Magnetic Man is a collabo between three dubstep dudes from the UK — DJs Benga, Skream, and Artwork — who met at a record store in the ’90s and have been raging ever since. They’re all big-name DJs and producers in their own right. As Magnetic Man, though, Benga, Skream,…

We missed Afrobeta’s opening-night set at Ultra Music Festival. But the Miami duo also played an action-packed closeout to Ultra on Sunday. And we caught it all on camera. The party animals were out in full force and the band’s Cuci Amador and Tony Smurphio were in strong shape. They…

Bassnectar is the sound of a thousand meteors crashing into Earth. On the last night of the fest, his heavy metal/electronic alchemy destroyed Ultra Music Festival 2012’s Live Stage as 6,500 beat freaks raved, raged, and howled. His hourlong set ripped through more genres, samples, and live effects than a…

Yesterday, Little Dragon took conga, junkanoo, timba, breaks, hip-hop, indie, funk, New Wave, and ran them through Miami like a fastboat to Nassau at Ultra Music Festival’s Live Stage.The Swedish indie band featured live instrumentation on electronic triggers and sounded like a 2012 Blondie.The keyboards washes, dropping bass, tropical beats,…

Masquerade Motel MiamiGrand Central ParkFriday, March 23, 2012Better Than: Rollin’ balls inside a Vicks vapor room with a stolen subwoofer.Swedish House Mafia’s Masquerade Motel sent so much bass rumbling through Grand Central Park that you could feel it from your toes to your fingers and nose. It was heavy. It…

Beethoven’s Pastoral at the Knight Concert Hall March 23 and 24

Tango Conspiracy at PAX Miami March 23

You can go to a hundred clubs in Miami with half-naked party people sweating it out to a world-class DJ.But last night, the Standard flipped the script on that template, hosting a free, life-affirming meditative journey led by Donna D’Cruz on the (CDJ) wheels of steel in the hotel’s hamam…

Is Paul Bearer Irish?”Fuck no. Not at all. Polish, Italian, and Spanish … New York mutt.” But that didn’t stop Sheer Terror’s lead singer and driving force from beating up on Churchill’s Pub like a Catholic does a Protestant on St. Paddy’s Day. The band brought out all the hits…

Ill Gates at the Vagabond March 15

Calle Ocho is the biggest, livest street party in the whole United States and represents the real Miami to the fullest. Members of every nation including Cubanos, Boricuas, Nicas, Catrachos, Zuelans, Boludos, Zoes, Bajans, Trinis, Jamaicans, Chilangos, Norteños, Sureños, Truchas, Gringos, even tourists — not to mention the rich and…