stay inside @stayinsidebk.bsky.social creamy alt art rock jazz fusion outro band
@tinyengines.bsky.social
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
inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com it's baseball season
michele., short story writer, inthefade from twitter, probably high
long island forever #isles
free palestine, protect trans kids, she/her
i am probably to the left of you
http://ihavethatonvinyl.com
crazy ass moments in nu metal history @numetalmoment.bsky.social break stuff the unbelievably true story of the best worst genre in music history available now at https://www.patreon.com/numetal_agenda
Rosy Overdrive @rosyoverdrive.com World-famous music blog rosyoverdrive.com
Ska Punk International @handle.invalid 🤘Your favorite band’s favorite chaotic ska label 🌎 New Stuck Lucky LP OUT NOW
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Get Better Records @getbetterrecords.bsky.social Queer/Trans artist run label ⦿ Est. 2009
Located on Tongva & Chumash lands aka Los Angeles ⛓️email hello@getbetterrecords.com⛓️
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✧ crimebird ✧ birdtat ✧ @crimebird.bsky.social a bird irl 🦜
fae/they🏳️⚧️ cybergoth anarchist raver tattoo artist
🖤 crimehaven band
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John Superdestroyer (NCTV 2 out now!) @superdestroyer.diysky.xyz Glitter Punk | Graphic Art | 1/2 of Nelson Comes To Visit | Co-Owner @lonelyghostrecords.com | Listen: https://fanlink.tv/superdestroyer
lonelyghostrecords.com/artists/superdestroyer
All DIYsky Starter Packs: diysky.xyz
(credit @forkballoon.diysky.xyz)
matty monroe🥤 @monrovianprince.bsky.social @indieheadspod.bsky.social host | moderator on r/indieheads | bylines at pitchfork, paste, merry go round | marketing coordinator @redeyeworldwide.com
Totally Real Records @totallyrealrecs.bsky.social A human or perhaps a cat. Also a record label based in NY. http://www.totallyrealrecords.com
CJ Simonson @cjsimonson.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief At Merry-Go-Round Magazine | Arizona Sports and Music Posts Exclusively | merrygoroundmag@gmail.com
https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/
Repeating Cloud @repeatingcloud.com Tiny little record label in Portland, Maine
2026 team: Daily Worker, Mythical Motors, Ben Auld and a bunch of bands yet to announce
repeatingcloud.bandcamp.com
david (spinning voices) @spinningvoices.com noise music & electronic music in minneapolis
https://www.spinningvoices.com/
https://spinningvoices.bandcamp.com/
he/him
Outcast Tape Infirmary @outcasttapes.bsky.social Your friendly Wisconsin-based DIY record label specializing in short-run physical releases.
People over profit.
https://linktr.ee/outcasttapes
Run by @krivamusic.bsky.social
Travis Shosa @travisshosa.bsky.social Writer. (They/Them)
I mostly do creative writing now.
https://travishosa.com/
I also run a thing called Dodo Eraser
https://dodoeraser.org/
Dan Macy @danmacy.bsky.social Borderline alcoholic that makes a bunch of music. What genres? idk // 22 any pronoun
https://linktr.ee/danmacy
Far From Home Records @farfromhomerecords.bsky.social DIY from Ocala, FL
Keep Physical Music Alive
www.farfromhomerecords.com
Dramaviolet De Velvet Blurple @taylorruckle.bsky.social AAN Award-winning journalist at Washington City Paper; bylines at Paste, Bandcamp Daily, FLOOD Magazine, Line of Best Fit, etc.
It's just a phase we're going through. It's all I ever want to do.
Ginger Ben @benyaminparker.bsky.social One of the best they/thems around
Various Small Flames @varioussmallflames.bsky.social New music and (sometimes) books.
https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/
A Few Good Records @afewgoodrecords.bsky.social A DIY label from New Jersey.
afewgoodrecords.com
Midwest Records @midwest-records.bsky.social DIY tape label from Chicago.
https://midwestrecs.bandcamp.com
Brandon Durden @bdurdens.bsky.social Follow on other socials:
@thepowerlesspod.bsky.social @bydesignil @deadinsideband.bsky.social
When I die, just throw me in the trash
Writer for @numetalagenda.bsky.social
Henderson @hendoslice.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Lawyer, Alien.
