Substacks recommended by Kevin Alexander

Recommended by Kevin Alexander

A Substack about the bikes I see, the people who ride them and the shops that sell them - from the perfect cycling city, Valencia, Spain, to the world.

Lancelot of Little Egypt

By Lancelot Schaubert

I write on desire: what do we want? And why? My fiction, poetry, film, and essays about culture and science feature desire. I use logic, rhetoric, and grammar as an interpretive model. I strive for whatever is good — what blissfully satisfies core desire.

The Curious George Questionnaire

By Sheila Moeschen

A Q&A for the curious and creatively inclined!

From the Desk of Mama Mañana

By Mama Mañana Records

All of the happenings from New Mexico's number one record label.

Jansplaining

By Jan Harayda

A newsletter and community about books, the media, and more for smart readers

cratediggerz’s Substack

By Greg and Jules

A digital catalog of the sounds and lyrics that provide a backing track to our everyday lives.

New Bands for Old Heads

By Gabbie

New music recommendations for people who don't keep up with new music.

The Gen X Jukebox

By Sonny Rane

Music and history in the key of Gen X. Now with less Enya!

Record Shop Stories

By Rich Headland

Record Shop Stories is a lovingly produced newsletter about independent record stores – the people who run them, the people who cherish them, and the stories that live behind the counter.

PalCinema, Television, & Music

By Dan Pal

Dan Pal writes reviews and personal stories about film, television, and music. His Top Ten Memoir covers music from every year of his life and the stories he associates with those songs.

Recent and Decent

By Matt Bull

A celebration of recent and decent music. Playlists, reviews and other musical titbits.

The Twelve Inch

By PeDupre

A disco-kid and 80s music nerd here to help you embrace your secret love for 70s and 80s dance music. Each week, I share the stories of artists you know and those you think you don’t. Fair warning: a dose of sarcasm, puns, and dry humor is inevitable!

The Mixtape

By Michael Elliott

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

Wisconsin Soccer Central

Your source for soccer news across Wisconsin and beyond since 2003.

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.

Home Is Where The Music Is

By Michael K. Fell

Psychotic reactions, carburetor dung & maggots on my brain. Random scribbles on music, art & culture.

Diary of an Urban Grandad

By stan cullimore

I write about the everyday adventures of my life on the foothills of retirement. Tends to involve family stuff, dogs, coffee shops, some motorbikes and my life as a lazy half-arsed travel writer. Come on in ...

Jamwise - Music (Re)Discovery

By Dave

Educating myself on all the music I missed, today and yesterday

Baseball Buddha

Baseball Buddha is my personal project where I explore the cultural, societal, and historical impact of baseball through writing and photography. It’s a space to reflect on the game’s deeper meaning—how it connects us, shapes identity, and reveals truth.

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.

Mallie's playlists are always on point, and always interesting. I always either find something new, or a forgotten gem.

- Kevin Alexander

Abby Schleifer

Academic librarian and zinester based in NYC. I write about music and whatever else strikes my fancy!

Joy in the Journey

By Mark Nash

A newsletter about the joys I find or create along the way, through music, through hiking, through learning to live life on life’s terms. One song at a time, one hike at a time, one day at a time...

Ear Candy Update

By Jason Thompson

I write about music for therapeutic reasons.

Daydreamin' 'Bout the Way Things Sometimes Are

By Christopher Bradley

Discussing music and vinyl/audiophile culture. Rating new music and discussing old albums and hidden gems.

Tony Fletcher, Wordsmith

An author, musician, traveler, and runner's musings on writing, music, travel, and falling over.

Brave New World

By Tricia Halloran

Because life is too short for bad music.

First Pressing

By Kadrian Alvarenga

exploring life through records

My Favorite Classical Music

By Vitaliy Katsenelson

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

3Albums6OldGuys’s Substack

6 old guys in DC collaborate to review a new record, a record from an artist seen live recently, and a blast from the past.

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

Goatfury Writes

By Andrew Smith

I want to give you something interesting to think about every single day.

Stars After Stars After Stars

By James Barber

Pertaining to music, technology, and the label industry

Go Double Plus

By Marmi

Anyone here ever read Grant Naylor? Well, that was the pen name of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor who made the excellent Britcom Red Dwarf back in the day. "Go Double Plus" was the main character Lister's caffeine pills. Yay for hyperbole! Go big or go home :)

Veet’s Vegan Cooking and Nutrition

By Veet’s Vegan Cooking School

Vegan Nutrition and Cooking tips, tricks and recipes.

AnEarful

By Jeremy Shatan

Giving you an earful about an omnivorous array of music, from cutting-edge sounds by living composers to new (and old) classics in rock, folk, hip hop, pop, R&B, reggae, jazz, global, and more. Established 2009.

What Am I Making

By Matty C

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

The Key of G - by Gentry Bronson

Stories from my beautifully strange and weirdly robust past, along with articles about the present, interspersed with life as a musician, traveler, water person, and practicing meditator. Expect tragicomedy, transformation, and what's between both.

The Vinyl Room

By Andres

Because life has surface noise

Hickman's Hinterlands

By A.M. Hickman

A ledger of obscure travels, backwoods rambles, rough bivouacs, and cackling cartographies.

Can't Get Much Higher

By Chris Dalla Riva

The intersection of music and data

House of Fun

By Anupa Otiv

Notes on music for people with wired earbuds. Subscribe for essays and a monthly radio show, curated by yours truly.

The Wax Museum

By Jared Smith

Crate digging through culture. 🎶 Curated mixtapes, vinyl discovery, new music and media recs.

Remember The Lightning

By S.W. Lauden

Music • Books • Music Books

Power pop, great interviews, and killer reads all through the lens of a SoCal music scene veteran.

- Kevin Alexander

Beyond The 90'

By Kartik Krishnaiyer

In-depth soccer/football content. We focus on lower divisions, including the history and culture of the sport, with experienced writers who are well-versed in the beautiful game.

Simply put: This is the place to go if you're a fan of soccer, particularly lower divsion soccer in the U.S. No one else is covering the game (on the field and off) like Kartik and his team at BT90 are.

- Kevin Alexander

of sound and fury

By Nolan Green

I make music, enjoy photography, and draw silly characters. I'll share moments of creativity, growth, and reflection. Take a look around—maybe something will resonate."

All the Fanfare

By Eric Pierce

At the intersection of pop culture and life. Always irreverent and sometimes personal. Publishes twice a week.

No Expectations

By josh terry

A weekly music and culture newsletter from Chicago-based writer Josh Terry. Anti-algorithm. Pro-independent artists.

Good & Good For You

By Katie Wojciechowski

A little bit mix CD, a little bit diary. Music blog covering rock & roll, new releases, nostalgia, and heartbreak.

Katie's writing strikes that all too rare balance of being both informative and entertaining.

- Kevin Alexander

HALF LIVES

By Patrick Fellows

Self help for the helpless. I work through my life via writing. There's almost always good stuff for the group. It's often related through 80's and 90's musical opinions and nostalgia.

Shooflypie

By Justin Steiner

Good books, comics, music, podcasts, TV, music and more

On Repeat Records

Recommended by Kevin Alexander