New Gossip Wolf: Lynyn on his new @sooperrecords.bsky.social album! @troubleinmind.bsky.social says farewell! @5mag.bsky.social celebrates 20 years! @chrisdeville.bsky.social in conversation with @jackriedy.com! A Kickstarter for a Lounge Ax doc!

NEW MUSIC: Byron Stingily and Ten City introduce the next generation for the legendary Chicago house group with their electrifying new album ⤵️ 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...

Before leaving, Ron Carroll blessed us with this disco house gem 💎✨ This was scheduled to be posted on Monday. Instead, we learned that Ron Carroll had passed. I think all the producers and Salted would agree this makes for a fitting tribute, not least of all because it's called CAN'T STOP ✊

We are mourning today for one of the shooting stars of Chicago house music, whose legacy is a stack of records as high as your neck but also the uncounted but vast numbers of DJs, vocalists and producers that Ron Carroll put on stage and advocated for. 5mag.us/roncarroll

221 issues. Thousands of artists. Countless stories, mixes & memories 🌟 20 Years of 5 Magazine 🌟 We’ve come a long way, and we couldn’t have done it without YOU – the readers, the artists, the visionaries, the community. Some of the DJs we’ve featured over the years send their love ❤️

NEW: The FTC just filed suit against Ticketmaster & Live Nation AGAIN, claiming the ticket monopoly engaged in illegal and deceptive practices by funneling tickets to brokers and middlemen.

Lovely gear, nice to see an Isolée remix out in the wild these days too

REVIEW: Heavy action rave anthems from Demi Riquisimo & The Trip of Semi Delicious and Tessellate, mashed together here with a minimum of grace as “Tessalicious”

We found it. No need to look any further.

New: Atjazz Record Co. has released their share of gems. The new album from Alexander Flood may be one of the brightest.

New Review: Ornaments releases some beautiful music, most of it deep, some of it dub, and some of it ambient, or downtempo, or with a generally chill sort of vibe. Lesterr's 2 Jahre Dazwischen contains just about all of it.

Unfathomably dope #deephouse from one of the finest artists that emerged in the mid-'10s. Don't call it a comeback.

Groundbreaking electronic music act THE ORB have released details of Buddhist Hipsters, the group's 18th album (!) 5mag.net/news/the-orb...

Chicago's QUICKTASTIC takes over this week's RISE mix with 63 minutes of deep, soulful grooves! soundcloud.com/5magazine/qu...

Viva Acid is taking over Chicago nightlife for its fifth year this October, and has announced the music lineups for their 2025 event series. 5mag.net/calendar/fes...

DJs, musicians, singers, dancers and tattoo artists are among the jobs that will be exempt from taxes as part of "No Taxes On Tips" law. 5mag.net/news/djs-mus...

Review: 8 bit vocals by MC Speak'N'Spell, 909s and 303s idling in anxiety and a vacuum tube techno groove: It's "Humanoid" from DJ Haus on Unknown To The Unknown: 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...

Just added: Spend 60 minutes with Chicago House Music pioneer DJ Lori Branch in a new 5 Mag mix ❤️ soundcloud.com/5magazine/lo...

An accused Miami pirate radio DJ was arrested while broadcasting live on the air 5mag.net/featured/mia...

New: @bandcamp.com warns that Trump tariff chaos is impacting shipments

One of the unsung heroes of underground music on the island of Ibiza and far beyond, DJ, producer and label owner Alex Kentucky tragically left us on August 18th 2025.

Just Announced: 5 Mag is celebrating our 20th anniversary of channeling #housemusic universal vibes from the heart of #Chicago with the illustrious Natasha Diggs ! 🤯

House music (the real kind 😉) celebrated over four days in Chicago starting August 21! This is the complete lineup + schedule for the 2025 Chicago House Music Festival + Conference, presented by Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ✅ 5mag.net/calendar/fes...

New Music: Friends have compiled a posthumous album in honor of Liara Tsai, the midwest DJ and producer who was killed a year ago in Minneapolis. THE LAST ANGEL is the work of a confident artist and, tragically, one that seemed on the verge of a breakthrough: 5mag.net/features/lia...

"Happy Friday" in the language of our people means "it's time for a bangin' new techno set" from Detroit's DJ IV 🤜🤛 soundcloud.com/5magazine/dj...

