The Jazz in the Gardens Festival 2011 lineup is live, and we like what we see. Although the anticipation for Lauryn Hill is a smidgen diminished because she was in South Florida last month for a performance at the University of Miami, perhaps she’s got “Killing Me Softly” and “Doo…
Aside from pointing as many eyeballs as possible to this week’s cover story about punk rock caricaturist Mickey Clean, there’s reading aplenty in the music section too. Has it already been 15 years since the Buzz Bake Sale’s initial running? Erica Landau and Travis Newbill break down the highlights, including…
Included in Pitchfork’s Top Music Videos of 2010 was a clip directed by South Florida native Carlos Charlie Perez, whom we wrote about at length earlier this year. Fang Island’s “Daisy” was the number 19 pick here, and it’s among good company.Picks from the Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips, Baths, Grinderman,…
“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:Absolute Dissent, Killing Joke’s 13th album, finally welcomes the long-awaited return of the original lineup…
305-528-2786!Not only did Flo Rida give out his number during his appearance on Chelsea Lately this week; he fully endorsed calling him in the middle of the night. Now this does give Flo fans (and haters) an opportunity to emote to the king of repurposing songs from the mid-’80s for…
Rivaling “Christmas Party,” we applaud the Walkmen’s choice to revamp Lindsey Buckingham’s infectious solo single “Holiday Road” — probably best-known for its nonseasonal association with Chevy Chase. Yes, the track took off with its placement in National Lampoon’s Vacation, and all of its sequels — except Christmas Vacation, interestingly. The…
Following Vanilla Ice’s ode to Halloween (and himself) featuring Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J and knowing his propensity for holiday cheer, which manifests in his December 11 at Feelgoods in West Palm Beach, it’s not a stretch to think he’s in favor of this slightly twisted push to help the…
Now is the time — at least until the next time County Grind pesters you — to speak up. Which releases from this calendar year created by local artists, be they seven-inches, mixtapes, or full-lengths, rose to the top?We already have a carefully guarded stack of opinions that hopefully readers’…
It was all too clear that Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam has a special kinship with South Florida — even if he hadn’t been here for years until his performance earlier this month at the Fillmore Miami Beach. As Tom Francis detailed, the guy who has cultivated an amphitheater-ready audience…
The time for Zitfest, a two-day local avant music bender in mid-December, is drawing near. County Grind even bought one of those advent calendars with chocolate inside each day and ate the entire thing to nudge a few fresh blemishes out of our pores for the occasion. Organized and curated…
For perhaps the only time in Leslie Nielsen’s life of comedy, tears will come as news of his passing on Sunday spreads. The Canadian actor died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale after complications from pneumonia. He was 84. The Juice’s Mike Mooney has more on Fort Lauderdale’s favorite Canadian here.Although he…
Area synthesizer rock trio (and Zitfest organizers) the Jameses dominate “Fifth Dimension” live each time out. After hearing the song no fewer than a half-dozen times, easy access to a recorded version should up that count into the realm of daily stats we keep for “hours of sleep” or “tacos consumed.”…
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Cox Radio has reformatted the 93.1 FM preset in South Florida cars once again. 93 Rock’s blast of Staind-friendly Mainstream Rock format has been put on blast in favor of a round-the-clock Christmas mix dubbed South Florida’s Official Holiday Music Station. Yes, among other things,…
Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba is generous with his words. Not only did Christine Borges get enough for this week’s big print feature with the man, she spilled the rest into a funny bonus Q&A over here. He loves the Jameses!Anyhow, the big news here is that The Swiss Army Romance,…
During its short lifespan, West Palm Beach pop-punk act Hey Monday has weathered significant lineup changes. Both bassist Michael “Jersey” Moriarty and drummer Elliot James have departed in the past year or so. Still, with the core of vocalist Cassadee Pope and guitarists Mike Gentile and Alex Lipshaw intact, things…
Fort Lauderdale/Miami punk act the New is now Ocean Front Records’ newest signee. The Long Island-based label’s CEO Ray Los tracked down the quartet after hearing them on a local radio station, and the former subsidiary of Motown is now branching out for the spry, spunky New sound.New Times (yes,…
South Florida bedrooms are turning to nurseries come April 2012, because Sade has confirmed a 2011 summer date at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. County Grind already suggested a bunch of appropriate baby names for the tykes inevitably conceived after a rapturous evening with the peerless soul goddess setting the…
The beginning of Sufjan Stevens’ “Too Much” video features him rolling around in a bunch of colorful garbage — and it’s hard not to see this as a direct allusion to the music on his latest album, The Age of Adz. (That z does the trick.) Long known for his…
Tonight, Bauhaus and Love and Rockets alum David J visits, performs and enshrouds Radio-Active Records and the Monterey Club here in Fort Lauderdale. Those tight black clothes are a very good start, but get a further refresher on the guy right here.As detailed at the Radio-Active blog, Mr. J will…
Spike Jonze is one of the finest music video directors because he illuminates an artist’s existing message the way a gushing fan might, but with the technical skill and seasoning to make it breathtaking. “But by the time the first bombs fell/ We were already bored” is a heavy couplet…
Fort Lauderdale’s taking back Sunday with a new monthly indie dance event even Steven Spielberg can get down for, Jams the Party. There might be fewer regulars watching football this weekend at McSorley’s Beach Pub because the Dolphins played Thursday night, but we can already picture the heightened interactions at…
T.I. and Tiger Woods are two men who recently had their lives royally screwed up at the point where fame, hubris, and the laws of society intersect. And boy, are they both apologetic today. Tip took to his personal blog, and Woods penned an essay appearing in Newsweek titled “How…
