Peter Margasak
@pmargasak.bsky.social
Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews performances by Mulatu Astatke, Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Prague Quiet Music Collective, and Eric Wubbels with Wet Ink Ensemble. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
The Berlin Gray Beckons
Mulatu Astatke, Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Prague Quiet Music Collective, Eric Wubbels
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews performances by Mulatu Astatke, Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Prague Quiet Music Collective, and Eric Wubbels with Wet Ink Ensemble. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This month's edition of the contemporary music column at Bandcamp Daily includes sounds from Carrie Frey, David First, Mark Fell, Theo Alexander, Rhodri Davies & Éliane Radigue, Scott Wollschleger, Nick Jozwiak, Travis Laplante, Cheryl Duvall, and early 80s Mexico. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, October 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical LPs.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This month's edition of the contemporary music column at Bandcamp Daily includes sounds from Carrie Frey, David First, Mark Fell, Theo Alexander, Rhodri Davies & Éliane Radigue, Scott Wollschleger, Nick Jozwiak, Travis Laplante, Cheryl Duvall, and early 80s Mexico. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
This week's Nowhere Street newsletter is late, but it's packed with thoughts on Lucy Railton, Silke Eberhard, Archer, Jean-Luc Guionnet, and Wadada Leo Smith. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Berlin Non-Stop
Lucy Railton, Wadada Leo Smith, Silke Eberhard, Archer, Jean-Luc Guionnet
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November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This week's Nowhere Street newsletter is late, but it's packed with thoughts on Lucy Railton, Silke Eberhard, Archer, Jean-Luc Guionnet, and Wadada Leo Smith. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
It's Jazzfest Berlin week, but there's always more happening in Berlin. This week's Nowhere Street previews concerts by The Necks, Mattias Hållsten, Jung-Jae Kim/Stephen Flinn/ Sylvain Monchoce, and Hildur Gudnadóttir. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
It's Jazzfest Berlin Weekend and More
The Necks, Matthias Hållsten, Flinn/Monchocé/Kim, Hildur Guðnadóttir
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October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's Jazzfest Berlin week, but there's always more happening in Berlin. This week's Nowhere Street previews concerts by The Necks, Mattias Hållsten, Jung-Jae Kim/Stephen Flinn/ Sylvain Monchoce, and Hildur Gudnadóttir. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into the intense beauty of Anna Högberg's Attack, along with thoughts on new work by Camila Nebbia, Ches Smith, and a trio with Philipp Eden/Frantz Loriot/Marina Tantanozi. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Big Sounds for Fall
Anna Högberg Attack!, Exhaust, Ches Smith's Clone Row, Eden/Loriot/Tantanozi
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October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into the intense beauty of Anna Högberg's Attack, along with thoughts on new work by Camila Nebbia, Ches Smith, and a trio with Philipp Eden/Frantz Loriot/Marina Tantanozi. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
Reposted by Peter Margasak
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
D’Angelo “only” made three albums but they all changed the way I have heard music. Each one forced recalibration, simultaneously rooted in tradition and radically altering it. A terrible loss.
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
D’Angelo “only” made three albums but they all changed the way I have heard music. Each one forced recalibration, simultaneously rooted in tradition and radically altering it. A terrible loss.
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into sounds from Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Trouble In The East Records, Peepholes, Brad Henkel Quartet, Jorge Espinal, Tashi Dorji, and Ralf Hoyer. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/grainy-wit...
Grainy With a Side of Brainy
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Peepholes, Brad Henkel Quartet, Jorge Espinal, Tashi Dorji, Ralf Hoyer
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October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter digs into sounds from Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Trouble In The East Records, Peepholes, Brad Henkel Quartet, Jorge Espinal, Tashi Dorji, and Ralf Hoyer. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/grainy-wit...
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📣 New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! With the amazing claire rousay on the cover!
I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.
I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.
The Wire 501 is out now!
Featuring claire rousay on the cover, plus Giorno Poetry Systems, Rafael Toral, Lord Spikeheart’s Invisible Jukebox, Yusuf Mumin, Susu Laroche, and much, much more.
Available to buy:
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
Featuring claire rousay on the cover, plus Giorno Poetry Systems, Rafael Toral, Lord Spikeheart’s Invisible Jukebox, Yusuf Mumin, Susu Laroche, and much, much more.
Available to buy:
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📣 New @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! With the amazing claire rousay on the cover!
I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.
I reviewed new albums by Endlings (Raven Chacon & John Dieterich), Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) & Greg Saunier, Chino Amobi, and Rafael Toral, who is also thoughtfully profiled by @pmargasak.bsky.social in the issue.
