Independent Venue Week UK @ivwuk.bsky.social #IVW25
Celebrating the spirit of independence & the culture of live music ๐. Founder & CEO @sybilivw.bsky.social
www.linktr.ee/ivw_Uk
Geert Bevin @gbevin.uwyn.com Director of Software Development at Moog Music, Principal Software Engineer at Roger Linn Design, Father of MPE, Board Member at Asheville Music School, Creator of RIFE2 & bld, Java Champion, Maker, 3D Printing & Design, Singer, Guitarist, Kung Fu, Tai Chi
Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social ๐ง Decoding your brain on tech
๐ฎ How the future feels
๐ 15yrs+ tech journalist
โ๏ธ The Future Hunter โ
Ashley Spencer @ashleyspencer.bsky.social Culture journalist + author of DISNEY HIGH. Words in The New York Times, The Washington Post, L.A. Times, etc. https://linktr.ee/amspen
Molly Neuman @mollydneuman.bsky.social President @cdbaby - a @downtownholdco Company & ๐ฅ@therealbratmobile.
Peter Robinson @peterrobinson.bsky.social Working with popstars and music people as a BACP-registered integrative counsellor and on media training, artist development etc. Semi-ex-music journalist (Popjustice etc). Hello!
www.peterrobinson.net / www.peterrobinsontherapy.com
Alison Lamb @alisonlamb.bsky.social 
Jack Stephens @jackstephens.bsky.social Currently: building something new
Previously: Spotify, Songkick, AWAL, artist management
Interests: music, tech, ticketing, crypto, culture
Matt Cartmell @mattcartmell.bsky.social Builder of things. CEO of Music Technology UK. Once gatekeeper of coveted cabinet of gearbox photos. PR, journalism, trade association years. Survivor: dot com bubble, indie sleaze, news editors. Jimi and Charli provide much-needed battle anthems.
Brian โZโ Zisook @brianzisook.bsky.social Audiomack Co-Founder, EVP, Global Operations / Artist Advocate
Cherie Hu @cheriehu.bsky.social human bean | music, tech, dance, philosophy
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinsonโs, #sophiefromromania
Dan Grabham @dangrabham.com Tech and lifestyle journalist. Editor-in-Chief at Stuff (stuff.tv). Life, music, MUFC, F1 and beer enthusiast. Email: dan.grabham@kelsey.co.uk
Al Shipley @alshipley.bsky.social Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music out August 19, 2025 on Repeater Books / shipley.al@gmail.com
http://westernblot.bandcamp.com
keegan @franziamom.bsky.social writer, guitars in Camp Trash
Katie Atkinson @ktatkinson.bsky.social 
Stephen Daw @stephenrdaw.bsky.social Pride Editor @ billboard
anxiety riddled try-hard @ everywhere else
He/Him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Hannah Dailey @hannahdailey.bsky.social staff writer + music news at Billboard
Dan Purcell @danpurcell.bsky.social Jersey Boy.
@tombreihan.bsky.social @tombreihan.bsky.social 
Larisha @larisha.bsky.social '๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ โ writing about pop music at rolling stone
larishapaul.contently.com
ilana kaplan @lanikaps.bsky.social USA Today Best-Selling Author & writer/music editor @ people magazine โจformer senior editor @ alternative press โ๏ธ @ rolling stone, new york times, gq, npr, vanity fair, etc. โจ my book nora ephron at the movies is out now via abrams!
Daniel Victor @bydanielvictor.bsky.social NYT editor/reporter for breaking news. NYC via London via Hong Kong. I hear this place is supposed to be fun?
Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social indie nostalgia by @chrisdeville.bsky.socialโฌ
pre-order SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
katie krzaczek @hashtagkatie.com business editor // priors @ slate, the philadelphia inquirer, business insider, yahoo finance, billboard // hello [at] hashtagkatie [dot] com // hashtagkatie.com
Nolan Feeney @nolanfeeney.bsky.social I transferred from Los Angeles, your school has no gymnastics team, this is a last resort. features director @ Bustle Digital Group (Bustle, Nylon, TZR, Elite Daily & More) // past lives at Billboard, EW, TIME
Patrick Hosken @patrickhosken.bsky.social Writer/editor with WEEKLY NEIL cominโ atcha on Substack. Also a teacher (sometimes)
chart data @chartdatabr.bsky.social music charts, awards, industry news and more in real time.
Cรณpia 100% da conta do twitter! 
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. ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Andrew Sacher @andrewdsacher.bsky.social editor at
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
author at EMO REVIVAL, coming 2026 via
@clashbooks.bsky.social. PRE-ORDER NOW: https://lnk.bio/emorevivalbook
available to write band bios - DMs are open!
https://andrewsacher.com/
steven j. horowitz @speriod.bsky.social senior music writer @ variety
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
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. Donโt Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social author, biography of justin townes earle
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him
https://jonbernsteinwriting.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
Denise Warner @denisewarner.bsky.social An ever-needy, sometimes lovely jewel.
