If you were at the Heat parade earlier today, you might have seen a moving sign that asked the question on all of our minds: “Where the fuck is DJ Laz?” Sure, he’s in L.A. these days, but well, he’s also about to be back in South Florida. That’s right,…
Seattle-based blogger and photographer Marianne Spellman, who sometimes works with our sister paper Seattle Weekly, has been rooting through dusty old record bins here in South Florida and coming out with gold. On her blog Popthomology, she shared the post “31 Weird Album Covers From Florida Thrift/Record Stores,” proving, yet…
Imagine a big, loud family Christmas dinner, or Passover meal, or whatever. There are good and bad jokes, lots of laughter, calls for another beer, good music, and warm hugs. It’s a smooth sort of chaos, one filled with love. The Saturday night benefit for musician Lori O’Quinn was much…
You ever get all dancey in your kitchen? Everyone’s sweaty, their limbs are flailing about in awkward and sexy ways, and you think to yourself, “Man, I wish I a new Prince song that sounded like an old Prince song on my iPod,” before pressing play on “Erotic City?” Well,…
Joel DaSilva was born in Rockford, Illinois, the same town from which classic power pop rockers Cheap Trick hail. “They would practice down the street from where I was born,” says DaSilva, the self-described bluesabilly rocker. From Rockford, he made his way from Chicago to Florida, where at 15, he settled…
If you’re such a baby that you still sleep with the lights on and even SpongeBob gives you nightmares, then you’d be like me, too frightened to go to Splatter-Rama. This double feature of horror and gore just might make you poop your scaredy-pants. The premiere screening of the monthly event is…
South Florida native, up-and-coming, illuminati loving hip-hop artist Spaceghostpurrp told BET that a project with Odd Future will become a reality. He won’t say when it’s going to drop, or give any details, but merely the notion that this collab is finally on the way is some really nice Miami…
Lighthouse Point electropop, synthpunk group Futurisk started making music in the late ’70s right here in South Florida. They describe themselves on Facebook as: “An anomalous singularity in the black-hole of early 1980’s Florida. They would be rediscovered almost 30 years later by Veronica Vasicka and James Murphy.” Veronica Vasicka is of…
You may have noticed, two things we like to write about here at County Grind are South Florida hip-hop act ¡Mayday! and music videos created by Julian Yuri Rodriguez. If you pick up a hard copy of the New Times Broward Palm Beach, you’ll see Jacob Katel’s article on the group…
After spending two hours and three minutes of precious time watching Rock of Ages, the Broadway-sensation-turned-Tom-Cruise-biopic (of sorts), we came away with a few lasting impressions. For starters, Tom Cruise is clearly genetically composed of nightmares. He’s frightening as Stacee Jaxx and as Tom Cruise. Next, Mary J. Blige is fierce and a…
Just this past Saturday night, we threw quite a nice gathering for music lovers, County Grind lovers, and just plain lovers. It was great fun, if we do say so ourselves The acts we chose to feature, Hollywood garage rockers the Gun Hoes, Miami’s psych outfit Lil Daggers, and party…
County Grind Live with Jacuzzi Boys, Lil Daggers, and The Gun HoesGreen Room, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, June 16, 2012Better than: Getting laid. That’s right, we said it. Check to see if you’re in the slideshow here.County Grind has taken this blog to the stage twice now, both times at Fort Lauderdale’s mid-sized musical…
One of the best moments in Little Jake Mitchell’s childhood singing career was, he says, “When I played with Sam Cooke, 1957 at the Palladium Ballroom in Tampa, Florida, King Curtis was the band that was playing, and the Skyliners.” He was 13 years old. The singer was discovered by…
When planning County Grind Live, we thought, there’s no way we can have a musical showcase here in Fort Lauderdale without Radio-Active Records being involved. So we were thrilled when owner Mikey Ramirez agreed to be one of, and bring, the DJs. Backing him up tomorrow is Mitzie Velez, whom…
To say that we here at New Times Broward/Palm Beach are huge Bon Jovi fans would be an understatement. We’re like those people who grew up with JBJ’s face and feathered hair plastered on our walls. We slept with his cassette tapes under our pillows. When word hit the office…
Editor’s note: YOLO here doesn’t refer to the restaurant YOLO, rather to the idea of “You Only Live Once” as a trending topic on the interwebs. We approached the Gun Hoes about chatting with us on life, love, and music. Instead, they wanted to write up something about this YOLO thing…
Coral Springs bred Robb Bank$ came to our attention earlier this year after a friend left a CD mix in our car with one of this hip-hop artist’s songs burned on it. Not long after, fellow South Floridian Spaceghostpurrp started posting Bank$ songs on Facebook, eventually defining him as part of the Raider…
We are reuniting with Green Room to present a solid rock ‘n’ roll showcase this June 16, presenting the ever adorable, always sweaty onstage, and very girl-friendly Jacuzzi Boys, Miami psych outfit Lil Daggers, and Hollywood’s surfy punks The Gun Hoes. Radio-Active Records is also partnering with us in this…
Check out the full slideshow from Break N’ Bred here. Getting a hip-hop scene moving is no easy task, especially in a place that lacks a centralized urban center, like the tri-county area. But those at Green Room took it upon themselves to bring the people together in hip-hop harmony…
Every time someone from South Florida tells me that they’ve never heard of Dino Felipe, I am genuinely horrified. Dino’s not only one of the most brilliant and productive musicians from our little corner of the world, he’s got a genuine and frenzied artistic vision. A fucked up genuine vision…
Brian Kurtz is a busy guy. He has a day job; he runs his own local record label, Limited Fanfare; he sends really awesome care packages; and he’s setting up an online auction to provide funds for Music Saves Lives. The organization educates people on blood disorders and the importance of donating…
Broward-bred visual artist Misael Soto spent some hours a few months back sewing lengths of blue terry cloth together to create, what else, but a giant beach towel. He brought this huge drying device down to South Beach where strangers and friends were encouraged to pop a squat on it…
