Peter Margasak

The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, November 2025 Our guide to the month‘s crucial contemporary classical work.

Searching for the best new contemporary classical music on Bandcamp? You've come to the right place.

The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, November 2025 Our guide to the month‘s crucial contemporary classical work.

The latest contemporary music column is up at Bandcamp Daily w/ music by Anaïs Maviel & The Rhythm Method, Ian Power, Zihua Tan & NO HAY BANDA, Santiago Díez Fischer, Luis Fernando Amaya, Marie Schreer, Ruby Colley, Laura Cetilia, Léo Dupleix, and Jonas Olsson. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

On the Road Again Natural Information Society, [Ahmed], Bruine

This week's edition of Nowhere Street includes thoughts on Natural Information Society, [Ahmed], and Bruine (Michael Thieke, Tom Malmendier, and Emilie Škrijelj). It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

Busy Being Das B., Michiko Ogawa, Webber/Morris Big Band, Taborn/Reid/Smith

This week's edition of the Nowhere Street newsletter looks at recent music from Das B., Michiko Ogawa, Webber/Morris Big Band, and Craig Taborn/ Tomeka Reid/ Ches Smith. 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

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 Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, October 2025 Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical LPs.

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...

Berlin Non-Stop Lucy Railton, Wadada Leo Smith, Silke Eberhard, Archer, Jean-Luc Guionnet

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 Weekend and More The Necks, Matthias Hållsten, Flinn/Monchocé/Kim, Hildur Guðnadóttir

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...

Big Sounds for Fall Anna Högberg Attack!, Exhaust, Ches Smith's Clone Row, Eden/Loriot/Tantanozi

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...

Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.

Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.

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

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.

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.

Grainy With a Side of Brainy Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Peepholes, Brad Henkel Quartet, Jorge Espinal, Tashi Dorji, Ralf Hoyer

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...

📣 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 Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, September 2025 Our guide to the month’s crucial classical releases.

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.

Looking for September's Best Classical Music? Look no further. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Three Duos (and a Trio) Anil Eraslan & Michael Thieke, Mythographer, Kaja Draksler & Eve Risser, and Frelonia

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...

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

Too Much, As Usual James Blackshaw, Sir Richard Bishop, Alan Licht, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Thalia Zedek, Mia Dyberg

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...

Letter From Chicago Sound & Gravity Festival, Marina Mello, Maria Reich, Pierre Borel, Thomas Ankersmit

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...

The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, August 2025 Our guide to the month’s crucial contemporary classical releases.

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...

Harvest Time Oversáez, Aggregate Festival, Anzû Quartet, Xhosa Cole

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...

Rising Fall Water Damage, Lisa Streich at MusikFest Berlin, Michael Thieke & Beat Keller, Serious Series

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...

The Pedal Hits the Metal Au Topsi Pohl, Linda May Han Oh, Ryan Packard, Shelley Hirsch & Joke Janz, the Pitch & Jules Reidy

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-...

Getting Back into Action Jon Irabagon, Russ Johnson, Margaux Oswald

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...

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

Sometimes good things last: Chicago Underground Duo pushes into new realms while holding its roots closely. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

The Best Classical Music on Bandcamp, July 2025 Our guide to the month’s best contemporary classical releases.

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.

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...

Summer Pause Hamid Al-Saadi, Editrix

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...

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...

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...