Substacks recommended by Adam Offitzer

Recommended by Adam Offitzer

Dinner Music

By Jacqui

Left-field grooves and retro gems. Weekly playlists and album recs.

never cursed

By Hannah

mostly about movies & the people who make them.

The Wax Museum

By Jared Smith

A record-mendation newsletter. 🎶 Vinyl discovery, curated mixtapes, new music.

Fluxblog: Music Blog

By Matthew Perpetua

The longest-running music blog in the game! This newsletter is focused on music curation - reviews of new music, playlists for Spotify/Apple/YouTube covering a wide range of genres and moments in history, and links to other cool things.

Hung Up

By hunter harris

Movies, tv, the celebrity industrial complex, and personal pop culture obsessions. Delivered twice a week to your inbox, written by Hunter Harris.

Another Thought

By Dusty Henry

Another Thought is a music and arts newsletter focused on slowing down, sharing, and giving deep consideration to the constant flow of art being created every day through essays, comics, and illustrations.

Max's Music Mondays

By Max Himelhoch

helping you fall in love with your new favorite artist

No Expectations

By josh terry

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

New Crush

By Natalia Barr

It's not a regular music newsletter. It's a fun music newsletter.

Flow State

Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).

Switched On Pop

Listen closer to pop music. Hear how it moves us.

The Sleeve

By Tiffany

Conversations with music folks, musings, and a peek behind the scenes of The 12 Songs Project.

Such Great Heights

By Chris DeVille

Indie nostalgia from Chris DeVille. Debut book Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion coming Aug. 26, 2025 via St. Martin's Press: http://bit.ly/4bmi9S4

Hahakcoolgtgbye

By Carly Bogie

extremely niche playlist, song recommendations from a certified music fan, and a mix of things I'm loving right now

The Message Box

By Dan Pfeiffer

A newsletter for people who want to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA extremism from a former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama

MOVIEPUDDING

By moviepudding

A newsletter on film and food. Think of it as the dining + entertainment section of the paper. Sign up for pairings, reviews, and restaurant recs, mostly in nyc.

Ethernet.fm

By Ryan Schreiber

The new music newsletter by Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber

Fast & Loose

By Yasi Salek

a letter about music (and some other things)

cue sheet

By jules

Insights on music supervision and the ways we soundtrack our lives.

If you care about music, you should follow Jules! Few curators share her taste, enthusiasm, or ear for what's coming next.

- Adam Offitzer

Earslug

By Annie

Earslug is a weekly newsletter of curated NYC show recommendations. Follow our slime trail on Instagram and Substack :) We post exciting sluggy content weekly!

Wonderfully curated concert recs for NYC show-goers!

- Adam Offitzer

the no earbuds paper company

By Jamie Coletta

a home for everything No Earbuds: the bands we rep, songs we can't stop listening to, and behind-the-scenes info on how the music biz actually works.

Carefully Curated.

By Patrick Mahan

Featuring new music recommendations, playlists, artist interviews & more

New Bands for Old Heads

By Gabbie

New music recommendations for people who don't keep up with new music. The record store experience, sans snobbery.

Some Velvet Blog

By Bruce Warren

music

WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?

By Ayana & What If We Get It Right? 🌎

Forward-looking musings on climate & culture from a scientist and policy nerd.

emwhitenoise

By Emily White

Exploring the future of music through the lens of fandom, technology and culture—from a Spotify, Billboard, and NPR Music alum.

Record Store

By amaya lim

mixtapes for the modern world

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.