| Live Now: Monoman: The 5 Magazine Interview |
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| Does the name Monoman mean anything to you? How about 'Matty Lopez'? 'Matthew Johnson'? They are all aliases of one and the same guy, whose elusiveness is at least partly by design. 'I guess a big influence of mine - Mr. Carter - did it through various guises,' he told me, 'and made searching for music more about the music and less about the name.' ... read more ... |
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Residents Series Vol 23: DJ Kadabra
The 5 Magazine Residents Series is our staff House Music mix series. Volume 22 features a mix from DJ Kadbra featuring tracks from Hudd Traxx, Guesthouse, Maracuja, Robsoul and more. ... read more... | | | 
New Mix Monday: Shane D
This week's featured House Music set for 5 Magazine comes from South African DJ, remixer and producer extraordinaire Shane D. Shane's remixed music for Purple Music, Look At You and Soulfuric; he's also a host on Grant Nelson's acclaimed HouseCall Radio Show ... read more... | |
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Phil Weeks: By My Side
This release marks the big hundo for France-based Robsoul Recordings. It's been a long strange trip down the rugged path of the underground. There have been many twists and turns in the realm of House Music, but Robsoul has been guiding light through the thick of it ... read more... | | | 
Kuba Sojka: Mysterious Intrigue
I first heard of Kuba Sojka through Jamal Moss (label head for Mathematics Recordings). We were both out partying because Jus Ed was playing a basement party in Chicago. Jamal had Sojka's tunes playing in his headphones - he's like, "This is the next Mathematics record..." ... read more... | |
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Interview: This is Cyon Flare
Originally from Detroit, the flamboyant Cyon Flare is creator, promoter and host of United House, the Monday night residency at Hydrate that aims to bring House Music back in Chicago's Boystown. He's also a vocalist that's recorded tracks with DJ Dealer, Georgie Porgie and Edson Pride. His fabulous personality ... read more... | |
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| Friday: Jimpster (Chicago Debut!) at SmartBar |
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| Coming Friday, October 14 2011, SmartBar (3730 N. Clark, 10pm-late) welcomes special guest Jimpster (Freerange Records) making his Chicago debut alongside Lady D. For more info, visit smartbarchicago.com. |
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| Friday: Hot Mix 5 Reunion at The Mid |
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| Tonight (Friday, October 14 2011), The Hot Mix 5 are getting the band back together at The Mid (306 N. Halsted, 9pm-4am, 21+) with Mickey "Mixin" Oliver, Kenny "Jammin" Jason, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Ralphi "The Razz" Rosario and Julian "Jumpin" Perez with hosts Sam Cappas and Joey Swanson and special guest MC, Czarina from 5 Magazine. Tickets are available now at clubtix.com; for more information visit themidchicago.com. |
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| Saturday, Oct 15: Passion at Green Dolphin |
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| Save the date! Coming Saturday, October 15 2011, grown & sexy is back at Passion at Green Dolphin (2200 N. Ashland, 10pm-5am, no cover) featuring a soundtrack of House, R&B, Old & New School by Steve Miggedy Maestro. Reserve a sofa or table with bottle service now (free bottle of champagne for reserved seating for 25 or more) by calling (773) 458-6423. |
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| Check out Freak Fizzle, the host of Groovin Soul every Saturday at 5pm EST on Seduction Radio. |
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| Sunday: Dollar Disco at SmartBar |
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| This Sunday, October 16 2011 and every Sunday night, check out Dollar Disco at SmartBar (3730 N. Clark, 10pm-late) with special guests weekly and resident DJs Kid Color, Michael Serafini and Adulture. For more info, visit smartbarchicago.com. |
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| Be in the know! Defining the soul diaspora since 2003: Fusicology.com. |
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| Sunday: Sophisticated Sundays @ Funky Buddha Lounge |
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| This Sunday, October 16 2011, check out the new Sophisticated Sundays at Funky Buddha Lounge (728 W. Grand Avenue, 8pm-1am) with rotating DJs weekly and host The Deep Technician. |
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| Out now from Chicago's own Smooth Agent Records: Cei Bei's I NEED YOU LORD (2011 Mixes) featuring remixes from Blaq Soul, Doc Link, The Antidotes and Union Effect, available from traxsource.com. Also check out Smooth Agent Sessions every Saturday night from 10pm-12am Chicago time on myhouseyourhouse.net and the archives at podomatic.com. |
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| Monday: United House with Monthly Resident DJ FLX @ Hydrate |
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| Coming Monday, October 17, 2011, check out United House @ Hydrate (3458 N. Halsted, free before 12am) with monthly resident DJ FLX and host Cyon Flare. More info is at: hydratechicago.com. |
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| Wednesday: Special Guests Paco Buggin & Joshua Ferguson @ Commonwealth Wednesdays at Crimson Lounge |
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| Coming Wednesday, October 19 2011, Commonwealth Wednesdays @ Crimson Lounge (Hotel Sax, 333 N. Dearborn, 9pm-2am) presents special guests Paco Buggin (Spain) and Joshua Ferguson (Chicago) alongside resident DJ Sadie Woods. For more info, visit crimsonchicago.com or Crimson Lounge on Facebook. |
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| Wednesday: 5 Mag/GetDeep Chicago TagTeam Party @ SmartBar |
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| Coming Wednesday, October 19 2011, SmartBar (3730 N. Clark Street, 10pm-late, free all night) presents 5 Magazine and GetDeepChicago TagTeam Party with Czboogie and Rees Urban of 5 Magazine and Ruben Flores, Fuzion, SoulPimp, Foxxo and Andrew Emil of GetDeepChicago. For more info, visit smartbarchicago.com or the Facebook event page. |
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| Out now: Dungeon Muzik's School's In Session from Lincs Records featuring music from Missing Link, DJ Snooze, Dizzle and Matt Zilla - available from Traxsource, Beatport, Juno Download and other download shops or directly from lincsrecords.com. |
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| For new and used vinyl, check out our friends at Kstarke Records (1109 N. Western, Chicago). |
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