Tom Beedham

What We’re Listening To in September 2025 New Feeling’s music writers share what they’re vibing to — from country covers of gospel classics to dreamy experimental soundscapes.

The latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social also includes a fresh round of What We're Listening To from @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social, feat. reviews of Nadah El Shazly, Dianadelirio, Orbital Ensemble, noonjeem, +more from @danielgwilson.bsky.social, @lesliekenchu.bsky.social, Sarah Chodos, and myself

Nightlife braces for Bill 10 Ontario is copying the U.S. with a new law that would punish landlords for drug use in their venues. But in America, the war on drugs made concerts and raves riskier.

I also have a short piece about Ontario's Bill 10 in this issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, correcting RA's reporting and getting into the historical precedents the war on drugs set across the border. Thanks to @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for her tireless advocacy. www.thegrindmag.ca/nightlife-br...

SoundList is Dead. Long Live Earlobe Sick of social media, Toronto musicians are moving to listing websites and mailing lists to get the word out about shows.

What are we doing here? Musicians are moving to listings websites and mailing lists to get the word out. For @thegrindto.bsky.social, I spoke w/ Karen Ng and @formalfuzz.bsky.social about EARLOBE, a new resource compiling experimental music listings in Toronto.
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Rose, Gillian Gillian Rose (1947–1995) was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of The Melancholy Science, Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, The Broken Middle; Dialectic of Nihilism, Hegel Con...

Gillian Rose was born September 20th, 1947. All of Rose's books are 30% off through the weekend, to celebrate what would have been her 78th birthday

Rae Spoon: Looking for “Friends in Low Places” Rae Spoon on on their prodigal return to country music, Calgary roots, strengthening connections amidst rising global fascism, ‘Hyper Country,’ and more

Rae Spoon @raespoon.bsky.social tells @tombeedham.bsky.social about why they’re returning to their country roots, the genre’s fraught relationship to marginalized communities, and their queered cover of the class (im)mobility anthem “Friends In Low Places” :

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COVID Is (Still) A Working Class Issue Michael Rancic goes long on the class-based disparities affecting how musicians navigate COVID in 2025

Happy Labour Day! In our latest issue, @therewasnosound.bsky.social wrote about how the ongoing pandemic continues to profoundly impact working-class musicians and arts workers despite its erasure from the public consciousness.

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thanks to everyone who's shared this already. I haven't connect with anyone yet, and I think this speaks to the general lack of information we've so far received re: the application of this bill. I also imagine folks are cautious of painting targets on their backs—which is valid!

Baudrillard’s 4 stages of simulacra applied to pumpkin spice Stage one (next to picture of pumpkin): Initially the sign (image or representation) is a reflection of basic reality Stage two (next to picture of pumpkin pie): the sign masks a basic reality. The image becomes a distortion of reality Stage three (next to Starbucks pumpkin spice latte): the sign marks the absence of basic reality. The image calls into question what the reality is and if it even exists Stage four (next to jug of pumpkin spice flavored coffee mate): the sign bears no relation to any reality whatsoever; it is it’s own pure simulacrum

Don’t know who made this but thank you

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There's a new publication for food co-ops, just launching now—learn more and sign up here: garlicandroses.coop/

STORY CALL - please share

I’m working on a story for @thegrindto.bsky.social and looking to explore how Ontario music venue owners and concert organizers are adapting to Bill 10, which holds landlords and staff criminally liable for drug activity on their properties.

DM or @ me here to connect

A one-page statement with the header 'CJJP, Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine' followed by 'Our Statement on the Targeted Killing of Journalists in Gaza by Israel, Monday August 25, 2025'

🚨 Israel has just killed five more journalists in Gaza. 🚨

We call on Canada, a founding member of the Media Freedom Coalition, to fulfill its obligations under international law. The only way is a full two way arms embargo and sanctions against Israel now

#cdnmedia #cdnpoli

yes, this happened to a cis person in this case. yes, it will happen to more cis people. i would love it if people could stop acting as if that is now the reason to care

not to be that guy who moved to the west coast or whatever but just need a second to say a prayer for my friends in the eastern time zone. i think 90% of the meetings i've scheduled with y'all this summer have been rescheduled less than a few hours beforehand. hope yr ok…

ISSUE 23: NIGHTLIFE This issue explores

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Our 23rd issue, NIGHTLIFE, is live!

In it, we explore how the night is a site of struggle, where musicians and arts workers navigate economic precarity, geographic divides, legislative threats, and public health neglect.

