If you’re an avid County Grind reader, you know that I was an extra in Rock of Ages, the über-glam ’80s musical that overtook South Florida last summer. By overtook, we mean, totally shat paint and props all over Dade and Broward counties. In the movie trailer, you’ll see glimpses of…
Last August, I braved the Fort Lauderdale bus loop, and despite a massive hangover, I lived to tell about it. And I became a better woman for it, as well as learned several lessons about life in the process. As the next bus loop approaches, I’ve decided to share my…
“I feel like our music offers an alternative to whatever’s current,” Say Anything’s Max Bemis says, comparing his band’s sound to mainstream and indie rock. He thinks it offers “more of a personal and visceral experience than a lot of the stuff coming out right now, but,” he notes, “still,…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Four local theater pros weigh in on Glee, Smash, and the burgeoning popularity of theater.Anyone who’s been here for even a little while knows that there’s more to the South…
SONiA is a singer and songwriter who’s been in the business for more than 20 years, making music alone and with her group, Disappear Fear. She tours endlessly and writes music constantly, singing in Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, and English. Her résumé and list of awards is extensive and includes 16 albums. SONiA…
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 dance club. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our annual…
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 strip club. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our…
You might know Alx Czo as Cookieheadz or as the singer for the Waterford Landing. Or maybe you remember him spinning songs all night long a million years ago at Poplife or Revolver or more recently at the Vagabond’s Thursday-night party, