Substacks recommended by Little Engines

Recommended by Little Engines

The Cassandra Jenkins Complex

By Cassandra Jenkins

Updates, soundbites, and musings from a cricket obsessive 🦗

Anti-Matter

By Norman Brannon

Contemplation and hardcore conversation, delivered straight to your inbox. We believe that hardcore is more than music.

Gold-standard zine from the '90s revived, and it is so impressive. This is much more than hardcore. Norm's re-launch is what got me thinking about moving Little Engines to Substack.

- Little Engines

No Expectations

By josh terry

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

Oh no, I like a music journalist!

- Little Engines

Apology Reviews

Cogent criticism of... anything and everything. From Apology magazine.

The best word here is serious, I guess.

- Little Engines

Kevin Morby's Fam Club

All things Kev Mo

Morby understands the assignment

- Little Engines

Largehearted Ledger

By David Gutowski

The Largehearted Boy weekly newsletter: books, music, & more

Long running, badass.

- Little Engines

Michael Perry's Voice Mail

An audio and text mix of low-key news, notes, behind the scenes photos, personal marginalia and a brief essay from New York Times bestselling author Michael Perry of SneezingCow.com--think of it as a voice mail from a friend.

Go for the audio here. Midwest medicine!

- Little Engines

The Melt by Jason Diamond

By Jason Diamond

The Melt is Jason Diamond's reader-supported look at old, new, and evolving classics.

For me, an internet north star.

- Little Engines

Adam Voice Memos

By Adam Voith

Stories and photos from Adam Voith (writer, editor, and retired music agent)

Wrists Like Steel is Little Engines editor Adam Voith's personal Substack with writing, photos, music industry jokes, and more.

- Little Engines

Meditations in an Emergency

By Rosecrans Baldwin

A weekly meditation about something beautiful from author and GQ correspondent Rosecrans Baldwin. For supporters, a Sunday supplement with 3+ things to love.

I'm new here, and getting stoked.

- Little Engines

Practicing

By Lynn Steger Strong

writing about writing, reading, teaching, running, practicing.

Little Engines contributor, and writer of some of my favorite "family" fiction ever.

- Little Engines