Who to follow on Bluesky for the ultimate music feed

As the social network formerly known as Twitter sees an exodus of folk from across the music world – not to mention the wider media – there's been a substantial migration across to Bluesky for those of us wanting to build a better community around our love of music. The rising social platform will celebrate its second anniversary in February, and has proven so far to be more formidable than many expected with a 22 million-strong user base at time of writing

As a decentralised social platform, Bluesky began as a solution to the problems associated with traditional social media and was set up by a bunch of engineers who left X/Twitter after Elon Musk took over. The app operates on a different model entirely from X/Twitter because decentralisation means that users have some say in what happens on Bluesky, as well as a lot more control over content. It's a lot like Twitter or Facebook was before money became way more important than users.

New users on Bluesky will find Starter packs help them find their footing – these are curated and themed collections of accounts and feeds similar to Twitter lists.

To help you (and us) get the the most out of the platform, we’ve compiled our very own Starter packs for the bands, record labels, stores, venues, writers and photographers to follow. Just head over the Starter packs listed below and click "Follow all" or browse through and find your favourites.

Record stores to follow on Bluesky

Record labels to follow on Bluesky

Bands and musicians to follow on Bluesky

Music venues to follow on Bluesky

Music magazines, blogs, websites and curators to follow on Blueksky

And if you're an independent record store, label, blog or venue and don't see yourself on the list then drop us a follow and a message over on Bluesky and we'll get you added!