Phil Free Art Has Passed Away
I have the sad duty to inform you that a superstar of the Midwest electronic music scene, Phil Pelipada - better known in music, dance and art circles as "Phil Free Art" - has...
Queen! On the Road to Legendary
5 Magazine's Czarina Mirani goes behind the scenes of Queen!, the Sunday night residency at SmartBar, in Issue #122 of 5 Magazine, released September 2015 and available now.
Also in this issue: Teklife co-founder DJ...
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...
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...
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...
Save the Frankie Knuckles Mural!
For the last 16 months, the smiling face of the most wonderful man in Chicago has greeted travelers on the El from atop a building at Fullerton and California.
Recently, however, the Frankie Knuckles mural...
In the beginning there was JACK!
"I didn't think we needed to wait 50 years until everyone who was there at the beginning of the House scene was dead to start celebrating & documenting the history of the music..."
5 Magazine...
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,...
Chicago Dance Club Neo Moves All Operations to Debonair
Legendary Chicago underground music club Neo has announced that it's pulling up stakes and moving all operations to Debonair Social Club in Wicker Park beginning in August 2015.
Following initial reports by Red Eye and...
The Chosen Few Create a New House Music Foundation
Chicago's Chosen Few DJs are celebrating their record-breaking 25th anniversary with the announcement that they are creating the Beyond The Groove Foundation, a non-profit corporation aimed at empowering the city's youth.
Among other goals, Beyond...
July 14 Is Net Label Day
July 14 is Bastille Day in France and Net Label Day on the internet.
A group of intrepid independent artists and labels have banded together under that title to highlight "free and independent music...
WNUR Launches Vintage House Show
WNUR (89.3 FM) is introducing a new show in its Monday block of programming with an emphasis on classic House Music lore.
"Vintage House" is broadcast Mondays at 10pm on the Northwestern University station, first...
FreezeFrame: Marshall Jefferson at SummerDance
Chicago came out to move their and everyone else's respective bodies for Marshall Jefferson at SummerDance last Friday, July 10 at Grant Park's Spirit of Music Garden.
Here are five shots trending on Instagram...
Phuture Live Again – The New Issue of 5 Magazine
The Acid House creators from Chicago are back on the scene with a mindblowing, facemelting live set.
This story and more is inside Issue #120 of 5 Magazine, released July 2015 and available now.
On the...
Presenting the Mamby On The Beach Afterparties
The last pieces of the Mamby on the Beach festival are locking into place. You know about the place, you know about the people and you know the daily line-ups for the two-day outdoor...
Josey Records Expands to Kansas City, Midwest Takeover Imminent
Josey Records is expanding. Less than a year after opening up the 16,000 square foot vinyl mecca, the Dallas-based record store (co-owned by dance music DJ and producer J.T. Donaldson) is opening a new...
Ten Years Ago This Website Saved My Life
If you didn't live it, you read about it, heard about and learned about it. Or you're lying about it.
These are facts: the amount of people who claim today that they were "at the...
Stream All Three Days of Spring Awakening
For those of you who are out of town, you’re in luck. Spring Awakening just announced that they are teaming up with T-Mobile to bring you the official livestream for this year's Spring Awakening...
Live Broadcast Tribute to Andre Harris this Sunday
It was last June 3rd that we learned the shocking news that House Music producer and DJ and all around fixture in the Chicago House Music scene, Andre Harris, had passed away. I'll always...
The Summer of House Music: The New Issue of 5 Magazine
5 Magazine warms up with our full coverage of this Summer's amazing events, leading off with the 25th annual Chosen Few Picnic.
In June 2015, 5 Magazine kicks off the Summer of House Music in...
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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.
