Terry Matthew
Managing Editor of 5 Magazine, Terry Matthew's first record was "Circus Bells." His first mixtape was from Armando Gallop. Aside from writing for 5 Mag, Terry has authored the liner notes for Jeff Mills' "Metropolis Metropolis" and the 20th anniversary reissue of Hardkiss' "Delusions of Grandeur." He lives in Chicago. You can reach Terry by email.
Following up on their sensational 2024 Freaknik EP on Freerange, Ralph Session and Juliet Mendoza return with Mad Deep, a four track EP marking the latest release from Quintessentials.
Explosive 1970s Latin funk from Dominican / Venezuelan bandleader Porfi Jimenez. If you're the type that digs for old soul and funk records, a near-mint condition copy of Miami might be the crown jewel of your collection. If you don't, this reissue by the soul survivalists at Matasuna might inspire you to start one.
Gene Tellem takes us into the studio for the making of Phantom Vibrations, her new track with Love Injection and one of the best tracks of the year.
Demuir's album, first released in 2016, gets a double vinyl release and it sounds better than ever.
The new album from Ten City opens a new chapter in the original house band's four decade history.
Nearly twenty years after its debut "Bounce N Break Yo Back" can still snatch the oxygen out of the room.
The project, billed as an artist- and supporter-owned alternative to Bandcamp's platform, plans to launch later this year.
Andrew Emil, Red Eye and Ron Carroll chopped it up on "Can't Stop" on Salted Music.
Chicago house music DJ, vocalist, producer and impresario Ron Carroll has passed away. This is how we remember him.
The suit also accuses the companies of raking in $16 billion in hidden fees over the last five years.
Heavy action rave anthems from Semi Delicious and Tessellate, who have pushed a huge number of dope tracks down your gullet over the last five or six years and here are four more.
Behind the scenes of an anti-woke nerd prom and garden party.
Ornaments releases some beautiful music, most of it deep, some of it dub, and some of it ambient, or downtempo, or with a generally chill sort of vibe. 2 Jahre Dazwischen by Lesterr contains just about all of above.
"That's what I'm trying to do with a lot of my music - find a middle ground between human and drum machine." Alexander Flood on the sparkling new LP Artifactual Rhythm, out now from Atjazz Record Company.
Pure life-affirming house music marks a return (of sorts) from one of our best-loved duos.
Four tracks from Esilum, Heliosphere, Shaun Moses and Azogiar mark the first installment of the Covalence Series, a "curated collection of molecular-level sound works, where artists from diverse backgrounds converge to form new sonic bonds."
Four separate events over four nights as part of Viva Acid's 2025 Chicago event series.
5 Mag covers dance music, but Chicago is our home, our house, and we're not going to ignore what's happening in our city. This scene is a sanctuary, not an escape.
8 bit vocals by MC Speak'N'Spell, 909s and 303s idling in anxiety and a vacuum tube techno groove: It's Humanoid from DJ Haus on Unknown To The Unknown.
Mr. G takes Scuba's reissued "Loss" to school with a glowering, slightly demonic dub that goes to a few places the original hadn't thought of.
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