5 Magazine
House Music magazine publishing for more than 12 years from Chicago, covering Deep House, Soulful House, Techno, Synth, Disco and every flavor of underground electronic music.
Playing b2b with Jackmaster, Bill Patrick b2b with Hiroko Yamamura and Tres Mortimor on Friday November 3 at Serum at Prysm.
Wake t f up with a new mix from Chicago house DJ wOLFY! from 5 Mag's Monday mix series RISE.
Police issued a summary closure of Blum after a mass shooting on Sunday morning sent 8 people to the hospital, 4 in critical condition.
Hardware for the masses: The Aira Compact polysynth is inspired by the legendary Roland SH-101, capturing the sound of Voodoo Ray in a compact AIRA compatible tweak synth.
An all-vinyl mix from Chicago DJ and producer Ilana Ariella served up for this week's Monday morning RISE mix.
Season 3 features a slew of events, workshops and conversations in celebration of the squelch and the scene starting October 5 2023 in Chicago.
After a brief hiatus traveling during the summer, she's back! Shout out to all fellow Libras as 5 Mag's Czboogie celebrates her bday with you all in this special episode. Her yellow naped Amazon parrot Julius is co-host. Enjoy!
Alinka on the cover, Laseech cover mix, Marco Lenzi on resuscitating Molecular Recordings and finding talent in a noisy world, Being on being there and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
The Shedd Aquarium House Party returns Fridays through the month with Lady D, Wayne Williams, Dee Jay Alicia and Boolu Master.
October 5th through October 9th 2023 have been set aside for an array of events for VIVA ACID Season 3, featuring artists including Glenn Underground, Mystic Bill, Noncompliant, Eris Drew, John Simmons, Jana Rush, Houz 'Mon, Geto Mark, Hyperactive, Woody McBride, Mike Dearborn and more.
Chicago's Hiroko Yamamura selects 11 Chicago house festival tracks ahead of ARC Music Festival, coming this Labor Day Weekend (September 1 through September 3 2023) at Union Park.
The Chicago festival celebrates its eighth year in Pilsen's Harrison Park with a two day extravaganza August 12 and 13 2023.
Detroit festival Charivari celebrates its 10th anniversary this August 11, 12 and 13th 2023 with Delano Smith, Karizma, Rick Wilhite, Eddie Fowlkes, Doc Martin, Luke Hess, Alton Miller, Glenn Underground, Osunlade and more.
5 Mag's latest cover mix from Gratts, the Belgian-born, longtime Berlin and now Australian resident DJ and producer whose sunny and meticulously crafted tracks have lifted up dancefloors and labels from Inner Balance to Wolf Music.
Chicago's DJ Lady D selects her top 19 Chicago house festival tracks ahead of ARC Music Festival, coming this Labor Day Weekend (September 1 through September 3 2023) at Union Park.
The history of Chicago's 3 Degrees Global collective, representing a missing link in Chicago house music history as told by its members: Jeremiah Seraphine, Forever Monna, Julius The Mad Thinker, Dj-FLX, Priti Gandhi, BIGSEXY and Czboogie.
Four environments over three days on Labor Day Weekend 2023 in Chicago: here are the daily line-ups and set times for ARC Music Festival 2023.
The story of 3°, Chicago's influential house music collective and their member's only parties, Detroit vocalist Diviniti, Gratts cover mix and profile, disco legend John Davis and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag out now.
Continuing to showcase the deep flow of talent emerging from the underground, 5 Mag features Chicago's M-Dok (Tribe, My House Music Festival) for this week's Monday morning RISE mix.
This year's festival features Duke Dumont, MK, Alison Wonderland, DJ Snake, Blond:ish. Alesso and more over Labor Day Weekend September 1 through 3 2023 at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicagoland.
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Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
