Randy Piro is sort of the orchestrator of Orbweaver, an experimental psych-metal band that’s currently working on music for a new album. The Broward native, formerly of Gigan and Hate Eternal, hand-picked some of the best musicians in the tricounty area to work with him on this, his newest project. This includes…
Is it wrong to love the music of Jennifer Lopez or that of Enrique Iglesias? Maybe. But is their music as obnoxiously addictive as cupcakes were popular in the early aughts? Yes, and just as delicious and somehow just as gross as that strangely popular phase in American culinary history. Both…
Back in 2008, Built to Spill performed their 1997 release, Perfect From Now On, in its entirety at the My Bloody Valentine-curated ATP concert in Monticello, New York. It happened to fall on the same weekend of my very best friend’s wedding on Block Island, Rhode Island. After flying in…
With swampy song titles like “Vizcaya” and “I Fought a Crocodile,” there’s no doubt the Jacuzzi Boys love sticky, sweaty South Florida. They braved their collective fear of flying to bring Miami-flavored, coconut-croquetta-tasting rock ‘n’ roll to Europe on a recent 26-city tour. Though we knew the continent would send…
Brian Fair is the dread-headed lead singer for metal band Shadows Fall. Though the group has referenced Rastafarian ideas in their lyrics, including on the song “Wasteland” off their upcoming release Fire From the Sky, Fair says based on his hair, “everyone assumes we’re a rasta band anyway.”That’s not the only religious perspective…
Snoop DoggAlso Herbie Hancock and Wiz Khalifa SunFest in West Palm BeachMay 3, 2012Better than: A cold egg cream on a warm day. Check out the full slideshow here. SunFest was ablaze with burning indo last night. If there were a musical evening set aside for potheads, Thursday night’s lineup of the…
It’s possible to uncover aspects of a person’s disposition just by watching him perform, chat with fans, and engaging with him in a minichat. Last night, when Lil Eazy E paid tribute to his father at Green Room’s Brown Bag Wednesdays in Fort Lauderdale, it was pretty clear from his…
Editor’s note: I teach a class on new media/journalism to high school students at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, and one of my students is a big fan of the Fray. He helped me formulate the questions I later asked Isaac Slade. So, big shoutout to Volkens!A popular…
Since you (better) dig Thee Oh Sees and Goner Records crew, you’re gonna poo yourselves over the Gun Hoes. The Hollywood duo makes fun, straight-up garage psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll. They just put out a new song, “Melt Machines,” and we keep playing it over and over, and for some…
OK, South Florida. We’re going to ask the question you’ve all been thinking about since the lineup for SunFest was announced: Will Tupac make a SunFest appearance? Yes, we know he’s been gone from this Earth for 16 years, but if you remember, his specter was witnessed with Snoop Dogg and Dr…
Legends of Hip-HopNova Southeastern UniversityApril 27Better than: Legends of power pop The legends of hip-hop are trailblazers. They’re talented, they’re charismatic, they’re memorable, and they’re, well, kind of old. The audience at the Legends of Hip-hop tour started out spunky and dancing like they were at tha club, but by hour five,…
The Spirit Cat website-slash-movement is more than just a clickable distraction, bringing music from around Florida, mostly electronic, pop, and garage, to the web world. According to the creator of Spirit Cat, J.T. Bringardner, the sounds they post are varied, “We’re really open to anything that moves us emotionally or physically!” An…
As you know, we gleefully reveled in the noises, smells, and tastes of Record Store Day at Radio-Active Records. However, a multitude of Gram Parsons records weren’t the only musical things we came home with that day psyched to listen to later. Loaded up on the web a few days…
How long have you dreamed of writing subversive prose for a counterculture alt weekly? Forever, right? Well, your chance has finally arrived. The ultimate local source for all things news and cultural, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, is looking for freelancers to contribute to its music and calendar sections. Applicants should…
Recently, Fort Lauderdale band Suede Dudes gave County Grind a “Moist Vagina.” Ewwwww!, we can hear your screech of disgut. No fear! It was merely a cover of Nirvana’s B-side to “No Apologies”/”Rape Me” double A-side released in 1993. They took it and made it all their own. We’ve called Suede Dudes drone-y,…
Lit is a band that’s experienced its share of tragedies. The death of drummer Allen Shellenberger in 2008 definitely put making new music on hold for a minute, but the band took up where it left off, adding drummer Nathan Walker. “We’ve all come to accept that out of tragedy…
Cheryl James says of her groundbreaking three-lady hip-hop group whose music you likely sweat to over the past three decades, “We’re in a class by ourselves.” No shit. Salt-N-Pepa has no contemporary equivalent, James, AKA Salt, believes. And she’s really right. Talk about staying power. Salt-N-Pepa formed in 1985 with Sandra…
All photos by BleedingPalm.com. As you know, we over at County Grind celebrated April 20, the international day for stoners, by bringing you traditional pot songs covered by our area’s musicians. To wrap up this smoky week, Bleeding Palm and County Grind went down to Jared Cole’s Toker Productions’ eighth-annual Fest-Ovis…
Can we say that Record Store Day is the best thing that happened to music since the Beatles? Sure, this is a big, awkward claim, but we’re going to haphazardly make it anyway. There is nothing that brings people together like RSD to revel in the sounds and feel of…
Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…
Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…
Sharing your personal musical favorites is an intimate act. It’s like getting naked in front of another person. They can see your flaws. They know your predilection for Mariah Carey, which would be like a boil on your bottom. That Kraftwerk love, that’s your smooth skin, and the Chris Brown…
