Louis Puig, Carmel Ophir, and More Weigh in on WMC 2011

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, G-Funk’s Most Melodic Homie, Dies at 41

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…

Richie Hawtin on Sunday School, the Subtropics, and Ultra Week

It’s 2011 and after working his way up from Detroit’s techno underground, Richie Hawtin is a world-class dance music institution. Of course, there are his seminal labels Plus 8 and Minus, his acclaimed Plastikman alter ego, and his hard-earned rep as a game-changing innovator in the arenas of production and…

Rachel Goodrich’s Miami Homecoming Show at the Stage March 25

It’s only been about three months since beloved local quirk-pop queen Rachel Goodrich left you, me, and the Magic City for the big, bright floodlights of La La Land. And already we miss her so much. We watched helplessly as Rachel picked out her favorite records, stuffed her suitcase, and…

MANIK Talks Influences, Breakthrough Years, and Debut Albums

Having released his debut EP to immediate acclaim on Josh Wink’s Ovum label in January 2010, NYC wunderkind Chris Manik made the leap from virtual unknown to internationally celebrated “It” producer in little more than a year. MANIK has since joined the artist rosters of chic labels like Poker Flat,…