Music industry starter pack
A selection of journalists, publications, and people with interesting insights on the music industry.
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@posthuman.bsky.social
@opiumhum.bsky.social
superstar curator • DJ • yes you know me from that online TV show https://soundcloud.com/opiumhum/
@gemmaross.bsky.social
Assistant Editor at Mixmag | ✍️ gemma@mixmag.net | Bylines: NME, Beatport, Clash, Dummy +
@lottiebrazier.bsky.social
musician and writer for hire / London https://muckrack.com/lottie-brazier https://soundcloud.com/lottie-brazier
@facilitymartin.bsky.social
freelance writer | words in the independent, guardian, the face, dazed, cosmopolitan ✉️ felicitymfreelance (at) gmail.com. newsletter: https://saltfatacidhouse.substack.com/
@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
@isaacmuk.bsky.social
Arts & Afters | Digital Editor @huckmag.com and writer elsewhere isaac[at]tcolondon[dot]com / isaacmuk96[at]gmail[dot]com
@patrickhinton.bsky.social
Editor & Digital Director @mixmag.net | Marcelo Bielsa stan account
@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/
@neilmason.bsky.social
Free-range music journalist // Editor of moonbuilding.bsky.social // Formerly of Electronic Sound, NME, Melody Maker, Muzik // linktr.ee/neil_mason // neilmason.freelance@gmail.com
@tonypoland.bsky.social
artist management ▪️ ‘It Takes Time' on Netil Radio ▪️ ✍️ for testpressing.org logging bad films @ letterboxd.com/tonypoland stuff: linktr.ee/tonypoland
@wadeywade.bsky.social
Writer / DJ / crisps / pop music is important 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
@daveclarkeofficial.bsky.social
DJ/Producer/Remixer/Photographer/Teacher White Noise Radio (Techno /Electro) Saga Series (Alternative)
@markusbuhmann.bsky.social
He/Him. Founder: http://MusicFlow.co We care about creators. Data nerd and techy. A Vizsla’s human. Former: paperboy, tv extra, and average law student. There will be typos.
@ehgillett.bsky.social
Writer for higher. Freelance journalist covering music and politics, author of "Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain" https://linktr.ee/ehgillett http://edwardgillett.com
@eoin-murray.bsky.social
Anois, Os Ard: Irish music newsletter — anoisosard.substack.com Digital editor — @djmag.com Anything For Now
@darkoutside.co.uk
does stuff, occasional 24 hour radio broadcasts of things you've never heard before in forests. Galloway TDO Cassettes / Bibliotapes etc https://thedarkoutside.bandcamp.com/
@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
@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)
@bennjordan.bsky.social
Benn Jordan / The Flashbulb ••Recording artist | YouTuber | Researcher•• https://linktr.ee/BennJordan
@philipsherburne.bsky.social
Pitchfork / Lapsus Radio / Balmat Substack: http://futurismrestated.substack.com Label: http://balmat.cat Mixes: http://soundcloud.com/psherburne Menorca, Spain
@simonreynolds.bsky.social
Writer, music and other things http://blissout.blogspot.com/
@davehaslam.bsky.social
Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
@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
@drownedinsound.bsky.social
Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000). Manager of musicians including Charlotte Church and The Anchoress. Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox 📨 drownedinsound.org 🦋 follow @drownedinsound.org Part of the @mvtfwd.bsky.social team
@thequietus.com
Black Sky Thinking since 2008. Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
@posthuman.bsky.social
Musician, promoter, label manager, vinyl pressing person, gobshite. He/him. Music stuff: https://linktr.ee/posthumanmusic Pressing vinyl stuff: http://www.mobineko.com