The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social Chicago based music writer, bylines include The Wire, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily, Chicago Reader and more
Jon Camp @jonrcamp.bsky.social joncamp.bandcamp.com
I talk music here. For animal advocacy, still on X (regrettably).
Art Sorority | Daoud Tyler-Ameen @artsorority.bsky.social editor & podcaster @ NPR Music • songs @ Art Sorority • Bad Moves forever
he / him / hum hallelujah
dta.me • artsorority.com • npr.org/all-songs-plus
Adam @grimisham.bsky.social Music, history, film, and literature obsessive. Educator and dad. DJ at Hearing Music weekly on XRAY.FM. Former yellypants in sadly defunct no wave “legends” Hustler White. Very occasional writer.
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
Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social New York City courts reporter, chiefly SDNY, @courthousenews.bsky.social
--- Part Time Punk DJ monthly on The Lot Radio in Brooklyn
-- contact newyork@courthousenews.com
------ signal: jrussjruss.73
https://www.courthousenews.com/author/josh-russell/
M. Geddes Gengras @m-geddes.bsky.social not ambient, not new age, but a secret third thing.
https://linktr.ee/gedgengras
WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social The freeform station of the nation! Independent, creative, rocking radio. Skeeter behind the curtain: @dmandl.bsky.social. Submit music via http://wfmu.org/sendmusic.html. Sorry, but we're too busy shopping for records to respond to DMs. Listen: wfmu.org
Susanna Bolle @susannabolle.bsky.social Host of Rare Frequency on WZBC 90.3FM, co-organizer of Non-Event concert series in Boston
KATUKTU COLLECTIVE / A RED THREAD @katuktuco.bsky.social Aural refuge since 2015
http://aredthread.bandcamp.com
http://katuktucollective.bandcamp.com
@katuktuco- O @oggcommamattson.bsky.social @oggcommamattson.bsky.social
Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social Guitar, etc./Folklore & History of Virginia/Gardener
Manahoac Territory
Born at 353.15 ppm.
Blue Tapes @bluetapes.bsky.social Minimal and often abstract music - from grime to gugak, American primitivism to Japanese ambient - presented with minimal and often abstract cyanotype artwork.
https://bluetapes.bandcamp.com
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
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.
Angela Sawyer @downwithpants.bsky.social stand-up idiot, sound nerd, Jan & Dean fan, raging hater of CVS specialty pharmacy https://sevenarkadins.wixsite.com/angelasawyer
Jon Abbey/Erstwhile Records @erstwhile.bsky.social um
Jeff Economy / Snackpoint Charlie Radio @snackpointcharlie.bsky.social Music from Elsewhere & Beyond
10pm-midnight every 1st & 3rd Wednesday
WGXC 90.1-FM Catskills / WGXC.org
https://www.snackpointcharlie.net
Shane Parish @shaneparish.bsky.social a guitarist.
https://shaneparish.bandcamp.com
Tristan Kasten-Krause @successfulartist.bsky.social Nü Music Bassist in Nü York
Half of Hennies/Kasten-Krause duo
Microtonal Black Metal in Scarcity
tristankastenkrause.com
Roulette_NYC @roulettenyc.bsky.social Roulette’s mission is to support artists creating new and adventurous art in all disciplines by providing them with a venue and resources to realize their creative visions and to build an audience interested in the evolution of experimental art. 
Wendy Eisenberg @wendyeisenberg.bsky.social Sounds and words
🔴 (angel marcloid) @angelhair0.bsky.social 🐈⚡️🌈🪸☀️❄️⛳️🛜🚦🧡🌨🪱🪼🩸👁💦💊💿🧪🎈✨🫧 mixing, mastering ➡️ @angelhairaudio.bsky.social | @fire-toolz.bsky.social | No Joy 'Bugland' | Angelwings Marmalade | Nonlocal Forecast | World Of White Ice
https://linktr.ee/angelhair0
arkm foam @foam.bsky.social 
Steve Silverstein @stevesilverst.bsky.social Recording and live sound engineer, music writer for Tape Op and others, DJ at East Village Radio, Swarmatron squeakmaker
Avant Music News @avantmusicnews.bsky.social 
Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social Official Blue Sky for the site Raven Sings the Blues
https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/
Curator - Deep In The Valley Festival
id m theft able @idmtheftable.bsky.social http://kraag.org
https://idmtheftable.bandcamp.com/
Counterflows Festival @counterflows.bsky.social Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental music.
https://linktr.ee/counterflowsfest
Greg Davis @gregdavismusic.bsky.social Electronic musician / Producer aka Asterisk / Record shop owner @ Autumn Records / Vermonter
gregdavis.bandcamp.com
gregdavismusic.com
autumnrecordsvt.com
outersoundsvinyl.com
Jürg Frey @juergfrey.bsky.social Composer
www.juergfrey.com
chik white @darcyspidle.bsky.social utterances, etc.
