Mailouts worth reading.

Kaptin Barrett

"It's A Disco Thing" and other curatorial dispatches — playlists, charts and writing on disco, house and the music that lives between them.

PFR Records · Brooklyn / San Francisco

Brooklyn / San Francisco artist-run label on Substack — minimal house, techno, electronica, psychedelic rock, shoegaze and ambient releases.

Lex Hearth

Essential news, track selections and event guides for the dance music community, with companion podcasts. Curated, not algorithmic.

Blake Ward

Playlists, music history and disco culture from one of Substack's biggest disco newsletters. 13,000+ subscribers and counting.

The Twelve Inch

Substack telling the stories behind the 12-inch singles that defined disco, 80s and early-90s club culture. One record at a time, in detail.

Disco Dispatch

Substack on obscure pre-1975 disco, proto-house disco and West African disco. Crate-digger writing for people who care where the genre actually came from.

Soundway Records · London

Independent label since 2002 reissuing music from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Newsletter covers new releases and meticulously sourced compilations.

Barbie Bertisch & Paul Raffaele · New York

NYC fanzine, label and weekly Lot Radio show inspired by The Loft. Disco, soul and house interviews, record reviews and DJ charts in print and online.

Stamp The Wax · London / Bristol / Brighton

UK independent music magazine via London, Bristol and Brighton. Premieres, mixes, festival dispatches and underground coverage spanning electronic, jazz, soul and beyond.

Apiento (Paul Byrne)

Apiento's long-running Balearic, ambient and leftfield disco platform. Mixes, magazine features, a digital label and a regular show on NTS.

Small Great Things

Vinyl-first deep-house and disco label running sister imprints Small Great Beats and At A Glance. Releases, mixes and DJ-only material.

Dave Lee (Joey Negro) · London

Independent disco / soulful house label founded by Dave Lee in 1990. Site updates and label news on releases, reissues and the long-running Soul Of Disco compilation series.

Defected Records · London

House music label since 1999. Newsletter for new releases, Glitterbox events, Ibiza residencies and the wider Defected ecosystem.

Michael Gray

Disco / house DJ and producer (Glitterbox, Sultra, Full Intention) with a Kit newsletter covering shows, releases, exclusive remixes for subscribers and Mi Soul Radio links.

The Disco Express · London

London disco label and community with a Bandcamp subscription model — fresh edits, classics and members-only releases delivered direct from the label.

Hearing Things

Worker-owned music publication started by ex-Pitchfork staff. Reviews, interviews and weekly recommendations.

Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research

Analyst-flavoured posts on the state of the music business. The newsletter highlights new MIDiA reports and trend posts.

The Quietus · London

Long-form writing on leftfield music, art and culture. The mailout summarises new pieces and weekend reading.

Justin Gage

Long-running mixtape, interview and recommendation newsletter. Deep cuts you won't find on the algorithm.

Tone Glow Collective

Independent music writing - interviews, reviews and essays covering experimental, jazz, electronic and beyond.

Cherie Hu et al.

Research-driven community on music + tech. Long essays, member research and a Discord that does real work.

David Turner

Reporting on the economics of music streaming. Honest, footnoted analysis of how the money actually flows.