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.
Music instrument and equipment chain Sam Ash is liquidating all merchandise and will close their final store by the end of July as brick-and-mortar stores continue to collapse.
Elbert Phillips & Andre Espeut deliver a sensational cover of the Frankie Knuckles, Satoshi Tomiie and Robert Owens classic
Chicago's underground house music hero BLACK SJUAN takes over the latest 5 Mag cover mix.
The three part series produced by the BBC is one of a number of new documentaries that correctly re-frame disco from a story of sex, drugs and bad jokes to the revolutionary movement which birthed contemporary culture.
A winter trip to Chicago resulted in an electrifying new EP from France's Mira Ló.
It's easy to hear what Virgil Abloh liked about this: a dubby, stripped-down track of the sort that DJs need in an abundant and steady supply.
Wake up, stay up and don't stay in: new mix from WYSER, aka Matt Wyser of Custom Vibes, the DJ duo REDUX and part of Shfft Chicago.
Re/discovery: Gorgeous bass-bouncy deep house and Jersey Garage from '90s Nice'N'Ripe affiliate Zest 4 Life.
"Tomorrow People" was acclaimed vocalist Gregory Porter's first record ever - and the original session was done in a single take.
Harold Washington Library is offering up over 9,000 unneeded or discarded vinyl LPs from their collection for sale this week only.
Dazzling new deep house tracks from Huerta, Nico Lahs, Jacksonville and 100Hz on the third installment of their deep house V/A series.
Two gorgeous remixes of Jennifer Vanilla's "Jennifer Pastoral" that grab you by the scruff and shake you about a bit to anoint you for a journey to heaven.
The acclaimed studio engineer drew thousands of artists to Pogo Studio in Champaign and taught many more the art of recording music.
Karizma, Anané, Tony Touch, Ash Lauryn, Jana Rush, Wayne Williams and more highlight this year's Chicago House Music Festival's powerhouse main event and series of events spread over 4 days from May 30 to June 2 2024 in Chicago's Millennium Park.
The CURE Act has picked up more than a dozen co-sponsors to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use and expunge criminal records.
From Kherson, Ukraine comes one of the most extraordinarily bright and even outright sunny EPs hitting the racks this year.
Out of the blue, Lone dropped a track just as the year was winding down and "Triton" may make all of the bullshit of 2023 worth it.
5 Mag meets Black Eyes, the Mancunian producer whose label Lost Control 2097 is capturing a certain raw, sometimes psychedelic but viscerally rhythmic brand of techno and deep house.
Closer To Truth has a knack for tapping into a rich vein of young producers and giving them a spotlight and with output like this they rarely disappoint.
The $1.8 billion buy-out would include the company's artist services, record labels and popular distribution arm TuneCore.
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