@tiaalandra.bsky.social has been doing some incredibly creative work with the co-op. here she patches together lyrics from different artists to create a conversation "told through borrowed lines." it's a smart comment on creativity in the face of AI and we were so happy to publish it:

Mind the Gaps: A History Told Through Borrowed Lines Tia Julien weaves lyrical fragments from multiple artists into a shared conversation that highlights human creativity, relational sound, and collective meaning.

In an age where mechanized thinking and corporate interests converge to devalue labour, Tia Julien explores the ways artists are using their art to find connection and reinforce the human element in the creative work.

www.newfeeling.ca/mind-the-gap...

Ravenous Is a New Worker-Owned Food Culture Media Company For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.

There's another worker-owned media outlet launching, we absolutely love to see it. Welcome to the fold, @weareravenous.com!

www.weareravenous.com

Montreal!! Thursday!!

"A beautiful coincidence is that our word for doctoring translates to 'singing heavy songs.'"

Singing Heavy Songs How heavy music heals and unites Indigenous people on both sides of a border.

Across the Blackfoot Confederacy, heavy music has become a conduit for release and repair. Reid Blakley traces how community-led festivals in Canada and the US are transforming pain into connection, mentorship, and healing.

https://www.newfeeling.ca/singing-heavy-songs/

Singing Heavy Songs How heavy music heals and unites Indigenous people on both sides of a border.

Across the Blackfoot Confederacy, heavy music has become a conduit for release and repair. Reid Blakley traces how community-led festivals in Canada and the US are transforming pain into connection, mentorship, and healing.

https://www.newfeeling.ca/singing-heavy-songs/

Rae Spoon: Looking for “Friends in Low Places” Rae Spoon on 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”

@raespoon.bsky.social's latest album, Assigned Country At Birth, drops today.

@tombeedham.bsky.social spoke to the musician about returning to their country roots while reshaping the genre on their own terms.

www.newfeeling.ca/rae-spoon-looking-for-fr...

The boycott of the Giller Prize is over, as all three demands have successfully been met

Reporting from @rdassaly.bsky.social for @thegrindto.bsky.social here:

www.thegrindmag.ca/organizers-e...

Campaign statement here:

www.canlitresponds.ca/boycott-succ...

The Ratskin Family Band Keep the Spirit of Queer Country Music Alive The Toronto band, which performs in full drag, are playing a residency at DROM Taberna until April and are set to drop their first original EP…

For @thegrindto.bsky.social, Laura Stanley spoke with The Ratskin Family Band, the self-proclaimed “first and only drag country band in the world,” ahead of their sold-out single release show tonight.

www.thegrindmag.ca/the-ratskin-family-band-...

Exactly what I needed tonight

Sook-Yin Lee and Gong Gong Gong 工工工 Tap into the Universal Language of Music Leslie Ken Chu brought the three artists together in a cross border conversation to talk roots, memory, and connection.

What happens when artists across borders dial into a shared frequency?

@lesliekenchu.bsky.social brought Sook-Yin Lee and Gong Gong Gong 工工工 together for a conversation on roots, memory, and the universal language of music.

www.newfeeling.ca/sook-yin-lee-and-gong-go...

lots of great music to discover in here

Yes in My Backyard: Victoria Tom Beedham highlights Victoria's thriving music scene in the latest edition of Yes In My Backyard.

Our 'Yes In My Backyard' series is back with a profile of 'Victoria, BC' from recent transplant @tombeedham.bsky.social as he tours the scene from "hazy guitar pop and feral hardcore to experimental sound art, Indigenous hip-hop, and noise at its breaking point."

www.newfeeling.ca/yes-in-my-ba...

Good Enough (ft. Julie Doiron), by Status/Non-Status from the album Big Changes

You can hear their collaboration here:

statusnonstatus.bandcamp.com/track/good-e...

On their 2026 album 'Big Changes,' Status/Non-Status collaborate with Julie Doiron.

Back in 2022, we connected Doiron & Adam Sturgeon for the first Generation Wise—a conversation meant to span eras and experiences.

www.newfeeling.ca/generation-wise-julie-do...

ISSUE 25: TECTONICS This issue's theme traces seismic shifts in music, culture, and identity—where pressure sparks both sound and change.

Our latest issue just dropped!

"elemental forces are constantly revealing the sensuous reality of the massive, vibrational bodies we take for granted in our everyday lives," writes @tombeedham.bsky.social in his Editor's Note.

