Elizabeth Alker @elizabethalker.bsky.social 
Tim Jonze @timjonze.bsky.social Guardian culture writer. Just trying to get through the day without cocking up, and drink as many hot drinks as possible in the process.
HipPriest @davemercer.bsky.social Records, books and stuff, in no particular order. Long-suffering Tranmere fan
Andy Beta @andybeta.bsky.social Author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane (Spring 2026) Pre-order it here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-beta/cosmic-music/9780306836169/
Steve Vickers @stevejvickers.bsky.social I like music but I also like other things too.
One half of @thebreakdown.bsky.social and one third of @machomusicisstupid.co.uk
Travis Elborough @improbableatlas.bsky.social modern romantiquarian author, commentator, compere, walker and photographer - my Elborough's Eye book column appears in The Idler magazine.
https://traviselborough.co.uk/
Jamhot @thisisjamhot.bsky.social Design studio from Glasgow 🏴
Underground Solution @undergroundsolution.com Underground Solution is one of Edinburgh's longest running Independent Record shops selling quality music & audio equipment in store and online at www.undergroundsolution.com
https://linktr.ee/undergroundsolution
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
Daniel Rachel @danielrachel.bsky.social Musician-turned-Award Winning Author
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
@harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social Writer.
Guardian. The Quietus. Vice. Record Collector.
Author of Monolithic Undertow.
‘A walking encyclopaedia of weird shit’ Vice
Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social Typist.
Iain Key @iainkey.bsky.social Dad and writer/DJ for Louder Than War Radio and author at Spenwood Books
Supports MUFC
https://linktr.ee/iainkey
Crack Magazine @crackmagazine.bsky.social Listening closely.
David Whitehouse @dwhitehouse.bsky.social Writer.
Books called Saltwater Mansions, About a Son, Bed, Mobile Library and The Long Forgotten
Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social Mediocre Artist. Putz.
https://www.stuffbymark.co.uk/shop
Jon Buckland @pacificbeliefs.bsky.social Freelance Writer.
Dream Smotherer.
London Library Emerging Writer.
Words: Resident Music, The Quietus, Bandcamp etc
https://pacificbeliefs.journoportfolio.com/writing/
The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop by the seaside in Portobello, Edinburgh. 🌊 Open 7 days, 10am - 6pm. 📚 Browse millions of books on our website. 👉 https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/links
Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social Arts Writer & Broadcaster 🏳️⚧️
Friday Afternoons, BBC Radio Scotland
A Kick Up The Arts podcast
akickupthearts.org
Interviews: Dolly Parton, Patti Smith, Martha Reeves, Joan Collins 
Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social Average enthusiast. Scribe for hire. Author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, Ten Thousand Apologies, Base Notes and all the rest …
https://www.adellestripe.co.uk/
Claire Malcolm @clairemalcolm.bsky.social CEO of New Writing North, proud publisher of The Bee. Literary entrepreneur and innovator. Here for truth, love and understanding.
Matt Thorne @8minutesidle.bsky.social Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film and critical study of pop star Prince. MA Convenor in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. New book FAMOUS: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop out now.
1 of 100 @weare1of100.bsky.social Community, creativity, collaboration. ♻️ Ethically produced, 100 piece Limited Editions with the world's best creatives. Music, Art, Culture.
🛒 https://linktr.ee/weare1of100
63 Old Castle Road, Glasgow, G44 5TG
📧 hello@weare1of100.co.uk
Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social Reader. Writer. Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Honorary President @indexers.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
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
The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
Far Out Magazine @faroutmagazine.co.uk The Independent Voice of Culture.
Rough Trade @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Rough Trade, est. 1976
London | Nottingham | Bristol | Liverpool | NYC | Berlin
roughtrade.com
blog.roughtrade.com
Francesca Main @francescamain.bsky.social Reader, editor, publisher of Phoenix, an imprint of Orion. 
