Leslie Ken Chu
@lesliekenchu.bsky.social
Music journalist. Arts organizer. Co-founder of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Vancouver, BC. https://linktr.ee/lesliekenchu
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This is really fucking important. @tonygroves.bsky.social told me about this today. Fontaines and Massive Attack fired their agent for trying to blacklist Kneecap. DEMAND THIS from artists you like and spent money on
July 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is really fucking important. @tonygroves.bsky.social told me about this today. Fontaines and Massive Attack fired their agent for trying to blacklist Kneecap. DEMAND THIS from artists you like and spent money on
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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/
Find our full statement here: newfeeling.ca/pacbi/
June 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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/
Find our full statement here: newfeeling.ca/pacbi/
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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. 🗻🔥
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.
thetyee.ca
June 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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. 🗻🔥
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. 🗻🔥
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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June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
One of my favs from Halifax. Listen: idialedyournumber.bandcamp.com/album/mourni...
idialedyournumber Preps Vinyl Pressing of 'Mourning Glow,' North American Tour
idialedyournumber Preps Vinyl Pressing of 'Mourning Glow,' North American Tour
Self-described "pier emo" songwriter idialedyournumber is prepping a vinyl release for her 2025 album 'Mourning Glow' as she hits the road
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June 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my favs from Halifax. Listen: idialedyournumber.bandcamp.com/album/mourni...
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Julianna Riolino Details Sophomore Album 'Echo in the Dust'
Julianna Riolino Details Sophomore Album 'Echo in the Dust'
Ontario's own Julianna Riolino's debut album is getting its sophomore follow-up at last: 'Echo in the Dust' will arrive October 24 via her
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June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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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
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
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
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
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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:
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...
www.reverie-online.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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:
Full Q&A online now:
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As an independent non-profit newsroom built and sustained by reader support, doing the job our readers hired us to do is of critical importance.
But how can we hold ourselves accountable to those who make our journalism possible?
Well, by hearing from you in our new audience survey! 🧵💫
But how can we hold ourselves accountable to those who make our journalism possible?
Well, by hearing from you in our new audience survey! 🧵💫
Hey Tyee Reader, Let's Get Better Acquainted! | The Tyee
Take a few minutes to fill out our survey, help shape The Tyee's future. Plus, prizes!
thetyee.ca
June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As an independent non-profit newsroom built and sustained by reader support, doing the job our readers hired us to do is of critical importance.
But how can we hold ourselves accountable to those who make our journalism possible?
Well, by hearing from you in our new audience survey! 🧵💫
But how can we hold ourselves accountable to those who make our journalism possible?
Well, by hearing from you in our new audience survey! 🧵💫
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Errol Eats Everything discusses the global impact of Reggae music and Jamaican culture.
Full Interview on YouTube:
youtu.be/VDwrqL0V6UE?...
Full Interview on YouTube:
youtu.be/VDwrqL0V6UE?...
June 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Errol Eats Everything discusses the global impact of Reggae music and Jamaican culture.
Full Interview on YouTube:
youtu.be/VDwrqL0V6UE?...
Full Interview on YouTube:
youtu.be/VDwrqL0V6UE?...
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🚨 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...
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...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 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...
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...
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pssst: this is one reason see/saw isn’t “a substack”
June 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
pssst: this is one reason see/saw isn’t “a substack”
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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...
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...
June 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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...
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
exclaim.ca
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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...
Wrote about Lambrini Girls.
June 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wrote about Lambrini Girls.
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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...
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
www.lawnyavawnya.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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...
RSVP link here:
www.lawnyavawnya.com/event-detail...
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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.
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.
see-saw.fun
May 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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.
Now on see/saw, a conversation in NOLA with Willie Archambeault.
Wrote about a show I never thought I'd get a chance to see.
Rilo Kiley Returned to Vancouver with Arms Outstretched
Rilo Kiley Returned to Vancouver with Arms Outstretched
2000s indie rock darlings Rilo Kiley broke up 15 years ago, after the band's interpersonal relationships strained and took a toll in the
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May 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wrote about a show I never thought I'd get a chance to see.
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Lambrini Girls Pulled No Punches in Vancouver
Lambrini Girls Pulled No Punches in Vancouver
With the rise of far-right extremism all over the world, Lambrini Girls' headlining show at the Pearl on Friday night (May 16) was an
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May 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lambrini Girls Pulled No Punches in Vancouver
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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May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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...
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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May 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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-...
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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
May 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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
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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
May 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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