Critic's Notebook

Jinder at Ultra Music Festival March 27

Crystal Castles at Ultra Music Festival March 27

Moby at Ultra Music Festival March 26

Disco Biscuits at Ultra Music Festival March 27

Anjunabeats party at Ice Palace March 24

Pretty Lights at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 24

Nervous Records party at the Clevelander March 27

Simian Mobile Disco at Eve March 24 and Ultra March 26

Uncle Luke’s Hot Cakes at Finnegan’s River March 26

With Ultra Music Festival and the “new” Miami Music Week starting March 22, let’s not forget that Winter Music Conference just came and went. We’ll admit, we stayed home for the most part. There was still plenty of events — even if not all of them were worth attending. But…

Nate Dogg is a bad motherfucker. And we mean forever, because that’s how long his music’s gonna live. However, Nate Dogg’s human self, Nathaniel Hale, died today after struggling for the last two years with the aftereffects of multiple strokes, which left him halfway paralyzed and unable to breathe on…

This week, Churchill’s Pub hosts a pair of Drugged Conscience-sponsored concerts seething with heterogenous brutality. While the label and booking agency fits under the comfortably broad punk/hardcore banner, its showcases exemplify the manifoldness inherent in the operation’s extreme music dealings. And tonight, leftover Winter Music Conference zombies still combing the…

A packed club on Miami Beach is nothing new. That’s actually why many residents of the 305 avoid la playa like the plague. But if you are an inhabitant of SoBe, you know there are places that you can avoid all the nonsense and have a good time. The Florida…

See the full 35-photo Paul Van Dyk WMC 2011 slideshow at Clubchaser.com. Paul Van Dyk’s orchestration of sound and light last night at Mansion was true to the title of his upcoming album: Evolution. At the outset of the show, Mansion’s main dance floor was a barely lit cave. The…

Apparently, Sweat Records isn’t only using that bitchin’ Knights Art Challenge grant it received in 2009 to throw killer parties. It’s also helping spread the love to local bands through latest venture, SweatShopMiami.com.Lauren Reskin, owner of Sweat Records, says the e-commerce site isn’t meant to compete with megaretailers like Amazon…

The biggest awards in dance music took place at Dolce last night. The International Dance Music Awards’ producers seemed to have their short-attention-spanned audience in mind when they designed the event, keeping the awards-presentation time to a minimum, and focusing instead on the performances and afterparty. Still, 56 awards were…

Class Actress have an enviable knack for maximizing the minimal. The Brooklyn group maintains a tight three-member lineup of Scott Rosenthal, Mark Richardson, and Elizabeth Harper. They’ve only got one major release — a five-song EP called Journal of Ardency — but it’s strong and smartly written enough to satisfy…

Is it me, or has the social pace kicked into Ludicrous Speed? This shit is ridonk. WMC landed in what felt like a blink (perhaps because we’re accustomed to expecting it two weeks away), and Ultra’s just around the corner. Meanwhile, let’s not forget Spring Bpreak is officially in full…

In the midst of all the WMC craziness (by which we mean hordes of peeps partying and scores of events, not booze and drug fueled debauchery by addled masses into the small hours), it’s important to throw a little Latin flavor into all that electronica. We’re not suggesting you pause…

​Todd Terry’s InHouse Records PartyThe VagabondWednesday, March 9, 2011Better Than: WMC on South Beach.Upon first arriving at Vagabond for a night of house music, we were greeted with a few dancers grooving to an MGMT remix. And the main room’s doors were still blocked off for another hour or so…

Earlier this week as she prepped for her Wednesday night appearance at the Clevelander’s House You! party, Crossfade and fierce deep house diva Ultra Naté discussed Winter Music Conference and the ongoing evolution of house. And now she’s back for another gig and another discussion. Today at noon, Ms. Naté…

If R. Kelly made dubstep music, it would probably sound something like Caligula’s “Light In The Dark.” Yes, it’s music perfect for making love fucking. Last week, we gave you a sneak peek at some behind-the-scenes photos. Now, the Overthrow has finally made the full video available to the public.It features…