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Special Double Issue of 5 Magazine! Issue #131 of 5 Magazine is now available. 5 Magazine is published twice per month in our member's section for 5 Magazine subscribers.
Who's On the Cover of Issue...
Purple Rain This Weekend at The Vic in Chicago
It's happening around the country and now "purple fever" is coming to Chicago too.
The famed Brew and View at The Vic Theatre (3145 N. Sheffield Avenue) is playing Prince's seminal musical for everyone...
Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
Update: Prince's publicist informs the Associated Press that Prince Rogers Nelson died today at the age of 57.
CNN confirms:
Prince Rogers Nelson, the artist known as Prince, who pioneered "the Minneapolis sound" and...
5 Mag Love! Kerri Chandler in the New Issue of 5 Magazine
Issue #130 of 5 Magazine is now available. 5 Magazine is published twice per month in our member's section for 5 Magazine subscribers.
Who's On the Cover of Issue 130?
5 Mag staff selects our favorite...
Chicago House Legend Roy Davis Jr Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
Updated: A gofundme campaign has been set up by some good people to assist Roy Davis Jr. Click here to find out more.
Our friend, a wonderful producer and a stalwart of the Chicago scene,...
Welcome Back, Mood II Swing! The New Issue of 5 Magazine
Issue #128 of 5 Magazine is now available. 5 Magazine is published twice per month in our member's section for 5 Magazine subscribers.
Who's On the Cover of Issue 129?
Lem Springsteen and John Ciafone are...
Cure And The Cause: New LA Club Open For Business
When a successful producer and DJ with over twenty-five Top 10 releases in the past two years decides to pick up and move from one end of the country to the other and open...
Chicago Skyway: Inside Issue #128 of 5 Magazine
Issue #128 of 5 Magazine is now available. 5 Magazine is published every two weeks in our member's section for our subscribers.
On the Cover:
Chicago Skyway: Sean Hernandez is Chicago Skyway, and under that name...
Ashley Beedle. Dan Hartman. Loleatta Holloway.
Issue #127 of 5 Magazine is now available. This is our first completely digital issue, published in a variety of formats (including mobile-friendly HTML) as well as optimized PDF.
ON THE COVER:
Ashley Beedle: Black Science...
The Last Days of The Shrine
In the '90s, it seemed that every shop and store in Chicago was on the verge of becoming a Starbucks. Today, they've gone condo.
The Shrine is the latest casualty in Chicago's property wars gone...
The Rumors of SFX’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
The schadenfreude is dripping like blueberry vodka from a supersoaker. Seemingly every person alive with a bone to pick with Beatport, with EDM festivals or just with EDM in general has been gloating over...
Happy Birthday Frankie!
Issue #126 of 5 Magazine is now available.
In honor of his birthday and the upcoming benefit on January 17, we elected to dedicate this entire issue to stories about Frankie Knuckles.
Inside this issue:
The Final...
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...
Out Now! 5 Magazine’s Issue 125/December 2015
Issue #125 of 5 Magazine is now available.
Inside this issue:
DJ Psycho: Greatly loved, highly outspoken and a madman behind the tables: Czarina Mirani talks to Dezi Magby, aka DJ Psycho from Detroit.
Richard Earnshaw:...
November Issue of 5 Mag Is Out Now
Issue #124 of 5 Magazine is now available!
Inside this issue:
We asked you to come and you did: behind the scenes and on the floor of our 10 year anniversary jam at Primary last...
Josey Records Buys Pressing Plant, Plans Vinyl Domination
Dallas based record store Josey Records - which has somehow managed to tie the term "mega-store" to their independent operation - has purchased A&R Records, according to the Dallas Observer. A&R was the only...
Farewell, Little White Earbuds
Chicago-based website Little White Earbuds is shutting down, according to site founder Steve Mizek.
The site has published nearly 300 podcasts and some of the most thought-provoking, no-bullshit think pieces in the electronic music scene,...
5 Magazine’s Ten Year Anniversary Issue
5 Magazine marks our ten year anniversary, with a look back through a decade of covering Chicago's House Music scene and a look ahead by 12 industry insiders.
What were some of the other names...
Vinyl Surges, Streaming Tops Physical Sales For First Time
Praise the DJ, because vinyl is the only thing propping up music sales right now. Sales of vinyl surge while mp3s continue their decline and streaming takes a bite out of everything...
The Recording Industry...
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...
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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.
