Critic's Notebook

Greg Wilson

Afro Kumbe

Funkerman

Martin Solveig

Swedish House Mafia

Dan Ghenacia

After flirting with the mainstream in the late ’90s, drum ‘n’ bass got a little confused when the millennium turned. The music became darker, and harder, diverging into way too many subgenres with ridiculous names (drill ‘n’ bass, anyone?) and scaring off the women. Most of the female energy went…

Nervous Records

The Vinyl Collective

What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever

The 25th annual Winter Music Conference is upon us, and we couldn’t be more excited for the freaks, dance geeks, hipsters, and rage monsters to invade our town. But you can’t run into the week without a plan. Here’s a basic survival guide. Study up so you don’t fail miserably…

2010 is the year of dubstep

With 25 years of Conference in the books, it’s time for a look back at the corresponding period of dance music history. Yes, there were moments of sheer joy and ecstasy (take that as a pun or not). But there are plenty of other developments we want to pretend never…

Alex Chilton, the legendary voice and songwriter behind the Box Tops and Big Star, has died, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He was 59.This is a very sad event for many fans of Chilton’s work, as well as the countless artists — Uncle Tupelo, Matthew Sweet, Elliott Smith, the…

With every imaginable type of iPhone app out there these days, from drunk texting apps, to X-rated vibrator apps (no joke) it’s hardly surprising that even our beloved annual Winter Music Conference would get its own app. The folks at Nightlyfe.com have announced the launch of their WMC Mobile Guide…

We are not total corporate shills, but this might be a good way to see a lot of mid-to-high-priced shows coming up in South Florida. The BankAtlantic Center is running a sweepstakes giving away ATM, which unfortunately does not stand for your own Automated Teller Machine. Rather BAC’s clever acronym…

As I type this, Lilith Fair’s official site is crashing like any web coverage devoted to Tiger Woods’ return to professional golf at this year’s Masters. And for good reason. The all-female touring festival featuring the likes of Loretta Lynn, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Tegan and Sara,…

Afrobeta has a very important question for you: Do you party? If we only have a nickle for every time we’ve been asked that in Miami’s club bathrooms. (Answer is YES!) Well the duo, compromised of Cuci Amador and Smurphio, are releasing their new EP, Do You Party?, and celebrating…

Woohoo! Remember when we said last week Goldrush (23 NE 11th Street, Miami) was your alternative if you wanted to keep partying and looking at T&A well beyond the normal 5 a.m. closing time? Well, look here, Goldrush is hosting Overthrow’s WMC closing party, Hard to Leave, Sunday, March 28.On…

Blog house/nu-rave/dance rock has definitely taken a bit of back seat this time around for Winter Music Conference. Perhaps it’s the lack of icons like Justice and MSTRKRFT that make is seem a little more quiet for the genre this year or maybe it was just time for it to…

It’s safe to say that the crowd that attended Taylor Swift’s sold-out BankAtlantic Center show earlier this month will be identical to the Justin Bieber faithfuls coming out August 5. Don’t know about Usher’s shaggy-haired, Canadian protege already? Ask your 15-year-old sister/daughter/cousin and wear some freaking earplugs because the reply…

Twitter confirms that Baywatch fans Surfer Blood have safely arrived in Austin, Texas, for a week of playing for college students and, apparently, enterprising hairdressers at SXSW. Plus, the South Florida studs have joined the esteemed company of B.o.B, Two Door Cinema Club, Anarbor, and Mayer Hawthorne as mtvU’s Freshman…