Tom Beedham
@tombeedham.bsky.social
Freelance writer (Musicworks, Exclaim!, VICE, The Grind). Co-founder, New Feeling. Managing Director, Long Winter. He/him.
tbeedham88@gmail.com📩
tbeedham88@gmail.com📩
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hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social!
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Canadian Electronic Music from 1945–1985 · Invisible Publishing
From university labs to home-built studios, A Nation of Tinkerers charts the evolution of Canadian electronic music.
invisiblepublishing.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
hey i wrote a history of electronic music in canada from 1945-1985. it's called A Nation of Tinkerers and it's now available to pre-order through @invisibooks.bsky.social!
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
invisiblepublishing.com/product/a-na...
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2025 has been quite the year for us, so we thought we'd take a look back to reflect on it all ⏪⏪⏪
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
2025 has been quite the year for us, so we thought we'd take a look back to reflect on it all ⏪⏪⏪
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NEW: How Toronto’s Concert Venue Landscape Changed in 2025
@tombeedham.bsky.social details the city's big openings, moves, ownership changes and closures.
@tombeedham.bsky.social details the city's big openings, moves, ownership changes and closures.
How Toronto’s Concert Venue Landscape Changed in 2025
From the closing of the Dakota Tavern and the Velvet Underground to the launch of Rogers Stadium, the city’s live music scene underwent major changes last year.
www.thegrindmag.ca
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
NEW: How Toronto’s Concert Venue Landscape Changed in 2025
@tombeedham.bsky.social details the city's big openings, moves, ownership changes and closures.
@tombeedham.bsky.social details the city's big openings, moves, ownership changes and closures.
In 2025, Toronto saw the rise of a mega-stadium, new smaller venues opened, landlords did landlord things, monopoly money moved around, beloved haunts closed and spaces rebranded. My round up for @thegrindto.bsky.social:
www.thegrindmag.ca/how-torontos...
www.thegrindmag.ca/how-torontos...
How Toronto’s Concert Venue Landscape Changed in 2025
From the closing of the Dakota Tavern and the Velvet Underground to the launch of Rogers Stadium, the city’s live music scene underwent major changes last year.
www.thegrindmag.ca
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In 2025, Toronto saw the rise of a mega-stadium, new smaller venues opened, landlords did landlord things, monopoly money moved around, beloved haunts closed and spaces rebranded. My round up for @thegrindto.bsky.social:
www.thegrindmag.ca/how-torontos...
www.thegrindmag.ca/how-torontos...
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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
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
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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
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
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We’ve made it to five years thanks to the support of our subscribers, who co-own New Feeling with us. To mark our anniversary, you can now join the co-op and support our work for only $5/month, or $55/year.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’ve made it to five years thanks to the support of our subscribers, who co-own New Feeling with us. To mark our anniversary, you can now join the co-op and support our work for only $5/month, or $55/year.
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
$5/month newfeeling.ca/nfisfive
$55/year newfeeling.ca/nfisfive360
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As New Feeling turns 5, 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.
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
21st Century Co-op Ecologies
Cooperatives have always been more than a business model, they’re an experiment in how we might live, work, and create differently together.
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As New Feeling turns 5, 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.
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
Featuring @flaminghydra.com, @subvert.fm & more!
www.newfeeling.ca/21st-century...
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🗓️🥳🎂
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...
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...
ISSUE 24: ANNIVERSARY
On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, New Feeling features editor Tom Beedham considers the historical circumstances that produced the co-op and our place in the growing cooperatively organized la...
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🗓️🥳🎂
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...
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...
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@tombeedham.bsky.social dove into the big-tent anarchism of Vancouver screamo punks Emma Goldman, interviewing them about their debut full-length 'all you are is we:'
www.newfeeling.ca/emma-goldman...
www.newfeeling.ca/emma-goldman...
Emma Goldman: The Dispossessed
Tom Beedham unpacks the ambiguous utopia of the Vancouver skramz band’s album, "all you are is we."
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@tombeedham.bsky.social dove into the big-tent anarchism of Vancouver screamo punks Emma Goldman, interviewing them about their debut full-length 'all you are is we:'
www.newfeeling.ca/emma-goldman...
www.newfeeling.ca/emma-goldman...
