Jeff Evans @jeffevanswriter.bsky.social Beer, television, music, quizzing, not necessarily in that order. Author: The Penguin TV Companion, Rock & Pop on British TV (new edition September 2026), numerous books on beer; former editor of the Good Beer Guide; question writer for Mastermind.
Red Deer Club @reddeerclub.bsky.social Contemporary, forward-thinking folk music - live music promoter and record label based in the Colne Valley.
Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social The UK’s biggest #MusicLitFest. Books, Music, In Conversations, Panel Discussions, Performances, Socialising & more!
14-16 November, 2025. Manchester.
Piccadilly Records @piccadillyrecs.bsky.social www.piccadillyrecords.com
Award winning independent record shop in the heart of Manchester, stocking an eclectic mix of music indie / psych / funk / house / jazz / reggae / ambient / balearic / disco...
The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
louderthanwar.com @louderthanwar.bsky.social We believe in the power of Rock 'n' Roll. Louder Than War is a website dedicated to the pop culture wars. All views are our own.
Thunkist @thunkist.bsky.social Movement activated electronic music, often using @flowfal
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Hollow Gesture Records @hollowgesture.bsky.social Home for M.Haiux, Conor Moore and D. West.
www.hollowgesturerecords.com
A CHRIS JOINS @joincey.bsky.social 
@rhainie.bsky.social @rhainie.bsky.social 
Lisa Simpson @poetrybylisa.bsky.social She/her. Poet. Debut pamphlet 'Birdsong' available from Black Cat Poetry Press. 
Mike Smalle @mikesmalle.bsky.social New Here 🔨 Musician, Librarian // 🏳️🌈 New collaborations w/ Cathal Coughlan, Jah Wobble, Simon Fisher Turner @byohammer
http://linktr.ee/mikesmalle
Galway, Ireland.
Liz Hanks @lizhankscello.bsky.social Cellist + composer, debut album ‘Land’ out now on Hudson Records. Touring with Cara Dillon and Martin Simpson / co-director Up North Session Orchestra / remote cello sessions
Mikey Kenney - Fiddle & Voice @mikeykenneyfiddle.bsky.social Fiddle player & Singer from Liverpool. Writer of melodies and words. Devotee of traditional dance music. Dusty old tome heritage activist.
www.mikeykenney.co.uk
huw @huwareyou.bsky.social david essex apologist
words for shindig! magazine
Folk Police Recordings @folkpolice.com A record label raising funds to support wildlife conservation & nature recovery. Join the mailing list at the link below. Defend nature. Posts by Nigel Spencer
www.folkpolice.com
https://linktr.ee/folkpolice
Museum of Portable Sound @portablesound.bsky.social Independent museum in Portsmouth, UK bringing the culture & history of sound beyond music to one listener at a time since 2015. Not a music museum or record label. https://museumofportablesound.com
Rosy Overdrive @rosyoverdrive.com World-famous music blog rosyoverdrive.com
Ghost Box Records @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social 
Second Language Music @2ndlanguagemusic.bsky.social London-based independent record label, 2009 - present day. Mark Fry 'Not On The Radar,' out May 16th. https://secondlanguagemusic.bandcamp.com/
Matt @fileunderfire.bsky.social Music writer for money & love. Disquieting Sounds of David Lynch - Out Now (Amazon) LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (He/Him) - 🇵🇸 Stop Genocide. F*ck TERFs & racists.
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/
Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social A representation of old British TV. Far more links and details in the weekly Newsletter: https://whydontyoutube.substack.com
@musicresearchunit.bsky.social @musicresearchunit.bsky.social 
Delia Derbyshire Day @deliaderbyshireday.bsky.social MCR based electronic music charity centred around the archive & work pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001), addressing inequalities in the creative/heritage industries. https://deliaderbyshireday.com/
James Gardner @jegcomposer.bsky.social Grateful Immigrant and Manuhiri | Composer | EMS Researcher | an "individual with diverse but intertwined competencies”
Based near Tītīrangi, Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
gardnercomposer.com
Full of Noises @fullofnoises.bsky.social 🔊 Sound art, new and experimental music. Concerts, films, workshops at our venue in Barrow Park 🌳. Fifteen years of sonic sounds 2009-2024. www.fonfestival.org
@chaffinchrecords.bsky.social @chaffinchrecords.bsky.social 
Cerys Matthews @cerysmatthews.bsky.social Food.Action.Music.Books. Happy on the end of a rope.
Programme BBC radio shows -write books, make music and get out and about.
