Grant Sharples
Writer, journo, critic • kingdom hearts apologist • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, paste, antics, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, la review of books, mtv news (RIP), nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸
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@amandawicks.bsky.social
I'm a Rhoda rising. Roving writer—mostly culture. Bylines w/ The Atlantic, Pitchfork, The Bluegrass Situation, Bandcamp, Vulture. Living w/ #longcovid.
@adamfeibel.bsky.social
Music journalist. Co-author of In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World, out June 2025 from House of Anansi. Bylines in Exclaim, Bandcamp + more. Name rhymes with bible. (he/him)
@shadowtodd.bsky.social
Be-shadowed music reviewer on YouTube, cohost of Song vs. Song Patreon: http://patreon.com/toddintheshadows Media/inquiries: toddintheshadows@standard.tv
@raypadgett.bsky.social
Flagging Down the Double E's Dylan newsletter, Cover Me covers blog, 3 books (Pledging My Time, Cover Me, Leonard Cohen 33 1/3). https://linktr.ee/RayPadgett
@mattleimkuehler.bsky.social
Assistant journalism professor and student media adviser by day (MTSU). Music writer by night (GQ, Forbes, Nashville Scene, etc). Midwesterner in Nashville. Strange but not a stranger.
@amandasmith.bsky.social
Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong.
@amybrown.xyz
writer. sf bay via miami county, ohio. parent x2. not a dog IRL. she/her. amybrown.xyz
@stereogum.bsky.social
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 → stereogum.com Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
@ashwinrodrigues.com
I've written. bylines at Defector, GQ, The New York Times, Wired, and other places. work + email available at ashwinrodrigues.com
@cmolanphy.bsky.social
Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronouns—he/him/his.)
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@labrador-tunes.bsky.social
MAXIMUM ALT-COUNTRY ‘My Version of Desire’ out 5.30.25 https://labradortunes.bandcamp.com
@joedummy.bsky.social
Gay, cassettes, Dummy, repetition "Free Energy" out now on Trouble in Mind Www.notdummy.bandcamp.com Freelance PR : stereojunkpr@gmail.com
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@erinosmon.bsky.social
Music journalist, critic, author. Teach @ USC. Album notes. Other things. New book about heartland rock due next year via W.W. Norton. Hoosier waving hi in LA.
@yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social
Writer. Music Journalist. Montrealer. Millennial. Your favourite It-Girl. Always depressed, never bland. www.yaraelsoueidi.com
@lojammusic.bsky.social
@whetmoser.com
newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
@awildjessichu.bsky.social
✨ i’m like if tifa lockhart loved carbs ☕️ editor at gamespot 🌙 infrequent streamer twitch.tv/awildjessichu 🔮 into grand stories, art, mtg, anime, coffee & esoterica
@genderlib.com
Help us build a people’s movement for bodily autonomy, self-determination, collectivism, and fulfillment. Learn more at genderlib.org
@sublimebombast.bsky.social
Freelance Music Writer. Stuff at Pitchfork, RA, CREEM, and Bandcamp. Former bookseller at McNally Jackson.
@kalebhorton.bsky.social
A writer from Bakersfield, based in Los Angeles. GQ, MTV, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vanity Fair, Vice, Vox. Looking for work. Subscribe to my newsletter: kalebhorton.ghost.io For work stuff, I'm kaleb.c.horton at gmail. (I also do photography sometimes.)
@markdoyle.bsky.social
Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. In Nashville. Wrote a book-and-a-half on Belfast & one on the Kinks. Latest is John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical”-Mail on Sunday
@spinal-bap.bsky.social
Author of Electric Wizards and Off The Ground. https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/rb-author/jr-moores Bylines in The Quietus, Record Collector, The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, The Guardian, etc. MD Alternative National Treasure.
@bencardew.bsky.social
Music writing / music podcasting / who knows? linenoise.substack.com/ soundcloud.com/line-noise-podcast
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
@movietone1000dawns.bsky.social
Kate Wright: Movietone,Crescent,1000 Dawns https://www.instagram.com/movietone1000dawns/ Peel Sessions: http://textile-records.com Movietone reissue: http://worldofechomusic.com https://www.dominomusic.com/artists/movietone
@larryfitzmaurice.bsky.social
Different posts, same great flavor Newsletter: https://last-donut-of-the-night.ghost.io/ Gigs: larry.fitzmaurice@gmail
@superdestroyer.diysky.xyz
BLM | Post-Genre | Co-Owner @lonelyghostrecords.com | Stream "Funeral Feel" | https://fanlink.tv/superdestroyer | he/him lonelyghostrecords.com/artists/superdestroyer All DIYsky Starter Packs: diysky.xyz (credit @forkballoon.diysky.xyz)
@weketchum.bsky.social
Writer + Editor (Vulture, NYT, VIBE, BET, The Root, Newsweek, XXL, etc.). “My journalistic range is a catalyst for change.” © Black Thought Loves: Hip-hop, basketball, sneakers, like three Nintendo Switch games Work: https://weketchum.contently.com
@emotrophywife.bsky.social
Simply excited to have thoughts. Writing in The Cut, Vogue, Bookforum, Pitchfork, Frieze, and elsewhere. Debut novel forthcoming from Saga Press. gracebyron.substack.com
@classicdoyle.bsky.social
31 - St. Louis - I write about music (UPROXX, Post-Trash, Swim Into The Sound) Check out my weekly new music blog @ https://nightswimmingblog.substack.com/