New column at Bandcamp Daily: Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi, Adrianne Munden-Dixon, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson & Ensemble Adapter, Dries Tack, Putu Septa, Jürg Frey & Reinier van Houdt, Dory Hayley, Håkon Thelin, Liza Lim & JACK Quartet, So Percussion. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, September 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
New column at Bandcamp Daily: Patricia Alessandrini & Marco Fusi, Adrianne Munden-Dixon, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson & Ensemble Adapter, Dries Tack, Putu Septa, Jürg Frey & Reinier van Houdt, Dory Hayley, Håkon Thelin, Liza Lim & JACK Quartet, So Percussion. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
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Looking for September's Best Classical Music? Look no further. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, September 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking for September's Best Classical Music? Look no further. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is all about duos (and one trio), featuring Kaja Draksler & Eve Risser, Alister Spence & Tony Buck, Anil Eraslan & Michael Thieke, and Frelonia (Fred Frith, Lotte Anker, and Núria Andorrà). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Three Duos (and a Trio)
Anil Eraslan & Michael Thieke, Mythographer, Kaja Draksler & Eve Risser, and Frelonia
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October 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter is all about duos (and one trio), featuring Kaja Draksler & Eve Risser, Alister Spence & Tony Buck, Anil Eraslan & Michael Thieke, and Frelonia (Fred Frith, Lotte Anker, and Núria Andorrà). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
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I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn
This week's overstuffed Nowhere Edittions has lots of guitars—James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop, Alan Licht. Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Thalia Zedek, along with saxophonist Mia Dyberg Trio. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Too Much, As Usual
James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop, Alan Licht, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Thalia Zedek, Mia Dyberg
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September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This week's overstuffed Nowhere Edittions has lots of guitars—James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop, Alan Licht. Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Thalia Zedek, along with saxophonist Mia Dyberg Trio. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter includes thoughts on the new Sound & Gravity Festival, Marina Mello Andrade, Maria IJ Reich, Pierre Borel, and Thomas Ankersmit. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Letter From Chicago
Sound & Gravity Festival, Marina Mello, Maria Reich, Pierre Borel, Thomas Ankersmit
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September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter includes thoughts on the new Sound & Gravity Festival, Marina Mello Andrade, Maria IJ Reich, Pierre Borel, and Thomas Ankersmit. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This month's edition of the contemporary music column Bandcamp Daily is out with music by Leo Chadburn, Zachary Good, Sarah Nemtsov, Katie Porter, Judith Wegmann, Julia Eckhardt, Marc Sabat, Caiman Gilmore, Giuseppe Ielasi & Jack Sheen, and Mattie Barbier. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, August 2025
Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This month's edition of the contemporary music column Bandcamp Daily is out with music by Leo Chadburn, Zachary Good, Sarah Nemtsov, Katie Porter, Judith Wegmann, Julia Eckhardt, Marc Sabat, Caiman Gilmore, Giuseppe Ielasi & Jack Sheen, and Mattie Barbier. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks into sounds from Frederic Blondy & Gamut Inc, Sandro Sáez, Xhosa Cole, Anzû Quartet. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Harvest Time
Oversáez, Aggregate Festival, Anzû Quartet, Xhosa Cole
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September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks into sounds from Frederic Blondy & Gamut Inc, Sandro Sáez, Xhosa Cole, Anzû Quartet. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Water Damage , the music of Lisa Streich and the duo of Michael Thieke & Beat Keller. Plus news on the return of the Serious Series. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Rising Fall
Water Damage, Lisa Streich at MusikFest Berlin, Michael Thieke & Beat Keller, Serious Series
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September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter previews Water Damage , the music of Lisa Streich and the duo of Michael Thieke & Beat Keller. Plus news on the return of the Serious Series. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter discusses the brief reappearance of Au Topsi Pohl, new music from Ryan Packard, Linda May Han Oh, and show previews of Shelley Hirsch & Joke Lanz and The Pitch & Jules Reidy. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/the-pedal-...
The Pedal Hits the Metal
Au Topsi Pohl, Linda May Han Oh, Ryan Packard, Shelley Hirsch & Joke Janz, the Pitch & Jules Reidy
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August 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter discusses the brief reappearance of Au Topsi Pohl, new music from Ryan Packard, Linda May Han Oh, and show previews of Shelley Hirsch & Joke Lanz and The Pitch & Jules Reidy. It's free to subscribe. petermargasak.substack.com/p/the-pedal-...
This week's edition of Nowhere Street eases back into action with thoughts on Jon Irabagon, Russ Johnson, and Margaux Oswald. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Getting Back into Action
Jon Irabagon, Russ Johnson, Margaux Oswald
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August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This week's edition of Nowhere Street eases back into action with thoughts on Jon Irabagon, Russ Johnson, and Margaux Oswald. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Sometimes good things last: Chicago Underground Duo pushes into new realms while holding its roots closely. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Architectonics of Time: Hyperglyph by Chicago Underground Duo | The Quietus
Three decades in, the interplay betwen Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor, collaborators with everyone from Stereolab and Tortoise to Joshua Abrams and Jaimie Branch, just gets deeper and richer
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August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sometimes good things last: Chicago Underground Duo pushes into new realms while holding its roots closely. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
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Looking back on the month in classical music.
The Best Classical Music on Bandcamp, July 2025
Our guide to the month’s best contemporary classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Looking back on the month in classical music.
The new contemporary music column at @bandcamp.com Daily is up w/ sounds from Laetitia Sonami, Hannah Kendall, Darragh Morgan, Kory Reeder, 70s San Diego, Vanessa Tomlinson, Teo Dora An Drea, Doris Dennison, Jürg Frey & Manuel Zurria, and Shannon Wettstein. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
The Best Classical Music on Bandcamp, July 2025
Our guide to the month’s best contemporary classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The new contemporary music column at @bandcamp.com Daily is up w/ sounds from Laetitia Sonami, Hannah Kendall, Darragh Morgan, Kory Reeder, 70s San Diego, Vanessa Tomlinson, Teo Dora An Drea, Doris Dennison, Jürg Frey & Manuel Zurria, and Shannon Wettstein. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...
Shorter than usual edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter, as heavy travel beckons—thoughts on Hamid Al-Saadi and Editrix. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...
Summer Pause
Hamid Al-Saadi, Editrix
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July 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Shorter than usual edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter, as heavy travel beckons—thoughts on Hamid Al-Saadi and Editrix. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...