Coraspect Records @coraspect.com Independent Future Funk/Vaporwave record label, serving the scene since 2018.
⭐️valor-ie⭐️ @valor.start-track.com writer for Start-Track.com and lover of music
they/she/he, 22
⭐️kansas city⭐️
Carly Gay Stepson @amcnal.bsky.social Writer for @allstonpudding.bsky.social, socialist, dog dad, lover of classy art & trashy wrestling, town dunce. often discussing Boston stuff. He/him. Bisexual. Free Palestine. Mask up 😷 ✝️
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Merry-Go-Round Magazine @mgrmagazine.bsky.social Merry-Go-Round Magazine is an independent, online culture magazine based in Los Angeles. Consider supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/mgrm
Bee 🐝🐝 @beewithadream.bsky.social Check out my blog, new posts (hopefully) weekly! Find it in the LinkTree
Linktr.ee/beewadream
Brokecore Recordings @brokecore.bsky.social NJ’s worst netlabel since 2004, now on Long Island.
Valuables and Malleables compilation out now!!! 💎✨
https://brokecore.bandcamp.com/album/valuables-and-malleables
https://linktr.ee/brokecore
Ry | Vinyl Fantasy Reviews @vinylfantasy.bsky.social Music Reviewer & Pigeon Lover | https://vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/ | He/Him | ❤️ @bunnyjoost.bsky.social
Hugo Reyes @hvryes5.bsky.social Occasional music writer and zine maker/Violent Treatment
physical media daily @dsfprecords.com I run a few record labels including one that prints physical video games // embroidery tech work for artists w detailed logos + media recovery & archival
Open House* @opn.haus Wonky songs from all 'round. Run by @sunbun.opn.haus and @gb.opn.haus. Listen to the catalogue and read more on https://opn.haus.
Demos, art, cool stuff submit@opn.haus
We have a forum at https://talk.opn.haus
Jason Brow @jasonbrow.com Music fan. Words at Creem, Treble, Metal Hammer, Grunge, Us Weekly, New Noise, Bandcamp Daily, People, HL | newsletter openupandread.com
✿ flower.puppy ✿ @flowerpuppy.online 🌷indie pop from a puppy in a flower patch🌷
daisy ✿ she/they
all my links: https://flowerpuppy.online
Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social Dusted editor, Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp contributor, Knicks fan, sci fi writer
jae holzman @jael.bsky.social hi, i write about climate change and renewable energy. i also play music sometimes. some secret third thing.
jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social yells in the band daddy’s boy // part of flaming hydra // member: tja, iww fju // union YES // another world is possible if we can get it together
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
Bylines @TheGuardian.com, @advocate.com, @xtramagazine.com
Subscribe to support my journalism www.erininthemorning.com
𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖙 @yogurttowne.bsky.social editor in chief @pastemagazine.bsky.social
Jacqueline Codiga (DJ horse jeans) @horsejeans.bsky.social Writer, sometimes podcaster, DJ, general music and movies dork, transsexual loudmouth ~ (she / her)
ilana kaplan @lanikaps.bsky.social USA Today Best-Selling Author & writer/music editor @ people magazine ✨former senior editor @ alternative press ✍️ @ rolling stone, new york times, gq, npr, vanity fair, etc. ✨ my book nora ephron at the movies is out now via abrams!
Drew Beringer @drewberinger.bsky.social chorus.fm (fka http://AbsolutePunk.net) Senior Contributor / newsletter: Enjoy or Don’t / https://drewberinger.substack.com / bad takes on music & wrestling
Evan Minsker @see-saw.fun “see hyphen saw dot fun,” he/they
punk + rock’n’roll newsletter: https://see-saw.fun/
🎙️ punk this week: https://see-saw.fun/tag/podcast/
🎙️ see/saw radio: https://see-saw.fun/see-saw-radio/
✍️ rolling stone, p4k, hearing things, nyt, npr, creem
hate5six @hate5six.bsky.social Live music archivist. Tape liberator. Wayward data scientist. http://patreon.com/hate5six
I Thought I Heard A Sound Blog @thasoundblog.bsky.social Album reviews. Artist interviews. If it's weird I'll probably like it. https://thasound.blogspot.com Submissions: thasoundblog@gmail.com
Robert Ham @robertham.bsky.social Owner of superelectricrecs.bsky.social. Person behind isthisrealpdx.com. Full-time BoSox apologist. Even the name says fun
lottie brazier @lottiebrazier.bsky.social https://lottiebrazier.com/ instagram: @lottiebrazier
London
https://linktr.ee/Lottiebrazier
Songbook Club @songbookclub.bsky.social Two mates discussing albums via the wonders of a podcast.