linktr.ee/chikwhite
No Rent @norent.bsky.social Small family label releasing experimental music
Norentrecords.com
C. Lavender @clavender.bsky.social 🔊 Sound: Artist/Healer/Educator // Author: Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives
Loma Editions @lomaeditions.bsky.social ~ a mostly sound outlet ~
~ CDs, events, and more out of SATX ~
~ organized by T Putnam Hill ~
~ lomaeditions.bandcamp.com ~
Alexandre Bazin @alexandrebazin.bsky.social Musician : Important Records & Umor Rex
Production : GRM
linktr.ee/alexandrebazin
Normals Books & Records @normalsbooks.bsky.social A 33 year old book and record store located in The People’s Republic of Waverly, Baltimore. Founded and run by writers, musicians, artists and humans freaky for physical media.
www.normals.com
Thrill Jockey Records @thrilljockey.bsky.social Independently owned and operated. 50/50 profit share.
RICHARD CHARTIER / LINE / PINKCOURTESYPHONE @richardchartier.bsky.social sound artist / composer • LINE label curator • Pinkcourtesyphone • 'between two points' show on Dublab • www.3particles.com • lineimprint.com
bbob drake @fluxmonkey.bsky.social free improvisation experimental synthesizers noise pipe organs deep listening cicadas field recording walking acoustic ecology soundscape composition radio spring ephemerals sound art butoh... fluxmonkey.com
not the guy from Thinking Plague/
Marcus Schmickler @ushmi.bsky.social perennial vibration | ontology of consonance
composer, performer of computer music, teacher
piethopraxis.org
@mattiesounds.bsky.social @mattiesounds.bsky.social 
TILT Brass @tiltbrass.bsky.social Transforming brass music in NYC since 2003. The Kitchen, MoMA, Whitney, Park Ave Armory, ISSUE, Tonic, others. Tzadik, New World, Non-Site, & POTTR labels. https://linktr.ee/tiltbrass
Ka Baird @sapropelicpycnic.bsky.social 
mappa @mmaappaa.bsky.social 🌪️ liquid cartography
🌪️ sonic wanderings
https://mappa.bandcamp.com/
Sarah Hughes @sarah-hughes.bsky.social Artist / Composer / Sound Maker / Educator / Anti-fascist
sarahhughes.info
Lori Goldston @legoldston.bsky.social freely ranging cellist, composer, improviser, collaborator
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
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.
Pointless Geometry @pointlessgeometry.bsky.social POINT#63
https://pointless-geometry.bandcamp.com/album/hermeneia-timeless-pointless
CASSETTE / VINYL / DIGITAL
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC LABEL FROM POLAND
EST. 2015
Z. Doom - Official Compact Disc Lover @world0fecho.bsky.social Running Doom Trip Records @doomtriprecords.bsky.social /// Audio Mastering Engineer
Constellation Tatsu @ctatsu.bsky.social Cassette label based in Oakland, CA.
adventurous with spiritual artistic sensibilities
https://linktr.ee/ctatsu
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
Phantom Limb @phantomlimb.bsky.social Weird jams
Since 2017
Record Label | Music Publishing | Touring
Christian Eede @chriseede.bsky.social Permanently tired / editing news stuff @thequietus / freelance stuff elsewhere
Elizabeth Aubrey @aubreywrites.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Robert Barry @monsterbobby.bsky.social Freelance writer (The Wire, Tribune, Art Review, Mubi Notebook, &c.). Musicker (Far Rainbow, The Pipettes). Reviews Editor at The Quietus. Author of The Music of the Future (Repeater, 2017), Object Lessons: Compact Disc (Bloomsbury, 2020). Idiot. 
Zara Hedderman @zarahedderman.bsky.social Listens to albums & writes (mostly) & talks (sometimes) about them in The Quietus, Aquarium Drunkard, Northern Transmissions, RTÉ Arena, The IMRO Podcast.
