The Chicago House Party levels up to ‘music festival’ for 2018, Andy Ortmann spends government money on subversive noise, and more.
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Activate:Chi aims to bring the music and nightlife biz into the resistance
New activist group Activate:Chi wants to make political engagement easy, and it’s getting started with a party at the Virgin Hotel.
Help dance-music outlet Mucho Culo get back on its feet this weekend
Subterranean hosts a benefit show for Mucho Culo, which was based out of a studio destroyed in a July fire.
Magical Beautiful signs off with one last album and a big merch giveaway
Magical Beautiful signs off with one last album and a big merch giveaway, Smith Westerns spin-off Whitney drops a debut single, and more.
Dance Mania’s finest producers DJ at Logan Arcade tomorrow
Prepare for the free show with Strut Records’ second compilation of material from the local label that birthed ghetto house.
Stream Paul Johnson’s contribution to Strut’s forthcoming Dance Mania compilation
Johnson’s “Feel My M.F. Bass” is the kind of raw, raunchy house music that’ll get you on the dance floor.
Napoleon is dynamite
The armies of Napoleon enthusiasts include cops, stockbrokers, historians—and a certain local rock critic.
The return of Dance Mania Records
Dance Mania Records helped birth ghetto house, juke, and footwork music—now it’s back to court the EDM crowd.
How Chicago house got its groove back
Chicago house music is the sound of global pop today. In the 90s, though, it was on life support—until a new wave of producers got its groove back.