Front left since 2001.
www.ra.co
Alive in the Catacombs
Out Now
Order the film at https://qotsa.com/
a site dedicated to new music.
www.post-trash.com
BBC Music correspondent, occasional songwriter. Lady Gaga once told me a story about blueberry coffee that’s unprintable anywhere.
Short books about albums. 📚 🎶 Published by Bloomsbury.
www.bloomsbury.com/33-13-hub
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
Independent publisher in Brooklyn dedicated to reverse-gentrification of the literary world.
https://linktr.ee/AkashicBooks
Hugo Burnham • Jon King •
Management: contact@kmmltd.com
Independent record label est. 1995 in Glasgow. We’ve released albums by Mogwai, Arab Strap, The Delgados, The Phantom Band, Adrian Crowley, RM Hubbert, Broken Chanter, Chrysanths to name a few.
https://linktr.ee/chemikalunderground
#IVW25
Celebrating the spirit of independence & the culture of live music 💛. Founder & CEO @sybilivw.bsky.social
www.linktr.ee/ivw_Uk
WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
COLOSSAL 🛎️end…
A voice for the independent music publishing world. The IMPF is a network and meeting place for independent music publishers globally.
Championing the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers.
[bridged from https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/musicindustryblog.wordpress.com ]
We protect, empower and celebrate songwriters and composers. Join as a member or friend: https://ivorsacademy.com/
Helping the humans behind music, because music gives so much to the world. ❤️
linkin.bio/musicares
The business of entertainment.
Connecting the global independent music community
President @cdbaby - a @downtownholdco Company & 🥁@therealbratmobile.
Representing the voice of the independent music sector since 2005.
Find us at a2im.org
Dusted editor, Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp contributor, Knicks fan, sci fi writer
The catalogue department of the Beggars Group of labels. Find us at beggarsbanquetrecords.com + listen to our States Of Independence Podcast at https://pod.link/1836129705
universally beloved author
www.danozzi.com
linktr.ee/danozzi
Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Owner of superelectricrecs.bsky.social. Busy with vinylcut.net. Full-time BoSox apologist. I don't work for free. I am barely giving a fuck away.
Writer, editor treblezine.com. RVA
Senior Director, Editorial and Content Strategy at Uproxx. Writer and Photographer. Philip.cosores@uproxx.com
Bylines seen at Pitchfork, Stereogum, SPIN, Billboard, etc. Total idiot. Teaches journalism at a state school. Ezra and Rowan’s dad
(He/Him) Words for Rolling Stone, Stereogum, The Ringer, bunch of other places.
Managing Editor: Antics (print is back, baby) https://www.anticsmag.com
Author: Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music is available now.
https://michaeltedder.com/
Retired Florida goth. Award-winning entertainment journalist in LA. Bylines in Vogue + ELLE + Rolling Stone. 🇧🇿🇨🇺🏳️🌈
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!
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag 🐙 adjunct, Columbia Journalism 🐙 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 🐙 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🐙 markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 🐙 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Cofounder Hearing Things, hearingthingsco.bsky.social. Flaming Hydra, Hell Gate, etc. Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books
Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature
https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
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."
Writer / Photographer
Seattle Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard
Author: Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography Of Chris Cornell
corbinreiff@gmail.com
Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
Journalist / Producer / Radio host / Podcaster
jennylsq.com
Music editor at Rolling Stone
Executive Editor
Rolling Stone
Writer and editor. Words in most places but also not some of them.
Author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.
https://linktr.ee/tromano_writer
Music editor and writer. Brooklyn-to-L.A. transplant. Co-author of "I Want My MTV." Watch way too much Britbox.
publicist at rough trade records + riot act media
photographer (of live music + more), visual artist, crazy cat lady, awkward. photo editor, social media manager, news, etc at @brooklynvegan. she/her, gay
President, Paste Media
PasteMagazine.com | AVClub.com | Jezebel.com | Splinter.com | EndlessMode.com
Variety chief music critic and senior writer
Journalist and whatnot. Written a lot of things about a lot of things for a lot of places. Also work in TV. I endure the Mets. The dog’s name is Walter. https://www.clippings.me/danreilly11
editor at
@brooklynvegan.bsky.social
author at EMO REVIVAL, coming 2026 via
@clashbooks.bsky.social
available to write band bios - DMs are open!
