Substacks recommended by Martyn Pepperell

Recommended by Martyn Pepperell

John Morrison's Substack

Music writing, unreleased things, and rarities I find on the internet.

into the deep with niamh

your new favourite digital scrapbook: monthly music picks, tips, chats & musings. for those over the doomscrolling.

Futureproofing

By Andrew Ryce

Music past, future and now—often electronic, but not always.

The Void FM

By Elliott Dawson

Independent Music, Law, and Sometimes Both He/him Te-Whanganui-a-Tara All views my own - and nothing on here is intended to be legal advice (and you should not take it as such)

Smart and funny writing.

- Martyn Pepperell

Anois, Os Ard

By Eoin Murray

A newsletter about underground Irish music.

Free weekly snacks

news & notes

No Tags is a podcast and newsletter from Chal Ravens and Tom Lea chronicling underground music culture.

The Politics of Dancing

By Annabel Ross

How on earth are you supposed to vibe around the fake ones

the image gig guide

By theimage gigguide

A very simple gig guide for Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington

Futurism Restated

By Philip Sherburne

A newsletter about electronic and experimental music.

Bass, Mids, Tops and the Rest

By Joe and Brian

A month by month expansion of the Bass, Mids, Tops cinematic universe, with new conversations and portraits from Joe Muggs and Brian David Stevens

HEADS KNOW

By Arielle Lana

A New York City events newsletter dedicated to music history, local scenes, and the underground.

Beta’s Substack

By Beta Music for Beta People

Beta Music for Beta People

once bitten, twice shy

By shy🎀

Cute girl doing cute things.

Untitled 909

A music-focused newsletter featuring our latest interviews and mixes alongside monthly recommendations.

Herb Sundays

By Sam Valenti IV

Weekly music playlists by curators.

These playlists are beautiful and so are the stories that come with them. Lovely lovely stuff that makes up the fabric of music and the cultures around it.

- Martyn Pepperell

Sounds Good!

By Simon Sweetman Sounds Good!

Music, Movies, Books...the good stuff! This is also the home now to Off The Tracks - a full archive of 11,000 posts on pop culture

Simon sure knows his way around a sentence, and his newsletters are loaded with good ones. There's always a punchline, some passion, some tunes from the center and some tunes from out of leftfield.

- Martyn Pepperell