Sister Hazel’s 1997 hit “All for You” is still reverberating in the back corners of our collective consciousness. For many folks, though, that’s where ties to the band end. What those folks may not be aware of is that the Gainesville product is a very different creature than that poppy anthem lets on…
Just in time for the onset of fall, the Heavy Pets offer up a set of cool, acoustic music on their third studio album Swim Out Past the Sun, which they’ll be celebrating the release of this Saturday at the Stage in Miami.The album’s release is reminiscent in feel to…
This Halloween, you may benefit greatly from one of the many therapeutic disciplines available. This Halloween, you can acknowledge — and “make friends with” — all the demons sneaking around your subconscious. Which of these hypothetical settings seems most frightening to you: (A) The dark and swampy lands of old-time…
Conspirator Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale October 8, 2011 In spite of two straight days of dreary, rainy weather — which surely would have made for a soggy Langerado — spirits were high and bright in the Culture Room late Saturday night as Conspirator threw down a special, supercharged, post-Yom Kippur…
Just as the Disco Biscuits reached the height of recognition of their 16-year career and seemed on the verge of even more, founding keyboardist Aron Magner and bassist Marc Brownstein began focusing on a side project called Conspirator. Off-and-on since 2004, the group explores technologies and techniques to make more…
Did anyone order some positive vibes? Ya, mon! Celebrating 50 years of Wailers music and the timeless power of music to uplift people, the annual Bayside Rocks Festival returns to Miami on November 19. Among those making up a true wail of a lineup is the only surviving member of…
Forward Motion AnniversaryWith Dreaming in Stereo, Jorge Moreno, Jim Camacho, Revolution, Fort Lauderdale September 29, 2011 Though the number of attending bodies did little to challenge the capacity of Revolution, the club was far from vacant, as those who were in attendance radiated plenty of room-filling enthusiasm — for the…
The song of the modern-day siren is equally beautiful and seductive as it was in Homer’s Odyssey but not so explicitly deadly, which is nice. For some reason back then, these gals got a kick out of using their seductive voices to lure sailors toward the rocky shores of their…
There may be no band which carries the torch — er, huge burning doobie — passed on by the late Bradley Nowell of Sublime moreso than Pepper. And that includes Sublime themselves, who now tour with a replacement front man named Rome. That’s not to say though, that Pepper is…
One of the burdens of living is that we all must work. At this moment, as you read this, you may be seated at a desk you would rather not be at, or you may be seated on a sofa, unemployed, wishing you were at a desk you would rather…
The Spirit of the Suwanee Music Park is always a beautiful and sacred place. A couple times a year, though, the spirit grows especially warm and inviting — once in the fall when Magnolia Fest is held, and once in the Spring for Springfest. With Mag Fest just around the…
Many Floridians observed last week that the sweltering beast that is summer is beginning to break. Though the heat is still upon us, its intensity is waning at this point, and it will soon be safe to go back outside. Indeed, the coming of autumn (AKA weather in the 80s,…
Anyone who has taken part in a Japanese tea ceremony (who hasn’t) knows that the preparation of the tea, and cleaning up afterwards, are just as important as the act of sipping the tea. And we at County Grind know that this idea applies to attending a rock show as…
The phrase “Giant Nautical Flea Market” may conjure an image in your silly mind of huge insects in sexy sailor outfits selling things or… selling themselves. Selling each other? In any case, you’ve got the wrong idea: That is nonsense — why would the Guy Harvey-T-shirt-wearing boat people in the…
Return to Forever IV With Zappa Plays Zappa Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton September 10, 2011 Better Than: Watching Back to the Future on VHS or Bluray.As Dweezil Zappa put it, it was an “arrogantly muggy” night in Boca Raton for the outdoor concert. As offensive as the weather may…
Back in 2008, longtime friends Vitek Benton, Eric Carter, and Corey Lindholm decided to do what they’d wanted to do for a while — start a band. So they got some instruments, figured out how to play them, and did so. Three years later, Fort Lauderdale’s self-described “postpunk” outfit Retrocities…
Breaking: Langerado 2011 has been canceled.We are pleased to report that Langerado has announced that there will be on-site camping at this year’s festival! That means there is another option for nesting in addition to the ones laid out in Part 1 of our Langerado Survival Guide. The on-site camping…
The thing about attending a decade-specific theme party in this day and age is that unless you really go overboard, your costume could easily be mistaken for a stab at modern-ironic hipster fashion. That’s why you need to set the “cheese dial” to “max vom” before heading to the First…
The main difference between a gem at a yard sale and a gem at a vintage boutique is the price tag. Yard-sale stuff is pretrash stuff for the taking, where-as “vintage” stuff is pretrash stuff that has been recognized as a gem by an expert. The extra cash paid to…
The eternal soul of Van Morrison meets us like an old friend each time we drop the needle on such classic albums as Astral Weeks or Moondance. Those works embody mysterious, penetrating beauty that we listeners grow to appreciate more and more as we go through life, realizing their depth…
With clear, relentless devotion, Chick Corea has been creating music for more than half a century. His journey has landed him in bands with such greats as Miles Davis, Herbie Mann, and Chaka Khan, and his own vision has moved him to put together more ensembles than most musicians have…
Breaking: Langerado 2011 has been canceled.The return of Langerado, SoFla’s favorite little/big festival, is on the horizon. Therefore, it’s about time we all start thinking about how we are going to approach this thing. To help you along, County Grind is offering a series of pointers, from experience and thorough…
