Critic's Notebook

Swedish House Mafia’s One Night Stand at the Masquerade Motel March 26

Richie Hawtin at Sunday School: The Lost Weekend March 25

Biscayne Lady Ultra Fest yacht cruises March 24 to 26

!!! at Ultra Music Festival March 27

Deadmau5 at Ultra Music Festival March 26

Royksopp at Ultra Music Festival March 25

Cut Copy at Ultra Music Festival March 26

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…