Category: music
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Subvert x New Feeling
BBMC recently attended an event co-hosted by Toronto members of the new co-operatives Subvert–a cooperative working to build an online marketplace where artists and labels can sell music and merchandise directly to their supporters; and New Feeling–a co-operative offering a supportive platform where Canadian music writers and community can feel at home, and learn from…
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Statement on Kneecap Travel Ban
The BBMC stands in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people. The decision to ban Kneecap from entering the country due to their support for Palestine is a blatant attack on artistic expression and political dissent. We condemn this censorship and call for the protection of both free speech and the right to stand with oppressed…
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Visual Poetics by Debora Alanna
“Visual Poetics” – an installation by Debora Alanna – will be showcased on Friday, the 26th of May, from 1:00 until 5:00 PM in room 314 at Concordia’s Visualization Studio, 1445 De Maissoneuve Blvd. W, Montreal. There will be projections and videos, and a live stream from VR via Mozilla Hubs. Visitors to the Visualization…
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From the Vault: 2004
Today we release a selection of songs from the Rock Can Roll Records Vault, 2004 (RCRR was a division of the Independent Artists Cooperative/BBMC). Twelve tracks are now available on the Collections section of our Bandcamp pages. Featuring: Lizband – Man Who Can Go (I Need A) Coast Guard – Summer Birthday Jody Richardson –…
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BBMC Collections release – Songs From The Hall
The BBMC have just released another board tape to our Collections page – this time from 1987. “Songs From the Hall” is a selection of tracks from an old cassette board tape of a live show that happened at the LSPU Hall. Though the original recording (the very first live to DAT recording in NL)…
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Solo to receive Stompin’ Tom ECMA
The East Coast Music Association has just announced their 2018 Honorary ECMA Awards. Congratulations to BBMC member and co-founder Liz Solo for being named a 2018 East Coast Music Award recipient. The Stompin’ Tom Award was created in honour of Canadian independent music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors to celebrate the work of pioneers on the…
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International Women’s Day at BBMC
The Odyssey Simulators are hosting special presentations on International Women’s Day with a program of online performances, installations and screenings. Featuring new work from our online collaborators including Colleen McLaughlin/Nebulosus Severine, Bibbe Hansen/Bibbe Oh, Fau Ferdinand, Humming Pera/Tina M Pearson, Liz Solo and more! A collaboration with Roles 4 Women. Schedule of International Women’s Day…
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Something Old, Something New
The BBMC release two videos to the Internet today – The first is a documentary from our archives – Circa 2003, St. John’s, featuring the very first Rock School for Girls. Created by Liz Solo (Pickguard) Rhiannon Thoma and Cherie Pyne Rock School for Girls is an open access skills sharing initiative for women and…
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TrixXxieFest 2016!
TrixXxiefest is Coming!! The Black Bag Media Collective are proud to co-produce this event every year with Roles 4 Women – this year happening June 24 and 25 at the Cox and Palmer Second Space at the LSPU Hall. See the full schedule here: TrixXxieFest Schedule TrixXxieFest is a pop-up Festival featuring short films, videos…
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The Sauce debut EP and Video
The BBMC has teamed up with Baygirl Music to produce the debut EP from The Sauce. This three piece rock band is another new effort from BBMC members – this time from Colleen Power, Liz Solo and Mike Kean. The band will be creating multiple videos for the new release and debuted the first one…