Next month US subscribers will be getting this email telling them Spotify is raising monthly subscription rates again to "keep delivering a great experience" 😂💰

Come early, come often: @smartbarchicago.com and @metrochicago.com are selling a multi-day pass to this weekend's blockbuster lineup of events 5mag.net/news/smartba...

New: @bandcamp.com just banned AI generated music from their platform Users are encouraged to flag music they suspect was generated via AI or relies heavily upon it for review: 5mag.net/news/bandcam...

STOP and put this on! 120 minute house music workout from Detroit's DJ Cent in this week's 5 Mag RISE ☀️ mix soundcloud.com/5magazine/dj...

Chicago house music legend Farley Jackmaster Funk recorded a new #ChicagoBears anthem called "We Are Da Bears" 👀 5mag.net/news/farley-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWP...

Gluesticks & Glowsticks = electronic bliss This is an amazing artifact of the early 1990s rave scene. A new book TRiP MAGAZEEN 1992-1994 reproduces every issue of a seminal Florida electronic music + rave zine and dives deep into an overlooked piece of dance music history.

NEW: SoundCloud discloses site hack, member data theft and DOS attacks over the weekend:

Get happy 😀 cue'ing up a proper Chicago deep house set from the city's own DJ + producer TWAN for this week's 5 Mag RISE ☀️ mix

5 MAG PREMIERE: @richardearnshaw launches a new label ARTWORX with "Better For Me" — an irresistible soulful house jam featuring @SabrinaChyld 💎

The critical eye of @haroldheath.bsky.social settles on the lush Balearica of La Torre Ibiza vol 5, "one of the better Ibiza compilations released in 2025" ✅

Paxahau reveals the first 19 artists for Detroit’s Movement 2026 festival lineup

One of the most bootlegged records in dance music history gets an official release after the Rolling Stones clear a sample 25 years later 5mag.net/news/fatboy-...

New Chicago house residency + day party starting up this month on the Southside 👀 5mag.net/calendar/chi...

Fresh Meat: Veteran of Chicago House Music's golden age Jevon Jackson delivers two thumpin' tracks for Mazi's Fresh Meat Records 🥩🔪 5mag.net/tracks/new-r...

Congrats to Ron Trent for repping Chicago and Chicago house music at this year's Grammy Awards 👏 5mag.net/news/ron-tre...

Friends are holding a memorial event for Mike Bledsoe, Chicago / San Francisco-based #housemusic DJ and promoter known for his Housebroken events and afterhours. Mike passed away last week at the age of 47. 5mag.net/news/mike-bl...

The Legend of Paul Johnson: 5 Mag announces a special issue dedicated solely to the Chicago House Music icon. Coming this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqfL...

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...