PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social author 20bks: media/politics, scifi novels; prof Fordham U; podcaster;singer-songwriter; I had sign that said a neat desk is sign of a sick mind, but I lost it
Jeanne-Marie CC Varain @jmccv.bsky.social Running in Circles
~art ~music ~noise ~happening
~sound ~research ~love ~rage
Currently working on the
XV. Avantgarde Festival
Cafe OTO @cafeotodalston.bsky.social New music venue & cafe.
18-22 Ashwin Street / London / E8 3DL
cafeoto.co.uk
Cargo Independent Distribution @cargoindiedistro.bsky.social One of the UK’s leading independent distributors of physical and digital music since 1992.
@stonedbt.bsky.social @stonedbt.bsky.social Poet, podcast host, singer in The Experiment, professional dropout, record collector.
Stanley Whitaker @stanleywhitaker.bsky.social Vocalist, guitarist and founding member of Happy the Man progressive rock group on Arista Records 1974-1976. Reformed in 2023 with original members Rick K. and Ron R… performs in Baltimore/N. Virginia region… love and light to all who visit me here… 🙏☮️
Before the End : Searching for Jim Morrison @beforetheenddoc.bsky.social The 3-part indie #documystery by Jeff Finn, author of the forthcoming memoir, @127fascinationbook.bsky.social 🐇🕳️🧩
Streaming in the US, Canada, the UK & Australia via Amazon Prime Video, Google Play & YouTube TV. Worldwide via Apple TV & Vimeo 🌎🌍🌏
Arnold de Boer @arnolddeboer.bsky.social musician Zea / The Ex / Makkum Records
zeamusic.nl
Prime Mover Media @primemovermedia.bsky.social Music publicist @randalhaecker72.bsky.social based in Austin, TX. Current projects include @hollywoodstarsband.bsky.social, @profandmadmanband.bsky.social, @tavfalco.bsky.social, & more.
https://www.primemovermedia.com
Colour Haze @colourhaze.bsky.social Official Colour Haze
Homepage: https://www.colourhaze.de
Concerts, Tickets etc.: https://linktr.ee/colourhaze
Poster Art by Jessica Rassi / Photo by Pablo Gutierrez
El Paraiso Records @elparaiso.bsky.social https://elparaisorecords.com/
Vinyl Underground 🇨🇦 @artbarca.bsky.social Art 👋 Record collector from Toronto.
Films, books, cat lover. Everyone is welcome.
трип @triprecordings.bsky.social linktr.ee/triprecordings
nina kraviz @ninakraviz.bsky.social your favourite dentist
@tlakmusic.bsky.social @tlakmusic.bsky.social
Jon 'Mojo' Mills @millsyverse.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief of Shindig! Magazine / Publicist / Music industry consultant (Qobuz, High Moon etc) / Broadcaster (Soho Radio) /DJ / Promoter. North London dweller, now residing in an old school. Cockapoo lover. Labour Party supporter.
Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social Here for posts on: Music. Films. TV Shows. Writing. Fiction/Poetry. Art. History. Science. Humor. Progressive Politics. Photography. Nature. Ecology. Hippies. Navel-Gazing Existentialism. Baseball. Not even sure if I'm in the right place, tbh. We'll see.
Redeye Worldwide @redeyeworldwide.com Celebrating 30 Years of Independent Distribution
redeyeworldwide.com
Pierre Crépon @avantgardejazz.bsky.social Writer on jazz history. Bylines at The Wire, NYC Jazz Record, Point of Departure, Chimurenga, We Jazz. Liner notes for Pharoah Sanders and Byard Lancaster box sets.
Newsletter at acousticalswing.substack.com.
Publication list at pierrecrepon.com.
