Leslie Ken Chu
@lesliekenchu.bsky.social
Music journalist. Arts organizer. Co-founder of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Vancouver, BC. https://linktr.ee/lesliekenchu
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 from Israeli occupation and genocide. Find our full statement here: newfeeling.ca/pacbi/
Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think. Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥
How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers | The Tyee
Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.
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For the June edition of @thegrindto.bsky.social's "What We're Listening To," I wrote about the Iranian pop of Niloo and the spooky surf-rock of East Coast ensemble Penny and the Pits. Read the full list by @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social at www.thegrindmag.ca/what-were-li...
What We’re Listening To
From spooky surf-rock to a Persian family epic, New Feeling shares what’s on their playlist this summer.
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We're co-presenting five stacked shows at this year's Suoni Per Il Popolo festival in Montreal! To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we're also offering a subscription deal - $5/month with proof of a ticket to one of these gigs! Tickets & lineup here: suoniperilpopolo.org
We’re kicking off our First Timers Club series with Vancouver hardcore unit Emma Goldman, a feral blend of screamo chaos and BPM-blasting electronics. From DIY roots to Sled Island debut, they’re ready to connect, rage, and sweat it out with Calgary. 🖤 Full Q&A online now:
First Time Club: Emma Goldman Playing Sled Island 2025 — REVERIE
This week, we’re kicking off our First Timers Club series, spotlighting artists performing at Sled Island for the very first time. Whether they are longtime fans finally making the leap to the stage...
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Hey Tyee Reader, Let's Get Better Acquainted! | The Tyee
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Errol Eats Everything discusses the global impact of Reggae music and Jamaican culture. Full Interview on YouTube: youtu.be/VDwrqL0V6UE?...
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
pssst: this is one reason see/saw isn’t “a substack”
Tom Coates@tomcoates.bsky.social · last yr.It’s a Nazi bar.
ZINE HISTORY: Okay, today is a slight detour, but it's still falls under my usual linkage. Yes, today I share with you Bob Mould's Pro-Wrestling zine from 1986! Features wrestling writing from many other hardcore luminaries. PDF download at the link. drugdogszine.blogspot.com/2016/06/hard...
Wrote about the sizzling, psychedelic noise-rock of Lethbridge's SENTRIES for the June edition of @exclaimdotca.bsky.social's New Faves. Catch SENTRIES at Music Waste Festival on June 6. exclaim.ca/music/articl...
5 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in June 2025 │ Exclaim!
Meet Exclaim!'s latest New Faves, featuring Winnipeg slowcore "walking music," riot grrrl from North Bay and more
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In just over a week we'll be at Lawyna Vawnya in St. John's, running this panel: "Wired for Sound, Rooted in Community: Building Artistic Careers Beyond Your City" RSVP link here: www.lawnyavawnya.com/event-detail...
Panel - Wired For Sound, Rooted In Community: Building Artistic Career | Lawnya Vawnya
Lawnya Vawnya Panel Series - Wired for Sound, Rooted in Community: Building Artistic Careers Beyond Your City in partnership with New Feeling Co-op
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T.A.C.K. are a ramshackle punk duo from New Orleans who smash trash can lids, model themselves after dads who hang out in front of Tractor Supply, and found each other through a mutual love of the Gories and Country Teasers. Now on see/saw, a conversation in NOLA with Willie Archambeault.
t.a.c.k., the new orleans trash can punks who love fishing dads
The trash can punk duo from New Orleans discuss their aesthetic, mutual love of the Gories, and what the name (maybe) stands for.
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Wrote about a show I never thought I'd get a chance to see.
Exclaim!@exclaimdotca.bsky.social · last yr.Rilo Kiley Returned to Vancouver with Arms Outstretched
Lambrini Girls, Party Dozen, and PISS's show at the Pearl last night was an expression of community care. My review for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social: exclaim.ca/music/articl...
Lambrini Girls Pulled No Punches in Vancouver │ Exclaim!
The Pearl, May 16
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I spoke with Alaina Moore of Tennis for Northern Transmissions. The Denver pop duo’s seventh/final album ‘Face Down in the Garden’ and demos/rarities collection ‘Neutral Poetry’ are out now via the band’s own label, Mutually Detrimental. northerntransmissions.com/tennis-take-...
Tennis Take Their Final Step into the Unknown - Northern Transmissions
Tennis interview with Northern Transmissions. Alaina Moore talked about their upcoming 2025 farewell tour, new LP Face Down in the Garden
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they chased the threat of their territory and protected their own people, they warned the next people they think might be in danger, offer their knowledge and help and when that's refused a nice, "okay! it's been real, have a nice life, I'm going home" and i respect that so hard
i'm trying to think of why i'm so pleased with how Indigenous people were included in Sinners when the Choctaw were there so briefly and I think I've mostly landed on bc it feels like an act of solidarity to be included in the landscape of America and represented like sensible people
Artists, musicians, composers: follow this account for open calls, job postings, and other such opportunities: @audiocalls.bsky.social
I had a wonderful chat with @amymillan.bsky.social (@youarestars.bsky.social, Broken Social Scene) about family, intentional friendships, being born a certain age, and more. Her new album, 'I Went To Find You,' is out May 30 via @lastgangent.bsky.social: northerntransmissions.com/amy-millan-i...
Amy Millan Is Constantly Coming of Age - Northern Transmissions
Amy Milan interview 2025 with Northern Transmissions by Leslie Ken Chu. Milan talked about her forthcoming LP I Went To Find You and much more
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I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI. I urge everyone to delete their app.
Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
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This is an astoundingly good interview. The LA Port Director explains very clearly how profoundly trade is coming to a screeching halt. This summer will be tough.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr.Is this bad? I'm no international shipping expert, but this sounds bad.
