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.
Vincent Floyd keeps bringing it. A new 4 track EP from Manuscript shows him at the top of his game.
Theo Parrish's latest single features stellar songwriting and even better vocals from Maurissa Rose.
Boo Williams' "Outer Limits" is the kind of record Sun Ra might have made if he were born 50 years later and on the Southside of Chicago.
UFOx01 and UFOx02 dropped simultaneously as "very limited" white labels at ADE 2019 and more recently in digital format, and the combined 8 tracks makes for one of the strongest V/A compilations of the past year.
Eli Escobar's Last Summer harnesses the intimacy of music's new lo-fi downtempo Einsteins with the skills of one of the best house artists in America.
Dirt Crew Recordings head Break 3000 plunders 15 years of the label's incomparable catalog for our latest 5 Mag Mix.
Andrew Emil (still here as Change Request) flexes his songwriting chops on "Shatter Proof," a new single from Mazi's Fresh Meat Records.
Kisses showcases the Chicago label and production team Aathee with some live vibes from TomCat Trumpet.
The long and winding road taken by Chicago house DJ and now producer John Simmons.
Sick b-side jam on J Gabriel's Pretty Girls Don't Dance EP featuring Delano Smith and Rick Wade remixes.
Selected Works is a vinyl-only curated trip through the great deep house producer Nick Holder's catalog.
Somewhere deep in New York or Atlanta there's a party where people play nothing but Kai Alce remixes all night long and it's the best party in the world.
This one is for the dancers: Named after his residency, Louie Vega and Nervous Records drops a preview EP from his forthcoming Expansions in the NYC album.
The 9 LP set from Strut also includes a documentary on the full flower of Nigeria's 1970s music scene.
The complex and evocative Stress EP from Tycho dropped today on Mom + Pop and marks a convergence of the future and the past.
After Pete Moss' remixes of "Dreams," Texas scene OG Demarkus Lewis rocks some Colette tracks on a four track remix EP.
Waajeed's four track HOCUS POCUS EP on Deviation is about as close to a perfect EP as I can imagine.
James Duncan's Innermoods is the truth and if you want to know where your favorite DJ gets those rare dope jams, this is one of the hidden caches smuggling secret weapons.
Ibadan's V/A series returns after an extended hiatus with four samplings of deep, soulful and afro house bangers.
Kelton Prima and his IN2 album on Mathematics Recordings takes us away from this mundane world to a sanctuary about 15 parsecs away from Planet Rock.
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