The 2012 version of Soul Fest at Churchill’s Pub will include soulful mamajammas like Blowfly A.K.A. Clarence Reid, Ralph “Soul” Jackson, and the appropriately titled Friday Funk Machine with Jaylon “Thunder” Ballard performing a – get this – Clarence Reid Tribute set, along with original songs. That’s not all though. Miami’s self-proclaimed…
The word in the Twittersphere as of Tuesday was that DJ Laz and Power 96 were breaking up. After a 22-year love affair made in South Florida radio heaven, Laz says, he just wants to throw his alarm clock against the wall at 4 a.m. instead of going on the…
Editor’s Note: Is It Wrong is a therapeutic column examining feelings we have about music that just aren’t quite right. To ease any discomfort, County Grind will explore these emotions and thoughts, breaking down from whence our feelings of guilt, disgust, and shame arise. I was wildly messing with the…
“What I do is essentially poetry with rhythm. There’s no difference. With poetry, there’s just a more-spaced-out cadence than with rap or rhyme,” says Jedi Nemesis, AKA James Kelly, the Liberty City-raised hip-hop artist set to play Brown Bag Wednesdays at Green Room tonight. When asked how he got started in…
If you’re an avid County Grind reader, you know that I was an extra in Rock of Ages, the über-glam ’80s musical that overtook South Florida last summer. By overtook, we mean, totally shat paint and props all over Dade and Broward counties. In the movie trailer, you’ll see glimpses of…
“I feel like our music offers an alternative to whatever’s current,” Say Anything’s Max Bemis says, comparing his band’s sound to mainstream and indie rock. He thinks it offers “more of a personal and visceral experience than a lot of the stuff coming out right now, but,” he notes, “still,…
SONiA is a singer and songwriter who’s been in the business for more than 20 years, making music alone and with her group, Disappear Fear. She tours endlessly and writes music constantly, singing in Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, and English. Her résumé and list of awards is extensive and includes 16 albums. SONiA…
You might know Alx Czo as Cookieheadz or as the singer for the Waterford Landing. Or maybe you remember him spinning songs all night long a million years ago at Poplife or Revolver or more recently at the Vagabond’s Thursday-night party, Shake.He’s back and all solo with a new video…
As Record Store Day approaches, make sure to notice how our jokes about vinyl become slowly dirtier and more juvenile. Today, we’re bringing you seven inches of heaven by local musicians. We stopped by Radio-Active Records to peek in on some musical treasures we’re planning to buy April 21. Here…
Ace Hood with T-PainRevolution Live March 30 All braids and diamonds, Ace Hood put on a brief but soulful performance at Revolution Live on Friday night. Performing in his hometown clearly meant something special to the hip-hop artist signed to DJ Khaled’s We the Best Music Group. With his “nine five four”…
You know we all l-o-v-e glam punk rockers Pool Party around here. Lead singer Creep Guirdo’s quirky answers to our deeply probing questions make our day. But Guirdo’s wit isn’t the only best thing about this cray cray band. Watching Pool Party perform is like watching musical standup. They get…
What can be said about Record Store Day that hasn’t already been said about Record Store Day? Not much. It’s great, it’s good, it’s awesome. That’s why we’re just going straight to telling you who’s performing at Radio-Active Records on April 21 in celebration of the places where we purchase…
Green Room has had a packed schedule for quite some time now. Tonight, website South Florida Music Obsessed and online station Jolt Radio are joining forces at the venue for Local Shindig, a night where they’ll present two big sounds in SoFla’s music scene: The Mirrors and Radioboxer. These two Miami…
For the County Grind review of the first of the four battles, click here. Nine local bands competed in the local wing of the Hard Rock Rising competition. Winners from three battles ended up head to head last Thursday, and only one band won. It was, unsurprising to many, Community Property. Named…
Singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Jacob Jeffries heads up a quartet that makes lovely piano-driven pop rock perfect for a relaxing afternoon at the beach or contemplative evening in the woods. Just before kicking off its fifth tour, the band has made time to open up for New Orleans’ raucous Dirty…
Click here for part one of the story. Ace Hood tries to keep his life as normal as possible to maintain sanity. “When I’m in the studio, I’m in the studio,” he says. “When I’m onstage, I’m a performer. When I’m out with the people, I’m that. I’m reserved, chilling, spending…
When we saw that there was a band from Lake Worth called the Toilets, we knew they were kindred spirits. Ellis D Traails heads up this punk-metal outfit, playing with Brett Ackling on drums and Robert Bernhardt on bass. All we wanted to know was if they were as fucked…
Spending the weekend at any one giant concert event is a huge commitment. It means you have to dedicate your feet, belly, ears, and soul to one place for three days. In 2012, Ultra Music Festival moved from last year’s location at Bicentennial Park to Bayfront Park. Now, if you…
Click here for part two of the story.You might know Ace Hood as one of DJ Khaled’s protégés, a Broward County original with plenty of rhymes and talent. Signed to the We the Best Music Group, Ace Hood is a new breed of hip-hop artist: a down-to-earth rapper who has…
Beach Day consists of two ladies from Kendall and one drummer boy from Orlando. They all three live together in Hollywood and make some seriously upbeat surf garage, ’60s-inspired jams. Last night, they opened with Lil Daggers for Black Lips, and we caught up with them to find out more…
The three-day electronic musical extravaganza Ultra Fest ended with a few things: a sweetly loud and vibrant fireworks display over Biscayne Bay and a mind- and ear-blowing Bassnectar performance. You didn’t have to be a fan of the man’s work to notice the intensity of the crowd’s adoration, the impressive stage…
Kraftwerk Ultra Music Festival March 23 Better than: An egg cream.Two people said to me this week, “I never would have believed it if you’d told me five years ago that so many people would be this excited to see Kraftwerk.” One was a music writer and the other my roommate, both fans…
