Meet the New Outlaws of the Airwaves. Like Everything Else, You Can Find Them on YouTube
Pirate radio is thriving on YouTube where people seek the community and intimacy long gone from personalized streaming and crappy terrestrial radio.
Fess Grandiose: Front Room Methodology
Get a stompin' sound system, because Fess Grandiose's full length LP of hip-hop and chill vibes is so dense with textures and subtle effects that you're liable to miss the show without one.
Sean Haley was a Chicago House Star. This Is Why So Many People Loved Him.
If there was anyone preternaturally destined to become a Chicago House DJ, it was Sean Haley. 5 Mag's Terry Matthew pays tribute to the musical legacy of the late Chicago artist.
#ListenUp The Passion of Rick Wade
Detroit deep house magician Rick Wade is in rare form on Passion Play from Shall Not Fade.
C. Scott Blows Our Minds Again with Distance Fog
Listen up: Distance Fog is another eclectic EP from the Pittsburgh wunderkind C. Scott on hometown label Pittsburgh Tracks.
shutdown: after death.
Late night lo-fi downtempo grooves from shutdown, a producer that hails from Monterrey, Mexico and a sound that brings the ghetto palms of a pre-gentrified Brooklyn boulevard to life. Bits and pieces (drums, mostly)...
Quantum Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats from Darkskills
Deep House don Rick Wade flashes his dark skills with "60 minutes of deep lo-fi beat super science."
Marvel83′: Downtown Sunset EP
In less than three months, Marvel83' has released five EPs of glistening, groovy synth-heavy records that sound like they fell off the soundtrack of Cobra, or at least Drive.
Downtempo Bliss: Maple Syrup’s Vacation LP
Sixteen tracks of bright-eyed & blissed out hip hop and jazz on Maple Syrup's Vacation LP.
Tim Zawada: The 312 Mix Vol 19
5 Magazine's Chicago-centric podcast series features half (Side A!) of a new cassette tape mix and interview from our town's Tim Zawada (Tugboat Edits, Star Creature).
Rick Wade’s Hip Hop Adventures: Golden Harvest LP
As "Big Daddy Rick", Rick Wade already has some skin in the Ghetto Tech game. If the persistent rumors have any merit, he's also had an invisible hand in many other records that we...
Slum Science: 10 Years of Virtue and Vice (Hudd Traxx)
I love that these guys did this. After several years in limbo, the lads are back with Slum Science album of unfashionably downtempo, trippy and funky tunes. This sound isn't particularly hip at the...
DJ Kon: All About Youx (Soul Clap Records)
This is being billed as "some of Kon's first original House productions". That might be technically true, and you might be able to go into a court of law and plead that with your...
Matthew Kyle: Exclusive Interview and Mix
Officially released on vinyl on in February, Matthew Kyle's Diner City Sound Volume 1 was a sensation for fans of disco. In fact, it was a sensation even before it was released. As the...
Mark Farina: The Art of the Mix
There's not a DJ in House Music that's had more success with commercial DJ mixes than Mark Farina. Here's how the Mushroom Jazz man does it.
Rich Medina: The 5 Magazine Interview
FROM PRODUCING AND DJING a myriad of genres, spoken word performances or popping up in clothing ads or independent films, singular paradigms don't exist for this forerunner within music culture. You may have come...
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