Pirate Bay financier & right-wing sugar daddy Carl Lundström dies in plane crash
Lundstrom served jail time for his role in The Pirate Bay, not for financing three generations of insane Swedish politics.
Chicago’s We Love Soul celebrates 15 years this weekend
The Chicago community of soul lovers marks their 15th anniversary this Sunday April 6 2025 at The Promontory with Sean Alvarez, Duane Powell, Joe Kollege and Jay Illa.
Tribute to DJ Funk: The Celebration coming to Chicago this Sunday
A cast of friends and family come together to honor the life of one of Chicago's dance music pioneers on Sunday April 6 2025 at the Park West.
Chicago House Music Festival & Conference Announce 2025 Dates
Save the Date: the Chicago House Music Festival and Chicago House Music Conference are coming in August 2025.
Dam Swindle announce new album “Open”
Amsterdam deep house duo Dam Swindle have announced the forthcoming release of OPEN, Swindle's first album since 2018's High Life. Listen to the first single, "Girl," featuring vocalist Faye Meana.
Woman shot and killed at suburban Chicago nightclub
Police and eyewitness accounts say 21 year old Zulma Daniela Calderon Pacheco was struck by a bullet fired during a fight involving club security.
The Icon: Remembering DJ Funk
Nobody captured the energy and fun of house music better than DJ Funk.
Madison’s Musique Électronique festival returns in July 2025 with Todd Terry, Mark Broom, Octave One, DJ...
Started 15 years ago, the multi-day festival on July 11 through July 13 2025 remains free for everyone with world-class talent and a legendary afterparty scene.
Family raising funds for critically ill Chicago icon DJ Funk
DJ Funk, one of the pioneers of ghetto house music and a dance music icon, has been "bravely battling stage 4 cancer" but now "doesn't have much longer left," in an appeal released by his family. Funk is now "facing the heartbreaking reality of planning for his final farewell."
Jeff Mills added as Movement 2025 Day 1 headliner
"To be able to play in Detroit is and has always been a special kind of magic..."
SoundCloud is the latest platform to hand over ticketing to Ticketmaster
SoundCloud invites their artists to make a ticketing giant even bigger with a new partnership.
Viva Acid celebrates 30 years of legendary Ghetto House with the legends of Dance Mania
The all-star event is April 12 2025 at Avondale Music Hall featuring Gant-Man, Lil'Tal, DJ Milton, Nehpets, Slugo, Eric Martin, Jana Rush, Traxman and more.
Legendary vocalist Roberta Flack has died
Musician, activist, educator and Grammy-award winning R&B and soul vocalist Roberta Flack has passed away at the age of 88. The legendary soul singer whose career spanned more than half a century had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease two years ago.
Ministry revives their early synth pop sound with The Squirrely Years Revisited
The album collects tracks from Ministry's early albums With Sympathy and Twitch.
Detroit’s Movement Festival releases full 2025 lineup
Over 100 acts and some of the greatest house, techno and electronic music artists in the world gather together at Hart Plaza in Detroit this Memorial Day weekend.
MOVE! Inside the New Issue of 5 Mag
Detroit ambassador-at-large Mike Agent X Clark in 5 Mag's cover profile, plus DJ Slugo cover mix, Mystic Freaks featuring Jamie 3:26, Danou P and Young Pulse and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.
For Frankie: A Celebration of Frankie Knuckles’ 70th birthday at Fabric London
An international celebration of the 70th anniversary of House Music godfather Frankie Knuckles' birthday taking place at London's fabric nightclub on Saturday January 25 2025.
Chicago Reader warns of “imminent risk of closure”
The city's legendary alt-weekly laid of six staff amid a warning that the paper's future is now uncertain.
Private equity-backed festival group buys Boiler Room
Late stage capitalism is roaring as private equity buys up a venture capital-funded underground music sensation.
Groovehaüs is a new soulful house dayparty at Masada
Chicago's House of Haus Productions presents GROOVEHAÜS: A Day of Soulful House Music on Saturday, January 18 2025 from 3pm to 8pm with Passport Paul, Rika B, Evan G and Arvi Mala.
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