https://linktr.ee/Songbookclub
looseprunes @looseprunes.bsky.social music & video related project thing in san antonio texas
tunesday every tuesday
live tunes returning soon
run by westonwoe
pfp by @ghettomystic
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
Millions of Dead Chris @thecorlew.bsky.social writer | musician | co-host, The Line Break podcast | fiction reader, Cotton Xenomorph | 1/2 Lazy & Entitled | basketball junkie | Chicago Over Everything | exhausted dad | he/him
https://www.lazyandentitled.org/?page_id=41
Lammbi @lammbi.bsky.social He/They | Enthusiast, Consumer, Writer | FURRY ON THE MOSHPIT | Baalines: TFL, @listencorp.org, @mgrmagazine.bsky.social, @post-trash.bsky.social, @northern-trans.bsky.social, @thelineofbestfit.com, @treblezine.bsky.social, ReviewSideDocket | 24
Daniel James Leith @danthecritic.bsky.social Music Writer. Check out my blog: danthecritic.weebly.com
Will Groff @willgroff.bsky.social Legendary woman of country and journalist w/ bylines at WSJ, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, etc
willgroff.com
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. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
Country Universe @countryuniverse.net The longest-running country music blog (f. 08.2004).
www.countryuniverse.net
+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social New Music Highlights In Alternative Sounds
🌐 https://rcmndedlisten.com
Contact: recommendedlisten@gmail.com
CHARMMusic @charmmusic.bsky.social your new place for all things music ✨
charmmusic.net
mike huguenor @mikehuguenor.bsky.social guitar, writing | 💙💜🩷 | 🎸 Jeff/Death Rosenstock + other emojis other places | "Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive: the Story of Asian Man Records" out NOW from Clash Books!!
abraham linkedin @nickmiller.bsky.social he/him
I write and play music
Morgan Brown @morganlbrown.bsky.social Guitarist in Pardon Us, drummer in Down & Outs, YouTube nerd, wrestling fan, occasional music writer. https://linktr.ee/morganlbrown 
Real Gone @realgonerocks.bsky.social Music reviews website, est. 2009. Home of the Singles Bar. Social media feed might also include ramblings about old telly and film. Possible swears. Genuine ally. Ignoring trolls who twist narratives.
Want a review? Drop us a line: www.realgonerocks.com
Indie Basketball @indiebasketball.bsky.social Where indie rock meets the NBA's finest
Podcast, Half Court Sessions, memes, Discord community
www.indiebasketball.com
The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social San Francisco musician, writer, photographer, appreciator
https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com/
https://open.substack.com/pub/glenndonaldson?r=1q2gq2&utm_medium=ios
drwoodhouse.bsky.social @drwoodhouse.bsky.social Music interviews, recommendations, ramblings. We're gonna get real weird with it. https://www.drwoodhouse.com/
Peter Thomas Webb @peterthomaswebb.bsky.social Teacher, musician, music writer.
Staff Writer: https://www.popmatters.com/author/peter-webb
Contributor: https://www.thetonearm.com/author/peter/
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Newton Cooper (he/it) 🌌🎥🎞️ @frontlinedancers.co.uk Voted most likely to get really into a band that stopped making music in the 2010s.
This is mostly where I put screenshots I find funny while I browse the web, which is what I do 90% of the time.
I also do $5+ commissions if you like my art, get in touch!
jenn 💖 @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
♊️💫🎶💖
chillwavve @chillwavve.bsky.social youtuber https://youtube.com/chillwavve
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
MEANS Magazine @meansmagazine.bsky.social SUBS OPEN FOR MEANS #6 'DARKLIGHT'
https://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/darklight-illumination-imagination-and-the-zoetrope-of-spiritual-apperception/10563
Over the Moon Music @overthemoonmusic.us Over the Moon Music stands out as a unique voice in the realm of exquisite, emotive downtempo electronica.
