The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social "Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK)
David Mittleman
DJ @wfmu.bsky.social
Vinyl collector
Writing @ We Jazz Magazine
https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
Bobby Lee @bobby-lee.bsky.social Neu Riders of The Purple Sage
https://bobbyleeplaysitslow.bandcamp.com/
Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) @alanranta.bsky.social Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards.
Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
ⓘ this user is woke
Xylitol / DJ Bunnyhausen @bunnyhausen.bsky.social DJ, producer, wine mum, Josip Broz Tito stan, recording for @planetmurecords.bsky.social, my views are my own and not those of my employer / agent / record label / mum / etc
Further Records @furtherrecords.com Record Shop. Music Fan. Flippant.
https://furtherrecords.com/
Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
Free newsletter at mariepphillips.substack.com
Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com Yr blowsy goth auntie. Life without buildings, Whin, Even Sisters & solo. He/him | https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com | https://whin.bandcamp.com | https://musicians.today/@rdg_music | header Martin Henry, pfp Stuart Reidman
Alex Tobin 🎷 @shhhpeaceful.bsky.social Dutch / American in the Netherlands • communications at @kitamsterdam.bsky.social • scribblings about music for @aquariumdrunkard.com
Pacific Coliseum @pacificcoliseum.bsky.social Producer / DJ from Vancouver, BC. aka Teen Daze. Releases on Coastal Haze, Church, Let's Play House, SlothBoogie and Noire & Blanche.
https://soundcloud.com/pacific-coliseum
Sharon O'Connell @messyectomorph.bsky.social Music writer (dCS Audio, Electronic Sound, Metro, Uncut). Ex staffer at Melody Maker and Time Out. Coastal dweller. Art, film, books etc. 
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social Musician / Writer
Dada Drummer Almanach https://dadadrummer.substack.com/
Damon & Naomi https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/
and yeah I was in Galaxie 500
Moonbuilding @moonbuilding.bsky.social A5 zine + weekly newsletter covering independent, electronic DIY labels/artists. Edited by @neilmason.bsky.social, a @castlesinspace.bsky.social publication. moonbuilding.substack.com / moonbuildingmag@gmail.com 
Ana @motherslug.bsky.social Detroit writer. Books, jazz, records, eclectic music, bleak sci-fi, depressing and upsetting fiction and films, the works.
Read me in print media (Uncut Magazine & Maggot Brain), plus motherslug.substack.com and some other places when they will have me!
mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social wild horse..
BBC 6 Music Sunday 6-8pm
The 6 Mix Friday 11pm
https://www.instagram.com/maryannehobbs_
Hector Plimmer @hectorplimmer.bsky.social
https://www.hectorplimmer.co.uk/
@theealingclub.bsky.social @theealingclub.bsky.social The Ealing Club CIC is celebrating Ealing Borough & wider West London’s electric blues & rock music connections. Inspiring new opportunities for LIVE MUSIC. www.ealingclub.com. 
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Tape Junkies @tapejunkies.bsky.social Hi. We are Tape Junkies and we post audio cassette tapes and players - all night long.
Mostly automated with affiliate links.
#cassettetape
Andy T @atrimberger.bsky.social 
Emily Bick @saving-throw.bsky.social Editor @thewiremagazine. she/her. @saving_throw@ohai.social on Mastodon. Message me there, forget this ID data scraping nonsense. Dexterity 6, Charisma 4, a d20 kiss for luck.
Sun 13 @sun13music.bsky.social http://sun-13.com
Fran Carlyon @francarlyon.bandcamp.com lo-fi folk, electronic explorations: linktr.ee/francarlyon
Growing Towards The Light out now: https://francarlyon.bandcamp.com/album/growing-towards-the-light
Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social Just a Mom who believes in equality, social justice, healthy democracy & the power of science to change humanity
The Amur Leopard is the rarest cat on earth, found in a small area within Russia and China, the world's largest autocracies. For now.
John Kilbride @karnag.bsky.social Author, digital content producer, journalist. Glasgow, Scotland. Views my own. MDANT just moved here from the other place
Richard King @richardhywelking.bsky.social 
@seansweirdears.bsky.social @seansweirdears.bsky.social 
filip from start-track.com @filip.start-track.com music blog / substack / cassette label / Youtube channel / playlister / bandcamp lover / run by filip zemcik / start-track.com / since 2011 https://start-track.sbmt.to/
P.S.: We ran Z Tapes / based in Bratislava, Slovakia
Charlie Ashcroft @charlieashcroft.bsky.social Presenter on Amazing Radio and journalist on the side. Doing my best to discover and share new music. Glastonbury emerging talent judge. Long-suffering QPR fan.
http://linktr.ee/charlieashcroft
@addman1.bsky.social @addman1.bsky.social I write about books, music, football. I built data businesses in the advertising world. Resting now, for a bit.
