In a June 29, 2000, article about Delray Beach restaurant/performance space Dada (or “DaDa” for some) in this very paper titled “Get Yer Dada Out,” John Ferri describes the Salvador Dali-inspired bulbous black ants on the walls of the 1924 Tarrimore House and how it was inspired by the famous…
Let this be the signal that the holiday gift season is at hand: South Florida rap legend Maurice “Trick Daddy” Young is releasing an autobiographical tome titled Magic City: Trials of a Native Son on November 16. There’s no helping you if the “tale of a boy whose father was…
Photo by Ian WitlenBefore riotous Boca rockers Blond Fuzz gets to be known as a retro cover act — recent Tina Turner and Velvet Underground revamps are doing wonders for that rumor we just started — the upcoming release of new album Perfect Breakfast will bring the focus back to…
Down with performers from down under? Experience singer/songwriter Xavier Rudd, who is the subject of this week’s lead feature and will perform at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. Writer Lee Zimmerman describes Rudd’s laid-back approach to playing a shitload of instruments: “Surrounded onstage with a collection of guitars,…
Fort 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.This Deftones poster for the band’s recent show at the Fillmore Miami with Baroness is one of the most sinister and enticing things the…
Sumsun’s Judson Rogers is a pretty tall dude, so it’s possible that “Ants” is just in reference to the rest of the population. More likely, though, that the West Palm Beach electronic artist, who recently relocated to North Carolina, has tied the first song from his upcoming album to the…
jhnmyr.tumblr.com”Goodbye, fanbase!”Speaking as a decided nonfan of John Mayer’s music, it was semicompelling to read recently that his creative tides might be turning. He starts out this posting on his Tumblr asserting that he’s not trying to please everybody — and his overpolished guitar tone, crumpled face, and croon-by-numbers love…
Idaho indie-rock gentle giant Built to Spill performs for a collection of fans who no longer have youthful bodies but retain the fertile minds they had way, way back in 2010 in the “Hindsight” video. After rereleasing cherished cuts in chillwave form earlier this year, this Bob Odenkirk-directed clip shows…
West Palm Beach hip-hop team Jabrjaw & DJ Dee Dubbs’ infectious collaboration “Songs Like These” outlines their musical methods succinctly. Over a bit of vintage soul chopped up and layered with impressive scratching by Dubbs, Jabrjaw proclaims: “We make it happen, causing action on the scene/So relax, take a rest…
Disney darlings, the Jonas Brothers already have to elude legions of fans trying to get close to them, so it’s fitting that singer Joe Jonas would tether this rabid support into a charity event. This Labor Day, supporters can take part in the Joe Jonas iWin 5K Fun Run/Walk, taking…
The world was a very different place before Cee-Lo Green unleashed “Fuck You.” The brilliant dancing-text video had captured the retro soul vibe of the music, as well the modern frustration — XBox versus Atari — of its lyrics. Now that everyone’s just a little more comfortable with the phrase…
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.Michigan soul artist and producer Mayer Hawthorne’s blue-eyed falsetto has been raising eyebrows and pulling at heartstrings since A Strange Arrangement dropped…
The forbidden and enticing confines of the really hard-to-find Fort Lauderdale rock/punk/revelry club 1921 open up for a special benefit event this evening. The hospitality will be checking at the door to ensure that the hot pants shorts for all are at least 6″ above the knee, and enforcing a…
Recently, the Clementines (more on them here) frontman Andrew Marr humored County Grind and tried to get to the bottom of what Battlehooch means. Marr has a personal interest in this outcome because his band and local folk-rocker Jesse Baumann are performing with the “San Francisco Piecechow Rock” act, or…
West Palm Beach pop-punk act Hey Monday has announced a significant lineup change: bassist Michael “Jersey” Moriarty has left the band. His departure is the second major lineup shakeup in less than a year after drummer Elliot James announced his departure back in October.According to Hey Monday singer Cassadee Pope,…
Boca Raton retro rockers Blond Fuzz, currently in the midst of filming a music video, keep churning up discussion prior to October’s release of Perfect Breakfast. Earlier this year, the Fuzz posted an unhinged take on the Velvet Underground, and here, we have a cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival…
B.o.BWith Yelawolf, Playboy Tre, MaydayRevolution, Fort LauderdaleTuesday, August 24, 2010To see more photos from the concert, click here.The Review:Atlanta rapper-singer Bobby Ray Simmons was overwhelmingly successful at reaching his mixed audience over the course of a jam-packed 65-minute performance on Tuesday. Clad in a tight white T-shirt with a vest…
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.Once you get past the Holden Caulfield lyrics (“I hate myself man, but who’s to blame?”) on Wavves’ latest, King of the…
Baths, AKA Los Angeles electronic music prodigy Will Wiesenfeld, has one of County Grind’s favorite albums of the year not created in our local environs in Cerulean. And indeed, “Lovely Bloodflow” and its stutter-step beats and helium vocals can be credited for a heaping portion of this infatuation. Now, in…
As the lore of B.o.B — whom a colleague recently dubbed part rapper, part Jack Johnson — has grown significantly with the single “Nothin’ on You” (more on that here), his opening act tonight at Revolution, Yelawolf (right), has a chance to hit pop paydirt with a much grittier approach.Already…
The third Think Pink Rocks benefit, which features a bevy of hip-hop/R&B talent from the SRC Records roster, hits Mizner Park Amphitheater on October 2. This year’s performance roster features Auto-Tune specialist Akon, who performed at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center back in March, Asher “I Love College” Roth,…
Shock punk rocker Jeffree Star delivered exactly what was expected Friday night during a thoroughly gender-bent showing at West Palm Beach’s Ground Control. As is apparent in our slideshow, the performers onstage were not the only ones taking part in the fabulousity. Lots of hair product, glitter, strategically placed electrical…
