Help Colonel Abrams
Item: An appeal from House Music legend Marshall Jefferson on behalf of Colonel Abrams. The multifaceted performer on more classic tracks than any man could count is in "dire straits" after both health and...
Unconscious Therapy, New House Music Documentary, Debuts in Chicago (Video)
Centuries (okay, a few years) ago, Steven Harnell began recording footage for something tentatively given the very tentative title of An Untitled Documentary About House Music. A few people asked me about it, but...
Breaking: Frankie Knuckles Has Passed Away
Update #2 - This Entire Scene Was Frankie's Dance Floor: Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014
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Update - Apologies to everyone. We published the below note at about 9:30pm CDT. By 9:45, the site had crashed from the...
2015 Chosen Few Picnic Lineup Announced
The Chosen Few DJs have announced the line-up for the 2015 Chosen Few Picnic.
Louie Vega and Kenny Dope (Masters at Work, NYC) are among the guests at this year's event -- the 25th annual,...
Chicago Fire Guts Producer’s Studio and Home
On July 24, a fire ripped through a building in the 128 North Campbell in Chicago. It was home to a number of artists, eclectic businesses as well as a couple who were celebrating...
Theaster Gates’ New Art Space to Host Frankie Knuckles’ Record Collection
We heard about this earlier this year but the cat is out of the bag. ArtNews posted a story about Chicago artist Theaster Gates, who we'd been informed discretely was working with the late...
Whatever Happened to Judy Cheeks?
Remember Judy Cheeks? The preacher's daughter and supremely underrated vocalist can make a fair claim to having been one the most versatile and enduring dance music vocalist of the last 30 years.
Example: Judy released...
The Record Store’s Revenge: Hard Times for MP3 Sellers
Unless you're Amazon and the market takes your lack of interest in making a profit with good-hearted cheer, this is a tough time to be selling goods in the music industry. It's even harder...
Danny Krivit Celebrates 10 Years of 718 Sessions
Danny Krivit, who played for his first dancefloor four years before I was born, is celebrating a number of milestones this month. In preparation for one of them, Nervous Records is releasing a new...
Cop Jeremy Sylvester’s Sound in Back to 95 Producer Pack Volume 3
If you're going to use sample pack beats, you may as well go to the source. Both Rick Wade and, to the point of this piece, friend of 5 Mag Jeremy Sylvester have dropped...
The Last Dance: Southport Weekender to Shut Down
Twenty-eight years after it began, the organizers behind the world's largest soulful music event have announced that they're packing it in.
With "heartfelt sadness," Alex and Dave said in a statement that it was time...
Bandcamp Just Opened Up Subscriptions for Everyone
The coolest site for selling music and merchandise just got even cooler.
Bandcamp - the marketplace that allows artists to sell their shit and then gets out of the way - has opened up...
Beatport Partners With Spotify
The streaming world continues to shift and warp, this time teaming up two ostensible competitors in the name of taking on Apple's curated playlists.
Beatport has announced a partnership with Spotify, according to a release,...
Amoeba Music new Hollywood location to open in April
Closed by the pandemic and forced to move by redevelopment, Amoeba's LA location reopens on Hollywood Boulevard April 1, 2021.
Friends & family rally for Steve Laviniere of Bobby & Steve
Steve Laviniere of Bobby & Steve - DJ, producer and pioneer of the soulful house sound - has been disabled as a result of complications from COVID-19.
New exhibition celebrates house music history in Salt Lake City & the Mountain West
Neon Desert is an exhibition at Fice Gallery December 10 to benefit the Frankie Knuckles Foundation.
DJ Julian “Jumpin'” Perez is reportedly running for office
Papers were filed and reports indicate the Hot Mix 5 DJ and Chicago house pioneer Julian Perez may run for 26th ward alderman in Chicago's 2023 election.
Wannabe influencers are pretending to be house music producers to get Instagram verified
Paid-for interviews and profiles were also part of the scheme which involved looping bad electronic music to leverage fake Spotify engagement.
Gawker allegedly banned criticism of “terrible DJ duo” Chainsmokers
The two awful DJs seem to have cultivated the "asshole billionaire" demographic.
Your Annual Story About Ballot Stuffing DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs List
Do we have to do this again? Oh why not. After all, this is Chicago, where you probably voted (twice!) for someone you don't like even if you're unaware of it.
For the literally dozens...
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Beyond Heaven: Discovering the hidden history of Chicago house music
In Beyond Heaven, Mario Luna and publisher Brandon Johnson collect artwork from more than a decade of Chicago house music history, from the early days of legendary pioneers to lost icons of dance music.
