Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…
Simply stated, Herbie Hancock is unique. An artist whose stellar reputation extends to both popular and serious realms, he’s one of the most proficient jazz musicians of all time and yet also widely heralded in contemporary circles. That’s no small achievement, given the fact that few other names come to mind when considering…
Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…
There is nothing South Florida likes (read: loves) more than contests. Be it moronically closely watched dangling chads versus dimpled keypunches, Cubans versus Ozzie Guillen’s big mouth, or which douchey nightclub charges more for lackluster VIP setups, ours is a competition-driven society. Rock ‘n’ roll is a beast created by rebellion…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite local rock band. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in…
7 Seas is a band that claims to have “no limitations.” Musically, that is. Their worldly name indicates their exploratory nature. Drummer Andrew Nicholson says that the diversity of sounds, people, and cultures living around the world’s seven seas influenced their moniker and that you can hear the versatility of styles in the writing…
Yesterday, local DJ and promoter extraordinaire, and friend of County Grind, Miguel Bravo announced that tonight’s Digital Love event featuring Millionyoung and Sumsun at Green Room will be the last, noting that another event will be taking over its slot. Bravo founded the weekly Thursday-night indie dance party along with his…
Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares observations, insights and updates relating to South Florida’s musical environs. This week, a Facebook chain recaptures my past. I recently got sucked into one of those Facebook chains where it seems everybody and their sister gets tagged on a subject that…
Several radio stations in West Palm Beach are about to get a new owner. CBS Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell its five radio stations in West Palm Beach for a total of $50 million to local broadcaster Palm Beach Broadcasting. The deal comes in the…
Stuart-based trio Aquaphonics dubs its sound “electro-soul,” and indeed, it often uses a funky interplay between the electronic and the organic. As the group’s watery name might indicate, there’s a lot of bubbling percussion and cresting and receding waves of guitar and keyboard. And besides the “electro” and “soul” parts,…
The Speakeasy in Lake Worth is quickly becoming Palm Beach County’s new epicenter of punk, hardcore, and all related subgenres. That’s mostly thanks to local duo On Fire Booking, whose promotional power in scoring big-name touring acts now rivals that of bookers at bigger clubs. Case in point: this show…
In 2012, Yanni is often an easy punch line; anytime someone needs a quick quip about the New Age and easy-listening cultural moments of the early ’90s, Yanni’s the guy. The Greek composer particularly didn’t help himself much on the latter front with his famous, overblown, 1994 Live at the…
Editor’s Note: Is It Wrong is a therapeutic column examining feelings we have about music that just aren’t quite right. To ease any discomfort, County Grind will explore these emotions and thoughts, breaking down from whence our feelings of guilt, disgust, and shame arise. And, as they say, even a…
Generally speaking, Friday the 13th is reserved for black cats, graveyards, and our favorite hockey mask wearing friend, Jason. Well, not this month. At least not for local band, the Goddamn Hustle. Last month TGH teamed up with director BJ Golnick to create a music video for the band’s single,…
The two-man outfit ANR has blown up all over the country. Not literally, but as an “it” band from South Florida. Last year’s video for the hurricanecentric “It’s Around You” premiered on rollingstone.com (where you can see yours truly dragged around a warehouse floor). It was created by the superwarped…
In 1993, Scraping Teeth was named the Worst Band in America by Spin magazine (read details here). The myth is that when Scraping Teeth opened for Flaming Lips on South Beach decades ago, the now-famous band refused to perform after them. The only remaining original member of this band of…
Van Halenwith Kool and the GangBankAtlantic Center April 11, 2012Better than: VH with Sammy Hagar, even though he’s a fellow Arab-American (sorry, brother).Somewhere between “I’ll Wait” and “Hot for Teacher,” Diamond Dave had a diva moment. It was one of those times when you watch something happen and then wonder to yourself, Wait, that…
If you’ve been noticing a certain uptick in Lake Worth bookings along the hardcore, punk, and related spectrum, it’s not just you. The rosters at the Speakeasy Lounge and Propaganda are packed in coming weeks with performances by big-name touring acts like Set Your Goals and Chelsea Grin. They’re all…
Did we mention that we’re excited about Record Store Day? Like really excited?! Thought so. As you probably already know, since 2008, musicians in support of this very sacred occasion put out some very special releases to encourage people to buy actual products in independent music stores. Of course, Napster-haters…
Numonics, the local hip-hop producer born Jonathan Rosenfeld, is on a hot streak. In the past couple of months, he’s released a handful of new albums — two with local artists, Knowledge Medina and J. NICs, and two with out-of-towners, Co$$ (repping Los Angeles) and REKS (from Lawrence, Massachusetts). At…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results.Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers Poll 2012 for your favorite local club DJ. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our…
