jackson balling
he/they • blanktapes.co founder/EIC • buffalo native in durham, nc • north carolina's local music guy
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North Carolina bands/musicians/labels/promo/etc.
folks who live in NC and contribute to the music community in some form
@sherricola.bsky.social
art curator | fashion work: @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS record label, past John Connelly Presents & Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org BFA Photo, ever thrifting. athens,ga
@slimemildred.bsky.social
Gender fluid, among other fluids. Any/All. Avatar by @izzi8bit.bsky.social https://YouTube.com/@ThoughtSlime http://patreon.com/thoughtslime
@lancebangs.bsky.social
I travel around making things. New feature film "Elephant 6 Recording Co" in theaters August 25th, new TV series "Prank Panel" on ABC July 9th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzXf5ZiE3k
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@how-to-resist.bsky.social
You've called your representatives, NOW WHAT? We share everyday acts of nonviolent resistance, mutual aid, and community building for ordinary people. https://howtoresist.substack.com/ #resisttrump #protectdemocracy #buildcommunity
@tuck.bsky.social
host of grindr's 5th-favorite podcast // edited a fast & furious book for freaks // can't you just have fun for an hour?
@charlottereads.com
bookseller, audiobook narrator, tiktoker, commie, queer, chaotic good. she/they. 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/cavatica
@workingfamilies.org
We are a progressive grassroots political party building a multiracial, feminist movement of working people. Text WFP to 30403 to join us. linktr.ee/workingfamilies
@myfbusters.bsky.social
it’s your best friend myf she/her baseball gay ™, abnormal normalite, amateur medievalist, gamer (pejorative) durm norfcarlina 🆓🇵🇸, land back
@charliereece.com
Husband. Father. Homemaker. North Carolinian. Parisian. Vice Chair, Democrats Abroad France, Paris Chapter
@audioantihero.bsky.social
Jamie (they/them). A loser of industry. Record Label and PR. Frog / Avery Friedman / Magana / CIAO MALZ / Cloud / Benjamin Shaw / My Best Unbeaten Brother and more. https://audioantihero.bandcamp.com
@footballramble.bsky.social
The original and best football podcast. Strong takes, funny jokes and a passion for Phil Neville. LISTEN & GET YOUR LIVE SHOW TICKETS HERE 👉 lnk.to/ramble
@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
@jawnita.bsky.social
Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Cofounder Hearing Things, hearingthingsco.bsky.social. Flaming Hydra, Hell Gate, etc. Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books
@markyarm.bsky.social
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
@jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social
"My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary & proper as it is intellectually suspect." —Ellen Willis Aquarium Drunkard & WASTOIDS from Hello Merch | My music project is called JPW.
@jonbern.bsky.social
research editor at rolling stone/writing a book about Justin Townes Earle. he/him https://jonbernsteinwriting.com/
@ericdharvey.com
prof @GVSU ∙ critic ∙ music and media ∙ Hoosier in Michigan ∙ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" ∙ ericdharvey.com
@kearse.bsky.social
Journalist, critic, and author of novels Liquid Snakes and In the Heat of the Light. Noreasontopretend.com
@naterogers.bsky.social
bylines @ LAT, NYT, Ringer, Stereogum, etc. how about ratt, how about ratt https://www.naterogers.work/writing
@deanvannguyen.bsky.social
Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit
@tamarherman.com
Writer. K-pop & ent biz reporter. Author. She/Her. Published in Billboard, NME, Forbes, Variety, & many more. Have a day job, will not be here 24/7 because I love myself more than I love engagement bait. Newsletter: Notesonkpop.com.
@misterminsoo.bsky.social
@kieranpressreyn.bsky.social
editing nobells, writer for pitchfork, GQ, NYT, The Face + more https://www.kieranpressreynolds.com/ / https://www.kprblog.fyi/ born & living in new yorker
@stuberman.bsky.social
Producer at COMMOTION on CBC Radio One; writer for Pitchfork, Stereogum, the Toronto Star; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones. stubermania.substack.com / hamontlive.substack.com
@nataliesnotinit.bsky.social
I have the oldest Xbox known to man // trans dyke // author of NOISE MUSIC (forthcoming) // writing at Stereogum, Paste Magazine, FLOOD Magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room, etc. // Takashi Miike fangirl
@philipcosores.bsky.social
Senior Director, Editorial and Content Strategy at Uproxx. Writer and Photographer. Philip.cosores@uproxx.com
@willhermes.bsky.social
Writer, music usually. substack.com/@willhermes Contributing Editor @rollingstone.com @nytimes.com Pitchfork @npr.org Books: Love Goes To Buildings On Fire 🔥 Lou Reed: The King of New York 👑 https://linktr.ee/willhermes
@bradshoup.bsky.social
@vanessakayague.bsky.social
Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.
@hilary-saunders.bsky.social
⟦ writes things ⟧ Managing Editor @NoDepression 🎶 Member of the National Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, Recording Academy, and board of Folk Alliance International. Rock and roll can save the world. She/ella/זי
@wordsbykristin.bsky.social
Senior writer @ Billboard. Covering all things music business and technology. Follow my *free* music tech newsletter Machine Learnings and catch me on other social sites here: https://linktr.ee/wordsbykristin
@bhanujkappal.com
Music critic, chronicler of South Asian counter-culture. (@Stonerjesus on the hellsite)
@larisha.bsky.social
'𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢'𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 — staff writer @ rolling stone larishapaul.contently.com
@hannahjocelync.bsky.social
They/she 🏳️⚧️ Writing/music/engineering hybrid. Contact me at hannahjocelync@gmail.com
@thobbsjourno.bsky.social
culture writer for: guardian, telegraph, dazed, bbc, pow, stereogum, financial times, discogs, mixmag, billboard, bandcamp, lwl, wallpaper, spin, hyphen, new statesman, p4k, wired, time out, crack etc. my work: https://www.clippings.me/users/thobbsjourno
@ashleybardhan.bsky.social
bulgarian-bengali lady and a scholar🩸 senior writer @gamesradar instagram.com/ashleybardhan 🆎˙⋆✮
@shy.center
✿ la fillette révolutionnaire ✿ cutest music writer ✿ https://www.shy.center/ ✿ https://ko-fi.com/mewcaroon