Mainline has moved
After seven years of publishing independent news, music, culture, podcasts, and community resources here, Mainline’s publishing and overall operations are entering a new phase (and expansion!).
Beginning in August 2026, this website will remain online as an archive of our past reporting and projects, but it will no longer be regularly updated. New articles, newsletters, podcasts, announcements, and member content will now be published through our Patreon.
This move allows us to direct more of our limited resources toward our writers, artists, reporting, events, and creative work instead of maintaining an expensive platform we rarely use.
Become a Mainline Member: Join us on Patreon
Free members receive new posts and announcements, while paid members directly fund our independent journalism and cultural programming and receive additional work and rewards. We strongly believe community funding is the way forward for independent media. Signing up for a Mainline membership gives you a closer connection to the work and community your support makes possible. (Mainline Members also get some dope swag, including physical music releases from our label.)
If you currently donate through our website, we hope you’ll move your recurring contribution to Patreon. We have found the customer experience is also better on Patreon. You can cancel, pause, or adjust your tier at any time and remain completely in control.
Follow or become a Mainline member on Patreon today
Follow @mainlinepresents on Instagram for events, Mainline Music Fest updates, and announcements. Follow @mainlinerecords_ for releases, artist news, and the more playful side of Mainline and our love for DIY music and culture.
This website, and the years of work contained within it, is not disappearing. Our coverage will remain accessible on this website as an archive of Mainline’s reporting, experiments, collaborations, and growth since 2019. Our move to Patreon and a full reader- and community-funded model is a practical change to how we operate; one that preserves our work while giving Mainline more room to adapt and grow without changing what we stand for.
We’re still here. We’re simply moving into a space that better supports us, our readers and listeners, and our community.
Thank you for growing alongside us. We’ll see you on Patreon.
—Mainline
