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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · 3d

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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Antonio @alteranthony.bsky.social · 9d

📣 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.

The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 9d

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/

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 10d

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.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · 10d

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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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 13d

I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · 17d

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Sep 15

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Sep 9

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.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Sep 1

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Aug 25

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Aug 18

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Aug 14

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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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · Aug 7

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.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 28

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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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 22

For those with exceptional taste, the brilliant reedist Tobias Delius will play live on the radio with two terrific trios at 2 PM EST: www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...

Jazzpreis Berlin 2025: Der Preisträger Tobias Delius live im Konzert

Der Saxophonist Tobias Delius erhält den Jazzpreis Berlin 2025 im Rahmen eines Konzertes. Der Preis wird gemeinsam von radio3 und der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt ve...

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 21

This week's edition of Nowhere Street digs into the daring Scottish traditionalism of Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten and Quinie, as well as checking into recent music from Jasmine Guffond, Violeta Garcia, and Lucio Capece. It's free to subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Experimental Excavations

Alasdair Roberts, Fredrik Rasten, Quinie, Jasmine Guffond, Violeta Garcia, Lucio Capece

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 14

This week's installment of Nowhere Street looks at Will Guthrie's Ensemble Nist-Nah, Vasco Trilla, and classic Guinean sounds from the Authenticité era. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Trancing Out

Will Guthrie and Ensemble Nist-Nah, Syliphone Records, Vasco Trilla

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 7

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter reports from Monheim Triennale and previews shows from Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force and Silke Eberhard's Potsa Lotsa XL. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Summer Heat

Monheim Triennale, Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force, Potsa Lotsa XL & José Davila

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jul 4

This month's installment of the contemporary column over at Bandcamp Daily includes sounds from Chiyoko Szlavnics, Xenia Pestova Bennett, Musarc & Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Zeynep Toraman, Kelley Sheehan, dedalus, Lila Meretzky, and more. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, June 2025

Our guide to the month’s best contemporary classical releases.

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Peter Margasak @pmargasak.bsky.social · Jun 30

This week's edition of Nowhere Street celebrates Tobias Delius , listens to Branford Marsalis tackle Keith Jarrett's European quartet, and waves goodbye, for now, to Lisa Ullén. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

It's Toby's World

Tobias Delius, Practically Married, Branford Marsalis, Lisa Ullén

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