Sam Cantor
banner
minormoon.bsky.social
Sam Cantor
@minormoon.bsky.social
songs, etc. from chicago
✨𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑼𝒑 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒛 ✨
out now via Ruination Record Co.
listen ~ http://tr.ee/3Idd44tIuG
Reposted by Sam Cantor
@blockclubchi.bsky.social @wgntv.com @abc7.bsky.social @chicagosmayor.bsky.social @ilattygeneral.bsky.social

ICE arresting WGN employee Debbie Brockman at Lincoln & Foster Ave. 10/10/25.

Shared with permission.
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Sam Cantor
In this week's Gossip Wolf, Chicago indie musicians write an open letter urging others to pull their music from Spotify, Indie rockers Wide Orbit open for Oracle Sisters, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the neighborhood and more! https://bit.ly/4gMtAFh
Chicago indie musicians organize to spurn Spotify via open letter  - Chicago Reader
Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the neighborhood, and more.
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Chicago is pulling music off of Spotify! Proud to be a part of this effort. Taking our music into our own hands. Read the whole letter and sign on at tinyurl.com/ChicagoOffSpotify
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Sam Cantor
Here’s the clip.
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wrote a longer piece about getting fired for saying the wrong thing about Palestine around Passover last year, and thinking about that in the current context of forced disappearances for political speech.

I also shared the original demo of Crumbling Star.

minormoon.substack.com/p/speaking-o...
Speaking of Pharaohs
...and getting fired for it.
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
wrote about trying to find some footing these days. maybe you can relate?

also there’s a demo version of our song ‘Cracking Glass’

open.substack.com/pub/minormoo...
Singing Into an Opening
Some thoughts on politics and polyphony.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This month I wrote about wanting to be transformed by listening, some of my favorite things this year, and one specific gripe about streaming culture.

open.substack.com/pub/minormoo...
Gifts With No Wrapping
One gripe & ten thank-yous to transformative things in 2024
open.substack.com
December 27, 2024 at 4:22 PM