Anna Chan @potato-boss.bsky.social Potato enthusiast, cat lover, grammar defender and deputy editor at Billboard.com. Formerly msnbc.com, TODAY show, SPIN, Us Weekly.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social Music writer and journalist, a founding editor of Allmusic now freelancer for hire. Bylines at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more. Subscribe to my Newsletter: sterlewine.substack.com
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 ๐ง Say hi: Rebrods26@gmail.com
https://authory.com/RachelBrodsky
Marc Hogan @marchogan.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, etc. Past lives: Pitchfork, SPIN, BusinessWeek. marchogan at gmail dot com. He/him. Iowa since 2009, but exโNY, IL, MA, AZ, TN; CA native. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-hogan-00b34b1a photo by Erol Reyal
Taylor Mims @taylorjmims.bsky.social Senior Editor @ billboard
live music nerd | vinyl enthusiast |womenโs soccer fan
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
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.
Kevin Rutherford @surfwax83.bsky.social charts at billboard, serial bad poster
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
Eric Renner Brown @erbrown.bsky.social editing @ billboard
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
eric ๐ @violetbyhole.bsky.social writer, podcaster, friend to all birds
brad @bradshoup.bsky.social 
Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social Music critic at Paste / A.V. Club โข bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, nme, etc โข grant dot sharples at gmail โข he/him โข free Palestine ๐ต๐ธ โข KCMO โข Iโm writing a novel bc itโs never been done before โข kingdom hearts apologist
Eli @elienis.bsky.social Chasing Sundays. Writing a big book about shoegaze. Podcaster at @endlessscroll.bsky.social. Bylines at Stereogum, Pitchfork, Fader, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc.
Subscribe to Chasing Sundays: elienis.com
miranda @mirandareinert.bsky.social blogger and physical media enthusiast | co-host @endlessscroll.bsky.social | editor + design person @portablemodel.bsky.social | she/her
aplan.fyi / twoflatpress.com
Philip Cosores @philipcosores.bsky.social Senior Director, Editorial and Content Strategy at Uproxx. Writer and Photographer. Philip.cosores@uproxx.com
Simon Vozick-Levinson @simonwilliam.bsky.social deputy music editor at rolling stone // just my own opinions over here
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
๐ associate staff writer Pitchfork
๐๏ธ co-host Punk This Week
โ๏ธ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author, โTaylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.โ 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.
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.
Scott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com Founder/Editor-in-Chief, @stereogum.com
Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
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/
Meghan Mahar @meehwa.bsky.social marketing and more @ Billboard ๐ช
opinions are my own
danielle @daniellepascual.bsky.social she/her | billboard social | swiftie first, human being second (opinions are my own)
Xander Zellner @xanderzellner.bsky.social โ hello from the other side
โ charts & social @ Billboard (artists, songwriters, producers)
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
Dan Rys @danrys.bsky.social writer
Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social Author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.
https://linktr.ee/tromano_writer
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
Don Curren ๐จ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ @dbcurren.bsky.social writer/blogger, formerly journalist at WSJ, Dow Jones, Reuters, others. #economics #markets, #music, #philosophy, #books, #technology, #photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. May not respond to DMs. Blog at: https://doncurren.blogspot.com
J Herskowitz @jherskowitz.com โถ๏ธ Advising + Tinkering on Parachord & Achordion
๐ธ as Quarantine Angst
โฎ๏ธ Product @ SeatGeek, Spotify, Tomahawk, LimeWire, AOL music, DigiScents, GameShark & some other stuff
๐ชน Brooklyn, NY
https://achordion.xyz/user/jherskowitz
SueAnn Shiah ๅคๅๅฎ @sueannshiah.bsky.social #FaithfullyLGBT #Presbyterian #Riotgrrrl
#Taiwanese American @NewBloomMag
Writer-Musician-Producer-Filmmaker | Ethnomusicologist | Public Theologian
Alum-Belmont U, National Taiwan U
Current-Princeton Theological Seminary
www.sueannshiah.com
jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com Media strategist and producer. Culture, news, and tech nerd. Semafor, Bad Robot, CAA, Obama White House, The Verge alum. USC Marshall, NYU Gallatin grad. Recovering tweeter @jonfriedman
David Gallagher @dfg.im A journalist in Amsterdam via NYC. https://dfg.im
Ryan @ryanbrommer.bsky.social ๐ถ๐ฆธโโ๏ธ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ผโ๐คโ๐จ๐ป
Craig Marks @craigmarks.bsky.social Music editor and writer. Brooklyn-to-L.A. transplant. Co-author of "I Want My MTV." Watch way too much Britbox.
Glenn Gamboa @glenngamboa.bsky.social Current: Philanthropy Editor at The Associated Press. Former:
Newsday music writer, KarmaImpact managing editor. Forever fan of Cleveland and its sports teams.
jamie joyce @jjoyce.bsky.social Deep in the digital marketing and comms game. Loves being on the water, in the mountains, and chilling with my fam. Hoping Liverpool and the Knicks win it all. 