Label and Bsky account run by DJ Maggie @softlylit.com
Solo.to/overthemoonmusic
Live Free DIY Hard @robi-lfdh.bsky.social The Music Appreciation class they made you take in Middle School has come to life and started a DIY music blog. he/him
www.Livefreediyhard.com
Dig Out Your Soul @mystoragebench.bsky.social To be clear, I am always soliciting (respectful) advice.
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
Leave It At That Records @liatrecords.com An independent emo label from Chicago specializing in small-run, high-quality, curated cassette and zine releases.
https://linktr.ee/liatrecords
Spaghetti Riot Records @spaghettiriotrecs.bsky.social DIY Bedroom Cassette Label
Trans Owned 🏳️⚧️
Pasta Enthusiasts
jackson balling @jax.blanktapes.co • founder of blanktapes.co, NC’s local music webzine
• writer, bassist, Buffalo native, Durham resident
• yes, that’s my real last name
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/blanktapes | Merch: https://blank-tapes.printify.me/
distopian dream girl @graceroso.bsky.social gracie roso if ya nasty
https://linktr.ee/gracerobinssomerville
916 Growth Gigs @916growthgigs.bsky.social 📍Sacramento, CA
•queer-focused DIY music + show promoter
•est. 2017, ran by @bricarmel.bsky.social
•mgmt: Ash Violet Delirium, knifeheaven
•pfp by Danny Gray, cover photo by Maxlen Jobe (band: someone you can call)
http://916growthgigs.com/
Dr Marxism PhD ☭🔻🪂📕 @apostrophebeats.bsky.social apostrophebeats 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸☭(MLMpM)Ⓥ♓︎ • they/them • beatmaker/composer • deadhead • Swiftie • bootleg t-shirts • VHS collector • recording/mixing engineer at Birthday Land Studios • tape head @beesidecassettes • PDC-Troy member • MM NYU ‘23 • read theory!
Summit Shack @summitshack.bsky.social house
Abby Clare @abbyclare.bsky.social Touring photographer & Artist Manager • Subscribe to my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@abbyclare?si=4R_UDpJa0J7DYh3U
Beautiful Rat Records @beautifulrat.bsky.social A radical record label and arts collective with the goal to help artists and the communities they come from thrive! logo by Che Garnes
Zoe, Nimble Pilferer @zoebees.bsky.social 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇵🇭🏳️⚧️
-Guitar and vocals in orange peel please+handwriting
-Booking and sound for the pleasant underground,
-Live engineer for mass audio,
-Audio student at Columbia Chicago
(she/her, 20)
mac 🦡 @hmblth.bsky.social im in bands
they/them
Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app I make music under the name “The Cocker Spaniels” when I’m not working two full-time jobs. I’m a 45-year-old silly goose. I love my children; I like Prince & Guided by Voices; & I hate all forms of bigotry. I’m Black. I’m not a Senator.
seanpadilla.com
innerlove the band @innerlove.bsky.social beloved long island emo rock band
tiny box booking ✌️
https://linktr.ee/Innerlove
HEADLESS BLOOD IDOL @headlessbloodidol.bsky.social community arts & music platform https://headlessbloodidol.com
concert VODS & discord link on the site!
watch live: https://twitch.tv/headlessbloodidol // HBI is run by @magentaskull.bsky.social , @doktorb.bsky.social & the HBI gang
Riot Act Media @riotactmedia.bsky.social Riot Act Media is a firm of fan-first publicists w/ offices in Detroit, Fayetteville, New York & Seattle: http://riotactmedia.com/
madi serket/waamos @madiserket.bsky.social (ey/she/it/zir)
musician, mostly
http://madiserket.nekoweb.org
feeb @greenery.bsky.social she/they // eorzea's greenest lute player // aka phoebe severs @ lamia // @greenery2x on the other site
barding tags: #feebarding // #NowBarding
phoebe tags: #feeblore // #phlyse
more cool bard music at https://www.youtube.com/@feebeesknees
Magazine Beach @magazinebeach.bsky.social 
false foil @falsefoilmusic.bsky.social worst case scenario
Cinema Stare @cinemastare.bsky.social the stinkiest band in pop punk from Connecticut
posts by quinni: they/them/she
https://linktr.ee/cinemastare