Buried Treasure @btlabel.bsky.social label
https://buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/music
The Film in the Other Room @theotherroom.bsky.social Personal notes on the sounds of film, TV, & other media. Plus some audio history & culture in the mix. By Dr. Suzy Mangion, film sound PhD graduate & music maker.Susbcribe for newsletter essays here: https://buttondown.com/Thefilmintheotherroom
Seán Ronayne @seanronayne.bsky.social Irish ornithologist & wildlife sound recordist.
http://www.irishwildlifesounds.com/
Using bird sound as a tool to spread love for Irish nature.
Albums:
-Wild Silence
-Hope
Book: Nature Boy (Irish biography of the year 2024)
Doc: Birdsong
Dr Michelle Johansen @historitage.bsky.social Social historian, researching &
writing about British librarians & #PubLibs in the long nineteenth century. Learning & Outreach Manager at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
Find out more: massobs.org.uk
Sign up to our mailing list: https://subscribe.emailblaster.cloud/MjEyMjQ/122.html
South Records @southrecordshop.bsky.social A record shop for heads, and non-heads
New releases/pre-orders/mailing list ↓
https://linktr.ee/southrecords
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Sensory Street @sensorystreet.bsky.social 🎓 Research, engagement, education
🌇 Making public places sensory-inclusive for autistic people
🤝 Working with businesses and the autism community
https://sensorystreet.uk/
Dan Haywood & Friends @danhaywoodbrewskis.bsky.social https://danhaywood.bandcamp.com/
Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net Listen to the station live here: http://vintageobscura.net
All tracks are:
- More than 25 years old
- Have fewer than 30,000 views on YouTube
- Curated by community reddit.com/r/vintageobscura
The Kosmische Club @kosmischeclub.bsky.social Music from the future - any future. Krautrock, avant-garde, electronica.
Since 1998.
https://www.kosmische.org/kosmische-club
http://www.mixcloud.com/kosmische
https://repeater-radio.com/shows/kosmische-radio
Freq @freqzine.bsky.social A magazine about music, film and more online since 1998 at https://www.freq.org.uk
Where once there was music, now let there be noise.
Also at https://mastodon.social/@Freq
Chris Evans @radioshoes.bsky.social Presenter of UK radio show The Curve Ball since 2006. 
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
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
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
For The Rabbits @fortherabbits.bsky.social One of those outdated music blog things: https://fortherabbits.net
The Slow Music Movement @theslowmusicmovement.org Disorderly digging in an algorithmic world. Lesser known independent artists & alternative music. Generally lazy & hazy vibes. Check the Substack newsletter, blog, podcast & playlists:
https://www.submithub.com/link/the-slow-music-movement
Jake @gloriousnoise.bsky.social Hi! I've been doing gloriousnoise.com since 2001.
James Yorkston @jamesyorkston.bsky.social Music and Words www.jamesyorkston.co.uk More likely on Threads x
Mog @mogallfm.bsky.social Broadcaster, Bartender, Bassman. Host to SITSOL. Saturdays 9-11 am and 9-11 pm on Manchester's finest award winning community station ALL FM. @allfm.bsky.social
Small Albums @smallalbums.bsky.social 🎈🐜 smallalbums.com
Mavoy Music @mavoyofficial.bsky.social Music & film blog, focused on indie (but not only). English feed, website in Polish. Active in some form since 2008. Glory to Ukraine. Free Palestine.
EAR>PROTECTION>REQUIRED> @earprotectreq.bsky.social Newcastle upon Tyne based Music Curator.
Protecting your ears from the bland, boring & the uninteresting. Music with a dash of film, art & culture.
https://linktr.ee/earprotectreq
HighClouds @highcloudsmag.bsky.social A music blog with a soft spot for the dreamy, ethereal, surreal and forward-thinking. All shades of pop, indie, and beyond. @highcloudsmag on Instagram.
https://linktr.ee/highcloudsmag
Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org DiS is one of the original music blogs and online communities, founded back in 2000. Its back as a weekly newsletter about the future of music and as a podcast hosted by founder Sean Adams. ⚓︎ http://drownedinsound.org
Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 75, The '90s Issue Part 2 with Pulp and Suede on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
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
So Young Magazine @soyoungmagazine.bsky.social A Fully Illustrated, New Music, Art and Culture Magazine.
New Issue Out Now!
Record Label - So Young Records.