Subliminal Sounds @subliminalsounds.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/subliminalsounds
...is a multi-media entity operating as record company, book publisher, music publisher, online store and underground culture researcher and historian. Also event arranger and concept creations, including interior design
Folk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social "Speak now, come now, rise now from the forest, from the furrows, from the field and live"
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/
#FolkloreAgainstFascism
No AI 🚫🤖
Posts by Richard Hing, views my own
US/THEM group @usthemgroup.bsky.social Music promotion & management. PR for press, playlists and socials. Contact us! Mgmt: Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Gus Baldwin & The Sketch @rickshawbilliesbp.bsky.social
Stones Throw @stonesthrow.bsky.social We make records, based in Los Angeles.
https://www.stonesthrow.com/
BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social
De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com The official account of De La Soul
Follow Posdnuos @posplugwon.bsky.social
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#ThankYouDave 🕊️
🌼🌼🌼 https://linktr.ee/wearedelasoul
Questlove! @questlove.bsky.social I’m too tired to go into it good people
White Hills @whitehills.bsky.social New Album BEYOND THIS FICTION out now.
Post-PSYCHEDELIC…Pre-APOCALYPSE...MOTORIK FUZZ… For SEEKERS & SEERS
New York City
https://linktr.ee/WHITEHILLS
Justin Pinkerton @jwpinkerton.bsky.social i make sounds
https://linktr.ee/justinwardpinkerton
Desert Psychlist @stonerking1.bsky.social Stoner, doom, heavy psych, sludge, prog-metal album review site...all hail the RIFF!
Rich P @fuzzdoomrip.bsky.social GBV, Doom/Desert/Stoner Rock/Metal, Ripple Music, vinyl collector, NY Giants, and stupid sexy Flanders. @musipediaometal and Doom Charts contributor.
Rocked & Rolled @rockednrolled.bsky.social Rock, Stoner, Doom, Sludge, Noise Rock, Alternative, Industrial, Psychedelic, Metal & more. Even some sprinkles of Punk, Classic Rock and Country 🍭
Share if you like what you see.
Others might like it as well 🔥
Inverse Records @inverserecords.bsky.social Finnish Record Label / PR / Distribution
https://push.fm/fl/inverserecords
pavement pr @pavementpr.bsky.social Music publicity firm led by Tony Bonyata specializing in national press and radio campaigns for album, EP and single releases, as well as regional tour press.
Chris Estey @estey13.bsky.social First in-house publicist at Light in The Attic, writer and press agent for Org Music and XO Publicity, including Bad Brains, Sleepersound, Caspian Coberly, Richard Hell, Donn Aaron Mixon. Has written for The Believer Magazine and Best Music Writing 2010.
Shake Some Action WFMU @shakesomeactionfmu.bsky.social Weekly #NewMusic focused #Punk #GarageRock #PowerPop #EggPunk #RockAndRoll Radioshow!
Weds Nights 7-8pm ET
LISTEN LIVE wfmu.org/sheena
ON-DEMAND wfmu.org/playlists/S8
@gonerrecords.bsky.social @gonerrecords.bsky.social
Father/Daughter Records @father-daughter.bsky.social ☆ Independent Record Label
☆ Women owned & operated
☆ fatherdaughterrecords.com/store
Thrill Jockey Records @thrilljockey.bsky.social Independently owned and operated. 50/50 profit share.
You've Changed Records @youvechanged.bsky.social artist-run record label, est. 2009
Bella Union Records @bellaunion.bsky.social Indie record label based in Brighton, run by Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde
bellaunionvinylshop.com & bellaunion.com & https://bellaunion.bandcamp.com
Elephant Stone @elephantstonehq.bsky.social "Fascists Killed Yer Rock ‘N’ Roll" out now 🧿 ASHA out Aug 28
https://elephantstone.ffm.to/linkinbio
Little Cloud Records @littlecloudrecords.bsky.social Record Label in Portland, Oregon.
WASTOIDS (CALL 1-877-WASTOIDS) @wastoids.com Podcasts & music videos from Hello Merch
http://youtube.com/@wastoidsdotcom
http://WASTOIDS.com
Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social Dusted editor, Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp contributor, Knicks fan, sci fi writer
Jacob Daneman @ijamecono.bsky.social publicist at Pitch Perfect PR, board gamer, carb consumer
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.
Tyler Wilcox @tylerwilcox.bsky.social Mostly Lou Reed
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
Danny Paul Grody @dannypaulgrody.bsky.social Guitar whisperer, question asker, light seeker.
