Preview: Friend Within at Primary Feb 26 2015
Frique Asks: Are You Here For the Music?
The Chicago Cubs Are Hiring a DJ
A Celebration of the Life of Claudia Beruben at Output
From Our Archives
SpyBar – November 1 2014
Brame and Hamo’s #001 (Vinyl Only, Suckas)
I stared at this record for two weeks, three weeks, then a month. It can’t be that good, can it? It can. It isn’t this well-produced, is it? It is. People aren’t already going crazy over this, are they? They are. Brame & Hamo are from Sligo, Ireland, and everyone seems to think this is...
Wired Fridays with Garrett David – February 20 2015
Colette Releases Candy Talk Dubs Vol 1
Wavelength: The Collective EP
Joey Negro & Sean P’s Supafunkanova Vol 2
Livesong Warms The Night: For Claudia Beruben – Feb 19 2015
Friends of Claudia Beruben are gathering together this Thursday, February 19 to “collectively pay it forward” in memory of Claudia and for her three year old daughter Brianna. LIVESONG –...
Submerge: Slap Jaxx Podcast #9
DJ Submerge mixes Volume #9 of the SLAPCAST, the monthly Slap Jaxx Podcast techno mix series curated by Chicago’s Angel Alanis exclusively for 5 Magazine. Orlando Solis also known as...
DJ Oil’s Phantom LP
Since DJ Shadow dropped Endtroducing on an unsuspecting World back in 1996, the bar for creative and original sample-based music was raised permanently. It seems a lifetime’s worth of dedicated...
Preview: Oktave at SmartBar – Feb 20 2015
One of Chicago’s most underrated residencies, Oktave brings in top-drawer Techno artists and gives them a chance to play the kind of long sets that everyone but twitchy promoters seems...