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.
The Arthur Baker and Victor Simonelli-penned house music classic "Why Can't We See" gets a 30th anniversary makeover and got locked in the day spa.
Music gear is selling at a record pace but Guitar Center is broke. It's not the pandemic that's screwed it up.
This is second chapter of a secret history of Chicago's music scene, as told by two of its most tireless excavators for Star Creature.
Cosmic breaks from Lay-Far on the new EP Soulful Encounters of the 3rd Kind released by London label High Praise.
Freaky remixes from Fanatico and Hallucienda, a label with a legendary pedigree in the capable hands of DJ Three.
New project from Detroit's Mark Flash launches with the delicious "Hors D'oeuvres Vol 1."
LoFi Freq's Lost In The Wires is an instant classic 18 track album from Detroit Underground.
Uncle_EL has this esoteric hip hop and downtempo sound on lock on his 14 track album B L E S S I N G S.
No Yoshi: a solid start for her Lescale Recordings on this 4 track EP from Ramona Yacef.
The CIA "tech house" rebrand launched a thousand memes. Congrats: you participated in a viral marketing campaign.
Some of the best work of The Rurals has been these tracky and dubby works that come from either the archives or the experimental side of producer Andy Compton's brain.
SoundCloud is allegedly working on a new model similar to subscription sites like OnlyFans and Patreon, according to a Billboard report.
Revenues from music subscribers continue to fund podcast spending at the world's largest streaming service.
Mr. K's mixes of "Love Is The Message" and "I Can't Turn Around" is another up from the best edit series going today, on Most Excellent Unlimited.
Everything that I love about Chicago tracks is here on one record from Deep Club with strong Chicago ties.
Michael Richison made an art project out of old voting machines, with video that could be remixed on the fly into techno-like music. Then we watched disinformation about them lead to insurrection.
An outpouring of support for the late, great DJ and electronic music producer Phil Asher has boosted the GoFundMe for his son Marvin.
The 1980s are dead but they buried a time capsule in the grooves of this 12" record Tropicale 17 from DJ Rocca and Whiskey Pickle.
The Makeup is a wild compilation of bright rarities from the '70s and '80s loved up by Adeen Records, Chez Damier and Camille and mixed by Nico Lahs.
The Counter Active LP was recorded in real-time after an earlier collaboration with the legendary Afrobeat percussionist Tony Allen.
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