Tusk Is Better @tuskisbetter.bsky.social Tusk Is Better Than Rumours
Music writing at Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, The Wire, Tone Glow, Tiny Mix Tapes (rip)
anna pichler @annapichler.bsky.social will write 4 food @pastemagazine & elsewhere | the ohio state university english lit major
Ben Salmon @bcsalmon.bsky.social bylines at Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, the Portland Mercury and elsewhere. radio show at KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon.
Jocelyn Brown @jocelynmbrown.bsky.social Not the singer. Lover of music, the moving image and clearing/administering the rights that make it all go together. No, I’m not listening to your demo or Soundcloud
Jen Powers @jenpowers.bsky.social 
Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social Hi! I write about music at various spots (@thequietus.com, @thewiremagazine.bsky.social, Shfl and my Patreon, also in the past @allmusic.com, @pitchfork.com, @bandcamp.com etc. etc.). Plus podcasting about #Tolkien with friends at @bythebywater.bsky.social
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
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
WarHen Records @warhenrecords.bsky.social Record Label est. 2012.
Preorder Fonville x Fribush - Blue Collar Jazz, out Oct 2.
Doing laps, seeing what’s real.
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Vesa Lautamäki @onechordnet.bsky.social Music blogger / playlister. Mostly in English and mostly music-related stuff. Also interested in movies, books, sports and politics. Might occasionally write/reply in Finnish.
https://www.onechord.net
Rock Docs @rockdocspod.bsky.social A podcast about music documentaries brought to you by Treble Media
Superchunk @superchunk.bsky.social Rock band since 1989. NC. Posts by Mac unless otherwise noted!
Team Love Records @teamloverecords.bsky.social Record label founded in 2003,
based in New Paltz, NY and Portland, Maine. Skeets by https://bsky.app/profile/krenkel.bsky.social
WOODSIST @woodsist.bsky.social Woodsist.com
Chris Richards @chrisrichards.bsky.social Your critic and co-listener // ex-Washington Post // reccos/rants/prayers/curses at thefutureisourstomake.substack.com // contact me: christopherpaulrichards at proton dot me
Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social WFMU DJ, writer (The Wire, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc.), bassist, photographer, amateur linguist. Founder, Brooklyn Psychogeographical Association.
Web: davidmandl.com
Instagram: @dmandl
Playlists from my radio show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/GX
Philip Sherburne @philipsherburne.bsky.social Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat
Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com
Label: http://balmat.cat
Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne
Menorca, Spain
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
Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social Dusted editor, Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp contributor, Knicks fan, sci fi writer
Ben Chasny @6organs.bsky.social Guitar in Six Organs of Admittance, Comets on Fire, Rangda, New Bums, et al.
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.
jocelyn romo @theroamer.bsky.social heaven and earth magic on NTS.
Marc Hogan @marchogan.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, IBM, S&P. Past lives: Pitchfork, SPIN, BusinessWeek. marchogan at gmail dot com. He/him. Iowa since 2009, but ex–NY, IL, MA, AZ, TN; CA native. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-hogan-00b34b1a photo by Erol Reyal
Zach Kelly @zachkelly.bsky.social Bylines seen at Pitchfork, Stereogum, SPIN, Billboard, etc. Ezra and Rowan’s dad. Publicist for Daughn Gibson, zchklly at gmail
Scott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com Founder/Editor-in-Chief, @stereogum.com
theneedledrop @afantano.bsky.social The Internet's busiest music nerd. Also a thicc Ⓥegan melon w/ the best teeth. http://linktr.ee/theneedledrop / BOOKING & BIZ: greg.horbal@teamwass.com
jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
Lauren Rearick @lrearick.bsky.social I like cats, books, and bed
social media person
she/her
📍pgh
laurenrearick.com
Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature
https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
Atze de Vrieze @atzedevrieze.bsky.social Music journalist @ VPRO 3VOOR12, host De Machine
Mark Richardson @markrichardson.bsky.social rock and pop music critic, @wsj, freelance elsewhere • former EIC @pitchfork • markrichardson.org • markrichardson.substack.com
AllMusic @allmusic.com AllMusic is a comprehensive and in-depth resource for finding out more about the albums and artists you love. www.allmusic.com
Dirk Baart @dirkbaart.bsky.social Concert bookings at EKKO, Into The Great Wide Open and Freaky Dancing.
