The point here is to give you an opportunity to hear the new Jacuzzi Boys album, Glazin’, which hits shelves on August 30. Through the mighty powers of the interweb (and SPIN magazine), the album is available for immediate perusal.Recommended for listening time: give Matt Preira’s print preview piece a…
One thing is for sure: Vanilla Ice had an epic weekend at the Gathering of the Juggalos earlier this month. The yearly event put on by the Insane Clown Posse and its family of associated Ninjas was such a hot ticket that even Charlie Sheen showed up. For some reason,…
For the uninitiated, Ricardo Guerrero’s annual DEATH TO THE SUN (he spells it in ALL CAPS “just to add a little Henry Rollins flavor”) music festival is one of the biggest avant-rock events in South Florida. There’s pop, there’s noise, and there’s a general celebratory feeling that summer is finally…
Mike Mineo is not the sort of guy who’s going to let a little messy weather get in the way of his fun. Adding to the Hurricane Irene party slate for this upcoming weekend is a show at the Funky Buddha on Friday evening. This is also billed as a…
Big changes happening with Fort Lauderdale singer/songwriter Ryan Alexander, who announced that his band Alexander is finished and that he’s starting a new chapter with Civilian.”So. me and my best friends have been working on a new record,” Alexander writes in a Facebook posting. “We have changed the name and…
Both Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford were part of songwriting teams responsible for countless intricate pop hits across the second half of the 20th Century, and arguably anyone in the business of writing songs owes a great debt to them. Losing both on Monday — Leiber, 78, died of cardiopulmonary…
Any time you prepare for the worst, you should also prepare for the best. In this case, the Bubble’s cement-walled confines near downtown Fort Lauderdale will be a welcoming spot on the evening of Friday, August 26, as Hurricane Irene begins its scheduled ascent to the northern part of Florida…
Update 8/29/11: A new date has been announced!Today has been filled with little other than perfectly rational South Floridians shaking their fists in disgust and yelling, “come on, Irene!” The threat of Hurricane Irene has claimed a serious musical casualty: Skullcandy’s Identity Festival stop in Miami scheduled for Thursday, August…
There are many enjoyable compositions extolling the virtues of alcoholic beverages, but Lil Jon’s new song has a bit of a drinking problem. Not to say that “Drink,” which features a guest verse by LMFAO, won’t find an audience near the beer pong tables, kegerators, bottle service lounges, and parents’…
Lil Wayne was taken to a St. Louis hospital Sunday evening after a pleasant evening of skateboarding turned “gnarly.” Weezy was in Missouri for a performance at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on his I Am Still Music Tour, and as is common, the tour bus stopped at a local skate…
If Miami experimental rock troupe Young Circles has its way, the remainder of the year will be filled with debate regarding its debut full-length, Jungle Habits. The vets of South Florida’s live scene have assembled their most ambitious, animalistic collection of songs yet. For the entire 24 hours of Tuesday,…
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump and his silvery pipes have struck out on a solo venture while the band is on hiatus. So far, things have headed far to the left of his group’s hit-laden catalog of pop-punk. If his vocal hooks on Gym Class Heroes’ “Cupid’s Chokehold,” the Roots’…
It is with distinct pleasure that we offer you an evening of entertainment put on by our brother from another mother, Miami New Times’ Crossfade blog. The Local does exactly what you think it does and brings out South Florida talent for the reasonable price of free to the friendly…
What’s up, students? Need some “real world” experience to mix with your pottery classes, beach-combing, and Food Not Bombs meetings? Today, we said farewell to a guy with ice-cold shoes and a serious hatred for the Beatles, Ryan Burk. Now it’s back to square one.Ideally, County Grind is looking for…
Sick of the urban wasteland you call home, being old, and summer’s stickiness? Time to book a flight to the pastoral wilderness of Bon Iver’s mind courtesy of his new “Holocene” clip.Essentially, this is the visual equivalent of everything we already understood about Justin Vernon’s soothing missives — why sing…
Vinyl hounds will be hard-pressed to pass up the limited edition version of Surfer Blood’s Tarot Classics EP, which will finally meet the public in a wild duel of rock and emotion on October 25.Just put up for pre-order at Insound, the package includes the EP’s four brand-new songs, and…
It’s often a great thing when American musicians get outside of their natural surroundings to create. And when we’re especially lucky, word of collaborations with artists from far-flung lands injects a load of fresh culture into indie-besodden ears.In the case of Tinariwen, there are a lot of factors at play…
Funny what a studio owned by a shoe company (owned by another shoe company) can churn out. Although the output of Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy, and Andrew W.K. hadn’t crossed paths before, Converse Rubber Tracks got ’em all in for an ominously titled song, “I’m a Goner.” Unfortunately, there…
The yearly “Think Pink Rocks” benefit concert at Mizner Park has traditionally been an urban music showcase, due to its partnership with SRC Records. With regulars Flo Rida, Melanie Fiona, Ray J, and Shontelle on the bill, the event’s fourth installment is no exception.However, some new blood is on the…
The masterful and sometimes mouthy Fernando Perdomo just informed County Grind that his Miami-based label, Forward Motion Records, is turning 1. And in celebration of the momentous occasion, the label and its roster is putting on a benefit show in Fort Lauderdale at Revolution on Thursday, September 29.With 16 artists…
Hadn’t heard from Gaps the Man Beast in a minute, but it’s with great pleasure to find out that the Fort Lauderdale rapper was toiling away with local intergalactic smashers Astrea Corporation. Not that it would be a stretch to imagine two studious outfits like these combining powers, but the…
Doubtful that Dave Chappelle is winning a ton of new fans following years of erratic behavior. Although he was wise to develop a TV show that appealed to underemployed folks with recreational drug habits, even these people surely have started to understand that Chappelle’s Show hasn’t put out new episodes…
