Concerts

Against Me!’s Atom Willard remembers Tom Petty and talks his bandmate Laura Jane Grace’s cultural influence.

For those who were too young to experience the Brooklyn postpunk revival of the 2000s but are too old to unreservedly love mumble rap, the path to LCD Soundsystem fandom is a well-trodden one. In the late ’00s and early ’10s, you might have first heard “Daft Punk Is Playing…

III Points attendees and performers discuss their feelings about attending III Points after the Las Vegas massacre.

After a long and powerful three days of music, III Points came to a steamy close yesterday, with coheadliner the xx playing the hell out of the stage and closing with the hit “The Angels.” The tune, the fan reaction, and the three days of performance brought live music to a new level in Miami.

If you thought a break was coming after III Points, think again. The music continues to pour into Miami this week. After performing at the BB&T Center Sunday, Bruno Mars gives South Florida fans a second chance to catch his 24K Magic Tour when it moves south to the American Airlines Arena Wednesday. The same night, Insane Clown Posse will perform nearby at the Hangar. Whoop, whoop!

Few think of the club as conceptually as Jacques Greene. On his new album Feel Infinite, the Canadian DJ and producer paints a vivid picture of clubbing as utopia, the lone shelter of a pure and unspoiled hedonism. But he admits that such images can be the stuff of dreams,…

Despite bouts of rain, III Points 2017 continued last night with a slew of pounding performances. Here’s what went down: Virgo 6:20 p.m. on the Mind Melt stage As the sun began setting behind the giant Mind Melt stage disco ball, alien water creature Virgo welcomed early stragglers with siren…

III Points 2017 kicked off last night with throngs of fans crowding Mana Wynwood to catch the first night of a solid lineup. Gorillaz’ were the biggest draw (read our review here), but there were plenty of acts fully capable of keeping the crowd wowed. Kaitlin Aurelia Smith 7 p.m…

Actress is not the type of artist who’s comfortable with doing the same thing over and over again. “I’m constantly changing my live setup,” he said before his performance at III Points. “I hate being in a situation where it seems too put-together onstage.” The British electronic musician, born Darren…

Halfway through his set, Damon Albarn started musing about his time in Miami so far. “I’m recording new music, and I record in every city. I’m staying at a hotel on the beach,” he told the crowd gathered at the Main Frame stage Friday night at III Points. “It’s a…

There may be no band more famous but less heard than Insane Clown Posse. If you’re even slightly culturally-aware as an American in 2017, chances are you know of ICP, even if its just as “that band with the clown makeup and all their fans paint their face, too. What…

Forget the names at the top of the bill: these are the III Points acts you need to see.

Broward artist Lucas Racine, better known as Lautlos, is more than happy to flash his ongoing creative development for all to see. Last week saw the release of the 24-year-old musician’s latest EP, Shimei,  and he will be celebrating the occasion with an appearance at III Points.

In the past four years, III Points has brought some huge to Miami, all while aiming to support local artists who might not otherwise be heard. In the festival’s first year alone, James Murphy and Jamie xx took the stage. This year, the fest is bringing back some favorites (such as the xx and Nicolas Jaar) as well as a few newcomers.

Three is a magic number, but five is a real milestone, and III Points is proud to present its fifth year of festivities this Friday, October 13, through Sunday, October 15.

Richie Hawtin’s new live performance begins in pitch darkness. Hawtin can’t be seen, but he can be sensed behind a droning bass line that undulates at a frequency felt deep in the chest. A flurry of chirps follows and rises in pitch until the sound seems to hover over the crowd like a UFO about to abduct them. The audience whistles and cheers in anticipation. They love it.

Believe it or not, there’s more to III Points than just the festival at Mana Wynwood. Whether it’s starting your morning with the Daybreaker party at Space or learning about the history of Wynwood’s graffiti culture, III Points hopes to take over your entire weekend.

“Yes were once as welcome as pornography in the Vatican,” legendary keyboardist Rick Wakeman muses. Times have certainly changed for the English prog-rock behemoth. After punk exploded on both sides of the Atlantic in the late ’70s, bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer seemed as antiquated as Tin Pan Alley, their tendency for lengthy, challenging albums with titles as catchy as Tales of Topographic Oceans reviled by critics as show-off polymetric twaddle, at odds with the lean, angry primacy of punk and New Wave.

Bruno Mars’ artistry is derivative of Michael Jackson’s music, the doo-wop genre, and James Brown’s performance style, but he’s harmless.

The compete set times and lineup for III Points 2017 in Miami.

Performing at III Points 2017, the Canadian foursome is moving jazz forward by way of hip-hop.