Occasionally writes about music.
Over Muziek @overmuziek.eurosky.social Music nerd | Subscribe to the playlist ⇨ https://linktree.com/overmuziek | He/him |📍Amsterdam
Keeled Scales @keeledscales.bsky.social A record label deep in the heart of Texas named after a type of snake scale.
Bruce Adams @bruceadams.bsky.social bruce-adams.com
Author "You're With Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music" / higher ed comms / formerly w/kranky, touch & go records / Michigan Wolverines / Syracuse Orange / New York Football Giants / orange tabby cats
h jiahong pan 潘嘉宏 🍁 @hpan3.bsky.social They/佢/他 • Finding my way and making sure you do too • MSW student who dabbles in 📝📷🚲🚌🏕️ • MSP :: SFC
LINK TO STORIES: linktr.ee/hpan3
ALL POSTS REP MY VIEWS AND MINE ALONE
Various Small Flames @varioussmallflames.bsky.social New music and (sometimes) books.
https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/
UMAW @umaw.bsky.social UMAW is a 501(c)(4) member-led advocacy group committed to organizing music workers to create a more just music industry, and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society.
Little Engines @littleengines.bsky.social Books & Magazines. Est. 2001.
littleengines.pub
littleengines.shop
Stephen Salisbury @stphnslsbry.bsky.social 🧪🧫 at UNC-CH
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Josh Jackson @joshjackson.bsky.social President, Paste Media
PasteMagazine.com | AVClub.com | Jezebel.com | Splinter.com | EndlessMode.com
Caitlin Wolper Phillips @cwolper.bsky.social LA?! // sometimes I write about music & culture, sometimes I just copy edit // incredibly eager // famously auditioned for true grit & we bought a zoo — and yes I starred in both 
annie black @helloannieblack.bsky.social internet explorer aka social editor (currently on hiatus) (amateur) vegan home chef 🥕 brooklyn resident & unapologetic former floridian, local idiot
Brittney McKenna @brittneymckenna.bsky.social writer at apple music, bbc, billboard, forbes, nashville scene, npr music, rolling stone, vinyl me please, elsewhere
she/her
Treble @treblezine.bsky.social Groundbreaking music, independent media.
https://www.treblezine.com
Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Out now in affordable paperback!
Mikaela Jane @mikaeladraws.bsky.social Chicago Sky. Drawing. Dumb thoughts
hello@mikaela-jane.com
Mikaela-Jane.com
Larry Fitzmaurice @larryfitzmaurice.bsky.social Different posts, same great flavor
Newsletter: https://last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/
Gigs: larry.fitzmaurice@gmail
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
Tabs Out Cassette Podcast @tabsout.bsky.social Unfortunately a podcast. We play cassette tapes! Experimental / Noise / Black Metal / Ambient / Weird / Other / etc.
'rambunctious and nerdy' - The New Yorker
🚽 tabsout.com
Jeff @1000timesjeff.bsky.social Writer, editor treblezine.com. RVA
David Anthony @dbanthony.bsky.social Current thing: https://formerclarity.com/
Old things: Music Editor at The A.V. Club, The Shape of Punk column at Noisey, bylines at a bunch of other places, No Plus Ones and As You Were podcasts
Adam Voith @adamvoith.bsky.social My novel, Recommended If You Like, is out now for $0.00 at littleengines.shop. I'm a writer, publisher of Little Engines, and retired booking agent.
adamvoith.com
littleengines.pub
Marissa Lorusso @mrsslrss.bsky.social writer & editor | mrsslrss dot substack dot com
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
Chicago, films, MS, music, far too many effect pedals, Antifa Local 242.
Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social Dallas-based writer. Subscribe to America's oldest and only country music newsletter, Don't Rock The Inbox: www.dontrocktheinbox.com
natalie.l.weiner at gmail
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. 