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...
Inside: nostalgic reassessment, stock taking of collective achievements, refocusing our sights.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
ISSUE 24: ANNIVERSARY
On the occasion of our fifth anniversary, New Feeling features editor Tom Beedham considers the historical circumstances that produced the co-op and our place in the growing cooperatively organized la...
www.newfeeling.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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...
Inside: nostalgic reassessment, stock taking of collective achievements, refocusing our sights.
www.newfeeling.ca/issue-24-ann...
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Despite fierce political opposition, cultural boycotts of Israel and institutions complicit in the occupation of Palestine have gone mainstream.
I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.
I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.
How Canadian Artists Brought Cultural Boycotts of Israel to the Mainstream
Boycotts of Israel and institutions supportive of the occupation of Palestine were a fringe activity just a couple years ago. But artists across the country have made them impossible to ignore.
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Despite fierce political opposition, cultural boycotts of Israel and institutions complicit in the occupation of Palestine have gone mainstream.
I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.
I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.
Today!
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.
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.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today!
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Reminder our AGM with special guest @lizpelly.bsky.social is coming up in 2 days!
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.
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.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reminder our AGM with special guest @lizpelly.bsky.social is coming up in 2 days!
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anyone have resources they can share re: best practices for transcribing broken english?
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
anyone have resources they can share re: best practices for transcribing broken english?
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Despite all the talk of “generational investments” in budget 2025, no one seems particularly inspired by this budget or its investment plan. Where’s the moon shot, the national project(s) that Canadians can rally behind? By @marclee.bsky.social #Budget2025
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Talking ‘bout my generational investment: Why the federal budget fails to meet the moment - CCPA
Budget 2025 featured talk of “generational investments” and proclaimed a headline number of $1 trillion in combined new public and private investment over five years. Yet no one seems particularly ins...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Despite all the talk of “generational investments” in budget 2025, no one seems particularly inspired by this budget or its investment plan. Where’s the moon shot, the national project(s) that Canadians can rally behind? By @marclee.bsky.social #Budget2025
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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In a huge victory for artists and fans, the UK government has announced that it plans to ban resale of tickets above face value.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In a huge victory for artists and fans, the UK government has announced that it plans to ban resale of tickets above face value.
anyone have resources they can share re: best practices for transcribing broken english?
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
anyone have resources they can share re: best practices for transcribing broken english?
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Long Winter Unveils December 2025 Lineup with Indian Giver, STELLA, Wanda
Long Winter Unveils December 2025 Lineup with Indian Giver, STELLA, Wanda
Toronto's Long Winter kicked off its 2025–2026 season this past weekend, and organizers have now revealed the lineup for the forthcoming
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Long Winter Unveils December 2025 Lineup with Indian Giver, STELLA, Wanda
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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...
@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...
Slash Need Double Dog Dare You…
The Toronto industrial provocateurs collapse the distance between performer, pest and possessed crowd.
www.newfeeling.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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...
@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...
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-...
New Feeling is 5
Five years ago, we launched New Feeling with a simple but important idea: music criticism can be worker-led, community-funded, and accountable to the people who make and love music. We started small, ...
www.newfeeling.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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-...
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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.
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.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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.
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.
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BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
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Mark Carney's austerity budget maintains the (meagre) status quo for the arts sector, @tombeedham.bsky.social reports. But concerns remain over the long-term sustainability for the precarious industry.
Carney’s Budget (Nearly) Maintains Meagre Status Quo for the Arts
The arts sector is raising the alarm on the federal government’s failure to “adequately address the need for significant investment.”…
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Mark Carney's austerity budget maintains the (meagre) status quo for the arts sector, @tombeedham.bsky.social reports. But concerns remain over the long-term sustainability for the precarious industry.
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New Feeling is five years old! To celebrate, we've refreshed our website & we're running a membership discount until the end of the year 🎶
www.newfeeling.ca/new-feeling-...
www.newfeeling.ca/new-feeling-...
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New Feeling is five years old! To celebrate, we've refreshed our website & we're running a membership discount until the end of the year 🎶
www.newfeeling.ca/new-feeling-...
www.newfeeling.ca/new-feeling-...