Substacks recommended by Kyle Ryan

Recommended by Kyle Ryan

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

Norman Brannon (Texas is the Reason, Thursday) did this excellent zine in the '90s, but has resurrected it on Substack. Essential reading for those of us who came up in the punk and hardcore scenes.

- Kyle Ryan

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas

Movie Reviews and Weird-Ass Side Quests

A.V. Club legend Nathan Rabin does quintessentially Nathan Rabin stuff.

- Kyle Ryan

Episodic Medium

By Myles McNutt

Reviewing television one episode at a time like it's not going out of style.

A whole bunch of greats from the A.V. Club's TV Club come together and show why they're still the best.

- Kyle Ryan

The Reveal

By Scott Tobias

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.

A must-read film newsletter by my former A.V. Club colleagues Keith Phipps & Scott Tobias

- Kyle Ryan

I <3 Mess

By Emily Kirkpatrick

It takes a lot of money to look this cheap. Welcome to your weekly round up of the best of the worst celebrity fashion complete with my annotations.

Emily Kirkpatrick's hilarious & insightful posts about low fashion are like a spiritual sibling to Band Name Bureau.

- Kyle Ryan