Nick Mitchell Maiato @nickmitchellmaiato.bsky.social Musician, songwriter, sound engineer
Simpsons Albums @simpsonsalbums.bsky.social “Ahh... I can see the music.” —Lisa Simpson
Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social Writer at CAW https://www.cawshinythings.com/
Read The Extended Universe!
https://bookshop.org/a/5522/9798888903667
"Disney's worst fan"
shitposting through the years of lead paint
World of Echo @worldofechomusic.bsky.social amateur & non-amateur music | 46 cheshire street, london, e2 6eh | mon-thurs 12:00 - 17:00 | fri & sat 12:00 - 18:00 | sun 12:00-16:00 | website open 24/7
Apta @apta.bsky.social Chromatic cascades / Boss fight modular melodies. 'Wanton Gilmourisms'. Piccadilly Records synth fancier.
Apta.bandcamp.com
Modern Nature @modernnature.bsky.social The Heat Warps - modernnature.band
Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
https://linktr.ee/MusicVenueTrust
Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social Typicaltofueatingwokeliberatihumanrightslovingleftie. All posts reflect my personal views, especially that one you’re offended by. 
SKILL ISSUE @skillissuecrew.bsky.social A newsletter by Christopher Watson and Hue ranting about games, raves, tech, films, television, and anything else we feel like.
Max Tundra @maxtundra.com https://linktr.ee/maxtundra innit
Munkle @unklemunkle.bsky.social With his fingers broken 'n his heart 'n back forgotten
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
Any unnecessary abuse results in a block.
Pink Cotton Candy Records @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social Copenhagen-based indie label run by members of chamber-rock/avant-folk band, QS. Support UMAW and your local musicians' union. Founding label of Subvert.fm. https://lnk.at/pinkcottoncandydk
Tom Gray @automatom.bsky.social Chair of @IvorsAcademy. Member of Gomez, MU & PRS Council. Director of UK Music. #BrokenRecord founder. A working songwriter and composer (just about).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gray_(activist)
@emmalwarren.bsky.social @emmalwarren.bsky.social 
The Tapeworm @tapeworm.org.uk The Tapeworm, The Wormhole and The Bookworm.
Avant-garde a clue – since 2009.
https://linktr.ee/the_tapeworm
Chris Forsyth @chrisforsyth.bsky.social guitar anti-hero
BASIC / Algorithm Free / Solar Motel
"This Is BASIC" out now:
https://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/
Booking: al@highroadtouring
“There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow (and I feel fine)”
Philadelphia PA
@peverelist.bsky.social @peverelist.bsky.social Peverelist / Livity Sound Recordings. Sound System frequencies. It's more than music. Links to Bandcamp, streams, Mix Series, tickets etc : https://linktr.ee/livity_sound
Eat Your Own Ears @eatyourownears.bsky.social London-based music promoters and record label who work with an eclectic roster of the best new and established artists
Beanie Tapes @beanietapes.bsky.social Oxford tape label.
And one vinyl record.
Yes we still have some copies.
https://beanietapes.bandcamp.com
jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social Currently writing ‘A Walk in the Free World: Other Music in Brazil’ • Sonny Rollins Bridge Project https://www.change.org/p/rename-the-williamsburg-bridge-as-the-sonny-rollins-williamsburg-bridge • urban planner • amateur 📍São Paulo
Complete Music Update @cmuhq.bsky.social Daily news and insights from the music business, since 2002. Join the 25000+ people across the industry who get our free daily email newsletter
https://completemusicupdate.com
Uncut Magazine @uncutmagazine.bsky.social The spiritual home of great music.
linktr.ee/uncut_magazine
Jeremy Erwin @jeremyerwin.bsky.social 1/3 Prairiewolf // Electric Miles enthusiast
prairiewolfmusic.com // theheatwarps.com
Worried Songs @worriedsongsmusic.bsky.social https://worriedsongs.bandcamp.com
heavenly highway hymns
record label
new brighton
Stranger Than Paradise Records @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social Vinyl only Record Shop in Hackney, E8. We stock the best new releases & reissues. 24/7 mail order or 'click-n-collect' service.
linktr.ee/strangerthanparadise
www.strangerthanparadiserecords.com
https://dice.fm/venue/stranger-than-paradise-records-bbv6k
Sam @sdbedford.bsky.social Records and @nonemorerecords.bsky.social
My eyes saw the glory in Bilbao.
alt arushi will soon be born @modularprincess.bsky.social 
James Thornhill @jamesthornhill.bsky.social Founder at Proxy Music. Manager Marvin's Revenge & Bethan Lloyd. Words for Electronic Sound, Under The Radar, Line of Best Fit, Notion, Louder. Founder www.psychicdancehallfest.com
Derek Walmsley @derekwalmsley.bsky.social I'm almost always trying to make the text flow better or reduce the number of words. Music writing in The Wire, Electronic Sound, The Quietus, LRB, elsewhere. slowmotion.blog
Simon Raymonde @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social Musician with a label. Cocteau Twins/Lost Horizons. Producer, mixer. Some non-Cocteaus gig highlights? Playing bass with Midlake, on “The Rat” live with The Walkmen, and playing guitar on tour with Mercury Rev ❤️ Memoir “In One Ear” on Nine Eight Books now.
