Oil.Spill.Benefit Featuring Surfer Blood Advance Tickets On Sale

Momentary self-righteous soapbox moment: I didn’t hesitate to purchase a ticket for the Oil.Spill.Benefit show at Propaganda Wednesday, June 30 — nor should you. Not only is a $10 to $15 ticket range completely reasonable to witness the live grandeur of Surfer Blood, the Dewars, the Jameses and Chill Pillars…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for June 15-21

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.In addition to the usual hip, young buzz bands, this week’s top sellers feature two bands that have managed to remain cool…

Dooms de Pop Goes Unplugged for Big City Breakdown

Friend of County Grind and generally inspiring local figure Garo Gallo not only oversees the Fort Lauderdale art space the Bubble but he fronts the fab rock act Dooms de Pop. Normally, Gallo and his band are thrashing through their songs with a lot of fuzz coming through the amps,…

Q&A: Jordin Sparks; Tuesday Night at Revolution

After winning American Idol in 2007, Jordin Sparks hasn’t attained Carrie Underwood-level success, but she’s fared far better in her pop career than Idol alums like Taylor Hicks. Her self-titled debut album featured two smash singles, “Tattoo” and a duet with Chris Brown, “No Air.” Both songs showed that Sparks…

Crossfade: School of Seven Bells, Dead Meat, Kid Sister, and Deer Tick

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.School of Seven Bells: ethereal, gorgeous melodies featuring a dude from Secret Machines and On!Air!Library!…

Review: Guy Harvey Music Video Shoot at Respectable Street, June 17

Guy Harvey’s “The Rope” Video ShootRespectable Street, West Palm BeachThursday, June 17, 2010Video director Carlos Charlie Perez flew down from New York earlier in the day to capture the loose-limbed Lake Worth quartet Guy Harvey barreling through a catchy post-punk set in West Palm Beach on Respectable Street’s back patio…

Indie’s Cutest Couple Matt & Kim at the Culture Room October 14

Whether Brooklyn knew it or not, the New York borough became a happier place the instant Matt & Kim began creating pixi stix-fueled keyboard pop anthems a few years back. Since then, the adorable couple has performed a load of high-energy shows that feature adorable banter between the real-life couple…

Jordin Sparks Brings Powerful Voice to Revolution

After winning American Idol in 2007, Jordin Sparks hasn’t attained Carrie Underwood-level success, but she’s fared far better in her pop career than Idol alums like Taylor Hicks. Her self-titled debut album featured two smash singles, “Tattoo” and a duet with Chris Brown, “No Air.” Both songs showed that Sparks…

Tonight! The Lounge Hosts 7 Deadly Sins Art Show in West Palm Beach

Sinners and free-thinking saints alike come together at an art show this evening at West Palm Beach’s the Lounge. Titled “7 Deadly Sins,” the show features works inspired by greed, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Well, basically everyone who didn’t submit something can chalk it up to sloth,…

Tonight! Silversun Pickups Make Triumphant Return to South Florida

In addition to finding out that Silversun Pickups frontman Brian Aubert just wed a fellow musician, Twilight Sleep frontwoman Tracy Marcellion, in Italy, Alex Rendon’s fine feature about the Los Angeles alt-rockers, reveals that the band has moved up in the world since its last visit to South Florida. Only…

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records’ Top 5 Releases for June 8-14

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.Local bros the Jacuzzi Boys not only have a winning album cover for the limited-run Bricks or Coconuts three-track vinyl (Ratatat’s new…