Lake Worth band Yellow #6 has been around since 2009, playing, according to member Tom Beals, “Without microphones, in garages and living rooms, mostly. With microphones, at Propaganda, Respects, Speakeasy, Snooze Theatre (soon), Turnpike stops.” They just released a demo, which he says took a lot of tweaking to “get…
Tiësto is a classic. That is, if an electronic musician can be a classic in 2012. If you grew up listening to EDM or even if you just went clubbing on Miami Beach as a teenager, you know his name and you’ve heard his sound.Tiësto was giving interviews at the…
Andy and Edwin White are musically inclined brothers from Orlando known together as Tonstartssbandht. Currently, they’re nearby at what Andy describes as “our old homebase,” just days away from two shows in South Florida this weekend. Though they’ve been making music together for some time now, Andy lives in Montreal, and…
Fernando Perdomo is a familiar name in South Florida music. Recently, New Times’ Lee Zimmerman wrote about the musician’s desire to alter the perception of music in South Florida. Perdomo has come up with an idea to do just that. He’s working on creating a South by Southeast, an idea taken from…
Thirteen years ago, artist and musician Ruben Millares started the band Smiling Gums. More than a decade later, the act is going strong and making it on the radio airwaves. The group will be playing live at the 88.9 FM WDNA Jazz Gallery this weekend. Performing with a six-piece ensemble,…
Think we can all agree that as far as boy bands go, Black Lips are the cutest. It sounds and feels creepy to write this, not just because we’ve seen the band live probably ten times, and because when they play Grand Central on Sunday, they might even recognize this…
Clearly, we here at County Grind are psyched about the upcoming Ultra Music Festival. We’ve been thinking about it, writing about it, and talking to performers who’ll bring the beats and, let’s call it, personality to the stage at Bayfront Park for three days this weekend. We’re not gonna lie. We’re…
The new film documenting the experience of Ultra Music Festival called Can U Feel It takes on a hardy task. Describing what it’s like to be at Ultra is like trying to explain the joys and trials of one’s birthing experience. In a little way, at least. It’s filled with…
Caribbean lifestyle blog LargeUp, founded by DJ Gravy, is bringing a big voice in dancehall to one of South Florida’s biggest electronic music festivals. You might think Mr. Vegas and Winter Music Conference are an unlikely pairing, but the similarities are clear: It’s all dance music and all kinds of…
Just steps south is a new neat bar that keeps the gays in mind. Stache, located on Normandy Isle, is an oasis of fun on a quiet strip of street. Recently, Hialeah’s finest, as it is known, started a new monthly night there called Made in Dade Mondays. The finest…
Nineties alt-rock as a genre covers sounds that range from unlistenable power pop to wrist-slitting, misery-inducing grunge. It’s a general term that means not much. Look at a band like Lit. They play punky pop, and it’s the kind of rock you can jump up and down and softly mosh…
Ladies love Misfit DJs? Guess so, since two Hollywood bars are bringing the guys up from Dade for two ladies’ nights this week to spin what DJ MOONFOO, AKA DJ E, calls, “the hottest and sexiest dance tracks with twist of Latin flavor.” On Tuesday night at SAS Martini Lounge and…
Photos Courtesy of SXSWBruce Springsteen’s Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing “Bruce”. The keynote and the show went hand…
With St. Patrick’s Day just hours off, it seems appropriate to start planning where to go on this day of celebration. Obviously, catching a band from Limerick, Ireland, should rank high on your list of things to do. Luckily, Hermitage Green, an authentic Irish group, is heading to Palm Beach…
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) highlights the opening of its exhibitions with a seriously memorable performance. For instance, Ryan Trecartin’s “Any Ever” featured an eyeful with artists Colin Self and Raul De Nieves, one donning a crafty fat man suit, both making dramatic gestures to “experimental” music,…
The 33rd annual Hatsume Fair will have everything from cosplay contests and sake stations to martial arts demonstrations and bounce houses. This year, they’ll also be bringing in DJ Heavygrinder, too, straight from her turntables in LA. The actress, model, and spinner of music is an appropriate choice for the…
It’s time to don those chartreuse undies and drink green-colored crappy beer: It’s Saint Patty’s Day this weekend, and Irish or not, we must celebrate. Jameson shots are obviously on the menu, as is fighting and pinching. While Massholes will be reveling in the talents of the Dropkick Murphys this weekend,…
The grand and intense Ultra Music Festival is quickly approaching. A gazillion ravers and electronic music lovers have gathered on the bay in Downtown Miami to party till they drop for 14 years now. That’s only one away from its quinceañera, a big deal down here. Ultra is a pulsing body…
Read Miami New Times’ Riptide report on this topic from earlier today. Although Jimbo’s is located just south of these parts on Virginia Key, it’s truly a South Florida institution. It is a lawless land where people who want to escape the confines of traditional society can enjoy some smoked fish,…
As they have said around these parts since the dawn of spring break time: Fort Ladi-dadi, we likes to pah-tee. Tis a tried and true statement. Fort Lauderdale loves to get all hot and red and sweaty and drunk, especially when school’s out. This week, thousands of people looking to…
Invisible Bands seems a fitting name for a film that documents punk and new wave bands that ruled the South Florida scene in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Most of those who went to shows and remember the music are not exactly running around telling the tales of those…
Boca band Blonds is blowing up, But apparently, according to Rolling Stone, they’re a New York duo. Their Facebook notes that they’ve now moved to the Big Apple, but lesbe honest: They’re from Florida. In a recent County Grind article by Arielle Castillo, the band explained its fame. It got picked…