https://andrewsacher.com/
https://sleafordmods.os.fan/
Writer. Editor. Critic. Writings in Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Washington Post and more.
https://thejeffgage.com/
#IndieMusic #MusicSky @GILDEDALM.com PR for indie record labels like 4AD,Rough Trade, Partisan,Mute,XL,PIAS ,Heavenly, Matador,Sub Pop ,Young,City Slang in🇮🇪
http://linktr.ee/GildedALM
https://bsky.app/profile/gildedalm.com
Sound Collector is a print-first, music publication featuring original writing and art. We provide an advanced examination of sound and its makers.
Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Record collector has-been, tour manager
WPRB DJ + Operations Manager, Xmas marathon host, Comedy Minus One label head, fan of what you do.
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/jonsolomon?ref_id=9259
It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! abby@stereogum.com
Your online source of music news and more about Post-Punk, Goth, Industrial, Synth, Shoegaze, and more!
[bridged from https://post-punk.com/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/post-punk.com ]
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 East Kilbride and London.
Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
Official account of John Robb musician and writer. Upcoming memoirs and tour https://louderthanwar.com/john-robb-memoirs-and-spoken-word-tour-may-2026/
Writer/Editor/DJ. In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi, EIC of Mizzou. Past: LA Times critic/editor; retail vinyl buyer; delivery boy. I develop and implement integrated marketing techniques to actualize long-term strategic goals. https://linktr.ee/LilEdit
I write about stuff (books = Stairway to Hell, Accidental Evolution of R&R, R&R Always Forgets, Terminated for Reasons of Taste.) Here's where I mostly write now:
https://chuckeddy.substack.com/
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/author/edcchucky
Journalist & writer on music/film/TV/art/books/sports (recent vintage: NYT Arts & Leisure, Blank Forms; ye olde late 20th century: Village Voice, SPIN). Detroit expat, Brooklyn zookeeper.
http://www.mikerubinbooty.com/writing
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.
Managing Editor, @denverpost.com. "There's a bit of magic in everything, and then some loss to even things out" — Lou Reed
Award-winning writer, bylines @ NY Times, MOJO, MTV, more. Music 🤓. Dylan, Dead, DC punk rock.
📍PNW
Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, etc. 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
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
NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran’s ‘Rio.’ Other books: Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Pink, Christmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
Disquiet.com since 1996: ambient/electronic music, field recordings, sound studies. I moderate the Disquiet Junto community of weekly music projects. I've written for The Wire, Pitchfork and Nature. I publish ThisWeekInSound.disquiet.com. Offline weekends.
Former Pitchfork Executive Editor. Mom. No Fun.
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
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
Distributing the sound of independence to your favorite stores and streaming services.
Est. 1996
redeyeworldwide.com
Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox 📨 drownedinsound.org 🦋 follow @drownedinsound.org
I rant about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, the Georgia Straight, and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards.
https://linktr.ee/alanranta
ⓘ this user is a dork
Interviews Editor for PopMatters || Bylines in EW, YardBarker, SPIN || Chartographers/Worldwide Tea podcast || Corresponding Handpieces band || Size 11 shoe
Founder/CEO/Editor-in-Chief @ POPMATTERS
Creator. Curator. Producer. Historian.
⚽️Chelsea FC
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Author, journalist, music historian.
https://www.kierontyler.com/
theartsdesk.com - a daily serving of incisive, well-informed arts coverage. Enjoy criticism at its best.
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The spiritual home of great music.
linktr.ee/uncut_magazine
record label / mail order / griping 24/7
Water Damage, USA/Mexico, Lewsberg, Voice Imitator, Mope Grooves, Lupo Cittá, Winged Wheel, Blank Hellscape, Chris Brokaw, Weak Signal, Chimers, Gerycz/Powers/Rolin, Borzoi, Rocket 808 and so many more
Sitting in the back row with The Mountain Goats/Bob Mould Band…The Best Show...Scharpling & Wurster...couple other things. Most of my fun happens over at Instagram.
Director of documentaries (Other Music, Syl Johnson: Any Way The Wind Blows) and Producer of things like the Elephant 6 doc & the comedy Micro Budget.
