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.
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.
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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.
