Nat Loftus @natloftus.bsky.social Visual artist / Musician (aka Nat Johnson)
Whitley Bay
Ian Button @ianbutton.bsky.social Musician. Gare du Nord Records. Papernut Cambridge. The Penrose Web.
Evripidisandhistragedies @evripidissabatis.bsky.social Part time artist and full time procrastinator
https://linktr.ee/evripidisandhistragedies
Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social Gender blurrer, lover of Watership Down, Howards' Way, and Twin Peaks. Please don't tell me how I should do Bluesky
Sturdy @sturkmardy.bsky.social Trad-wife influencer
Richard O'Brien @notrockyhorror.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Northumbria University and lapsed early modernist. Working on poetry, novels, & a music memoir/podcast about the Mountain Goats: thirtyyearslater.substack.com. I make music as Groundbird, groundbird.bandcamp.com.
Steve Mack @stevemack2017.bsky.social Football, photography, rubbish guitarist, loves various types of music particularly indiepop and brass bands. Likes visiting Spain.
Based in Nottinghamshire
trev @trevelkin.bsky.social 🧑💻writing @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social and @spectrumculture.bsky.social, previous bylines for
@goldflakepaint.bsky.social, Ja Ja Ja, and others. https://www.mixcloud.com/sixfromsirius/
https://muckrack.com/trev-elkin-1
Femme Vinyl @femmevinyl.bsky.social Curator of vinyl albums by female artists
https://gram.social/FemmeVinyl
https://uk.pinterest.com/WitchOfScots/femme-vinyl/
Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social I’m Alan and I write stuff. Mainly for STARBURST magazine but I've always got some side hustle on the go. Oh, I make ‘zines, too. AND I present a twice-weekly new music show on NOISEBOX RADIO called A-POP!, Mondays & Thursdays at 7pm.
linktr.ee/wcbazine
Jodie Wood @jodiewood.bsky.social Host of The Periphery, Thursdays at 10pm (repeated Sundays at 5pm) on noiseboxradio.com, catch up any time at mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadio/playlists/the-periphery/
Happy Robots @happyrobots.bsky.social 
Limnetic Villains @limneticvillains.bsky.social Music and art from Ireland: https://limneticvillains.bandcamp.com
Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com Jonathan tweeting. Assistant make lovely jangle pop from Brighton: Felt/Yo La Tengo/Stereolab etc. CERTAIN MEMORIES is our masterpiece; our new single is FLOWERS. Fanzines available; radio show Sundays 7pm on Untidy Radio.
Alex @alexegtk.bsky.social An odd mix of train planning, music best described as twee, and Japanese model trains
https://www.last.fm/user/amn905
All my photos CC0
Jane Duffus @janeduffus.bsky.social Writer, editor, speaker, long-distance runner.
Zine Things Happen fanzine (quarterly) 🎶 and Sarah Records book 'These Things Happen' - out now 🍒 📚
Author of three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'... and other books.
https://linktr.ee/janeduffus
Benjamin Corrigan @piltonpilgrim.bsky.social Author of The 2026 World Cup Joke Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/2026-World-Cup-Joke-Book/dp/B0H4S3N5V9/ Also author of the Glastonbury Tales (short stories), a lifelong project. http://tinyurl.com/yu2u9h63
Kushikatsu Records @kushikatsurecords.bsky.social Supporting Japanese music in the UK
Concert promotions (Birmingham) and occasional record release
Tinned Meats @tinnedmeats.bsky.social a jazz-prog-synth-punk band from the north of England
TINNEDMEATS.COM
https://tinned-meats.bandcamp.com
Nom de Guerre @brunepherine.bsky.social ¡No Pasarán!
Pop music
Books
Legumes
Archaeology/History
Alphabet-ally
Fan of 100yr old anarchist stuff
He/They (but please never talk about me).
the eclecticians @eclecticians.org "EK - LEK - TISH - INS"
bace135 and DJ Root
San Francisco hip hop and other sounds.
There's much too many freaks.
https://eclecticians.org/big-lanterns
Wales Goes Pop! @walesgoespop.bsky.social All-ages pop fest in Cardiff! est. 2013
The Gate 25-28 Mar 2027 💫🌟✨!
Accessible venue ♿️🏳️⚧️💕
Adam C Cresswell @adamccresswell.bsky.social Gothy shoegaze with CLOUD STUDIES. Formerly of SALOON & RODNEY CROMWELL. CEO: Happy Robots Records.
