Music & Art in a Time of Political Despair, plus 15 years of Dirt Crew Recordings, Chicago homegrown house music savant John Simmons and more inside 5 Mag #178, out now.

It doesn't get better than Kai Alce's NDATL and increasingly we can say it doesn't get better than an Ed Nine EP. Ed continues his strong of world-class deep house records with Deep Concentration from Kai Alce's NDATL Muzik.

5 Mag presents our new issue with Krystal Rodriguez's profile of Cinthie, mixes from Marshall Applewhite and Matt Masters, Chicago House with Stripped & Chewed Records and more.

House of Sol - one of the festivals that makes Chicago such an amazing place for music - kicks off with Chicago house heroes Paul Johnson, DJ Heather, Kid Enigma, Ed Nine, Shazam Bangles and more.

Chicago's dude is doing things on one of the best deep house labels in the world.

Inside the new issue of 5 Mag with Ellen Allien, Nachtbraker and Kelly G.

This September's guests at Duke Shin's Thursday night residency in Chicago.

The journey is the reward on this back of the crate selection, Dixia Sirong's Di Er EP, released in early 2018 by Inner Balance.

After his stellar remix of Ron Trent's "Dancin'," Ed Nine is releasing a vinyl-only EP on Inner Balance at the end of March.

Fear not: Headphoniq releases quality remixes of Ron Trent's indelible "Dancin'" featuring Ed Nine, Jordan Fields, Tom Chair and Toru S.

Santiago Salazar, Pablo Bolivar, Brian Power and more inside 5 Mag issue 158, out now!

Jordan Fields brings together a comp featuring leading lights in my crate, including Deep88, Jaime Reed, Ed-Nine and Giles Dickerson.

We honor the legends and spotlight the new breed. In this issue: Pezzner, a tribute to Earl Smith, Jr of Phuture, Jeff Derringer of Oktave, and three mixes from Boorane, Jay Hill and Tim Zawada.

If you like your music deep, garagey and reminiscent of '90s warehouse parties, you’ll love Marc Cotterell. Featured in many a 5 Magazine writeup,...

Ed Nine first perked up my ears with a DJ's DJ, sick as hell mix, right here on our website. Then in 2014 I...

New mix from and interview with Bai-ee for volume 17 of A 5 Mag Mix, our flagship House Music mix and interview series for...

It seems like Bryan Bai-ee has released more Chicago House records since he moved to the Bay Area than many Chicago label owners that...

"If I had to nominate just one DJ to represent everything Chicago stands for as a city," we once wrote, "that DJ would be...

Four Play Sessions is a mix series from Chicago's Four Play Music and featuring the talents of Mr. Andrew Emil & Friends, published each...