Amp Fiddler, a giant among giants, has died
By every measure one of the greatest of the many great artists birthed by Detroit, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amp Fiddler has passed away.
After 14 years SunceBeat moves to Portugal for Summer 2024
SunceBeat New Horizons sees the music festival move from Croatia to the environs of Lisbon, Portugal July 18 through 21 2024.
Apple cracks down on streaming fraud
Fraudsters pumping up their streams with fake traffic have been getting their royalties taken away.
Auris & Insomniac are bringing Beyond Wonderland festival to Chicago
Early warning: Insomniac's famous Beyond Wonderland festival is making its first appearance in Chicago this June 1 and June 2 2024.
Mapping 50 years of disco on a speaker circuit diagram
Dorothy's Disco Love Blueprint traces the history of disco through the people and places who connected one another.
Spotify DJ is going global because the term “DJ” has lost all meaning & nobody cares...
In Spotify's bleak vision of the future, AI will replace DJs and whisper lovingly in your ear. It will also take requests.
2024 Grammy Award nominees announced amid assault controversy
The Academy and its former CEO were named in a sexual assault lawsuit filed in New York just days before this year's nominee list was announced.
Warehouse event series launches this Saturday with Juan Atkins
The Chicago events hosted by Warehouse (yes THAT Warehouse) founder Robert Williams was created to "celebrate the global impact of Chicago house music."
House Music is a Spiritual Thing: Inside 5 Mag #210
Sacred beats: Levon Vincent, DJ Disciple, Gehno Aviance aka One A and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, house music from Chicago.
Spotify plans war against small artists, white noise & clickfraud
Spotify finally figured it out: it's those unknown artists and white noise tracks that are hogging all the artist revenue.
There was a war on disco. Disco won.
A new documentary says the quiet part out loud: the disco backlash was a battle in the culture war against Black and queer Americans. But Disco won.
Weed arrests are increasing despite widespread legalization
Police made more than a quarter million arrests for marijuana in 2022 according to the FBI's crime database, an increase over the previous year.
Brutal layoffs at Bandcamp as new owner slashes 50% of staff
A week after promising to preserve many of the site's most beloved features, Bandcamp's new owner has gutted the company's staff. The writing team at Bandcamp Daily is reportedly down to just 3 people.
FCC confirms record breaking $2.3 million fine against NYC pirate radio
Custodians of a dead medium want you to know how MAD! they are that the Ayoras of Radio Impacto 2 won't return their letters.
New Announce: Seth Troxler brings Slacker 85 to Chicago’s Serum
Playing b2b with Jackmaster, Bill Patrick b2b with Hiroko Yamamura and Tres Mortimor on Friday November 3 at Serum at Prysm.
Former basketball star sentenced to 20 years in Sound-Bar shooting
Armond Williams, who once appeared in an MTV reality show hosted by LeBron James, has pled guilty to the March 2019 killing of Sound-Bar doorman Thurmond Bailey.
Chicago shuts down club after 8 shot in River North
Police issued a summary closure of Blum after a mass shooting on Sunday morning sent 8 people to the hospital, 4 in critical condition.
Report: Hundreds killed at Israeli rave during Hamas offensive
Videos show Hamas attacking a psy-trance rave in the Negev desert. An estimated 260 attendees as the festival were killed, a number that is expected to climb.
Daft Punk’s drumless Random Access Memories is a low-effort collectible made for Record Store Day
Another 10th anniversary edition strips the drums from Random Access Memories though I don't think the drums were what anyone disliked about it.
DJ Diz is hospitalized. Help support his recovery.
The Chicago DJ and producer is undergoing dialysis in the hospital and will need support after discharge for outpatient treatment.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