Tedious, woke, pro-EU, lefty in spare time
🌱 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺
LYTALINA @lytalina.bsky.social Official Bluesky of cinematic indie pop duo LYTALINA 🎶
LGBTQIA+ safe space 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/lytalinamusic
#lytalina #band #diymusic #indiepop #seattlemusic #originalmusic
Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis.
https://longbarrowpress.com
Elle Barker @ellebarker.bsky.social cardiff-based musician, writer, and filmmaker. known member of sherbet flies, port huron, a lack of north, and crimson city. sometimes puts on shows.
Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk From (in order of height): The Cuban Boys, Rikki & Daz, Eurovision 2006, Spray, Helen Love, Pound Shop Boys amongst others.
ALFsplaining: @alfsplaining.bsky.social
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0GIhxvZitldPsZKvgmbIylxanx9rLP1&si=b7B6AM8jfRI_Xar6
Josh Gaffin @starshapes.bsky.social Brooklyn born & raised. Caitlin’s husband. Host of The Afternoon Show on the legendary WTSQ 88.1 in Charleston, West Virginia. ❤️
Noisebox Radio @noiseboxradio.com Making a noise about great music.
https://noiseboxradio.com
Bear Tree Records @beartreerecords.bsky.social Independent Record Shop in Sheffield, UK
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
Phil Jones @endlessinbetween.bsky.social Bass player and maker of music. Find me on most streaming platforms under the Artist name Endless Inbetween 
Sarah Lay @sarahlay.bsky.social Music writer. Record label owner. Novelist. And also Local Gov UX/Content Designer 💜
Jamie Taylor @coldtapfilms.bsky.social Making films, writing stories, buying tat
Silja Haddal Mork @silja-hm.bsky.social Graphic designer and festival organiser. Eternal fangirl and troublemaker. Avid collector of kindhearted people and great songs. Beat faster, rebel heart!
Junk Whale @junkwhaletheband.bsky.social Tru young emos from Oxford.
See you around, I guess?
https://linktr.ee/junkwhale
Nicholas Nada ニコラスナダ @nixnada.bsky.social Just a grinning skull from Glasgow 🏴. By day, a simple office worker, but by night... I'm usually pretty tired so I watch a bit of TV and then go to bed.
sandy 🇵🇸 @okramom.bsky.social uncool mom ⚡️punjabi / canadian / londoner⚡️ socialist ⚡️ decolonisefest
⚡️ she/her
Coney Island Sound @coneyislandsound.bsky.social Music Making. Portstewart via Belfast, Hull, Gateshead & North Shields. Electronic Music/Archiving/The Sea. www.coneyislandsound.com
or for more https://linktr.ee/coneyislandsound
Independent Country @theindiecountry.bsky.social Independent Country are 6 cowboys from Birmingham (UK) who take Indie classics on a rollicking ride to Nashville and back.
https://independentcountry.org/
https://independentcountry.bandcamp.com
Dani Sjärnevikka @radiohoax.bsky.social Bringing you the best new bands
https://radiohoax.ghost.io/
Sheffield
She/her
ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social positive electricity - those who are unable to tell their tape recorders from their drum machines need not apply… 🎤🎹🔌⚡️
Please visit https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/
@isopod-music.bsky.social @isopod-music.bsky.social 
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
nathy sg @nathysg.bsky.social Provincial rocker
http://linktr.ee/nathysg
HelpSheffield @helpsheffield.co.uk Doing what we have done, on the other place, for the last 13 years. Ask us a #Sheffield question & we (or our followers) will answer it.
Next Sheffield Socials at The Forum 20th of August from 6.30pm. Meet n chat. No agenda. Any Qs ask.
Miki Berenyi @mikiberenyi.bsky.social Bands: MB3/Lush/Piroshka
Book: Fingers Crossed
Website: mikistuff.com
Gigs: UK/EU: julia.wasielewska@roamartists.com
US/RoW: bowen@teamwass.com
PR: UK: duncan@bellaunion.com;
US: sarah.avrin@charmschoolmedia.com
Duncan Vernon @duncautumnstore.bsky.social Hi! I’m a consultant in public health (interests - loads but mostly data)
I also love music - I play in a band called Falling & Laughing and put on a sporadic night called The Autumn Store.
Plus board games, computer games, astronomy and other stuff.
Ady @ady-staley.bsky.social Aging pop kid. Here for all things pop, politics and pushbikes. 
Ben Rees @benreez.bsky.social Indiepop will save the world.
Visit Spun Records in Worthing, UK.
Melony Klein @melonyklein.bsky.social Sloppy implementer of heroic ideas. He/him
Glaswegian living in Sheffield
https://melonyklein.bandcamp.com/
Profile pic: Melony sat taking a selfie
Header pic: Minerva from The Wicked And The Divine saying 'all eternity and still so little time'.
