Eclectic Boca Raton musician Mike Mineo is up to his old tricks again. We got word this week that the gifted singer-songwriter had completed his sophomore album, titled Beach Season. According to Mineo, the record pays homage to the “South Florida native” way of life. Oddly enough, his inspiration for…
A few weeks back at Respectable Street’s Japan/Haiti benefit show, there was one band out of the dozen or so performers that really captured our attention, Fevers. Like the crackling whip of an expertly trained dominatrix, these Fort Lauderdale noise-pop purveyors shelled out a set that was as punishing as…
County Grind readers already know that Atlanta psyche-punk outfit Carnivores will perform tonight at Propaganda, but we’d like to offer up three compelling words why they should consider making the drive to Lake Worth’s J Street a wee bit early this evening: Space Between Words. Made up of former high…
SunFest Day 1The Avett Brothers and Sublime With Rome Downtown West Palm Beach Wednesday, April 27, 2011View a slide show from SunFest Day 1 here.Better than: Moonshine on a warm spring night.This year’s kickoff night to the 29th running of West Palm Beach waterfront festival SunFest scrapped the New Music…
In late March, we reported about the blitzkrieg recording exploits of able West Palm Beach musician Nick Eberhardt. The head of Black Key-ish group the Darklights (and Noble Rocket, previously) embarked on an ambitious solo recording mission with the help of Young Circles’ frontman Jordy Asher and waxed ten solid…
New Times has diligently followed the progress of our little “baby metalhead” Harrison Daum Snow. Readers might remember our prenatal celebrity who struck the most rocking pose known to ultrasound? Well since his premature birth in November 1, 2010, the little son of local musician Jeff Snow and his wife…
Max “Finkenbeans” Finkelstein, bass player for swampy-surf rock outfit Brain Chips, lost his infant son, Benjamin “Spider” Reeves, last August due to complications arising from his premature birth. Although it was an enormous loss for the musician and his girlfriend, Holly Reeves, the couple is extremely grateful for the services…
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was an unfathomable tragedy, and it’s time to help. For those who don’t necessarily have a venue to channel these philanthropic ambitions, hit Respectable Street’s Benefit Show this Sunday. For only $5 each, attendees can feel the Good Samaritan buzz overtake them…
We had a good chuckle when we opened the email promoting Tri-Rail’s “Senior Idol” competition being held at the Parker Playhouse on May 17. First off, since when did the South Florida Regional Rail Transportation Authority (the folks who run the local commuter rail line that links Miami to West…
Feeling old? Well, Cardiothief could be the first band to list West Palm indie gems Surfer Blood as an influence on its Facebook page. The four-piece from Plantation also digs another County Grind fave in NYC twee rockers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Listening to the handful of…
Not going to make it to Coachella this year? Can’t swing Bonnaroo, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza? No need to despair, the good folks over at Florida Atlantic University’s student-run radio station Owl Radio — broadcasting live each and every day straight from room 207 D in the Student Union — have…
After a five-month long hiatus, Lake Worth swampy Americana troupe Black Weather Shaman reunites at Propaganda tonight. It’s not like the group’s bushy and tattooed frontman Cecil Lunsford has been kicking back all that time, though. Dude’s been busy night in and night out keeping things thriving at the indie dive…
Glammy ’80s U.K. goth-rock group Gene Loves Jezebel’s backstory is even more dramatic than its moody catalog. Contrary to its affectionate handle, there is no love lost between the twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston, who fronted the influential group during its heyday. Michael, the more morose-leaning of the two,…
Fifty years on and former Grateful Dead band mates Bob Weir and Phil Lesh just keep truckin’. They bring their improvisational collection of timeless Dead tunes and spirited covers to Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheater this evening. Just down Federal Highway, like-minded groovesters will be looking to keep the positive…
Fans of Viva Le Vox’s charismatic ex-bull fiddler, James “Scarecrow” Jenkins, will be happy to know that he has landed on his feet and is fronting a band of his very own called the Loxahatchee Sinners Union. Jenkins says he had been lying low after what he calls his “untimely…
Late last year we featured Hear Hums, an experimentally inclined duo from Gainesville by way of West Palm Beach, in our Glimpses of the South Florida Scene blog column. Now, the twosome hopes to launch a lengthy tour from Florida up to the northeast and into Canada in May. Like…
West Palm Beach guitarist/lyricist Nick Eberhardt (Noble Rocket, the Darklights) has decided to give solo recording a try. The ten songs on Can You Feel It were composed at his home studio this past February. With mixing help from Young Circles’ Jordy Asher, the record Eberhardt describes as “folkie with…
The burgeoning, demented Americana scene in Lake Worth now has an official home. John Wylie, guitarist for country rock troupe Heavy Boots is starting up a new record label carrying some of the most promising (and twisted) punkabilly bands Palm Beach County has to offer. Joining him on this venture…
After a three-year recording hiatus, Lake Worth emotive singer John Ralston is issuing forth a flurry of activity. This past Christmas saw the release of seven-inch single “Jesus Christ,” a bit of Americana for the holidays, on mom-and-pop Tampa-based label 24 Hour Service Station. Last year, he also contributed to…
Our sister paper’s account of the drama that unfolded with the Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival divorce this year and all finger-pointing that ensued left us curious regarding how everything would actually unfold for the weeklong dance music festival. Noticeably lacking in 2011’s WMC list were the agency…
Secret French Kissing SocietyWith John Ralston, The Dewars, Bobby Yapkowitz and Chris Horgan Propaganda, Lake WorthThursday March 3, 2010Better than: West Palm Beach by way of Brooklyn It was a night of reminiscing for Stavros Polentas Thursday night at Propaganda. The charismatically zany Brooklyn-based frontman reunited his defunct South Florida…
Expect a night of nostalgia Thursday as Secret French Kissing Society reunites for its first one-off gig since 2009. Originally formed in 2003 when lead singer Stavros Polentas moved back to Boca Raton from Athens, Greece, the melodic, new-wave trio waxed a solid debut, First Blood, the next year. Polentas’…
