always interesting to me how worker-owned media is framed as a new thing. there is a deep history here, especially in canada, so @tombeedham.bsky.social, @lesliekenchu.bsky.social and i went long on how @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social's work is connected to the cooperative movement in media and beyond.

In our latest issue, we zoom out by surveying the co-ops, solidarity economies, and platform alternatives that make our work possible and show how we can organize differently. www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...

wrote about two new local records in the latest installment of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social's "what we're listening to" for @thegrindto.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/what-were-li...

Aquakultre's new album 1783 is out today! @tombeedham.bsky.social reviewed it in our latest What We're Listening To feature in the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social!

Tonight!!! Meeting link: meet.google.com/tpg-hueh-ckd

Tomorrow!!

From ambient escapes to invigorated hip-hop throwbacks, spruce up your winter playlist with new picks from the music heads at @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Featuring Aquakulture, Nick Schofield, Chiquita Magic and more.

This is in one week!

Welcome back, music lovers! We're trying something new in 2026: An (in)frequent open online hang for anyone curious about music journalism, co-ops, or what we’re building at New Feeling. A hot stove of sorts.

come hang!

Welcome back, music lovers! We're trying something new in 2026: An (in)frequent open online hang for anyone curious about music journalism, co-ops, or what we’re building at New Feeling. A hot stove of sorts.

"Jula is building a digital library that doubles as a personal tribute, where memory and discovery go hand in hand." www.newfeeling.ca/wax-memory-a...

Why I'm Not Writing About DIY Anymore www.newfeeling.ca/why-im-not-w...

@newfeelingcoop.bsky.social w/ great points on precarity and gig platforms. "But for things to change, we have to imagine more than hermit crabbing from one platform to the next: we have to resist the ways our work is becoming individualized in the first place." www.newfeeling.ca/dont-start-a...

Thanks to Del Cowie and @invisibooks.bsky.social for recognizing our work on their "Best Canadian Music Writing 2025" list. It always means so much to our small, scrappy publication to be featured alongside legacy media. invisiblebooks.substack.com/p/best-canad...

Also in this issue: My recs for places to subscribe: @see-saw.fun Don't Rock the Inbox ( @marissarmoss.bsky.social @natalieweiner.bsky.social) @hearingthingsco.bsky.social @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social buttondown.com/of_note/arch...

today is the last day to join the co-op at a discounted rate!

2025 has been quite the year for us, so we thought we'd take a look back to reflect on it all ⏪⏪⏪

2025 has been quite the year for us, so we thought we'd take a look back to reflect on it all ⏪⏪⏪

"Substack and similar services expanded because layoffs and consolidation created a vacuum. What appeared to be freedom often isolated workers with the same risks and bills that newsrooms once shared."

In this piece from our latest issue, @therewasnosound.bsky.social unpacks how the ‘independence’ platforms like Substack offer is a individualized survival strategy and business model that ultimately isolates workers and undermines worker power. www.newfeeling.ca/dont-start-a...

Little Stone Crow's version of Sunset Valley may be fictional, but it’s tied to real feelings of scrutiny and displacement in arts spaces and everyday life. @therewasnosound.bsky.social spoke w/ the Mi’kmaw rapper in our latest issue: www.newfeeling.ca/little-stone...

We’re this close to our goal! Only 5 new members needed to reach it and 10 to smash it. Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism. $5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive $55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360

🗓️🥳🎂 Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here! Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better. www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...

i think my favourite piece from this year would have to be the one i wrote for @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social about how musicians are navigating COVID (and long COVID) in 2025. www.newfeeling.ca/covid-is-sti...

