Alex Ives Photography @alexives.bsky.social Photography and art by Alex Ives
Loraine James // Whatever The Weather @lojammusic.bsky.social 
dave nada @tiolocal.bsky.social Ecuadorian-American DJ/producer based in France. Originator of reggaeton-house genre Moombahton, Baltimore club music pioneer, raised by the DC hardcore punk scene. Anti-speciesist and plant lover. 🔊🌱
Karolyn Jaranilla @karolynjar.bsky.social pr things @ninjatunehq.bsky.social
Motion Ward (JS) @motion-ward.bsky.social 
John Jones @avmoves.bsky.social (♫) ✎ᝰ.
https://linktr.ee/avmoves
Phils Cho @pheeels.bsky.social In Sheep’s Clothing, Tuff Shed on NTS Radio, Puli, SY3, Third Place, other stuff too
https://linktr.ee/pheeels
Beach House @beachhouseband.bsky.social A Band.
Grouper @yellowelectric.bsky.social OnlySpiders
thomas hobbs @thobbsjourno.bsky.social culture writer for: guardian, telegraph, dazed, bbc, pow, stereogum, financial times, discogs, mixmag, billboard, bandcamp, lwl, wallpaper, spin, hyphen, new statesman, p4k, wired, time out, crack etc.
my work: https://www.clippings.me/users/thobbsjourno
Kieran Press-Reynolds @kieranpressreyn.bsky.social editing nobells, writer for pitchfork, GQ, NYT, The Face + more
https://www.kieranpressreynolds.com/ / https://www.kprblog.fyi/
born & living in new yorker
Evan Rytlewski @evanryt.bsky.social Writer. Contributor: Pitchfork. Alum: Radio Milwaukee, WMSE, Shepherd Express. Bylines: NPR, The AV Club, Washington Post, Spin, Stereogum, Paste.
Joshua Minsoo Kim @misterminsoo.bsky.social 
Cat Zhang @catzhang.bsky.social lapsed music critic, culture writer at The Cut / NYMag
I’m not here often but cat.zhang@nymag.com if you need me
Marissa Lorusso @mrsslrss.bsky.social writer & editor | mrsslrss dot substack dot com
Jacqueline Codiga (DJ horse jeans) @horsejeans.bsky.social Writer, sometimes podcaster, DJ, general music and movies dork, transsexual loudmouth ~ (she / her)
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
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
Rachel Brodsky @rachelbrods.bsky.social Music & Culture Writer/Editor. Words: TIME, Stereogum, LA Times, Rolling Stone, more. Copywriting for DISCO.ac. Co-host of TheInSyncPod 🎧 Say hi: Rebrods26@gmail.com
https://authory.com/RachelBrodsky
Ian Cohen @iancohen.bsky.social 
dan ozzi @danozzi.bsky.social universally beloved author
www.danozzi.com
linktr.ee/danozzi
Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social “When you begin a note, it comes from somewhere and keeps going forever…Part of it does, anyway…Nothing is lost. Everything keeps going around.” —W.A. Mathieu
Writer, podcaster, musician.
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
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.
jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
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
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io
jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social yells in the band daddy’s boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
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/
Alex Ives (Specimens) @specimensmusic.bsky.social Head of Physical at Ninja Tune
My label @FirstTerrace.bsky.social
Ambient/drone as SPECIMENS
Art and photography
🇯🇲 🇬🇧
www.specimensmusic.com
Force Field @forcefieldpr.bsky.social PR for music & film forcefieldpr.com
Everywhere else at @ForceFieldPR
contact us / submit a demo: info@forcefieldpr.com
djfalkor.substack.com
Jeremy @interludej.bsky.social Fair to middling.
First Terrace Records @firstterrace.bsky.social An independent label from London/Paris run by @specimensmusic.bsky.social
Lucid Dreams by Chihei Hatakeyama out on January 24th.
https://linktr.ee/firstterracerecords
scott osgood @scottosgood.bsky.social 💼 at AKP Recordings
📻 the path is the destination on KCHUNG
he / him
Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors…
we talk "arts" over here and world building...
