levi dayan
@ldayan.bsky.social
Chicago based music writer, bylines include The Wire, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily, Chicago Reader and more
2nd edition of Cottage Industry, my newsletter highlighting small press experimental music labels, just dropped on Substack. Today I delved into the weird and wonderful world of 29 Speedway, a label and performance series founded by Ben Shirken (Ex Wiish, Beshken, Nu Jazz). Read it here:
Cottage Industry Vol. 2 - 29 Speedway
A glimpse inside the world of small-operation experimental labels
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Cecil Taylor - Piano Sunny Murray - Drums Henry Grimes - Bass Jimmy Lyons - Saxophone
frozen reeds@frozenreeds.com · 6mo agoAny examples of artists who are so idiosyncratic in their greatness that you don’t listen to them as much as you should because it makes everything else pale in comparison? Think I read a Jim O’Rourke interview once where he described Luc Ferrari along those lines.
Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and David Tudor all being born in 1926 is the avant-garde equivalent of Clinton, Dubya and Trump all being born in 1946.
Harry Styles recreates his favorite movie The Shout
Bruce Levenstein@brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 6mo agoharry styles noise table.
New edition of The Wire includes my coverage of the Company 2025 event at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social , two beautiful nights of improvisation in tribute to Derek Bailey and Company week. Give it a read.
The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Wire 506 is out now! Featuring Wendy Eisenberg on the cover, plus an Augustus Pablo primer, Mariá Portugal, KAVARI, Yellow Swans' Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor
Bill Clinton when he gets to lie under oath
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of the word yeah .
Alt: John wick saying “yeah im thinking im back”
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Playing an improvised music gig on 3/8 that is highlighted in the local experimental music roundup by Levi D. "The boyz" and I will be laying down some laminal sounds at Constellation using amplified trumpet, wooden flute, clarinet, and sine waves.
levi dayan@ldayan.bsky.social · 6mo agofinally caved and joined this platform, let's hope i don't regret my decision. if you're looking for shows to go to in Chicago next month, give this a read.
finally caved and joined this platform, let's hope i don't regret my decision. if you're looking for shows to go to in Chicago next month, give this a read.
Chicago Calling - March 2026
Takaat, Luke Martin, Twixx and more come to town
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