Returning to Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory on September 10 and September 11 2026, including a new expanded outdoor stage.

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Last Disco On Earth is Mar De Novo's Winding Road debut, drawing in the history of disco, Italo, trip hop, downtempo, synthwave and a million other genres both real and imaginary. The results are spellbinding: one of the best front-to-finish plays of 2026.

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Henna Onna has a carefully crafted sound that was made for vinyl, a predilection for the kind of warm, enveloping deep house that doesn’t sound right unless it’s carved into a physical groove. Maboroshi is the Yerevan, Armenia based producer’s first release on wax, appearing on the Russian imprint Deeppa Records. And she makes the […]

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The Chicago House Music Festival and Conference kicks off today (Thursday) with three hours of music in Daley Plaza starting at 11am, followed by the Chicago House Dance Summit and the Chicago House Music Conference.

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DJ Slugo: a 5 Mag cover story, plus Michael Gray cover mix & interview, the anti-AI backlash and music platforms' reaction and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag, out now.

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Action Required: Rekordbox, CDJs and many other other Pioneer DJ products have a severe security flaw that could give an attacker access to your laptop.

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As Juno Download laments the demise of music download platforms, Subvert launches as a grassroots alternative to all of them.

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Bubbling up from the Chicago underground comes an irresistible, club-ready classic featuring Demuir and IAmBrandon.

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Democrats from the House Oversight Committee follow a class action lawsuit over accusations that StubHub CEO Eric Baker runs a hedge fund that sells tickets on his own platform.

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With a huge vocal and a hook that straps your heart into a roller coaster, "Dizzy" is the standout track on Dreams, Nathalie Capello's wild new EP for Hot Haus.

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