📩: heddermanzara@gmail.com
Newsletter: The Bad Arts
Geology Records @geologyrecords.bsky.social Wisconsin label with a wandering focus releasing cassettes in small runs.
https://linktr.ee/geologyrecords
Aural Canyon @auralcanyon.bsky.social Deep listening for the new, now age
https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/
Ted Davis @tddvsss.bsky.social Making vibey dance music under the alias DJ STEPDAD
Also writing about strange sounds and working essentially every job in the music industry
[NYC]
Jake Muir @muirjake.bsky.social sampler / DJ / field recordist 💿🎤🏙
inquiries: muir.jake@gmail.com
Zander Raymond @zanderraymond.bsky.social artist + musician
chicago, il
www.zanderraymond.com
www.zanderraymond.bandcamp.com
raymond.zander@gmail.com
anost.net @anost-net.bsky.social Online store for selected vinyl, cassettes and CDs from Berlin.
https://www.anost.net/
Loris S Sarid @lorisssarid.bsky.social ~Apprentice Artist~
On bandcamp etc
Davis @davisqueue.bsky.social I mostly post about music or bother my friends. Play music in Grand Banks & Dais Queue & Radon Abatement.
Radon Abatement: https://radonabatement.bandcamp.com/
Grand Banks: https://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/
Dais Queue: https://daisqueue.bandcamp.com/
Hometown Sounds @hometownsounds.bsky.social #dcmusic
Subscribe to our free weekly Substack! https://HometownSoundsDC.com
John R. Davis @jrdarchivist.bsky.social Archivist, musician, curator, writer, DJ on WOWD
My book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, D.C.", is out now:
https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Your-Ear-to-the-Ground
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com Scientist, science communicator, public health & climate justice advocate
Biology PhD from Cambridge
WHO Fides member, Grist 50 Fixer, Creative Change alum
New Yorker/Aussie
Opinions my own
https://instagram.com/luckytran
http://linktr.ee/luckytran
Rhizome DC @rhizomedc.bsky.social community space in Takoma DC // art * learning * diy culture // rhizomedc.org
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
Sounds of the Sea Radio @soundsofthesearadio.com Thursday @ 11pm GMT on CRY104fm.com
Sunday/Monday @ midnight eastern/9pm Pacific on WHUPfm.org
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
Critical Listening @criticallistening.bsky.social a podcast about music, technology & culture industry hell from @lizpelly.bsky.social and @peretsky.bsky.social. available wherever you get your podcasts besides the Swedish app.
support us at: patreon.com/criticallistening
Bruce Willen @publicmechanics.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary artist, designer, musician
Public art + design: Public Mechanics
Music: solo, Peals, Double Dagger, Birney-Willen
Previously: co-founder @ Post Typography
Baltimore
@discreetarchive.bsky.social @discreetarchive.bsky.social Discreet Archive, music and artifacts that explore quietness. Appropriate demos welcomed.
https://discreetarchive.cargo.site
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
Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors…
we talk "arts" over here and world building...
Marja Ahti @marjaahti.bsky.social Sound 〰 marjaahti.com
Byron Westbrook @byronwestbrook.bsky.social LA based Artist+Composer
https://www.byronwestbrook.com
https://shelterpress.bandcamp.com/album/translucents
https://linktr.ee/byronwestbrook
Chromatic Fields on dublab radio, 2nd wednesdays monthly 4-6PST
sound as language @soundaslanguage.bsky.social record label, est. 2020 | can you feel | will@soundaslanguage.com
John Chantler @inventingzero.net Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ :: artistic director @edition-festival.com & Fönstret. Co-founder @VenueCMS.com
Spectrum Culture @spectrumculture.bsky.social Film, music and book reviews. Proudly based in Portland, OR!
www.spectrumculture.com
giuseppe ielasi // senufo editions @senufoeditions.bsky.social 
more eaze @moreeazemusic.bsky.social mariiii
Mondoj @mondoj.bsky.social A record label from Warsaw, Poland.
https://mondoj.bandcamp.com/
🌚
@bromf.bsky.social @bromf.bsky.social 
Maral @maralm.bsky.social N:}0 rules producer. work: Ninja Tune/Big Dada radio: Dublab
https://linktr.ee/maralpush
Vanessa Ague @vanessakayague.bsky.social Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.
Eoin Murray @eoin-murray.bsky.social Anois, Os Ard: Irish music newsletter — anoisosard.substack.com
Digital editor — @djmag.com
Anything For Now
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Sasha Frere-Jones @sashafrerejones.bsky.social https://n.sashafrerejones.com/archive/writing-about-2025/
Stephan Mathieu @schwebung.bsky.social Mastering audio at https://schwebung.studio
Latest work → https://buymusic.club/user/schwebung
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
Room40 // Lawrence English @room40.bsky.social Lawrence English//Room40 ... vibrating bodies with sound, philosopher of listening.
Jeremy D. Larson @jeremydlarson.bsky.social deputy director @pitchfork
jeremydlarson.com
Mike Paradinas @mikeparadinas.bsky.social µ-Ziq, Jake Slazenger, Tusken Raiders, Kid Spatula, Frost Jockey. Owns Planet Mu Records. http://mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com
Bookings: mario@lapsusagency.com