Photay @photay.bsky.social ° ‘ • ◌ ≈ ツ
linktr.ee/photay
Leaving Records @leavingrecords.bsky.social 
Phantom Limb @phantomlimb.bsky.social Weird jams
Since 2017
Record Label | Music Publishing | Touring
Jonathan Galkin @jonathangalkin.bsky.social guy from DFA Records. Label manager of Red Hot Org. Otherly Love + Greenleaf Music.
https://bsky.app/profile/redhotorg.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/greenleafmusic.bsky.social
Joe Trainor @joedummy.bsky.social Gay, cassettes, Dummy, repetition
"Free Energy" out now on Trouble in Mind
Www.notdummy.bandcamp.com
Freelance PR : stereojunkpr@gmail.com 
drewcifer scott @drewciferscott.bsky.social sometimes giddeon gallows, beats, production for Pale Spring and others 💌
https://linktr.ee/drewciferscott
linus booth @linusbooth.bsky.social 
more eaze @moreeazemusic.bsky.social mariiii
M. Geddes Gengras @m-geddes.bsky.social not ambient, not new age, but a secret third thing.
https://linktr.ee/gedgengras
trayer @trayer.bsky.social yard man
‘nohup’ @miseryconfusion.com DJ in Seattle, WA
Developer of Bandcamp Tempo Adjust & Discogs Tempo Adjust
Co-Founder of @groundhum.net
Label boss: illegal afters tracks
https://miseryconfusion.com/links
James Heather @jamesheathersounds.bsky.social Pulse Music ✨🔮 ✨|| 🎹 || Gigs: Cabin Artists Agency || Ceasefire Now 🌍 || Mailing List / Sheet Music👇🏼~ 💜|| On a pause… https://www.jamesheather.com
Siavash Amini @capgrasman.bsky.social Releases on Room40 | Hallow Ground | Opal Tapes| Umor Rex | ADR
http://siavashamini.bandcamp.com
siavashamini.com
Brad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social Artist
Foxy Digitalis
Songs of Our Lives
The Bird House
The Jewel Garden (ex-Digitalis).
this ain't no mecca man, this place is fucked
https://linktr.ee/the2jewel3garden
Lila Tirando a Violeta @ltav.bsky.social Experimental Music Producer & Sound Designer from Uruguay
Hyperdub / N.A.A.F.I
Info@lilatirandoavioleta.com
https://lilatirandoavioleta.com
https://lilatirandoavioleta.bandcamp.com
seeds @moderndayzee.bsky.social 
helado negro @heladonegro.bsky.social 
Pete Swanson @peteswans.bsky.social Possessed by sound. Yellow Swans. Freedom To Spend
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
brian foote @brianfoote.bsky.social kranky, peak oil, conflict of interest, leech, smoke point, foote/dickow, false aralia, FO
Doom Trip Records @doomtriprecords.bsky.social LA Record Label - Nmesh / somesurprises / draag me / Heejin Jang / Diamondstein / Mukqs / MJ Noble / CDX / luxury elite / Tarkamt / HOTT MT + many more --- Run by Zac Emerson @world0fecho.bsky.social
Home of the Doom Mix series
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
Jeremy D. Larson @jeremydlarson.bsky.social deputy director @pitchfork
jeremydlarson.com
Dash Lewis // Gardener @gardenerjams.bsky.social dash lewis // 🎵: gardener - synth & voice //
✍️: pitchfork / bandcamp / stereogum / hearing things / the guardian / resident advisor / super empty / the sun magazine / POW.mag / style weekly / etc
📍richmond, va
https://linktr.ee/gardenerjams
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
Sam Hockley-Smith @samhockleysmith.bsky.social Writer and editor. Words in most places but also not some of them.
Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social rock and pop music critic, @wsj, freelance elsewhere • former EIC @pitchfork • markrichardson.org • markrichardson.substack.com
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
boomkat.com @boomkat.com Independent music specialist
Marc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social I write about music & my latest book is “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” http://highbiasbook.com/ I host the Music Book Podcast. I am a Nationals & D-backs fanatic. DON'T USE AI.
Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
David James 🍩 @funkentechno.bsky.social dad, writer, web dev, mixtapes https://www.mixcloud.com/OptimisticUnderground/
https://buymeacoffee.com/funkentechno
Sasha Frere-Jones @sashafrerejones.bsky.social https://n.sashafrerejones.com/archive/writing-about-2025/
tay @tayyabamin.com @yayyab everywhere else. https://www.tayyabamin.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
lizpelly.info
Eoin Murray @eoin-murray.bsky.social Anois, Os Ard: Irish music newsletter — anoisosard.substack.com
Digital editor — @djmag.com
Anything For Now
tonypoland 🇵🇸 @tonypoland.bsky.social artist management ▪️ ‘It Takes Time' on Netil Radio ▪️ ✍️ for testpressing.org
logging bad films @ letterboxd.com/tonypoland
stuff: linktr.ee/tonypoland
Vanessa Ague @vanessakayague.bsky.social Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.
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
geoff wilt @geoffwilt.bsky.social geoffwilt.bandcamp.com