Eric R. Danton @erdanton.bsky.social Writer of Freak Scene, about music in #WesternMass and CT. Bylines in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Paste and more. IWWFJU. Ex-Hartford Courant. Knows it's only rock 'n' roll, but likes it.
https://buttondown.email/freakscene
The Athletic @theathletic.com Get every sports story that matters.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social “northeast guitar”; he/him/any; useful promo stuff is @realtedleo on insta*ram, tedleo.bandcamp.com
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
Mike Spry @mikespry.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Words in the Toronto Star, FLOOD, Indiewire, MTV CA, National Post, McSweeney’s IT, TSN, Washington Sq. Review, and elsewhere + a few books.
I write about TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social he him / musician / record producer / death cab for cutie, '97 - '14 / http://chriswalla.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Rob Hatch-Miller @robhatchmiller.bsky.social Director of music documentaries (Other Music, Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows, Changes: The Story Of Sugar) Producer of the Elephant 6 doc & the comedy Micro Budget.
Jon-carlo @stupidfingers.bsky.social 
caroline marchildon @carolinefm.bsky.social polyvinyl online person
chicago ☁️
Natalie V Dávila @natalievdavila.bsky.social polyvinyl marketing director 
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
📓 associate staff writer Pitchfork
🎙️ co-host Punk This Week
✏️ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.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/
ꕷꛕ𖣠𖢧𖢧 𖦪ꚶꕷꕷ𖤟ꚳꚳ (2-1) @pscottrussell.bsky.social Senior editor @codewordagency.bsky.social. Previously @pastemagazine.bsky.social, @law360.bsky.social. #DuvalTillWeDie 🐆 Opinions mine. [he/him]
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social Independent journalist.
Send tips via Signal: 202-510-1268.
Join my newsletter 👇👇👇
kenklippenstein.substack.com
miranda @mirandareinert.bsky.social blogger and physical media enthusiast | co-host @endlessscroll.bsky.social | editor + design person @portablemodel.bsky.social | she/her
aplan.fyi / twoflatpress.com
Ed Zeitz @edzeitz.bsky.social DJ at @wruwfm 91.1 Cleveland/Chasing Infinity/Sun 8-10am ET. one spouse, three cats. doing the best i can
Jack Probst @jackprobst.com writer of sappy personal essays about music, comedy, and film. also writing a book about growing up with a rare bone disorder. it’ll be funny, i swear.
✍️: merry-go-round mag, paste, pitchfork, creem, nme, etc.
𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖙 @yogurttowne.bsky.social editor in chief @pastemagazine.bsky.social
Eli @elienis.bsky.social Chasing Sundays. Writing a big book about shoegaze. Podcaster at @endlessscroll.bsky.social. Bylines at Stereogum, Pitchfork, Fader, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc.
Subscribe to Chasing Sundays: elienis.com
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
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
regular steve albini @electricalwsop.bsky.social Recording engineer who plays poker and billiards and eats like a Viking
eric 🍋 @violetbyhole.bsky.social writer, podcaster, friend to all birds
Grant Sharples @grantsharpies.bsky.social Music critic at Paste Magazine • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸 • KCMO • I’m writing a novel bc it’s never been done before • kingdom hearts apologist
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
Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social editor/writer
in film, vulture, etc
mostly on ig
nadine @trillmoregirls.bsky.social the trans asap yams. minor regional music writer. sound artist. cheesemonger. bylines: TX monthly, rolling stone, LA times, bandcamp, p4k, fader, ringer, high snob, nation, etc | she/her
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Hilary Saunders @hilary-saunders.bsky.social ⟦ writes things ⟧ Managing Editor @nodepression.bsky.social
| PhD candidate @glasgow.ac.uk | She/ella/זי
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!
Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox 📨 drownedinsound.org 🦋 follow @drownedinsound.org
Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social Music writer and journalist, a founding editor of Allmusic now freelancer for hire. Bylines at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more. Subscribe to my Newsletter: sterlewine.substack.com
Jonathan Bernstein @jonbern.bsky.social author, biography of justin townes earle
senior research editor at rolling stone
he/him
https://jonbernsteinwriting.com/