AOL ends dial-up internet service
Incredibly, thousands of people still accessed the internet by dialing a phone number.
Chicago House Music Festival & Conference announces lineup and set-times for 2025
This year's free public festival stretches across four days staring August 21 2025 with a renewed emphasis on house dance.
WITH LOVE: Announcing 5 Mag’s 20th Anniversary Vinyl Release
WITH LOVE from Chicago: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release, featuring tracks from foundational Chicago artists Mike Dunn, Roy Davis, Jr. and Jamie 3:26.
West Fest Chicago 2025 Lineup and Set Times
Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Julius The Mad Thinker, John Simmons, Hyperactive, Hiroko Yamamura, Andrew Emil, Frankie Vega, Chachi Guerrero, Duke Shin, Ilana Ariella and more are featured at the 2025 West Fest Chicago festival.
US Postal rates increase again in July 2025
Media Mail rates used to ship records and magazines are actually going down slightly, but the price of almost every other shipping cost is going up effective July 13 2025.
Liara: The Last Angel
A year after her death, a new album shines a light on the music of Liara Tsai: a portrait of an artist on the verge of a breakthrough.
Made In Chicago: Jamie 3:26 in the new 5 Mag
Chicago house hero Jamie 3:26 on the cover, plus Alexander Flood, Ryan Sadorus, Collective Rhythm Network, Liara Tsai and more inside 5 Mag Issue 220, out now.
Soulful house festival Liquid Spirit returns to Malta in September 2025
Liquid Spirit festival on Gozo Island in the Mediterranean features a long weekend of music, pop-ups and several boat parties.
Sónar lists all of the artists that have cancelled this year
The Spanish festival admits at least 39 acts have pulled out Sónar's 2025 event in response to a call for a boycott over their private equity owner KKR's financial interests in Israel's occupation of Palestine.
Chicago Music Nexus announces 2025 return
The workshopping and networking event for electronic music artists returns in November with special guest John Curley and more.
5 Mag x London – Our 20th Anniversary Release Party at BBE
Chicago invades London WITH LOVE this June 26 as 5 Mag celebrates our 20th anniversary with a release party for our first vinyl record at BBE Store.
Chicago’s Silver Room fundraising to even up Block Party debts & plan for the future
"For 28 years, we've poured our hearts, resources, and creativity into uplifting thousands of Black and Brown artists, entrepreneurs, and community members in Chicago. Now we're asking for something we rarely do: help."
Roger Linn on Behringer and the Nostalgia-Industrial Complex
The inventor of the MPC takes Behringer's dupe of his iconic LinnDrum for a test drive.
Relive the Golden Age of the San Francisco Rave Scene in Between The Beats
Fifteen years in the making, the documentary by Jeno and Martin O'Brien is available via VOD and for streaming for free on Tubi.
Visions: Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
Chicago house music visionary Hieroglyphic Being, plus cover mix and interview with Galen, Z.I.P.P.O., a new label called FLURB, the breaking of Live Nation and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
Deep in the underground with… Jamie 3:26
Listening to his track from the 5 Mag 20th anniversary record for the first time...
With Love: 5 Mag celebrates 20 years with our first vinyl release
5 Mag celebrates 20 years with 3 foundational Chicago house music producers on our first vinyl release. Listen to the test pressing with us.
Astropolis announces night program for 2025 festival
KiNK, Marcel Dettman, Busy P, Hyperlison, Daria Kolosova, Manchester's Interplanetary Criminal, Palms Trax and Bubble Love headline the 2025 "night program" for Astropolis, France's longest running electronic music festival.
5 Mag hosts panel on The Art of the Comeback and Staying Power in Dance Music...
The discussion featuring Czarina Mirani, Joe Shanahan, Mike Dunn and Lady D takes place April 26 2025 at Ramova Theater.
PBS is airing a new documentary on the history of Funk
The new film from acclaimed documentarian Stanley Nelson is a voyage through the history of funk music, with an emphasis on soul, Afrofuturism and the music's origins in the Midwest.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
A new 5 Mag cover mix and it's a gorgeous set from emerging DJ, producer and artist LOVEFOXY