Here are the acts that have canceled their performances at this year's Sónar Festival in Barcelona: ARCA EYRA oma totem DJ Paca Rone x (LA)HORDE with Ballet National de Marseille DJ SOSA RD Tiyumii Sega Bodega (for medical reasons) 15 15 ABADIR Akyute & Alice Sparkly Kat Amantra (con't)

News: Chicago Music Nexus announces dates and lineup for their 2025 return

5 Mag 💘 London We're holding a release party for our 20th anniversary vinyl-only EP on June 26 at London's BBE Store! With in-store DJs: Jamie 3:26 Paris Cesvette + 5 Mag founder Czboogie

✅ Memorial Day Monday in Detroit, celebrating Juan Atkins and FORTY YEARS of the iconic Metroplex Records

Honored to have a foundational figure in the North American electronic music scene like @galensunset take over the cover mix for the latest issue of 5 Mag! Subscribers got it first but everyone can listen right now:

Wake up ⏰ new deep & soulful house mix today from Cleveland and Akron's first lady of house @loloknows.bsky.social for 5 Mag's weekly RISE ☀️ series. Her new single "Higher Place" was added today on Traxsource and is out worldwide May 23 from France's Ritual Beats. 5mag.net/audio/rise/l...

5 Mag welcomes @metrochicago.bsky.social / @smartbar.bsky.social owner Joe Shanahan + house music legends Mike Dunn + @djladyd.bsky.social to "The Art of the Comeback: Longevity & Staying Power in Electronic Music" at this weekend's Chicago Electronic Music Conference 5mag.net/news/5-mag-p...

"Hey everyone, we're just going to walk back the last 15 years, mkay? See you on the dance floor and thx for understanding! PLUR!" (is that the right one? BR Social media intern checks internet)

When they're done with us, maybe there will be one small room, one little festival in an open field somewhere, that isn't owned by private equity and billionaires 5mag.net/i-o/boiler-r...

Tip! New mix from 5 Mag's Czboogie recorded live in Manila www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-5...

📆 JUST IN: ARC Music Festival Announces 2025 Lineup The Chicago #housemusic and #techno festival features a blend of international and local stars, including Amelie Lens, Cajmere, Eris Drew, Jamie XX, Richie Hawtin, Floorplan, John Summit, DJ Tennis, Mike Dunn + more 5mag.net/calendar/fes...

NEWS: Dam Swindle announce OPEN, their first album since 2018. A departure from their acclaimed #deephouse sound, OPEN finds the Amsterdam duo "exploring lower tempos, synthwave, hip-house, and ambient across fourteen tracks"

A 21 year old Chicago woman was shot and killed at west suburban Mansion Nightclub early Saturday morning, according to the victim's family.

Nobody captured the energy and fun of house music better than DJ Funk. 5mag.net/features/the...

Chicago house music pioneer and ghetto house icon DJ Funk's family has issued an appeal for support for the critically ill DJ.

Techno Rebels "…wrested techno’s history from its European pillagers and handed the history back to his rightful owner: Detroit, the Motor City."

New: #ChicagoHouse heroes Patrick Wayne + DJ Threejay drop a beatdown for the underground on "Give It To Me" 👇 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...

Soundcloud becomes the latest app to sell out their users to Ticketmaster. Their new deal with the ticketing giant and accused monopoly integrates ticketing directly into the Soundcloud app — providing Ticketmaster with a 10% surcharge for every ticket sold: 5mag.net/news/soundcl...

Drop a needle on this, pick a spot, drop it a n y w h e r e and get yourself happy 🙌🙌🙌 Dope #deephouse from Alexander Flood and Vivian Sessoms over at Atjazz's house

Man like Harold Heath digs into #techhouse archeology the way only he can, to find "the fledgling London tech house sound in all its rugged, funk-filled, analogue synth glory" 💨 A Sillybration: early tech house gems from Housey Doingz from Sushitech Records 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...

Incoming! New deep & heady mix from @lukumipeople for 5 Mag's RISE mix series. Rise and shine and eat something good for your soul ☀️ soundcloud.com/5magazine/lu...

Viva Acid celebrates 30 years of legendary Ghetto House with the legends of Dance Mania — an all-star assembly of some of the finest ghetto house / juke / footwork selectors in Chicago history 👇 5mag.net/calendar/chi...

Besides being a musician with back-to-back Record of the Year Grammies, Roberta Flack was an outspoke artist that Rev. Jesse Jackson once praised as totally "politically unafraid."

Maybe the most gorgeous album art of the year 💕

One of the finest new albums straddling that line between deep house and techno — Huntsville Alabama's Owen Ni's INNER VOYAGE is quality brain food for psychedelic dancefloors 👏👏👏 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...