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COVID Is (Still) A Working Class Issue Michael Rancic goes long on the class-based disparities affecting how musicians navigate COVID in 2025

in the latest issue of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social, i wrote about how working class musicians are (still) bearing the brunt of COVID-19, more than five years into this pandemic.

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(reposting bc link was borked) Michael Rancic (@therewasnosound.bsky.social) explores the injury COVID-19 continues to inflict on working class musicians and arts workers across the country 🦠 newfeeling.ca/2025/08/08/c...

Become a member! Here's one way you can support our work and ensure our sustainability.

New Feeling is a worker-and-reader-owned platform! Memberships start at $6/month, and go directly to funding coverage you won't find anywhere else. Thank you for helping us keep the lights on! 🛋️
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PACBI New Feeling is proud to sign on to support and endorse the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), in solidarity with the people of Palestine and their fight for liberation fro…

Capital increasingly attempts to smooth nightlife and the arts into a terrain of supposedly depoliticised activity. Nah. This our first issue back since signing on to endorse @pacbi.bsky.social. Read about our commitments here: newfeeling.ca/pacbi/

What We're Listening To - Summer 2025 Edition From vibrant indie rock to experimental noise, here are the jams that the New Feeling gang is bumpin' this summer.

You can also peep some of the most recent collaborative work we’re co-publishing with @thegrindto.bsky.social in Toronto. Dive into What We're Listening To👂>>>> newfeeling.ca/2025/08/08/w...

Community Roots on the Rock Rosie Long Decter explores insights from musicians at New Feeling's Lawnya Vawnya panel, “Wired For Sound, Rooted In Community”

As part of our 5-year anniversary celebrations, Rosie Long Decter was on the ground in St. John’s for this year’s @lawnyavawnya.bsky.social, and she’s returned with some key takeaways 🪝
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In Conversation With Shaunt Raffi Alexia Bréard Anderson chats with the Toronto-based musician, DJ and curator about improvisation, roots and cultivating spaces that acknowledge and engage with political reality.

In conversation with Shaunt Raffi, Alexia Bréard Anderson catches up with the Armenian artist and curator about bringing his cross-pollinating Tapestry Jams to Toronto’s Kensington Market 🐝
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Rae Spoon: Looking for “Friends in Low Places” Rae Spoon on on their prodigal return to country music, Calgary roots, strengthening connections amidst rising global fascism, ‘Hyper Country,’ and more

Covering Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places,” in June @raespoon.bsky.social marked their prodigal return to country music. I caught up with Rae for a feature about strengthening connections in the midst of rising global fascism, their new ‘Hyper Country’ era, +more 🏜️
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Winnipeg Nightlife: Cultural Connection on Prairies Aurora Sol digs into Winnipeg's vibrant nightlife, rooted in community and history, where the music thrives in a creative and DIY culture.

Aurora Sol connects with movers and shakers in Winnipeg’s underground dance music community for a survey of the local party scene 🪩
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Editor's Note - Issue 23: Nightlife Features editor Tom Beedham outlines our latest theme and its role as a platform for resistance and creativity.

In this issue’s Editor’s Note, I write about the concerning ways new laws and proposals in provinces and major cities have left communities dancing in the dark ✨
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ISSUE 23: NIGHTLIFE This issue explores

The night life ain't no good life, but it's our life. Issue 23 of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social is all about NIGHTLIFE. 🌃
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art by @therewasnosound.bsky.social!

there was a group of teens that rolled up to the noise show last night in corsets and corpse paint. i’m not sure i can properly express the mix of excitement and dread i clocked when one of them declared “oh my god that’s my therapist” looking across the crowd

massive

Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2025 So Far │ Exclaim! Your daily dose of the best music, film and comedy news, reviews, streams, concert listings, interviews and other exclusives on Exclaim!

wrote about Vancouver skramz punks Emma Goldman's full-length debut for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's list of the 25 best albums of 2025 so far exclaim.ca/music/articl...

yesterday somebody at my friend’s apartment spitefully blocked a canada post driver into a parking spot for hours, leaving them stranded on the job, i guess because they parked in their spot. kind of a perfect metaphor for where things are at w collective concern for public good, which is fricked

What You Need to Know About the MOVE Bombing And how Philadelphia became "the city that bombed itself."

today marks 40 years since Philadelphia police bombed the Black liberation group MOVE's home in West Philadelphia. 6 adults and 5 children burned to death. over 60 homes were destroyed from the resulting fire, and over 250 people left homeless. (resharing @kimkelly.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com)