Here’s Your 2015 III Points Activation Schedule

III Points is like that fat person on the plane next to you. Even though it only bought one ticket, it’s taking up the whole aisle. However, in this case, that’s a good thing.  “I think we’re committed to keep pushing ourselves on the tech and art side of things,”…

Alt-J Blew Up and Then Faced the Consequences

Most people’s first listen to Alt-J was like their first taste of alcohol: unpleasant, then interesting, and eventually intoxicating. The band’s lyrics and unusual sound resemble a William Blake print with its stark arches and angles and its often-grim depictions of rapture. Though Blake’s genius can be credited to madness,…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Kraftwerk’s 3-D Tour. Tuesday, September 29, 8 and 11:30 p.m. Olympia Theater, 174 E. Flagler St., Miami; 305-372-0925; olympiatheater.org. Tickets cost $58.50 to $78.50 plus fees via olympiatheater.org. Kraftwerk’s returning to Miami, bringing along a 3D spectacle and their robots. As Ralf Hütter, the sole remaining original member of the electronic supergroup, told New Times in a recent…

Win Two Tickets to the Jesus and Mary Chain at Olympia Theater

Over 30 years ago two brothers from Scotland, Jim and William Reid, formed a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain. They were by no means a breakout success. In the band’s early days, their bass player Douglas Hart only had two strings on his instrument. He allegedly told Britain’s…

Miami’s Mavericks Finally Won the Respect of Nashville

There’s a certain irony that has always tailed any talk about the Mavericks. For one thing, they’re a country band of sorts that was birthed in Miami, hardly the most prolific place when it comes to fostering Americana. For another thing, they boast a Latin lead singer whose early heroes…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Flannel Beach: The Doom Years Album Release Show. With Ricardo Guerrero, Dino Felipe, Rick Fantasies, Guy Harvey reunion set, and others. Friday, September 25, 7 p.m.; and Bleeth with Wastelands, the State Of, and Hank & Cupcakes. Friday, September 25, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission is free before 10 p.m. and $5 after. After…

Nu Deco Ensemble Puts a Fresh Spin on Classical Music

“Our mission is to create innovative concert experiences,” Sam Hyken explains. He, along with Jacomo Bairos, created the Nu Deco Ensemble in July 2014. It’s what Hyken dubs “a 21st-century chamber orchestra.” And the 22-member group will have its second round of performances this Friday and Saturday at the Light…

The Neighbourhood Fights for Its Place in Pop Culture at the Fillmore

The Neighbourhood craft the sort of emotionally turbulent music made for staying indoors on stormy nights. So the rainy weather enveloping the Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday evening was perfect in terms of atmosphere – once inside the building that is. Was their concert worth braving the frankly crappy conditions? If…

The Standard Opens Its Doors for Back 2 Basics Vinyl Night

How we will be ingesting our music 50 years down the road is anyone’s guess. But whatever it is we’re sticking in our ear holes in 2065, you can bet there will be a small but vocal minority bemoaning the good ol’ days of the first generation iPod. We tend…

The Hoy Polloy Celebrate One Year Together at Kill Your Idol

The Hoy Polloy is, in a word, refreshing. The Miami four-piece has been blending its own recipe of hybrid alternative pop-funk for the last three years. With founding members Nick Romanelli and K Sos, Hoy Polloy released its first album On the Way to Rome in November 2012. But Romanelli left…

Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes Talks About Facing Racism in Miami

With success comes scrutiny. And Wynwood learned this the hard way back in February 2013. The up-in-coming neighborhood’s growing popularity and reputation for all-night warehouse parties had landed it on the radar of some very powerful enemies. With the support of Miami’s 24-hours downtown clubs, Miami police raided over 17…

Kraftwerk Returns to Miami With a 3D Spectacle

Miami bass, the Magic City’s signature sound, owes a lot to a couple of robots from Düsseldorf. Kraftwerk’s influence on dance music cannot be understated. And more than 30 years later, tracks such as “It’s More Fun to Compute” and “Trans-Europe Express” are still DJ favorites to cut and sample…