SarahQ @slq99.bsky.social Cats, bees, gardening,wildlife & being a gran.
@dustybadger.bsky.social @dustybadger.bsky.social It's MoMo. Cat Enthusiast, Human Dustbin, Sandwich Pioneer, Excessive List Keeper, Vinyl Hoarder, Seeker of Novelties, Partial Goth, Aficionado Of The Camp, Kitsch, Queer And Eccentric.
☢ ⚡️Collector's Series DIY ⚡️☢ 🎸 @collectorseriesdiy.bsky.social Label Rec. DIY. Buy, sell & trade with another distros & collectors. Live long & prosperous🖖🏽Bandcamp: https://collectorseriesdiy.bandcamp.com 📻Blogger: https://collectorseriesdiy.blogspot.com 📰Press | Writer | Photos | Design | Music Productions 🎛 🎶
Gareth Jones Dandelion Radio @garethdandelion.bsky.social Playing weird and noisy records on Dandelion Radio. Music my mum wouldn't like! https://dandelionradio.com/garethj.htm
Pop'n'Hops @popnhops.bsky.social Pop'n'Hops beer shop & taproom.
69 Whitchurch Road.
Cardiff. CF14 3JP.
We sell beer and Cider for take out or drinking in.
We also have Wine and select Spirits for drinking in.
Wed-Sat 12-10pm
Sun - 1-7pm
The Loves @thisistheloves.bsky.social Local Band 2000-2011-2024-???? linktr.ee/thisistheloves
“LIVE AT THE BBC” out on Precious Recordings
"TRUE LOVE- THE MOST OF THE LOVES" compilation out on Daytrip Records
Liz Hunt @misselizabethlove.bsky.social Cardiff, gigs, cats, trips, tired 🎀(-)(.)
Musician writer singer in The School
Wales Goes Pop! festival est.2013
Always 💔 The Moon Cardiff (2017-24)
Jenny @jencalculator.bsky.social you may know me from bands such as junk whale and dream phone, and from having nice cats, and from being a dork
Aprilciate🍉🏳️⚧️ @aprilciate.bsky.social So stick him in a dress, and he’s the only boy I’d shag.
Mother of Manchester Popfest.
Feminist policy and systems change strategist.
Bona fide person.
#DavidByrne
Chris Mabbs @chrismabbs.bsky.social Ageing indie kid
Graysonscolumn @graysonscolumn.bsky.social Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Sheffield Patrol Group @sheffpatgrp.bsky.social Selected Trash from the Ruins of Society
https://sheffieldpatrolgroup.wordpress.com/
https://sheffpatgrp.bandcamp.com/
Matt H @matthsheff.bsky.social Of librarian stock. La-di-f**kin-da. Music Forest Lens Hallam Stuff and That. Embrace the margin.
Martyrs @martyrsmusic.bsky.social Jon & Michael from Merthyr make music as Martyrs.
#DIY #IndependentMusic #GenreDiverse #WelshMusic #FolkHorror #ProWrestling #BlackCoffee #HomeRecording #AntiFascist #MentalHealth #WorkersRights
james @zx85.me engineer • lover of audio, coffee, 80s music, technology • UK based, but in the global village
Abigail Brady @morwen.net software engineer • musician (guitar and vocals in @bcosrsns.com) • writer • post-punk and cider enthusiast
see morwen.net
Macho Music is Stupid @machomusicisstupid.co.uk 💖 three-headed team facilitating premium-quality live independent pop events in the beautiful city of Sheffield 💖 lad-rock bores need not apply 💖 Email: mmis@machomusicisstupid.co.uk
Cristina Quesada @cristinaquesada.bsky.social 👩🎤Pop singer (Elefant Records)
👩🏻🏫Children’s literature researcher
🏝️Canary Islands and Göteborg
💌 www.cristinaquesada.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cristinaquesadatwee/profilecard/?igsh=bmRhbmZ6ZnZ2ZDRs
Precious Recordings of London @precrecs.bsky.social Let's make this precious. The artist formerly known as Nicholas Godfrey releasing lovingly curated BBC sessions on vinyl. Do something pretty while you can.
The Hannah Barberas @hannahbarberas.bsky.social DIY band. South London.
Second LP out now on limited vinyl, CD and tape.
