The tight-knit DJ community lost a cherished figure when DJ Mehdi tragically passed earlier this month. The reverberations are felt here in South Florida especially among the Winter Music Conference and Ultra devotees, who experienced him numerous satisfying times. In addition to the obvious touch points of the Ed Banger…
A few County Grind staples in Sumsun and Millionyoung — and 17 other electronic music artists with Florida ties — are features on a new compilation, titled Bedroom Beats. The free download comes as the first in a series of Florida Indoors compilations put out by the music and culture…
English folk-punk troubadour Frank Turner sure is pleased to be back in America. “It feels great to be back in the USA again,” he wrote recently. “I have an awful lot of love for this country. OK I’ll admit it, I missed Denny’s.” Regardless of Turner’s motives, read Mark Pratt’s…
Musical institutions in South Florida are hard to come by. Beastly summers, disparate geography, and a rapidly shifting population mean that anything that can stick around for more than a couple of years is a gem. Take South Florida Jazz, which gets public and private funding to keep a wealth…
If there’s any lesson County Grind learned this year, it’s that 311 fans are among the most devoted around. Look no further than the vitriol unloaded on a writer who suggested that the 311 Pow Wow Festival at the Suwannee Music Park would be less than glorious. Lesson learned.Moving on,…
It was almost a year ago that County Grind first crossed paths with Amtrac, a DJ turned artist with Kentucky ties who has made his way in the Miami nightlife scene. He was hooked up with last year’s inaugural Dancegiving Festival in Fort Lauderdale, and his profile can only rise…
Those itching for remnants of this past weekend’s collection of South Florida’s weirdest and wildest acts at the Snooze Theatre, Death to the Sun III, should let their MP3 collection get crumbled. Don’t worry; the process is painless and will have no adverse effects on your hard drive.The Crumble Comp,…
Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement following their ejection from a Southwest Airlines flight yesterday after they exchanged one kiss. The Los Angeles duo mark the third high-profile ejection from the carrier in recent memory, following bootings of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and…
The brutal, sensual, and confusing sounds of West Palm Beach experimental outfit Weird Wives just expanded. Three new tracks from the group’s limited-edition cassette that has one of the longest album titles ever, Some motherfucker’s gonna be walking ’round with a size 9 Diehard up their ass, cause apparently they…
Update: Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement to Southwest Airlines. Los Angeles indie-electro act Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey was booted off of a Southwest Airlines flight today for engaging in a same-sex kiss on board. The ex-The L Word actress joins Green Day’s…
Last week, a perhaps well-meaning commenter using the handle “Chris R” leveled the complaint that New Times is a bunch of “indie kids” who “only like indie rock and talk down on anything mainstream or successful,” and eventually got to what seems to be the root of his argument: “Writers…
Death to the Sun IIIWith Guy Harvey, Dino Filipe, Kenny Millions, Rat Bastard, Meat, 90s Teen, Holly Hunt, the Dewars, Universal Expansion, Jellyfish Brothers, Luma Junger, Vast Fang, Möthersky, Rainforest Wives, Honey Train, This Heart Electric & many more. The Snooze Theatre, Lake ParkSaturday, September 24, 2011View the 40-photo slideshow…
The latest video from Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys is a first-person view of a dog’s life set to “Automatic Jail,” one of the many upbeat moments from Glazin’. Although frontman Gabriel Alcala and the rest of the guys don’t appear in the clip — aside from a T-shirt cameo — it…
Singer/songwriter Sophie Sputnik has decided to record her debut album with the whole world listening in. Or at least for the whole crowd that assembles at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records on Saturday, October 1. On that night, the laughter-prone 22-year-old will unpack ten or so songs written on acoustic guitar…
Otis Redding nostalgia has been going on for decades, and two men who were responsible for quite a push were Jake and Elwood Blues back in 1980s’ The Blues Brothers. Their cover of “Can’t Turn You Lose” became a mainstay within the Dan Ackroyd-John Belushi lore and kept Redding rising…
The victory lap for Guided by Voices — the indie-rock superstars who inspired many a Torche song — continues with the “classic lineup” announcing details of a new album, Let’s Go Eat the Factory.As Mojo points out, this is the first recording featuring the assembled cast of Robert Pollard, Tobin…
Want to step in the name of love with R. Kelly? Details are still scant, but the R&B superstar is set to bring his classy self to South Florida for a weekend of high-end festivities around the state. The events are billed “Black & White” parties because Kelly would like…
Miami’s infectious metal outfit Torche recently recorded three covers of indie-rock stalwarts Guided by Voices for a split 12-inch record with their equally infectious buddies (and tourmates) Part Chimp. The record is set for a limited 500-copy release by Chunklet in November, and from what we’ve heard of the stuff…
Love those My Morning Jacket dudes, but it’s gotta be said that they are not quite normal. The Louisville, Kentucky staple of Bonnaroo has done much to defy stereotypes of being an alt-country/roots act by experimenting with many psychedelic sounds, and weird Muppet-esque videos.Now, Jim “Yim Yames” James and his…
Technically this is a belated wish, but Flo Rida’s birthday party is tonight at Opium in the Seminole Hard Rock complex in Hollywood, and it’s time to prep for the celebration. On Saturday, the Carol City native born Tramar Dillard turned 32, and for the many who were not able…
The marvelous Miami metal men of Torche, who released our No. 3 favorite local album last year, are impressing us again. This time they’re covering a trio of songs by the Ohio lo-fi behemoths Guided by Voices for their side of a Chunklet-commissioned split 12-inch with London noise act Part…
Fort Lauderdale jam outfit the Heavy Pets are currently on the road promoting their third album, Swim Out Past the Sun, which is officially released on October 22.Fortunately for everyone needing a fix of fresh Pets in the live setting, the guys’ swing through the Big Apple at the storied…
