County Grind is counting down the best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.The Band in Heaven and Weird Wives’ thrilling, caustic jams embody the physical and psychological scorch that comes along with every South Florida summer. By mid-August, any thermometer looks like a middle finger, everyone’s back…
Aspiring rapper Raymond Edwin Adderly Jr. was fatally shot in front of his family during a home invasion robbery in his Miramar home Tuesday evening, according to his brother-in-law. The father of three and his wife had just returned from a Christmas play at the time of the attack. He…
In front of Lake Worth’s Little Munich, the Jameses’ Dan McHugh politely endures one of the longest conversations he’s ever had about his band. While smoking nearly a pack of cigarettes in the sub-50-degree air, he seems less than eager to unpack the influences behind the whirring delight of organ…
Update 6:30 p.m.: Lil Wayne tweets, “I will not be in Pompano Beach!”This is tricky business. Power 96.5 is running a promo featuring a recording of a guy who could very well be Lil Wayne saying he’s appearing at Pompano Beach venue Club Cinema on Friday, December 17. “Hello world,…
All right, all right. Hanukkah 2010 was officially a wrap on December 9, but don’t tell the organizers for Fedstock. A highlight of the “2 days of love and nachas” is a performance by Matisyahu, a dude with hockey skills and a serious dedication to his faith. Or at least…
In the latest instance of South Florida scratching its own back: the chill waves of Millionyoung get linked up with ANR (Awesome New Republic) for a remix of “Weak Ends.” The track is originally from last year’s Sunndreamm EP, and was already touted on Pitchfork by County Grind pal Jonathan…
Tis the season to make lists, and County Grind hopes that readers check our rundown of the best South Florida releases more than twice. Yes, it says “Albums” in the headline, but really anything local of a decent heft that had a huge impact in 2010 was under consideration –…
It doesn’t take long for Broken Social Scene’s “Texico Bitches” video to get kind of icky. Not sure if there’s a Canadian tradition that involves hillside grappling matches in black, gooey petroleum ejaculations, but this clip manages to deal a piledriver upon big oil (and pro wrestling). Then again, hearing…
Another weekend, another tweak to the WHDR-FM radio formatting. Yes, the holiday music continues at 93.1, but now the ad bumpers refer to the soft and easy mix that will be taking over beginning December 26: Easy 93.1.Just before Thanksgiving, the changes began, and your County Grind correspondent spoke to…
“Moving Units” has many connotations, including this crappy dance-punk band and selling mad records, but herein is an album that moved Radio-Active Records’ Mike Ramirez and County Grind to have an effusive discussion about it.The setup:No shocker that Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was a top-seller at Radio-Active…
Saturday’s Y100 Jingle Ball at the BankAtlantic Center was a night of amazing hits, and even more amazing pants — or no pants, in the case of Katy Perry. Photographer Sayre Berman got a load of great shots throughout the night, and the full 41-photo slideshow is here. And her…
Some folks will hem and haw at pop icon Miley Cyrus lifting herb smoke into her lungs from a glass bong, but prudishness is not how County Grind got started. Yes, it could be salvia, according to TMZ, but that’s seems unlikely and irrelevant. The pantheon of pop stars definitely…
The grainy footage and lack of bulging air pockets in the sneakers suggests that New Jersey combo Delicate Steve’s new video for the synth-rock instrumental “Wondervisions” is a compilation of Hoosiers-era pickup basketball. But look closely; these ballers have tattoos. Even if the style of play harks back to Bob…
This week marks another enormous explosion of pop music courtesy of the Y100 Jingle Ball at the BankAtlantic Center. We already broke down the lineup, and rated our preferences for the evening. One performer with a local tie is Miami-bred Enrique Iglesias, and Christopher Lopez’ story about the man makes…
By now, news of Jim Morrison’s imminent pardon is making the rounds. Gov. Charlie Crist did his fellow Florida State University attendee a solid and backed the measure, which would lift an indecent-exposure conviction handed down in Miami four decades ago. We did not agree that this was worth the…
Area singer-songwriter Mike Mineo, who notched Best Male Rock Vocalist by this very paper earlier this year, has a new music video showcasing his zany antics. Of course, we already knew about them because of Courtney Hambright’s in-depth piece earlier this year.Here in this video, which stars Mineo’s mother as…
Attention, students with writing skills, the beginning stages of tinnitus, and amorphous schedules: An internship has just opened up with your name on it in the County Grind/New Times Broward-Palm Beach den of music appreciation.Emphasis that you must be in school of some sort (undergrad, grad, post-grad, you pick), so…
Apparently the Fort Lauderdale beach scene isn’t big enough for two local curiosities. After learning of our widely read cover story about aging punk legend with a flair for caricature art Mickey Clean, the self-proclaimed “nationally known marathon runner” Dennis “Coat Man” Marsella placed several phone calls to the New…
So, this is kind of weird. After publicly lambasting each other on County Grind’s tawdry pages, Miami pop-rock intimidators Pretty Please’s Juan Oña (his unhappy comments here) and Bianca Brite (her lengthy reply here) have decided to put aside their differences. This, of course, was revealed via another few comments…
The strapping lass that is Grace Potter and her band of able Southern rock fusionists will trek to South Florida in early March. For the uninitiated, Potter is not a subtle performer. Evidence aplenty is tucked into her flashy showing during the VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert filmed Sunday…
Ever since Daft Punk was linked with soundtracking the reboot of the TRON franchise, the anticipation has been a bit like standing in an ever-lengthening line outside a nightclub. Everyone says it’s dynamite inside, but no one has actually been there. Well, the doorman (who looks a lot like Peter…
R&B-funk-rap collective Michael Franti & Spearhead and piano songstress Sara Bareilles were the two biggest draws for Saturday’s free No Snow Ball show on WRMF 97.9’s dime in Boca Raton. At the right, Bareilles looks more than comfortable with a guitar in her hands, but it’s that pick in her…