Bill Donahue @billdonahue.bsky.social legal reporter @billboard.com, covering music and the law. my newsletter, The Legal Beat, drops every tuesday afternoon.
send me tips, pitches, leaks, gripes at: bdonahue@billboard.com.
read my stuff: https://www.billboard.com/author/bill-donahue/
Nat Bach @natbach.bsky.social Litigator @ Manatt
media & entertainment law, copyright, tech, First Amendment, AI, music / pro bono impact litigation
https://www.manatt.com/nathaniel-l-bach
Jonathan Bailey @plagiarismtoday.com #Copyright and #Plagiarism Consultant at http://CopyByte.com. Blogs at http://PlagiarismToday.com Focus on #writing, #art, #music and #photography. He/Him
@LanceASchart @lanceaschart.bsky.social #MusicBiz | #MediaRelations | #VinylRecords | #StarWars | #U2 | #Baseball | #NeverTrump (1989) | Servitio Semper | ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
AUDIO: http://andoveraudio.com/LanceASchart
Mark Graham @unclegrambo.bsky.social Picker / Grinner / Lover / Sinner. Michigan grad.
GREG LEE @officialgreglee.bsky.social ImagineNation LA based digital marketing agency (formerly Warner Bros.Records National Dir.Promotion/Mkting) http://imaginenationLA.com
Eric Eitel @ericeitel.bsky.social tech|culture|politics
associated w/ music pool berlin et al.
@re-publica.com berlin co-curator
mastodon: @ericeitel@mastodon.social
twitter: @alias_eitel
www.ericeitel.com
Mike Sarasti @sarasti.bsky.social Musician / Technologist / Long history in local government.
Half of RAKER - @rakermusic.bsky.social
Other Record Labels @recordlabels.bsky.social A podcast + community for Record Labels.
Taking the mystery out of running a record label.
www.otherrecordlabels.com
Follow for helpful #recordlabel tips, interviews, and resources.
Ross On Radio @rossonradio.com Writing about radio and music, from then and now.
For the free, weekly Ross On Radio newsletter, sign-up here. tinyurl.com/mhcnx4u
Rob Abelow @robabelow.bsky.social Follow to keep up on Where Music's Going | Helping artists & builders grow more sustainable audiences.
Gary Trust @garytrust.bsky.social Billboard Managing Director, Charts & Data Operations
@larrysmiller.bsky.social @larrysmiller.bsky.social 
Walt Mossberg @waltmossberg.bsky.social Now: News Literacy Project. Then: WSJ tech columnist, AllThingsD, Recode, D & Code conferences, Verge, CTRL-WALT-DELETE. Opinions are purely personal.
Meredith Rose @mrose.ink Grumpy feminist lawyer. Writer with ADHD. Senior Policy Counsel, @publicknowledge.bsky.social . Copyright, tech, music, AI, fandom. I talk about stuff.
Negate the gods -- raise rocks.
She/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Keith Caulfield @keithcaulfield.bsky.social Billboard, Billboard Charts, http://linktr.ee/keith_caulfield
Dan Runcie @runciedan.bsky.social 
Water & Music @waterandmusic.bsky.social Mapping the new music business.
https://www.waterandmusic.com
Kristin Robinson @wordsbykristin.bsky.social Senior writer @ Billboard. Covering all things music business and technology.
Follow my *free* music tech newsletter Machine Learnings and catch me on other social sites here: https://linktr.ee/wordsbykristin
Variety @variety.com The business of entertainment.
jenn ๐ @divinityjenn.bsky.social a decade in the music industry.
a lifetime in the stars.
gemini baby is what i built from both.
music industry exec / professional astrologer
listen to the gemini baby podcast & more:
geminibaby.com/links
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What Is Music? A Music Podcast About Music @whatismusicpod.bsky.social A podcast that deep dives into discographies - one artist per season. Hot takes, deep context, wild tangents.
linktr.ee/whatismusicpod
barSILENCE: A Video Game Music Podcast @barsilencevgm.bsky.social A retrospective video game music podcast celebrating the very best game soundtracks from your favorite games.
Listen to the show:
๐พ barSILENCE.com
๐ช SuperPodNetwork.com
Follow the show:
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Pick A Disc: A Music Podcast @pickadisc.bsky.social A music podcast where the guest nominates an album to talk about for whatever reason they want to.
Hosted by: @mattjlatham.bsky.social
Part of: We Dig Music Podcast Network.
https://linktr.ee/pickadisc
Email: pickadisc@gmail.com
Over/underrated music podcast ๐ต @oumusicpod.bsky.social Do you believe the hype? Fran & Babs (@flamemeup.bsky.social) curate playlists to discuss bands potentially given undue credit & musicians who should be more famous
๐ง https://linktr.ee/overunderratedmusicpod