City of Chicago Announces Tribute to Frankie Knuckles
The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has revealed the date and location for a special all-city tribute and dance party in tribute to Frankie Knuckles.
The event will be held...
Get Behind This: DJ Rashad Tribute in Chicago Thursday May 15
DJ Rashad's friends are coming together on Thursday May 15 at Evil Olive for a tribute to the fallen juke & footwork producer and DJ, presented by Evil Olive with Teklife and Paul Johnson.
Scheduled...
Breaking: Frankie Knuckles Has Passed Away
Update #2 - This Entire Scene Was Frankie's Dance Floor: Frankie Knuckles, 1955-2014
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Update - Apologies to everyone. We published the below note at about 9:30pm CDT. By 9:45, the site had crashed from the...
Creative Chicago Expo Starts Tomorrow
It's not too late (and it won't be until it's over) to attend the 11th Annual Creative Chicago Expo, which is being held this Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15, 2014 from 10am-4pm...
The Day Dance Mania Took Over Boiler Room Chicago (Complete Audio and Video)
(Massive respect here to Davey Dave, Ray Barney and Parris Mitchell and all of those off-camera that done the damn thing.)
Preserving this for posterity in one spot: all video and audio mixes of the...
Andrew Emil Dubs Up Janet’s Rock With U (Free Download)
Our man Andrew Emil of Chicago's Four Play Music (they do a monthly mix session for us here) dropped off a dub of Janet Jackson's "Rock With U". It's a free download and in...
RIP, DJ Josh Ezelle
"But in the end, house is just meant to move your ass. You're supposed to shake and fucking groove out to it. And clubs as a rule are apolitical. Nightclubs are places where you...
When 8 Tracks Were Underground: An Early Shot In The Format Wars
This film is a treasure, one of the strangest, most bizarre, most fascinating music documentaries ever made. You probably haven't seen it before and you've certainly never seen anything like it.
This is "So Wrong...
Relentless EDM Borg Buys Chicago’s React Presents and Clubtix
Planet-devouring EDM borg SFX has agreed to purchase one of the Midwest's largest independent dance music promoters.
SFX and its ageless, hairless leader, Robert F.X. Sillerman, has added Chicago-based React Presents to its portfolio; React's...
Street King Releases Remixes of Vanilla Ace’s You’re Not Mine
King Street sister label Street King has announced a package of remix for Vanilla Ace's "You're Not Mine". Originally released in September 2013, "You're Not Mine" gets treated by Bordertown, Jamie Antonelli, Apollo 84...
Giorgio Moroder to Play Pitchfork Music Festival
Pitchfork announced the first wave of acts headlining at this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park. Among the names is Don Giorgio Moroder.
Moroder, who skyrocketed back into the public consciousness in 2013 thanks...
Watch the Trailer: Jeff Mills in Man From Tomorrow
Axis Records has posted the trailer for Man From Tomorrow, the 45 minute experimental documentary about Detroit Techno pioneer Jeff Mills.
Director Jacqueline Caux is known for her artistic take on the documentary genre, which...
Video Shows Ceiling Fall at Concord Music Hall Friday Night
Video uploaded to YouTube purported to be of the incident
An incident involving a section of plaster from the ceiling fell and injured four people and the owners of Concord Music Hall have voluntarily closed...
Rejoice: Hardkiss is Back
Nearly a year following the death of Scott Hardkiss, his fellow producers, DJs and legendary collaborators Gavin and Robbie Hardkiss have partnered with Scott's widow, Stephanie, to re-christen Hardkiss Music as a record label...
Thursday Night Agenda: Them Flavors Residency Launch Party at Primary
Stay Up: Primary Nightclub is teaming up with Them Flavors tonight for the launch of Them Flavors Thursdays, a new weekly residency at Primary (5 West Division Street, Chicago).
The launch party features a full...
Disclosure Just Announced They’re Playing Chicago – at Lincoln Park Zoo
The ticket page just went up and it looks like it's going to go off.
Grammy-nominated (we can say that now) recording artists Disclosure will be performing in Chicago - and at Lincoln Park Zoo!
The...
Watch Strut’s New Dance Mania Documentary (Video)
Hardcore Traxx, the Dance Mania compilation from Strut Records, is still slated for a release sometime in 2014 on February 11 2014.
In the meantime, the label just dropped this 15 minute "mini-documentary" and promotional...
Tonight: The House That Chicago (and the LGBTQ Community) Built
It's always strange to see your favorite nightlife personalities outside of the ambience of the club, but tonight you'll be able to see them (and, provided your tinnitus isn't too bad, hear them) at...
Stream: Roy Davis Jr, Robert Owens and an All Star Cast on Slide
Nearly any record with Robert Owens behind the mic is gonna be dubbed "soulful", but an original production from Roy Davis Jr (on the cover of 5 Mag Issue #102) and a massive array...
Roland Drops Another Teaser Video for Aira: It’s Coming
Christ knows if Roland can still make a piece of world-changing machinery like the 808 or 909, but the company sure does know how to make a viral video.
Following up on the frenzy...
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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.