David Davies @ddaviesscribe10.bsky.social Broadcast & AV technology journalist, editor & consultant. Primarily here for the arts-related chat. #MDANT
Heavenly Recordings @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social Independent record label est.1990.
Believe In Magic.
Follow us on Bandcamp for up to the minute news of new releases, restocks and limited editions.
👉 https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/.
📧 Sign up to our mailing list: https://bit.ly/2MTuvJR
The Orion Publishing Group @orionbooks.bsky.social Where every story matters 📚
orionbooks.co.uk
Hannah Peel @hannahpeel.bsky.social Composer, producer, synther, all the eerrrrs
Broadcaster on BBC Radio3 #nighttracks & 6Music #Instrumental // Mgmt: steve@randommusicmgmt.com
Verdant Brewing Co @verdantbrew.bsky.social We make fine hop-forward beers, unfiltered and vegan.
📍 Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Our Venues: Verdant Taproom (Penryn), The Seafood Bar (Falmouth), The Seaview (Falmouth) & Schooners Beach Bar (St Agnes)
linktr.ee/VerdantBrewingCo
AndyPidge @andypidge.bsky.social Its about Vinyl, Music, Films & Books
#MDANT 🥇
jamiejackson @jacksonjamie.bsky.social BEAUTY. Scriber. LIFE: COME ON!!! Manchester footie corr The Guardian https://jamiejackson.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jamiejackson___ NOVEL out now::: Adventures In LovE https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-LovE-Jamie-Jackson/dp/1917005458
The Book Corner @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
StokeyLitFest @stokeylitfest.bsky.social ‘One of the best book bashes in the UK’. The Quietus. 5-7 June 2026.
Heather Leigh @wishimage.bsky.social sanctifiedsteel@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/heatherleigh
Ortac Press @ortacpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels
#MDANT
ortacpress.com/shop
Resident Music @resident-music.com Your local indie, wherever you live.
New releases/reissues/recommendations/Dinked Editions.
Vinyl, CDs, Events, Books, Merch, News, Tunes, Good Times.
www.resident-music.com
📍 Brighton, UK
🗺️ 27-28 Kensington Gardens, Brighton BN1 4AL
𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔶 ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢 🌊 @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social • black cat owner and horror girlie
• sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique
• the lamb 🥩 @wnbooks @harperbooks
• audhd / bi
https://linktr.ee/lucyrosecreative
She/they
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social Author
Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social Occasional publicist; accidental poet; proper doodler.
London/Newcastle.
FORUM Books / the bound / The Accidental Bookshop @forumbooks.bsky.social Three lovely, friendly, award-winning independent bookshops in Corbridge, Whitley Bay + Alnwick
https://www.forumbooksshop.com
Events: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks
Simon Raymonde @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social Musician with a label. Cocteau Twins/Lost Horizons. Producer, mixer. Some non-Cocteaus gig highlights? Playing bass with Midlake, on “The Rat” live with The Walkmen, and playing guitar on tour with Mercury Rev ❤️ Memoir “In One Ear” on Nine Eight Books now.
Ellie Freedman @elliefreedman.bsky.social Editing @ Tinder Press, Headline
Ed Simons @edsimons.bsky.social 
Audrey Golden @audreyjgolden.bsky.social Author.
🔸I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records
🔸Shouting Out Loud: Lives of The Raincoats
🖋QUEERCORE 33⅓ Genre Series
Ted Kessler @tedkessler.bsky.social Former editor of magazines that no longer exist.
Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit http://bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish
Also, http://thenewcue.substack.com
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
Liam Inscoe-Jones @liaminscoejones.bsky.social songs in the key of mp3 out now 🇵🇸
Cait Davies @caitdavies.bsky.social Still marketing, still publishing 📚 Brand Director @orionbooks.bsky.social
Weidenfeld & Nicolson @wnbooks.bsky.social Ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949.
An imprint of Orion Publishing Group, part of Hachette UK
Vinyl Tap Records @vinyltaprecords.bsky.social Independent Record Shop in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. New, used and collectable Vinyl, CDs, Cassettes and Music Memorabilia.
