Your tongues are all wagging in anticipation of the upcoming New Times Broward Palm Beach Beerfest. The bubbles will feel oh, so good tickling your throat as you sample 100 beers. Well, hopefully not all 100 beers, but potentially 100 beers.Luckily, your ears will be ticked as well. New Orleans’…
Helado Negro’s newest release, Island Universe Story, will take you on quite the mental journey that will launch at your ears. You could call the sounds on it experimental easy listening. It’s not at all boring, just easy to listen to. It’s very beautiful and actually experimental. It’s not in-your-face,…
For the full review, visit Miami New Times. Click here to view the slide show. Radiohead’s first stop on its 2012 tour began with Radiohead-type sounds circulating through and energizing those in the American Airlines Arena. You know the sounds; they’re like the noises Thom Yorke must make in his sleep…
The art of creating a fine cover song is highly underrated. Though playing someone else’s song might seem simple, making it your own is a challenge. Fort Lauderdale boy Protoman bravely took on the beats of a ’90s original, Company Flow, and made a song that’s 15 years old fresh…
PureHoney Sixth-Issue Anniversary PropagandaSaturday, February 24, 2012with John Ralston, the Passenger, the Dewars, and North Atlantic Space Company and the “Little Pieces of Hope Art Show”Venturing to Propaganda on Saturday night for the PureHoney Sixth-Issue Anniversary party was something strep throat and exhaustion couldn’t hinder. Plenty of others came out to catch some of…
While the 2012 SunFest lineup remains a mystery, the aptly named All-American Rejects have announced a tour stop at the West Palm Beach festival. They’ll be performing this spring in front of more than 200,000 drunk people and the ocean. They’re kicking off their six-week North American tour at the…
When you get the opportunity to ask a member of the Doobie Brothers where they came up with the name — one of the best in the history of band names — you take it. Guitarist and vocalist Tom Johnston gave us the scoop. Johnston admits that the primary inspiration for…
You’ve probably never seen North Atlantic Space Company live, considering they’ve only performed one and a half shows thus far. That small number totally doesn’t mean that there aren’t many more to come. When their group Sweet Bronco disbanded, guitarist Chris Horgan and drummer Steven Copeletti decided to take their love…
George Winston recently released a solo piano album, Love Will Come Vol. 2, on which he interprets the music of Vince Guaraldi. You might know Guaraldi’s genius from the Peanuts Charlie Brown Christmas album that remains the most delightful, least offensive holiday album of all time. Winston’s a big fan…
Mardi Gras may have just passed, but our love for Louisiana hasn’t faded. Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience are bringing their roots, funk, and reggae flavored version of this classic Louisiana music to Bamboo Room this weekend. “Zydeco music is the music of the creole people,” he says, “The creole people…
Someone once said while watching all-female trio Luma Junger perform, comparing them to another, more pop-sounding group, “The other band makes music ’cause they want to; they make music because they have to.” They are a band that doesn’t beg to be accessible to the masses but rather is an…
You probably read recently, maybe even here on County Grind, that Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine has a hankering for some Rick Santorum. We were kind of grossed out by the whole affair, but after some tossing, turning, and musing, we let the sitch lie. However, someone brilliant over at Mother Jones kept the…
In most families, there’s an older wealthy relative that you all like — and some even love — but that you’re all kind of waiting to die so you can live out your dream of learning the art of Tibetan Buddhist sand painting. Lucky for us here in South Florida, we…
Odd Future’s got a new video that is like a dumber, goofier cousin of “Black Hole Sun.” The song is “Rella,” and it is not the problem. The video is… well, let’s just say that it made us wonder about a few things. Since Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All…
Self and Other is a project born from geography and distance but rooted in an ethical ideology. Rob Goyanes, bassist for metal outfit Slashpine and occasional Miami New Times writer, was living in Miami while Gabe Miller was based out of Providence when they began the project. A 2009 road trip…
Just about everyone in 1987 owned the Appetite for Destruction cassette. It is, was, and always will be a rock ‘n’ roll classic. Radio stations and sports bars all around the country still play “Welcome to the Jungle” on a regular basis. On top of that, people still dance to…
Bret Michaels Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Saturday, February 18 Sometimes life doesn’t want you to get to a Bret Michaels show on time. Sometimes it swoops in and places you amid dozens of other cars that are barely moving for hours. And even though during those moments, you think, “Sorry, Bret. Not gonna…
Remember when you first heard The Bends? You were likely introduced to Radiohead with “Creep,” and it’s possible you judged it with some disdain. Maybe not at first. At first, it defined the alienation of our times. But definitely after you heard it played as someone’s wedding song. Point is, when…
story goes, Chris Brown attacked Rihanna in 2009 after she threw the keys to his Lamborghini during a scuffle. The pictures showed a beat-up pop singer, leaving Brown still on probation for his transgressions, three years later. Rihanna has since made very questionable creative decisions. The video for the song “S&M,” for…
Music and digital nerds are all inappropriately excited after hearing about MoMA’s planned “Kraftwerk-Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8″ announced just this week. The plan is, these godfathers of electronic music will be playing their eight studio releases in order live for whomever was lucky enough to snag a…
“I’m a self-proclaimed drealist. I may have invented this word, I’m not sure,” says Bret Michaels, “But I’m a dreamer and a realist. I’m the kind of guy that I dream stuff up big and then I try to go for it.” Though many artists do too much dreaming and…
There’s no telling us otherwise — the Beach Boys kicked some Grammy ass last weekend. With Brian Wilson back, they sang a pretty undeniably solid “Good Vibrations.” The band is together again, and not just for the Night of Giving Awards to Adele but for a 50th anniversary tour. The…