Duo: https://dannypaulgrodyduo.bandcamp.com/album/arc-of-night
Solo:
https://dannypaulgrody.bandcamp.com/
Scott McDowell @longrally.bsky.social It’s de-evolution, baby.
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
Raymond Benson @raymondbenson.bsky.social Thriller writer, 4th (& 1st American) author of James Bond novels, film historian/lecturer, musician/composer, former game designer & stage director
steveswayne @steveswayne7.bsky.social The mercurial stranger. Retired. Internet DJ at houseofprog.com. Also, djmozo.podomatic.com.
Tom Palmieri @tom.progstock.com Co-Founder/Producer of ProgStock Festival
Please follow us at @progstock.com
LORESPINNER @lorespinner.bsky.social DIY Low Fidelity Ambient. Antipodean Fantasy Music. RPG Storytelling. Composing video game soundtracks for 'Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic' and ‘Buru & The Old People’
https://lorespinner.bandcamp.com/
@benbellum.bsky.social @benbellum.bsky.social Underground heavy rock nerd, contributor to Doom Charts, bassist for Grim Trophies.
AmpersandPR @ampersandpr.bsky.social Invalid Handle [AmpersandPR] restored in 4k by L'immagine Ritrovata
Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social Journalist on culture and news, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Ten Sunday Spells for you every week on juderogers.substack.com
Jerry Ewing @jerryewing.bsky.social Prog overlord, writer of word, cheese enthusiast, imbiber of fine teas and AC/DC, Van Hagar, tattoo and beard aficionado... Also partial the odd sour mash whiskey!
50 Shades of Crimson - Pete Tomsett @50shadesofcrimson.bsky.social 2021 biog of Fripp/King Crimson. Incl. interviews with Bruford, Giles, Haskell & more. Described by veteran broadcaster, Martin Kelner, as 'a work of beauty' https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Fifty-Shades-of-Crimson-by-Pete-Tomsett/9781493051021
Marco Rossi @marcorossia6.bsky.social Music: Since Returning From The Moon (Last Night From Glasgow, 2024)
Writing: Record Collector (as Oregano Rathbone), Shindig!
Rob Sonic PR @robsonicpr.bsky.social Owner of Sonic PR Ltd, UK based music PR company.
Burning Shed @burningshed.com Online record shop and label specialising in Progressive, Ambient, Electronic & Art Rock music. We also run official webstores for bands/labels. Sign up for our weekly newsletter at burningshed.com
Wesley Doyle @wesleydoylewrites.bsky.social Writer of stuff for The Quietus and Record Collector.
Author of Conform to Deform, the Weird & Wonderful World of Some Bizzare.
Substack: The Dancing Architect.
linktr.ee/wesleydoyle
Michael Hann @michaelhann.bsky.social Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Michael Mulligan @motorcitymick.bsky.social "Pop history boffin" - The Arts Desk, July 2021.
Works in music, works in books, writes books about music. Living the dream.
Rocket 88 Books @rocket88books.com Books with extra thrust.
Peter Hammill @sofasound.bsky.social Singist. Wordstuff. Ranting a speciality.
Lois Wilson @loisleafylane.bsky.social Writer, music lover
James McNair @jamesmcnairwrites.bsky.social Slightly under / over word count since 1994. Writes for MOJO, Prog and Classic Rock. Previous stints at The Independent, Q, and as a trainee baker. Whitley Bay transplant via Glasgow, East Kilbride and London.
Chris Connor @chrisco96.bsky.social Games, Movies, Music and Books 🍅-approved, coffee and whisky-driven culture wordsmith. Words in IGN, NME, Radio Times, DIY, Clash, Metro, Yahoo and others. Member of the UK Film Critics Association.