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
GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
Kayleigh Watson @kaylwattson.bsky.social ✨Tea, tears + questionable taste✨
🔍Deputy Editor @ Journo Resources
🖋Bylines: gal-dem, Best Fit, NME, Ticketmaster, Time Out, British GQ + more
Liam Inscoe-Jones @liaminscoejones.bsky.social songs in the key of mp3 out now 🇵🇸
Noah @knowahtb.bsky.social Music writer, dementia educator, husband to Rachel
@orlafoster.bsky.social @orlafoster.bsky.social writer
orlafoster.com
adam england @adam-england.bsky.social freelance journo for nme, the line of best fit, verywell mind, people, petsradar
he/him
Skye Butchard @ohayeitsskye.bsky.social Music writer
@loudandquietmag @theskinnymag @Clashmagazine @guardian @thequietus @bestfitmusic @nme etc. they/them. Glasgow
Paul B @paulbridgewater.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @thelineofbestfit.com
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/
Alan Pedder @neverdoneing.bsky.social Freelance hat stand
Writer/features ed @ thelineofbestfit.com
Newshound @ theneedledrop.com
Mostly found in rural Sweden
alanthology.com // 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🐕🇵🇸🇱🇧 (he/him)
Hayden Merrick @haydenmerrick.bsky.social Features Editor at The Line of Best Fit. Just peddlin’ sonic truths. London, UK.
https://muckrack.com/hayden-merrick
Steven Loftin @steven-loftin.bsky.social writer-for-hire. Albums Editor
@bestfitmusic
steven@thelineofbestfit.com // steven.loftin@outlook.com (he/him) 🌿
claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social “the glamorous node of glasgow” –grant morrison / writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, tribune, the quietus, little white lies, singles jukebox + / big opinions @ overinvested podcast / zines @ everywhere / https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
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
Stephen Birch (NoNewWaveNoFun) @stephennnwnf.bsky.social Founder of the Independent alt music blog, home of The Partisan Contingent Podcast.
Chester, UK
Whippet lover.
Evertonian - often found screaming with head in hands.
www.Nonewwavenofun.co.uk
Email submissions to Nonewwavenofunblog@yahoo.com
Listening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social A weekly newsletter of music discoveries and re-discoveries for discerning listeners. Occasional tangents. Based in the Hudson Valley, NY.
ListeningHabit.substack.com
THE LINE of BEST FIT @thelineofbestfit.com The UK's biggest new music discovery website | Follow our playlist for the best new music - bestf.it/discovery - and say hello AT thelineofbestfit.com
filip from start-track.com @filip.start-track.com music blog / substack / cassette label / Youtube channel / playlister / bandcamp lover / run by filip zemcik / start-track.com / since 2011 https://start-track.sbmt.to/
P.S.: We ran Z Tapes / based in Bratislava, Slovakia
Rhythm Passport @rhythmpassport.bsky.social Rhythm Passport is a free online magazine and events listings for open-minded, curious, fun-loving people who want to discover music from around the world - https://linktr.ee/rhythmpassport
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism
+
putting a needle on the cultural wax
an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
Kim Halliday @kimhalliday.bsky.social I compose subtle, texture-driven scores for documentary and narrative film.
God Is In The TV Zine @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social The music and culture webzine established in Cardiff in 2003. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
Glen Johnson @glenjohnson.bsky.social I'm a janitor. 
Dave Clarkson @daveclarkson.bsky.social Music created from field recordings; caves, coasts, woods, fairgrounds, vintage toys…Part of Scissorgun. Also in Spectral Bazaar and Lines of Silence
https://cavendishhouse.bandcamp.com/
https://daveclarkson.bandcamp.com/
https://Scissorgun.bandcamp.com
Seán Street @seanstreet.bsky.social "If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving a tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all"
William Morris
▲ @rgrrecords.bsky.social 
Huw Stephens @huwstephensdj.bsky.social dj and broadcaster
Mark Brend @minutebook.bsky.social Words and music
https://linktr.ee/mark.brend
Michael in the Garden @michaelinthegarden.bsky.social Gardener around Dolgellau. Loves wildlife. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
Raising money for humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
HalfVolume @halfvolume.bsky.social halfvolume.com — coming soon
Empowering “indie” bands and artists by giving them more exposure. Coming soon. For Bands@halfvolume.com. Say Hi@halfvolume.com.
méli mélo @pulsepersephone.bsky.social and the deadly arrangement that fixes the game
is the way the inhuman is always the same
Pocketful - provider of arty pop @pocketfulmusic.bsky.social Arty
Electronic
Proggy
Dead serious
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
David Hartley @davidhartley.bsky.social Writer of weird tales | FAUNA, with Fly on the Wall | INCORCISMS, with Arachne Press | Writer-in-residence for Prima Vista in Tartu, Estonia | Manchester, UK
@allfm.bsky.social @allfm.bsky.social Community Radio Station of the Year; 2019, 2024.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
@secondrun.bsky.social @secondrun.bsky.social 
Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social One of the world's biggest sound projects, covering more than 130 countries with 2,000+ contributing artists. Remixing the world, one sound at a time. www.citiesandmemory.com
Listen Through the Brown Window @soullessparty.bsky.social It’s Tom!
Creator of ‘Listen Through the Brown Window’ Comedy podcast. Available on Apple and Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/show/0qNtknmdd79FuvhSUvRiIW?si=oPkysgocQgqeUcvDLjXRrw