Winter Music Conference

Fool's Gold co-founder A-Trak has been in Austin for SXSW most of this week and plays his own label's showcase tonight (3/20). He'll hop on a plane tomorrow to NYC where he'll perform Saturday night (3/21) at Marquee, one of the big West Side bottle service megaclubs...

Busy P @ the Studio @ Webster Hall - March 25, 2009 Earlier this week I got a double dose of Busy P, seeing him at the Bloc Party after-party at the Studio at Webster Hall on Wednesday, as well as at Roseland Ballroom on Thursday where he opened for the Prodigy...

DOWNLOAD: Tortured Soul - Did You Miss Me (MP3) Cut Copy @ Terminal 5 - March 21, 2009 (ChrisGoldNY) This weekend saw the first wave of post-SXSW, pre-WMC deejays and bands come through New York...

Late of the Pier @ MHOW in Brooklyn - CMJ 2008 (more by Leia Jospe) Like Ladyhawke, Late of the Pier are visiting our country in March to play shows at SXSW in Austin, and at Studio B and Bowery Ballroom in NYC ...

DOWNLOAD: Surkin - Hoes Get Down (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gorillaz - El Manana (TTC Remix, prod. by Para One) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Para One - Midnight Swim (Surkin Drowning Mix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bobmo - Legally Dead for 4'31 (YOUSENDIT MP3) Crystal Castles @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - Mar 26, 2008 (Ryan Muir / Metromix) Digitalism @ Webster Hall, NYC - Mar 22, 2008 (Madaes) We're in the last week of March dance madness...

DOWNLOAD: Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (LA Riots & Villains Rmx) (MP3) This just got passed to us themselves. It's their bootleg of "Ready For The Floor" that they did with Villains...

DOWNLOAD: Calvin Harris - Merrymaking at My Place (Kissy Sell Out Remix) (MP3) Although Calvin Harris will be visiting Miami at the end of March, it's not until he comes back to the United States for Coachella at the end of April that hey'll play a few shows in California and NYC...

Digitalism is going on tour in March. I assume that includes SXSW, though they haven't listed the date yet. It definitely includes Webster Hall on March 22nd, an afterparty (TBA), and at least a couple of shows in Miami during the Winter Music Conference...

DOWNLOAD: Dandi Wind - Balloon Factory (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Captain - Birthday Mix from The Birdhouse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Walter Meego - Romantic (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Walter Meego - Wanna Be a Star (Walter Sees Stars mix) (MP3) The dance world typically gathers steam in the US in March, with Winter Music Conference held in Miami, and the increasingly dance-populated SXSW, many labels and producers tour their beat-laden wares come spring...