Jacuzzi Boys’ Glazin’ is Streamin’ at SPIN

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…

Vanilla Ice: “I Don’t Smoke Pot”

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,…

Death to the Sun III Moves to Snooze Theatre: Full Lineup

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…

Ryan Alexander Forms Civilian, Releases New MP3

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…

RIP, Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Nick Ashford

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…

The Bubble Hosting Hurricane Irene Party

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…

Identity Festival in Miami Cancelled — Hurricane Irene Blamed

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…

MP3: Lil Jon & LMFAO’s “Drink” Celebrates Binge Consumption

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 Hospitalized After Skateboarding Accident

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…

Young Circles Giving Away Jungle Habits at Midnight

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,…

County Grind Needs a Music Intern (Yet) Again!

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…

Video: Bon Iver’s “Holocene” is Enya-riffic

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…

Surfer Blood Announces Tarot Classics Limited Edition Details

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…

African Touareg Band Tinariwen Plots U.S. Tour

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…

Forward Motion Records Celebrates First Year With Charity Benefit

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…

MP3: Astrea Corporation and Gaps Team for “Blood on the Floor”

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…