The Northside Chicago street festival welcomes DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Jevon Jackson, Tyree Cooper, Diz, Czboogie, Striz, T Mixwell and more.

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Nico Lahs on the cover, Dam Swindle cover mix, 100 releases of Heist Recordings, Point Winona and the LA underground and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.

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Heads up for our Chicago fam: UK Garage legend Jeremy Sylvester is playing one more set in Chicago, Wednesday night at Masada

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Listen to the first single from the Berlin techno legend: "Steh Auf" is out now.

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Magnolia evokes the era of Bob Moog, Dave Smith and the towering founder/engineers who built instruments that they themselves wanted to use.

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The free Musique Électronique festival returns to Madison July 10 - 12 2026 with Cinthie, Jimpster, Stacey Hotwaxx Hale, Special Request, Sterac, Anthony Rother and The Carry Nation and many more.

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UK Garage legend Jeremy Sylvester plays in 5 cities in 8 days, including Chicago this Sunday, New York City on June 5 and Miami on June 6 2026.

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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.

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DVS1's Mistress Recordings has dropped a very odd but absolutely must-have pair of records from Dona and DJ Plant Texture.

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey signed a check to restore the service he shut down in 2017.

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