Tonight! Starkey Skewers Dubstep for Pop Purposes at Respectable

Dubstep triggers either immediate body-jostling or a dismissive smirk. Either way, it’s impossible not to react to Philadelphia producer Starkey’s approach to the genre, which is more akin to skirting it. Making bass-heavy music is the easy part, but adding enough pop twists to keep it compelling is something else…

Tonight! Hole at Fillmore Miami Poster Courtesy of Iron Forge Press

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.Definitely worth noting one more time that Hole is performing (with openers Foxy Shazam) at the Fillmore Miami this evening. Whether it’s a train…

Lilith Fair Cancels 10 Shows, West Palm Beach Among Them

After we stuck our necks out multiple times for Lilith Fair 2010, the lineup for the August 10 date at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach was a bit of a disappointment. Truth that some of the reasons South Florida ended up with a mostly adult-contemporary version of a traveling…

Blond Fuzz and the Hard Richards Join Lake Worth-It Roster

Two new bands have been added to Lake Worth’s day-long celebration of local music, Lake Worth-It 2010, which will take place in the city’s beautiful Bryant Park August 7. Boca Raton blues-rock trio Blond Fuzz (soon we will stop telling you that they used to be Stonefox, but not yet),…

Nothing Rhymes With Orange Remembers Manager Bill Aucoin

Earlier this week, Crossfade announced that music industry titan Bill Aucoin, most famous for managing KISS, had passed away at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Miami. According to family, he died following complications from prostate cancer. He was 66. Not only was he nationally known for his successes, but…

Starkey Skewers Dubstep for Pop Purposes at Respectable

Dubstep triggers either immediate body-jostling or a dismissive smirk. Either way, it’s impossible not to react to Philadelphia producer Starkey’s approach to the genre, which is more akin to skirting it. Making bass-heavy music is the easy part, but adding enough pop twists to keep it compelling is something else…

Tonight! Surfer Blood Tops Oil.Spill.Benefit Lineup at Propaganda

West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood is giving back to the Florida coastline that in many ways is the band’s identity. Drenched with beach imagery formed on local shores and uplifting indie-rock tropes, Astro Coast earned the band a national following (and New Times’ Best Album of 2010) and significant cachet…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for June 22-28

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.Don’t forget to attend Mike Ramirez’s 30th Birthday Party tonight at Monterey Club!After Devo and the Cure beat back the years last…

Art: The New Pornographers by Iron Forge Press

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.Nothing new for Iron Forge Press to get some attention from clients in other parts of the country, and this arresting poster for the…

Pitchfork’s Forkcast Discovers the Jameses

Following some focused coverage on County Grind, West Palm Beach’s synth outfit the Jameses is getting some more national love via Pitchfork’s Forkcast. Read a very short summary of the band, and cop an MP3 of “The Haunted Rider” right here. Although the posting claims that the conceptual shot of…

Respectable Street Turns 23 With 23 Bands on July 31

.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } –With WithRespectable Street is taking its anniversary to the streets of West Palm Beach on Saturday, July 31. According to organizers, the event will feature “23 bands on 4 stages” to honor the venue’s 23rd anniversary. The event…

Crossfade: Deftones/Baroness, Interpol and Expose

So maybe Crossfade and County Grind are living separately, but our split was completely amicable. Here are a few stories reported recently via Miami’s raddest music blog that we want to make sure our readers see.Fillmore Miami Beach welcomes prog-metal ruffians Deftones and sludgy Baroness for a wimp-free evening August…

Radio-Active Records Hosts Harvey and the Buckets on Friday

Coral Springs alt-country outfit Harvey and the Buckets will play a free show Friday at Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale. Local garage-rock-extraordinaire act Dooms de Pop is also scheduled, bringing some added fuzz to the evening.From Radio-Active’s announcement:”Show runs 8-10 p.m., so don’t show up drunk at 10:05 wondering ‘when…

Surfer Blood Tops Oil.Spill.Benefit Lineup at Propaganda

West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood is giving back to the Florida coastline that in many ways is the band’s identity. Drenched with beach imagery formed on local shores and uplifting indie-rock tropes, Astro Coast earned the band a national following (and New Times’ Best Album of 2010) and significant cachet…