Online too at vinyltap.co.uk
Bear Tree Records @beartreerecords.bsky.social Independent Record Shop in Sheffield, UK
Spillers Records @spillersrecords.bsky.social World's Oldest Record Shop.
Physical music retailer since 1894.
Physical Music
(Not tables)
Since 1894.
27, The Morgan Arcade, Cardiff CF10 1AF
info@spillersrecords
029 20224905
Tues - Sat 10 - 5:30pm
Banquet Records @banquetrecords.com record shop and concert promoter in Kingston 
Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
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
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social The label that celebrates itself
https://linktr.ee/soniccathedral
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
Mathew Clayton @mathewclayton.bsky.social Connecting literary festivals with authors at https://spotlithub.com/. Over 40 publishers already using this service!
Trustee: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
siân pattenden @sian-superman.bsky.social stuff
Norman Records @normanrecords.com UK vinyl specialists. The best music, the best service, the best prices.
https://www.normanrecords.com
Reeves Gabrels @reevesgabrels.bsky.social Musician. 🎸 The Cure, David Bowie, solo. Genre-free improv with Gabrels, Kane, Parker Wells trio 2024-2026. Susan Gabrels assists with this skyline. 🦋 @thecure.com
James Brown @jamesjamesbrown.bsky.social Unlikely to complete course. Likes reading, travel, football, water.
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com 
thedarkmitchell @thedarkmitchell.bsky.social Music obsessed idiot.
Tierney Witty @tierneywitty.bsky.social Non-Fiction Commissioning Editor | Seven Dials, Trapeze, Orion Books | The Bookseller Rising Star 2024
Colin Macqueen @ccrgmac.bsky.social Milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill.
#MDANT
Retired in Gloucestershire, UK
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Joe McAlinden @joemcalinden.bsky.social ジョー・マカリンデン
DIY Musician / Cult Hero™️
Bands: Superstar, Boy Hairdressers, Linden, Groovy Little Numbers, BMX Bandits.
Collabs: Teenage Fanclub, Rod Stewart, Edwyn Collins, Alex Chilton, Jim Lambie, Alan Warner, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Captain America.
Brian David Stevens @briandavidstevens.bsky.social Photographer.
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a content provider"
Work in National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Galleries, Martin Parr Foundation
https://www.briandavidstevens.com
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
The Trades Club @thetradesclub.bsky.social Music venue & socialist members club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
By the people, for the people
thetradesclub.com
The Social @thesociallondon.bsky.social Let’s not rule anything out just yet
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
Justin Robertson @justinrobertsonart.bsky.social Author, painter and musical arranger.
Richard Norris @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social Musician, Writer, Producer. Jack The Tab, The Grid, The Time and Space Machine, Oracle Sound, Music For Healing, BTWS, etc. Lewes, England. Memoir 'Strange Things Are Happening' (White Rabbit) out now. www.richardnorris.bandcamp.com
Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social The Bee Gees: Children of the World. Penderyn Prize winner 2023. Let's Do It. Yeah Yeah Yeah. Excavate. Ace Records. Saint Etienne. Non league, soft rock. Also in the Record Room at patreon.com/bobstanley
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
@edwyncollins.bsky.social @edwyncollins.bsky.social 
Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social Arts & culture journalist, interviewer, spouter of opinions. Brightonian.
✍🏻: Guardian, FT Weekend, i newspaper, Independent.
"Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan
"Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?'
Michael Winner, RIP. 
Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social Glasgow-based independent record shop.
Sign up to our mailout: http://eepurl.com/W9ORL
Duncan Seaman @duncanseamanyp.bsky.social Music correspondent for The Yorkshire Post
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/
MDANT 🏅
Keith Cameron @keithcameron2.bsky.social Contributing Editor, MOJO magazine.
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers out now. keithcameron.co.uk
Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social Independent bookshop celebrating the people and pages where real magic is made✨
https://linktr.ee/realmagicbooks