Check it out here:
https://www.newfeeling.ca/issue-25-tectonics/

ISSUE 25: TECTONICS This issue's theme traces seismic shifts in music, culture, and identity—where pressure sparks both sound and change.

Our latest issue just dropped!

"elemental forces are constantly revealing the sensuous reality of the massive, vibrational bodies we take for granted in our everyday lives," writes @tombeedham.bsky.social in his Editor's Note.

Check it out here:
https://www.newfeeling.ca/issue-25-tectonics/

there's a new issue of New Feeling out in the world!

FUNLAND ZINE NO. 08 // FLIRT KILL ESCAPE

@thestacks.ca EXPLORES A QUEER EDITOR'S ATTEMPT TO SHAPE NASCENT '90S CYBERSPACE WITH HUSTLER MAGAZINE

NIRVANNA THE BAND REVISITS THE CYBER GOTHS OF QUEEN WEST

COVER BY @alecrobbins.bsky.social

funland.itch.io/funland-zine...

ISSUE 25: TECTONICS This issue's theme traces seismic shifts in music, culture, and identity—where pressure sparks both sound and change.

Our 25th issue, TECTONICS, is now live!
🛘 🫨🌱

In this issue, we navigate the complexities of shaky ground, and explore the tensions and possibilities that emerge beneath the ruptures.

https://www.newfeeling.ca/issue-25-tectonics/

THIS SATURDAY don't miss @unrigged.bsky.social's PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS symposium @uwinnipeg.bsky.social from 12-5 featuring @readtheorchard.org @robertalexier.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @breachmedia.ca's El Jones + more

RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/progressiv...

In issue 25 @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social navigates the complexities of shaky ground, and explore the tensions and possibilities that emerge beneath the ruptures.

Read it at
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-25-tec...

What We’re Listening To Start your spring off right with a curated collection of new music from the New Feeling crew…

And we're back with another edition of What We're Listening To:

www.thegrindmag.ca/what-were-li...

The Ratskin Family Band Keep the Spirit of Queer Country Music Alive The Toronto band, which performs in full drag, are playing a residency at DROM Taberna until April and are set to drop their first original EP…

PLUS! we've got some new work out with our good friends @thegrindto.bsky.social. Laura Stanley profiled the Ratskin Family Band, the self-proclaimed “first and only drag country band in the world.”

www.thegrindmag.ca/the-ratskin-...

Yes in My Backyard: Victoria Tom Beedham highlights Victoria's thriving music scene in the latest edition of Yes In My Backyard.

And, in the latest edition of our “Yes In My Backyard” series, Tom Beedham (@tombeedham.bsky.social) looks at the contemporary music scene in Victoria, BC and the community that surrounds it.

www.newfeeling.ca/yes-in-my-backyard-victoria/

What Does Sampling Mean in An Era of Instant Music Generation? Michael Rancic takes an in-depth look at sampling as craft and community, contrasting its labour and lineage with the frictionless promise of AI music tools.

If music can be generated instantly with AI, what happens to the work behind it? Sampling offers an answer that's rooted in labour, history, and connection. Michael Rancic (@therewasnosound.bsky.social) looks at what creation means in this climate.

www.newfeeling.ca/sampling-ai-music/

Arielle Soucy Finds Freedom in the Wake of Grief on the Poignant 'Passages' Richie Assaly profiles Soucy’s genre-defying music, which blends folk and experimental sounds with borrowed texts that explore grief and faith.

Arielle Soucy speaks with Richie Assaly (@rdassaly.bsky.social) about her latest album, ‘Passages.’ She shares that the record, which grew out of a period of experimentation and grief, serves as a reminder that “all things pass.”

www.newfeeling.ca/arielle-soucy-passages-profile/

Singing Heavy Songs How heavy music heals and unites Indigenous people on both sides of a border.

Across the Blackfoot Confederacy, heavy music has become a conduit for release and repair. Reid Blakley (@abellyirked.bsky.social) traces how community-led festivals in Canada and the US are transforming pain into connection, mentorship, and healing.

www.newfeeling.ca/singing-heavy-songs/

Embracing Your Inner Monster with Monstrosa Behind the masks, Monstrosa are building a creative space where queerness, vulnerability, and chaos roar in harmony.

Monstrosa is creating the kind of music space they didn’t have growing up: one that’s queer, open about mental health, and built on mutual support.

Adele Lukusa has the story:
www.newfeeling.ca/embracing-your-inner-monster-with-monstrosa/