The dubstep scene is eerily reminiscent of the real estate bubble. The market was flooded by mainstream exposure, setting us up for an inevitable collapse. Except this demise will rival the 2008 housing market. Like “investors” who flipped houses for a quick profit, too many “DJs” are blindly diving into…
Lighthouse Point electropop, synthpunk group Futurisk started making music in the late ’70s right here in South Florida. They describe themselves on Facebook as: “An anomalous singularity in the black-hole of early 1980’s Florida. They would be rediscovered almost 30 years later by Veronica Vasicka and James Murphy.” Veronica Vasicka is of…
Hearts are breaking quicker than Kim Kardashian’s last marriage. Zooey and Ben. Katy and Russell. And now Johnny Depp has separated from 14-year partner Vanessa Paradis. Maybe you deal with a breakup by throwing on some Portishead, downing a bottle of liquor in the bathtub, all while crying your eyes…
You may have noticed, two things we like to write about here at County Grind are South Florida hip-hop act ¡Mayday! and music videos created by Julian Yuri Rodriguez. If you pick up a hard copy of the New Times Broward Palm Beach, you’ll see Jacob Katel’s article on the group…
Although he’s easily the most visionary American artist to emerge from the heady Southern California sun and surf scene of the early ’60s, Brian Wilson’s reputation for genius has often been tempered by his battles with severe depression and mental instability. Born on June 20, 1942 (two days after Paul…
Fat Joe, the iconic Bronx-born rapper who looked remarkably similar to King Hippo from Mike Tyson’s Punch Out before going on a diet, is set to take the stage Friday night at Revolution Live and deliver what’s sure to be a ground-shaking show. Terror Squad fans will rejoice in classic tracks…
After spending two hours and three minutes of precious time watching Rock of Ages, the Broadway-sensation-turned-Tom-Cruise-biopic (of sorts), we came away with a few lasting impressions. For starters, Tom Cruise is clearly genetically composed of nightmares. He’s frightening as Stacee Jaxx and as Tom Cruise. Next, Mary J. Blige is fierce and a…
The first day of Summer is just around the corner, and West Palm Beach’s CityPlace is kicking things off with a free country music concert series. Partnering up with 103.1 WIRK, artists such as Jana Kramer and Craig Morgan will take the plaza stage in the upcoming months. Beginning tonight,…
Flavor Flav, formerly of the influential hip-hop group Public Enemy and the undisputed king of reality TV, made a special appearance on Saturday June 16 at the Seminole Casino Hollywood. While the tension in the press area was high because of the celeb’s tardiness, the waiting crowd were busy getting pumped…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights, and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, random thoughts about one of the greatest festivals ever. My first visit to Bonnaroo continues to resonate days after those final notes from Phish began fading away. The shows…
Editor’s Note: Tattoo Tuesdays highlight Broward and Palm Beach counties most beloved tattoo artists and shops. “I started hanging around tattoo shops when I was 16,” Tattoo artist and Reno, Nevada, native Gwen Gersich, AKA “GiGi,” says laughingly, “I ditched school on my 18th birthday to get my first.” While she admits that the…
There’s little that can be said about Paul McCartney that hasn’t been uttered before. But as he turns 70 today, June 18, he continues to assert his status as one of music’s most revered individuals, an elder statesman who’s influenced practically every artist who’s followed in his footsteps, regardless of…
Icelandic band Sigur Rós recently commissioned a variety of directors to choose a song from its new album, Valtari and shoot a video inspired by the music. Each director was given a $10,000 budget and zero instructions or rules from the band. How’s that for artistic freedom? Today, Israeli director,…
Just this past Saturday night, we threw quite a nice gathering for music lovers, County Grind lovers, and just plain lovers. It was great fun, if we do say so ourselves The acts we chose to feature, Hollywood garage rockers the Gun Hoes, Miami’s psych outfit Lil Daggers, and party…
County Grind Live with Jacuzzi Boys, Lil Daggers, and The Gun HoesGreen Room, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, June 16, 2012Better than: Getting laid. That’s right, we said it. Check to see if you’re in the slideshow here.County Grind has taken this blog to the stage twice now, both times at Fort Lauderdale’s mid-sized musical…
The Bouncing Souls featuring Luther and The MenzingersRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleSaturday, June 16, 2012Better than: Not listening to punk rock legends on a summer Saturday night.It’s been 23 years of touring, recording, and rocking out for punk rock revelers The Bouncing Souls, who were happy to be back in South Florida at Revolution…
Dead in the Dirt (Southern Lord) w/ Heartless, Centuries, Super Mutant, GritSunday, June 17, 2012Better than: Sitting at home, waiting for work, waiting to die. Squirreled away in a warehouse complex that borders the desolate Everglades highway that is State Road 27 lies the Talent Farm. The Talent Farm is an all…
Roger Waters – The Wall Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise Friday, June 15, 2012 Better than: Watching a Pink Floyd tribute band.For the full slideshow, click here. Few concerts nowadays have a rhetorical agenda or offer a commentary on the way we live. Even when Roger Waters first wrote 99 percent…
Rock of Ages Movie Release PartyRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleJune 15Better than: Staring at the hideous green netting that was draped across S.W. 3rd Ave. in front of the club during filming.For the full slideshow, click here. Critics have not been particularly kind to the movie version of Rock of Ages. This fact…
One of the best moments in Little Jake Mitchell’s childhood singing career was, he says, “When I played with Sam Cooke, 1957 at the Palladium Ballroom in Tampa, Florida, King Curtis was the band that was playing, and the Skyliners.” He was 13 years old. The singer was discovered by…
When planning County Grind Live, we thought, there’s no way we can have a musical showcase here in Fort Lauderdale without Radio-Active Records being involved. So we were thrilled when owner Mikey Ramirez agreed to be one of, and bring, the DJs. Backing him up tomorrow is Mitzie Velez, whom…
To say that we here at New Times Broward/Palm Beach are huge Bon Jovi fans would be an understatement. We’re like those people who grew up with JBJ’s face and feathered hair plastered on our walls. We slept with his cassette tapes under our pillows. When word hit the office…
