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.
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
Barbara Tucker, Curtis McClain, DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Slugo are among the special guest DJs and performers at this year's Chosen Few Picnic and Music Festival, running for its 36th glorious year in Chicago.
The Planet Rock artist and Universal Zulu Nation founder died early this morning in Pennsylvania from complications of cancer.
The combined cocktail bar and dance club is opening up the Belmont Avenue space of the legendary Chicago LGBTQ+ institution on April 25.
The new night features Mike Dunn, Czboogie and a b2b from Twan and Adorio on Saturday March 28 2026.
The Heart of House: Juliet Mendoza cover story, James Duncan on Toronto house + techno pioneer Ron Allen, dropping acid with PBR Streetgang, a tribute to the great DJ Romain and more, inside the new issue of 5 Mag out now.
Free from HoRNet, TapeLite emulates the subtle effects of recordings made on the Otari MX-80 tape machine.
Chicago festival Lollapalooza will be back in Grant Park this summer starting July 30.
Crashing the Bay Area starting February 27 2026 and featuring shows, parties, panels and podcasts with Jeff Mills, Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale, Moodymann, Marcellus Pittman, Mike Servito, Rebecca Goldberg and more.
Paxahau drills down a little deeper with the daily lineups for the 2026 edition of Movement Festival in Detroit.
Save the Date: The Chicago House Music Festival and Chicago House Music Conference return in August 2026.
Lunacy makes "sonic playgrounds for music makers," with several popular plugins like granular synth engine Grains and the Beam effects rack. This year they dropped a couple freebies, the best of which is Haze.
One man died and six others were hospitalized at the first day of the two day Dreamstate Festival in Sydney this weekend.
North Coast Music Festival returns for its 16th year from September 4 through September 6 2026.
Some 115 artists will be DJing or performing at the Memorial Day weekend festival, taking place May 23 through May 25 2026 in Detroit.
Insomniac presents five stages over five nights at Factory Town starting March 25 2026.
Forever Mine, a new music festival, brings together R&B headliners and Chicago house music DJs for a two day festival in Chicago's Union Park.
5 Mag founder Czboogie's set at the Waacking and Vogueing party called EMBODY at Smartbar on December 11 2025.
5 Mag profile of Ardalan, plus LOVEFOXY cover mix and interview, Oliver Dollar album of the month, Richard Earnshaw's new bag and more inside 5 Mag Issue 223.
The annual tribute to Frankie Knuckles, Gilles Peterson, Louie Vega, Ron Trent, Hercules and Love Affair, Soul Clap are among the multitude of guests this weekend at Chicago's home for house music, Smartbar.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