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Daniel Dylan Wray @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social The UK's only trade union for musicians
A community 36,500 strong
‼️ Urgent enquiry? Contact the MU at https://theMU.org/contact
🎨 Cover art by Malini Chakrabarty
The Leaf Label @theleaflabel.com Taking the least worst option since 1995.
https://ffm.bio/theleaflabel
A'Bear @abearsounds.bsky.social Psychedelic electronic musican
London
Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social Ptennisnet
CAMP Radio @campradio.bsky.social CAMP FR is a next-level artist residency project, & this is its radio station. One of The Wire's 100 essential online stations!
If you'd like to join our community of show producers, please get in touch: charles@wearefuse.co
https://listen.camp
Resident Music @resident-music.com Your local indie, wherever you live.
New releases/reissues/recommendations/Dinked Editions.
Vinyl, CDs, Events, Books, Merch, News, Tunes, Good Times.
www.resident-music.com
📍 Brighton, UK
🗺️ 27-28 Kensington Gardens, Brighton BN1 4AL
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Polypores @polypores.bsky.social Cosmically restless musician and nerd. Bookings and info: polyporeshq@gmail.com
Music and everything else: https://linktr.ee/polypores
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com Music for a broken concrete utopia.
He/him
https://warringtonruncorn.com/
MICHIE @michiemusic.bsky.social I am John...
Musician On Hiatus - Indie Psych
Writer @ UpToHearMusic.com
Moderator @ FreshOnTheNet.co.uk
Just a bloke in rectangles...
Morpeth, UK
https://linktr.ee/michiemusic
Black Peaches @black-peaches.bsky.social 
Simon Bear @radiogibbon.bsky.social AKA Keith Loving, otherwise known as the Fresh Prince of Balearic. Member of @easternfrontdjs
Still participating joyously in this sorrowful life. Bar owner, Wood Street Bear.
Mr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art Brokensymmetry.art
Habitual line-stepper. Aka Tyler in Portland. Jerrybase.com and heads.social admin. Artist and deadhead. NBA, kayaking and PNW outdoors life, jazz, hiphop, bluegrass, experimental/modern rock, weird Bandcamp jams. Cats.
Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social Balkans Correspondent
📹 🎙 BBC, DW, CBC
🖋️ Monocle Magazine, The Observer, The New World
Presenter 🎙 Monocle Radio
Moderator ⚖ at large
Tadej Pogačar's mountain domestique
No Abba
https://monocle.com/contributors/guy-de-launey/
Phil McMullen @philmcm.bsky.social Writer, editor, printer & publisher at the Ptolemaic Press (a letterpress operation) in Wiltshire. Experienced gardener, and a retiring town planner.
DIMORPHODONS @dimorphodons.bsky.social I love Records and Guitars. AKA RJ McKendree.
Do @handofglory Records with @maryepworth
WAUI is for life not just for Christmas
https://dimorphodons.bandcamp.com/album/waui
https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/rj-mckendree-wallflower
Rocket Recordings @rocketrecordings.bsky.social Reality you can rely on
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rocketrecordings.com
Paul Cousins @paulcousins.bsky.social Sound Artist & Composer
linktr.ee/paulcousinsmusic
Small Albums @smallalbums.bsky.social 🎈🐜 smallalbums.com
Hooker Vision @hookervision.bsky.social tapes, CDs, records, objects
Athens, GA
https://hookervision.bandcamp.com
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.
The Slow Music Movement @theslowmusicmovement.org Disorderly digging in an algorithmic world. Lesser known independent artists & alternative music. Generally lazy & hazy vibes. Check the Substack newsletter, blog, podcast & playlists:
https://www.submithub.com/link/the-slow-music-movement
DIY @diymag.com Bringing music alive.
diymag.com / shop.diymag.com
God Is In The TV Zine @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social The music and culture webzine established in Cardiff in 2003. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
Be With Records @bewithrecords.bsky.social A record label from Manchester
www.bewithrecords.com
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
Hyperdub @hyperdub.bsky.social Record Label, South London
www.hyperdub.net
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hyperdubrecords
Warp Records @warprecords.bsky.social 
Leaving Records @leavingrecords.bsky.social