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@gimpangee.bsky.social
@thequietus.com
Black Sky Thinking since 2008. Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
@luketurner.bsky.social
Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
@cassetteboy.bsky.social
Audio/Video collagists. We made that Alan Sugar mash-up, and that Boris Johnson one, and that other Boris Johnson one ko-fi.com/cassetteboy youtube.com/cassetteboy
@petefrasermusic.bsky.social
London-Born Saxophonist and Composer living in Stockholm. “One of the better fried-egg accounts on this website”
@warringtonruncorn.com
Music for a broken concrete utopia. He/him https://warringtonruncorn.com/
@joemuggs.bsky.social
Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms I have bad dreams and I poop a lot. bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com joemuggs.substack.com theartsdesk.com soundoflife.com mixcloud.com/joemuggs rovr.live/#/curator/joe-muggs etc
@thewiremagazine.bsky.social
“The most essential music magazine of the contemporary era.” (Forced Exposure) thewire.co.uk
@jahduran.bsky.social
Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus Co-founder of Acid Horse Writer/Editor Anti-Fascist Emile thanks you
@steviechick.bsky.social
Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
@juderogers.bsky.social
Journalist @guardian @obsnewreview @newstatesman, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Music, culture, books, people 🤓
@castlesinspace.bsky.social
UK Electronic Vinyl Record Label castlesinspace.bandcamp.com castlesin.space
@monorailmusic.bsky.social
Glasgow-based independent record shop. Sign up to our mailout: http://eepurl.com/W9ORL
@simonprice.bsky.social
Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker. Podcaster with Chart Music History Of Pop lecturer. DJ at Spellbound He/Him. Welsh. https://linktr.ee/simonprice
@katlister.bsky.social
Stay afraid, but do it anyway / memoir: The Elements / words: the Guardian, the Observer Magazine, the Sunday Times Magazine, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister
@liorphillips.bsky.social
verklempt, mostly. 🌿Author of 33 1/3 South African Popular Music out now everywhere ❤️🔥Currently writing a book about Cher 🖤🇿🇦🪬🧿mother of twins 〰️ music journalist chicago via cape town
@emmaggarland.bsky.social
music, sex & culture writer / editor. first book TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MAINSTREAM EMO (2000-2013) COMING 2026. emmagarland.substack.com emmaggarland.com
@msclairebiddles.bsky.social
“the glamorous node of glasgow”–grant morrison // writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, the tribune, quietus, tone glow, singles jukebox etc // big opinions @ overinvested podcast // https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social
Author. Sociologist. Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Jewish Policy Research and Lecturer at Leo Baeck College but here in a personal capacity. Interested in metal, Jews and much else. https://linktr.ee/keithkahnharris
@scannerdot.com
Global travelling explorer and flaneur electronique. Creative catalyst, magician and reasonably amusing raconteur. Careering across the cultural landscape, embracing books, films, music, technology and the arts
@wadeywade.bsky.social
Writer / DJ / crisps / pop music is important 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
@loulayorke.bsky.social
modular synthesist | Oram Award Winner | monthly mixtape on bandcamp 💫 (she/her) | linktree.com/loulayorke | my fediverse bridge handle is @loulayorke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (the two @s are part of the same handle 🤷🏻♀️)
@mrpmharrison.bsky.social
Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
@lottiebrazier.bsky.social
musician and writer for hire / London https://muckrack.com/lottie-brazier https://soundcloud.com/lottie-brazier
@sulkrooms.bsky.social
Luminescent electronica. Yorkshire. I run a label called Frosti and play in the band called Pijn. Licensing/composing - Domino Publishing. “Ephemeral, elusive and gloriously unsettling” - Electronic Sound Magazine https://linktr.ee/sulkrooms
@michaelhann.bsky.social
Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
@vanessakayague.bsky.social
Writing about experimental music at various publications. Blogging at The Road to Sound. Based in NYC.
@alteranthony.bsky.social
🤔 music writer, researcher, teacher, programmer ✍️ The Wire, The Quietus, PopMatters, Kulturpunkt ❤️ music, literature, film, leftist politics, philosophy, tech 🌐 https://antonio.poscic.net
@cdrose.bsky.social
Writer of stories. Books: 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (All published by @melvillehouse.bsky.social)
@nedraggett.bsky.social
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
@aubreywrites.bsky.social
Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer. Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Telegraph, Total Film & more. Online and features editor, Something About Rocks www.elizabethaubrey.com
@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.
@theunfinished.bsky.social
Matt Bowdler; purveyor of synth noises; father of two girls; lover of the Nordics, Japan, Korea; 80s child; music making stuff & nonsense
@danieldylanwray.bsky.social
Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
Derbyshire based Mancunian. Lost in music. Presents : Electronic Odyssey on VPR Audio Club Writes : 52 Albums To Shape A Soul
@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social
Artist, author & culture writer. History & art buff. The Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. My 2nd book, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club is now out. All stuff here. https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
@flcartographer.bsky.social
synthesizers / sounds / atmospheres Castles In Space / Quiet Details / Woodford Halse https://fieldlinescartographer-cis.bandcamp.com/music https://fieldlinescartographer.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/field_lines_cartographer
@worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social
It's yr boy from worriedaboutsatan, Marta Mist, TIIF records & about a million other things. Currently based in sunny Bradford. http://linktr.ee/worriedaboutsatan
@jeres.bsky.social
Record Collector, Prog, Electronic Sound, the Quietus, Classic Pop... others. Author of Relax Baby Be Cool: the Artistry and Audacity of Serge Gainsbourg - out now on Jawbone Press
@matthewhorton.com
Top rollmo’ star. Writer about music. Author of the 33 1/3 on George Michael’s Faith. Arsenal. Running. Dartford. https://matthewhorton.com
@danmud.bsky.social
king of the escalator, makes weird music(incl. Shaun Of The Dead), films. Generally happy camper. https://youtube.com/@NebulaRasa https://thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/music OpenYellowCircle.bandcamp.com
@wrongtom.bsky.social
“DJ, producer and professor of musical information” (Not my words, but the words of my learned friend Tom Robinson. The 6music/2468 Motorway Tom Robinson, I mean, not the Nazi one)
@polypores.bsky.social
Cosmically a shambles. Records and tapes out on various labels. Bookings and info: polyporeshq@gmail.com Music and everything else: https://linktr.ee/polypores
@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 via Manchester University Press // Will write for £££ // bi Portfolio here: https://www.clippings.me/users/patrickclarke
@puja-words.bsky.social
Writer | Freelance music & film | Fiction & CNF sometimes | Bridport Prize 2024 shortlisted | Words in The Quietus/Screensphere/ Filmhounds Mag & Ors | Lawyer | Brummie Londoner
@manueky.bsky.social
Oh God, this is just what we do now, isn't it? Just go from platform to platform like some kind of ongoing Littlest Hobo scenario
@quietdetails.bsky.social
a record label where each release is an interpretation of the name curation and art @fieldswefound.bsky.social mastering and audio services quietdetails.com quietdetails.bandcamp.com quietdetails.substack.com linktr.ee/quietdetails linktr.ee/fieldswefound
@joebankswriter.bsky.social
'Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground' voted a book of the year by MOJO, Uncut, Prog and Shindig. Peter Hammill/VdGG book currently in progress, due out 2025. Visit www.daysoftheunderground.com
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@gimpangee.bsky.social
From the Foyle to the irwell Fuelled by family, friends, music & football Red is the colour Pondering how we have got to this?