If you want to support independent Canadian music journalism, consider becoming a member

we're currently in the midst of a membership drive, which will help us continue doing this work. we're also incredibly close to meeting our goal! consider joining as member of the co-op and together we can build a future for music beyond platforms. bsky.app/profile/newf...

real writers and editors can guide you toward new sounds, scenes, and styles. the latest issue of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social features profiles of a bunch of artists we're excited about and you should be too:

We’re this close to our goal! Only 5 new members needed to reach it and 10 to smash it. Join New Feeling today to support fair pay for Canadian music writers and build a cooperative future for music journalism. $5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive $55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360

In a new issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social music reviews from @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social, comics from @hausofdecline.bsky.social and more Find it at more than 300 locations around the GTA and at thegrindmag.ca 🔶️

A new article that I wrote for @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social 's anniversary issue is out. A little profile on a western Canadian noise rock band. Check it out. www.newfeeling.ca/sentries-fea...

I had the pleasure of interviewing dear friends and comrades Egyptian Cotton Arkestra about their new LP 'Time and Place' for @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social's latest 'Anniversary' issue www.newfeeling.ca/egyptian-cot...

i probably won't make any friends with this one but maybe think twice before you start a substack? i went long on how that's only making things worse for journalists trying to find footing in these precarious times.

There is a lovely write-up / interview with me and my ECA compatriots in @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social 's latest issue. Check it out here: www.newfeeling.ca/egyptian-cot...

It's @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social's 5-year anniversary, and this is our 24th issue! We tried not to be too navel-gazey about it. Inside: nostalgic reassessment, stock taking of collective achievements, refocusing our sights. www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...

@newfeelingcoop.bsky.social is celebrating 5 years in operation. It also coincides with my tenth year working as a music journalist/culture writer (time sure does go by quick). Check out the articles me and my colleagues wrote for the issue. www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...

🗓️🥳🎂 Our 24th issue, ANNIVERSARY, is here! Five years ago, in the chaos of the pandemic & collapsing music media, we started a co-op. Today we’re still here, organizing for something better. www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...

we've got quite a lot featured in the current issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, especially in the gift guide where i recommend professional earplugs for shows and @nikostratis.com' excellent memoir.

toronno! there's a new issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social out, which means more music coverage from us, including show listings, contributions to the annual gift guide, and "what we're listening to"! check it out online and across the city. www.thegrindmag.ca

yesterday @lizpelly.bsky.social joined us to kick off @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social's AGM and it was such an honour. i remember the excitement and validation everyone felt to see our co-op's name in the pages of Mood Machine when it came out, and last night's chat was equally affirming.

Today!

Reminder our AGM with special guest @lizpelly.bsky.social is coming up in 2 days!

A founding objective of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social was to spotlight music all throughout "Canada," esp. in scenes adrift of industry strongholds like TO and MTL. YIMBY was an early recurring feature we conceived to support that. Maybe it’s time to bring it back? www.newfeeling.ca/yes-in-my-ba...

Our SOLD OUT 5th anniversary show tonight doubles as headliners' Slash Need's album release show. @therewasnosound.bsky.social spoke with them about the band's electric approach to performance, the art of tease and denial, and feeling like a cockroach in Toronto. www.newfeeling.ca/slash-need-d...

It’s AGM time! We’re hosting a virtual gathering and kicking it off with a special guest convo. New Feeling co-founder Tabassum Siddiqui will chat with author @lizpelly.bsky.social about collective ownership & the “new music labour movement" on Thursday November 20th, at 7pm ET.

this has been really fun to work on and so gratifying to be able to finally share

ICYMI our website got an upgrade! Let's take a closer look at the changes: www.newfeeling.ca

As @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social celebrates 5 years of cooperative organizing, we’re running a membership promo, which means you can become a co-owner for $5/month, or get a copy of our anniversary zine at $55/annually $5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive $55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360

At the beginning of the pandemic, the ad $ most publications rely on dried up, and editors started killing assignments. Publications closed. @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social is 5 because a group of music writers across "Canada" figured we shouldn't keep living like that www.newfeeling.ca/new-feeling-...

really looking forward to this. our chat with liz is free for members, and $10 for anyone in the public who wants to sit in.