Leading lights of the new Lake Worth crop of rootsy acts, Black Finger is a rock band, and that’s it. And that’s a good thing. Instead of relying on subgenre flair, the quartet plays straight-ahead, slightly shuffling, twangy tunes meant straight for the heart of the Great American Songbook. The…
Sure, we just listed give ways Charlie Sheen could stay #winning at his upcoming, just-scheduled performance at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise on April 23. But how can he pump himself up musically for the show to really get in the #winning spirit? How about the ode to, well, Sheen…
The annual Jazz in the Gardens festival returns to Sun Life Stadium this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday. As in the recent past, the lineup promises yes, jazz, of course — but also some of the leading artists in R&B, soul, and other assorted grown-and-sexy urban music. The big name this…
File this under: Things Everyone Including Us Should Have Known About Earlier But Didn’t, For Whatever Reason. Tonight, Miami rockers Jacobs Ladder open for Anthony Green at Culture Room. Yes, that’s the Anthony Green from Saosin a million scene years ago, and most recently from Circa Survive. You’ll know him and…
Let’s be real. If Snoop Dogg suddenly retired from making new albums but didn’t retire from the public eye, his hordes of fans would probably not even blink. Though he’s nominally a musical artist, Snoop Dogg wisely long ago transitioned from Snoop Dogg the rapper to Snoop Dogg the brand…
Ah, South by Southwest. It’s that time again — the middle of March, when seemingly the entire new-music industry descends on Austin, Texas, like locusts, leaving shards of empty margarita glasses and dried taco husks in its wake. Day and night, bands play every hour on the hour at endless…
This post wraps up our look at the tricounty area bands playing official SXSW showcases. Are you in a band headed to Texas next week to play an unofficial show? Email us here.It’s just these sort of festivals that helped Surfer Blood first break through on a national scale –…
Although it’s hard to believe with the amount of South Florida love they get, Miami duo Afrobeta actually has yet to release a full-length album. This past December, County Grind named their Do You Party? disc one of the best of the year — but, OK, OK, it was just…
Nothing like a little good-doing to offset the sex-and-drugs image of touring rock and roll bands! For almost a full decade now (!) Hopeless Records has been fighting this good fight, sending out its Take Action Tour around the country, alongside a compilation on its own nonprofit label, Sub City,…
This week, County Grind is taking a look at South Florida bands headed off to play official showcases at SXSW, which starts in Austin, Texas next Tuesday.Nobody gets a Miami dance party going like Locos Por Juana, a longtime favorite on the Latin-alternative circuit. With a lineup at any given…
Coral Springs songwriter/singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist guy Mike Diaz was South Florida’s first bona fide chillwave success — although he might now shy away from the term. Whatever the case, he first scored national attention as Millionyoung last year when his nostalgic take on funky electronic pop dovetailed well with a certain blog-driven…
Homegrown success Langerado’s last-minute flame-out in 2009 was one of the biggest and saddest festival busts in South Florida in recent years. With the festival having ballooned from its roots as a hippie-ish jam-down in local parks, the latest incarnation was to be a four-day monster in… downtown Miami? The would-be…
This week, County Grind is taking a look at the tri-county bands representing for South Florida at this year’s SXSW festival. First, a rundown of the “officially” selected artists. Earlier this afternoon we gave you a free MP3 from Awesome New Republic, and now, it’s time for….Dreaming in StereoMiami’s Dreaming…
Ah, South By Southwest. It’s that time again — the middle of March, when seemingly the entire new-music industry descends on Austin, Texas like locusts, leaving shards of empty margarita glasses and dried taco husks in its wake. Day and night, bands play every hour on the hour at endless…
Up-and-coming twin cities artist SimsThanks to the early pioneers of the Rhymesayers crew, Minnesota’s twin cities have long been hailed for their thriving underground hip-hop scenes. And because of the early genre-crossing tendencies of that scene’s leading artists like Atmosphere and Eyedea (R.I.P.), the Minneapolis sound has never been orthodox…
County Grind hearts the Gallery, a super-swell buncha fellas originally from rural Western Massachusetts who decamped to West Palm Beach a few years back. Though they’re nominally based here in South Florida, the longtime friends spend most of the year on the road, chugging through endless national tours. Recently, that…
When Kid Rock first surfaced in the late ’90s, slightly goofy hip-hop trappings and incongruous long hair in tow, he seemed like the last possible pop artist in line for the career longevity coupon. Clearly, we owe him more credit than the naysayers gave him at the outset. Perhaps sniffing…
The Biscayne Corridor around the Upper Eastside is pretty much the only place in the world you can find a concentration of Miami Modernist, or MiMo, buildings. Dating from the ’50s and ’60s, the style took the clean lines of popular postwar architecture movements and then, of course, Miami-fied them…
If you’re stuck in Florida in mid-March, bear with us for a moment and try not to get too jealous. If you are, however, heading to Austin for the beer- and taco-filled industry schmoozefest known as SXSW, why not pay a visit to our party?New Times’ parent company, Village Voice…
When Lady Gaga released her newest single, “Born This Way,” reactions were as polarized as expected. To some, the song is the ultimate dance-pop anthem of equality; to others, it’s a 2k11 rehash of “Express Yourself.” No matter what you think of her actual music, though, few can deny that…
Miami invades Radio-Active Records this weekend with a performance by three of its best bubbling-on-the-verge acts. The trio Beings is already a favorite on the party circuit for its coed take on unabashedly loud, fuzzy, punk-infused, sometimes heavy-ish party rock. How’s that for a string of adjectives? The main thing…
The marquee names for local music fans at last night’s Bruise Cruise kick-off party at Grand Central were likely Surfer Blood, Vivian Girls, and Black Lips. But besides the rip-roaring performances by other acts like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, another sleeper hit was the late-night performance by Quintron…
