Matt & Kim are one of the biggest Brooklyn boosters around. After titling their last album Grand — in reference, among other things, to one of the main thoroughfares in their neighborhood — the Willamsburg Bridge shows up on the cover for “Cameras,” their new single.As a reminder of the…
Middle man: Mayer HawthorneCrooner/producer Mayer Hawthorne got in R&B/soul fans’ good graces a couple of years ago with “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out,” a throwback slice of heartbreak off his debut, A Strange Arrangement. His cover of Otis Leavill’s “I Need You” also gave us pause recently. On the occasion…
Two decades ago, Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet was one of the most dangerous listening experiences possible. Big, fat fingers point at Chuck D’s thunderous proclamations on “Welcome to the Terrordome” and “Fight the Power” and Flavor Flav’s venomous “911 Is a Joke,” but this album was also…
”We are trying to show the rest of America that South Florida consists of more than Rick Ross, strip clubs, and cocaine,” is Protoman’s summation of the task of Footwork4Self Records, a burgeoning hip-hop label in Lake Worth. County Grind has given plenty of shine to the emerging indie-rock acts…
Dungen puts a time machine on the turntable.In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week. Dungen’s albums sound like the psychedelic background to one of the freakiest parties that…
Ian Grandjean is the brains behind We Are Music, a documentary project aiming to create a time capsule of the current upswing of South Florida music talent. In order to fund this admirable task, a Kickstarter project has been launched — and with two weeks to go, he’s already halfway…
One of the more innocuous moments of “Girl Crazy Go.”Australian scuzzy dance outfit Muscles has always had a strange relationship with the party atmosphere his music can’t help but cultivate. Although his 2007 album, Guns Babes Lemonade, has a magnificent Italo disco sheen, many of the lyrics seem to hold…
Bring on the major leagues.Just as Janet Jackson is mulling a move to an indie label, West Palm Beach sensation Surfer Blood is sidling up to a major. “We actually just signed a deal with Warner Bros. International,” Surfer Blood frontman J.P. Pitts recently told Brightest Young Things, confirming what…
Photo by Kristian AndrewA certain level of bedlam makes sense at a Sick of It All show, no? Our focus was on the two Hellcat acts who opened, Street Dogs and Devil’s Brigade, in this week’s feature. However, punks wanting all comers bashed their way through a night at Revolution…
Photo by Amanda ArmbrusterNo, this is not a composite image.”Who says I can’t get stoned?” in action: John Mayer proclaimed that he would wear his Cleveland Cavaliers jersey during his September 11 performance in West Palm Beach. One of the blogs at our ribald sister paper in Miami noticed, and…
Poster created by Iron Forge PressFort Lauderdale-based Iron Forge Press creates some of the most eye-popping rock posters we’ve ever seen. Whenever possible, we’ll share their designs right here on County Grind. After already telling you all why to hate Crystal Castles but still go see them anyhow, here are…
Photo by Ian WitlenA shot from day one of Blond Fuzz’s “Black Magic Touch” video shoot.For those about to rock: Blond Fuzz has announced another day of filming for its “Black Magic Touch” music video for this weekend. Things to bring: liquor bottles that are either full or empty, Christmas…
Tallahassee’s DJ Mannes of Team Jaguar tossed up a bunch of mashups today using the au courant indie pop of Twin Sister as a backdrop. He says this was in “the hopes of impressing the girl I fancy.” Even if she’s indifferent, fret not. There are a ton of nerdy,…
Photo by Pamela LittkyPerforming for Chris Carrabba would turn this guy’s digestive tract into that of an 80-year-old.Coming across someone like Adam Young isn’t the hard part. He’s shy, meticulous about his ways, and is always leaving clever notes on your Facebook wall. In most cases, your friend won’t have…
Photo by Cindy FreyLocal punk fans have it pretty easy this Friday with the massive lineup of Sick of It All, Street Dogs, and Devil’s Brigade gathered at Revolution for a night combining hardcore, the Irish-inflected Boston punk sound, and psychobilly. The latter two acts — both Hellcat Records signees…
MySpace.comGirls who wore Abercrombie & Fitch in the late ’90s and boy band fans everywhere mourn the loss of LFO frontman Rich Cronin, who died Wednesday after a long struggle with leukemia, TMZ reports. He was 35.Best-known for the hits “Summer Girls” and “Girl on TV,” Cronin and his bandmates…
Love him or abhor him, John Mayer as an interview subject makes for a good read. His detailed masturbation stories, dubbing Jessica Simpson “sexual napalm,” and, of course, his Benetton heart/David Duke manhood conflicts in a recent Playboy interview ensured that plenty of folks who have never heard anything past…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.The members of !!! (sometimes pronounced chk chk chk) had to be kind of pissed about two years ago when a whole…
Update: Here’s the review of the October 6 show.For some folks, it would have been enough to put up a copy of Blonde on Blonde with a chipmunk chewing on it: Bob Dylan’s coming back to South Florida! The concert takes place October 6 at the Arena at the Don…
Not a mane of hair you’re likely to forget.Danny McBride is a magnificent actor and is fortunate enough to have HBO’s Eastbound & Down to wreak havoc in all of his mulleted glory. Its second season premieres September 26, and there are plenty of fans who are ready for more…
Photo by Ian WitlenDada’s Tenth Anniversary Party in full swing Saturday evening.Delray Beach eatery and cultural hub Dada got a big, wet kiss from us in the form of a decade retrospective last week leading up to its Tenth Anniversary Party.For Saturday’s festivities, the street next to the iconic residence…
“Back to you in the studio, J.P.!”Surfer Blood’s just-released video for “Floating Vibes” is the perfect companion for Pitchfork’s new feature “The 1990s in Lists” — it has all of the goofball, lo-fi charm of the alt-rock videos of the era. We had an inkling of that back in June…