Listening links:
https://linktr.ee/the_hannah_barberas
Say hello: thehannahbarberas@gmail.com
Raymie D. @raymie-d.bsky.social COYBIG 🍀🍺🕺🏽
#Celticfc
Alpaca Sports @alpacasports.bsky.social Andreas, Lisle, and Amanda. New album “Another Day” out now on Elefant Records! Posts by Andreas.
https://linktr.ee/alpacasports
The Darling Buds @theedarlingbuds.bsky.social It's only the official Bluesky for The Darling Buds!
(banner pic taken by @pvg.co.uk)
Eugene Kelly @eugenekelly.bsky.social Musician.
The June Brides @thejunebrides.bsky.social Music, music, music. 
This Poison! @riproaringstuff.bsky.social Late 80's Indie Popsters! Peel Session released in 2022 on @precrecs.bsky.social !!
"Rip Roaring Stuff from the Perth boys!!" John Peel.
Artsick @artsickband.bsky.social Oakland/Seaside indie-pop band. Find our record, Fingers Crossed, on Slumberland Records.
Music: https://artsick.bandcamp.com
Booking: artsickband@gmail.com
The Loft @theloftuk.bsky.social Creation Records legends release their brand new album on Tapete Records and touring again in May 2026. Tickets and all things Loft: https://orcd.co/the-loft
The Wake @letthemeatwake.bsky.social A new group from the past. Let them eat Wake!
The Pastels @thepastels.bsky.social Independent music group. Songs, intervals, long intervals, clang, vibrant clang, sudden clang, no clang.
thepastels.org
@edwyncollins.bsky.social @edwyncollins.bsky.social 
Duglas BMX Bandits @bmxbanditsduglas.bsky.social Duglas T Stewart top pop singer and romantic fool.
honey joy @honeyjoyband.bsky.social Some kind of garage punk from all over London.
Honeyjoy.bandcamp.com
Tracksuit Managers @tracksuitmanagers.bsky.social We are a pop group.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/78alL3MgpJUbLlXY5Ax6Nb?si=3shRoSfvRqKJtIqGrhNSyw
https://tracksuitmanagers.bandcamp.com/
BCOS RSNS @bcosrsns.com London band with songs about heartbreak (traditional), heartbreak (late capitalism) and heatbreak (climate collapse), etc. bcosrsns.com.
Matt from Leeloh @leeloh.bsky.social From DIY Dreampop / indie rock / neo-psychedelia / shoegaze (adjacent) band based in Champaign, IL 🎸
I make hahas sometimes.
Humans are great + deserve equal rights🫵🏽
Where you can stream my music and find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/itsleeloh 😊
The Martial Arts @themartialarts.bsky.social Linktr.ee/TheMartialArts
Paul Kelly
I collab with / am alumni of Carla J Easton / BMX Bandits / Raveloe / The Primary 5 / TeenCanteen
(and I make pop music as THE Martial Arts)
Billy Mack Collector @billymackcollector.bsky.social Happy Songs about Being Uncomfortable
Anti-folk, indie rock, folkpunk, art pop and other experimental nonsense
West Reading PA
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social Cool new band!
Mammoth Penguins @mammothpenguins.bsky.social New album ‘Here’ out on Fika Recordings.
The Just Joans @thejustjoans.bsky.social Made in Motherwell, gave up in Glasgow | Six-piece specialising in the miserable and the mundane | New album 'Romantic Visions of Scotland' due out in 2025
@helenlove1.bsky.social @helenlove1.bsky.social 
𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓮 𝓥𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 @fortitudevalley.bsky.social 🌹 Indie-rock/power-pop band based in the north east of England 🌹
⭐ NEW ALBUM OUT NOW! ⭐️
https://linktr.ee/fortitudevalley
Martha @marthadiy.bsky.social Please Don’t Take Me Back
🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
http://www.martha-punx.com
THE GO! TEAM @thegoteam.bsky.social A bell aint a bell til you ring it
www.thegoteam.co.uk
Keith TOTP @keithtotp.bsky.social “Musical arrogance layered between humoresque satire further layered with an undeniable delusion”
https://thehitsofkeithtotp.bandcamp.com
Prolapse @prolapseband.bsky.social Music group formed in Leicester but now spread all over the place.
New album ‘I Wonder When They’re Going to Destroy Your Face’ out now.
https://linktr.ee/prolapse
america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social on tour now 🍜 tickets http://linktr.ee/cheekface 🍜 merch http://houseshoes.online 🍜 http://stubbsclubb.online
Broken Chanter @brokenchanter.bsky.social existential dread/decent tunes. new album ‘This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else’ out on @chemunderground.bsky.social now.
https://linktr.ee/brokenchanter
he/him.
📍Glasgow, Republic of Scotland