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Gonzo Report

By Chris Zappa

Gonzo Report delivers the news, analysis, and resources you need to fight back against fascism.

More About Music, Please!

By Music's Most Underrated

Sharing with you music's most underrated artists and albums.

Drop Site News

Independent news on politics and war

PalCinema, Television, & Music

By Dan Pal

Dan Pal writes about film, television, and music in addition to various memoirs. His Top Ten Memoir covers music from every year of his life and his Palangeau Park videos document the progress of his gardening efforts.

Zeteo

By Mehdi Hasan

Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfiltered news and bold opinions.

The Mixtape

By Michael Elliott

News, reviews, and interviews of music makers and soul shakers.

Tracks on Tracks

By Peter C. Baker

Essays where one writer explores one song and its place in their life. Plus occasional bonus stuff. Made by Peter C. Baker and friends.

Infectious Tunes

By Billy Cuthrell

Where the art of playing, listening and discussing all things music converge. Curated by a 30 year professional drummer, music industry veteran and audiophile. The only things I love as much as playing music is listening to it and talking about it.

Shotski Lodge

By DJ Shotski

Let's explore a love of vintage polka, vinyl records, and the history and culture of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest.

Mallie’s Eclectic Playlist

By Mallie Hart

Come on a listening journey with me as we explore my ever growing, ever eclectic, and ever genre and decade hopping personal playlist.

Harmony and Havoc (Tales From a Former Wanna-be Rockstar)

By Camille Brightsmith

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Or babies, menopause and elder care. Untamed essays and unfiltered lessons from an ovarian musician who used to be a rockstar (in her own mind).

A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby

Music, books, movies, work, football, TV and so on.

Brandy’s Substack

By Brandy Jensen

Life advice from someone who should really know better by now

Herizon Music: Newsletter & Podcast

By Thea Wood

Herizon Music: The Newsletter is a music industry publication and podcast spotlighting women's contributions to modern music and industry trends affecting women who work on stage, on air, and behind the scenes.

Margin Notes

By Tom Andes

This is mostly a blog about writing fiction, especially crime fiction, especially that beguiling, elusive form, the short story. But I'm going to talk about novels, music, songwriting, movies, and lots of other stuff, too.

The Musical Spot Substack

By M West

It's my way of celebrating music from any era.

PonDonderings

By Don Harvey

The musings of DonDon Harvey

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Shelby Lynne - Dirt and Fiction

By Shelby L Moorer

My life as an artist.

Unsatisfied

By Abandoned Albums Podcast

Keith R. Higgons - Writer

This is my other writing.

- Keith

Dave Hill: From the Diamond-Paved Streets of Cleveland

Hi, I'm Dave Hill. Here are some hastily written posts with not nearly enough profanity. I apologize. Life is beautiful. Just ask my dog.

Beatwater and Other Stories by Paul Heck

Short fiction, including stories that introduce characters and the world of Beatwater, my debut YA novel.

Disappearing Media

By jen b. larson

A newsletter that celebrates outsiders, suppressed histories, and obscure genius.

What Am I Making

By Matty C

An exploration of making a life in and around music and art in the 21st century.

The Judean People's Front by Reuben Salsa

A caffeine-fuelled, mildly heretical newsletter delivering unhinged stories, unsolicited opinions, and fierce support for Jewish authors in the ongoing fight against antisemitism—one Substack post at a time.

The Vinyl Room

By Andres

Because life has surface noise

Hot Box

By An Uber tale

what i hear driving uber and lyft rideshare passengers around los angeles in this economy

Remember The Lightning

By S.W. Lauden

Music • Books • Music Books

If Ever You’re Listening

By Stanley C.

Weekly music essays from a millennial independent music journalist with 10+ years of experience. Here I share tips for early-stage musicians, advice for fellow indie music writers, and analysis of music industry trends for casual music listeners.

A man of many good words, and a great perspective on music.

- Keith

Dig It!

By Terry Barr

Music, culture, literature

Challenge 69

A Musical Maverick Mystery

Earworms and Song Loops

By Steve Goldberg

The songs and bit-o'-songs that gets stuck in my head, worming to the digital surface, and inspiring a host of personal stories along the way.

Michael Acoustic

A newsletter for beginning guitarists and musicians!

Front Row & Backstage

By Brad Kyle FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE

"The best music history writing online!" says Mike Degen of "Deeg's Poems" on Substack. It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!

INFREQUENCY-FM

By NUK

A substack for music discovery and discussion

StoryShed

By Michael Maupin

Daytalking, Nightwalking, Stargazing: Discovering Your Lifelong Passions

Allison Moorer: The Autotelic

By Allison Moorer/The Autotelic

The Autotelic is where I put it all – writing, singing, anything I dream up — to chronicle and share about this wild, beautiful, and imperfect journey.

Our Reality Show

By Glenn Cook

Essays, visual stories, and interviews about parenting, music, education, history, and culture from a freelance journalist and photographer.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Alive in the Nineties

By Aaron Gilbreath

Music and life as a listener in the 1990s

I was alive in the 90s - oh, I'm still alive...

- Keith

Zappagram

By Chris Zappa

Zappagram is the mother of all music newsletters

The Zappagram is to music news as coffee is to my morning - much needed... and quite tasty.

- Keith

On Repeat Records

By Kevin

A music newsletter & community. The place to find your new favorite record.

Kevin always provides such depth, scope and an interesting perspective. Definitely a great follow and read for the music lovers in your life. And you, too.

- Keith

Love Letters During A Nightmare

By Sabina Stent

Women, Surrealism, Cinema, Ramblings

Dig Me Out

By J Dziak

Digging into iconic and obscure rock albums with weekly podcasts, 'History of the Band' articles, and new music reviews

Pick A Disc

By Matt Latham

The text spin-off to a podcast where guests pick an album to talk about or any reason...

The Rubesletter by Matt Ruby 💎

By Matt Ruby

Topics: Comedy, tech, art, mindfulness, etc. 🧘 Influences: George Carlin, Leonard Cohen, Fran Lebowitz, Alan Watts 🧠 Work: Comedian/writer ✍️ Politics: Anti-crazy 📚 Gen: X 🤘 Approval Matrix: highbrow despicable 🕵 Milk: Almond orig unsweetened 🥛

Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.