III Points has always played outside of the traditional music festival rulebook. One way the fest has broken the mold throughout its half-decade in existence is by conscientiously booking artists who typically get shut out of festival lineups: namely, local acts, women, and gender-nonconforming performers.
In today’s world of status updates, fake news, and follower counts, it’s easy to blur the boundaries of truth and illusion. We draw battle lines in the digital sand, but it’s our relationship with ourselves that often takes the hardest hits. “Whether it’s reading the news or being on Facebook…
The music festival landscape is changing. The New York Times in 2016 critiqued the increasing homogeneity of such gatherings, and the problem has become only more pronounced since then. The days when lineups touted alternative artists such as Love & Rockets and Kraftwerk as main attractions…
III Points, Duran Duran, Japanese Breakfast, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, February 11 through 17.
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
Earlier this year, J. Cole and his label Dreamville embarked on a project more than a decade in the making: “Revenge of the Dreamers III.” Conceived as a recording session for the ages, it would bring together a who’s who of hip-hop producers, rappers, singers, and other creatives in a studio in Atlanta…
With about two months to go until Ultra Music Festival makes its debut on Virginia Key, the dance-music bacchanal has dropped its phase two lineup. This round has added acts like Eric Prydz, Dog Blood (Skrillex and Boys Noize), Gigantic Nghtmre, and former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist…
For the restless music machine that is Chicago native Andrew Bird, each song is an enthralling puzzle with no real resolve. He’s in it for the adventure of it all. The virtuosic violinist and whistler has been yarning out his cerebral tunes for audiences for more than 20 years, unearthing innovative ways to bring new life to his compositions.
In the turf war between Ultra Music Festival and Rapture Festival, Ultra just scored a win. Yesterday a judge dismissed Rapture’s lawsuit against the massive electronic music fest. She stated Rapture didn’t prove it has been legally harmed by Ultra.
Brazil’s Tribalistas released their self-titled debut album in 2002. It garnered worldwide recognition and a Latin Grammy for Best Pop Album in Portuguese. Due to the busy schedules of the three artists, each managing a successful solo music career, there were no shows, tours, or even interviews following the release of their first album…
The Canadian composer tackles Japanese classical music on his latest album, “Konoyo.”
GroundUp Music Festival, Big Freedia, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, February 4 through 10.
Miami Music Week is right around the corner, and one of its biggest parties has announced its return in a big way. Some of the biggest names in electronic music — Claude VonStroke, Tiga, Chris Liebing, and others — will perform at Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost Miami, which annually returns…
In a city filled with the constant drone of drum ‘n’ bass, Miami needs artists like Bloodshot Bill and his slicked-back hair to remind us what rock ‘n’ roll is all about. The Canadian one-man band has been releasing albums, EPs, and splits nonstop while constantly touring North America (though a weird issue in 2006 at the U.S.-Canada border got him banned from the States for five years).
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
Michelle Zauner, the frontwoman of the indie pop-rock group Japanese Breakfast, does it all. The ethereal, dreamy music for which the band is known shows only a fraction of Zauner’s talents, and she shows no signs of slowing down.
Save room for these awesome artists.
Tame Impala, the project led by Aussie musician Kevin Parker, hasn’t released an album since 2015’s “Currents,” yet the band remains a favorite, especially among music festival-goers. Leaning heavily into its psych-rock sound, Tame Impala has effectively become the Pink Floyd for the millennial set. The band’s devout following is so massive…
December 31, 1996, was a typically cold New Year’s Eve in Times Square. My friends and I were trapped in that glittery and dismal landscape while waiting for the ball to drop. As a teenager from Miami, I was dressed incredibly inappropriately in thin pants, slip-ons, and a borrowed coat…
The International Noise Conference (INC) has become a monumental staple in Miami. The annual fest, which boasts acts from all over the globe doing exactly the opposite of what most people might expect from a live show, draws motley crowds from every corner of South Florida to Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti…
Meet these local acts making their III Points debut
“It was originally written as ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dad,’ you see.”