Steve Hackett Official @stevehacketthq.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for Steve Hackett
http://www.hackettsongs.com
Amanda Lehmann @amandalehmannmusic.bsky.social Vocalist, composer, guitarist, keyboards, love creating & recording music & rocking out onstage. Solo artist & can also be seen onstage with Steve Hackett from time to time! Oh, and I do so love greyhounds & railways!
https://www.amandalehmann.co.uk
Hugh Terry @hugorelly.bsky.social Radical Green socialist and concerned UK citizen. Constantly raging against Brexit, AI, the algorithm, data centers [sic] and the Elongated Trillionaire Muskrat. 🇵🇸
Stephen Rickard @stephenrickard.bsky.social Creative Director at Ransom Publishing. Publisher, occasional author, ex Camberwell Now
Prog Frog Ian ✌️🐸 @progfrogian.bsky.social Mélomane collectionneur à l'esprit historien. Historian mind with Hammond organ and analog synth on the side 🎹
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
Judith @judithsmyth6.bsky.social Here for The Cure, indie, art.
Currently London-based.
Charlie Cawood @charliecawood.bsky.social He/They 🏳️🌈
Musician/composer. Plays too many instruments in too many bands. Currently in Mediaeval Baebes, The Anchoress, Lost Crowns. Contributing writer for Songlines Magazine. Also getting into comics editing.
Don’t unalive my vibe, yeah?
Phil Kindermann @philkindermann.bsky.social Musings about music, mostly, from Munich..
Al Strachan @alstrachan.bsky.social Cornet and electronics musician, and gig organiser with Lost Property and Safehouse Brighton.
Sam Smyth @samvansmyth.bsky.social I'm the administrator/creator of two music-based fan pages on Meta/Facebook - the fan page 'Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band' and the fan group page 'Agents of The Fall'.
Greg Kot @gregkot.bsky.social Co-host "Sound Opinions." Former music critic at Chicago Tribune. Author of 7 books, including "I'll Take You There," “Learning How to Die," "Ripped." Teaching music and democracy at U of C.
Anil Prasad @innerviews.org Innerviews: The first and longest-running online music magazine.
Visit: Innerviews.org
Mike Barnes @mikebarnesjourno.bsky.social Author of A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s (2021); Captain Beefheart (2000). Contributor: Prog, MOJO, The Wire, Electronic Sound, Hi-Fi News. Drums and keyboards with Himmel: Music For Massed Fuzz Organs. linktr.ee/mike_barnes
Charles Snider @strawberrybricks.com Author of The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock and webmaster of strawberrybricks.com. Follow me for the Progressive Rock Album of the Day
#progaotd #progrock #progressiverock #strawberrybricks
Steve Scariano @sscariano.bsky.social Bassist for Finn’s Motel, The Love Experts, and Mike Martin & The Sticky Keys.
Steve Wynn @stevewynn.bsky.social The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, The Baseball Project, me, The "me" and the Miracle 3. Whatever comes next.
The Orb @theorblive.bsky.social NEW ALBUM - Buddhist Hipsters - Out now!
Available on limited edition vinyl, CD & streaming.
https://orb.lnk.to/BuddhistHNe/officialstore
Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Observer. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 3rd book out March ‘27 https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
Matthew Neale @matthewgneale.com For those of you just returning.
https://matthewgneale.com ✨ he/they
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.
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
Ben Graham @bleeding-cheek.bsky.social Writer & arts journalist in East Sussex. Shindig! The Quietus. Author of A Gathering Of Promises, Scatological Alchemy, Amorphous Albion, Pink Floyd Are Fogbound in Paris, etc. Discordian poet. www.bleedingcheek.wordpress.com https://ko-fi.com/bengraham23
Matt Anniss @sellbydave.bsky.social Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net
Hayley Scott @hayleyscott.bsky.social Writer and promoter based in Manchester
linktr.ee/hayleycscott
Zachary Lipez @zacharylipez.bsky.social Editor at large for Creem Magazine. I am in a couple bands with people who are in other, more successful, bands. Like your mom, I have a newsletter.
Barnaby Smith @abarnabyms.bsky.social Writer, editor, poet, singer-songwriter, researcher.
Website: https://barnaby-smith.wixsite.com/home
33 1/3 Oceania book on Crowded House
2nd album released in 2026: https://brigadoon.bandcamp.com/album/everyone-no-one
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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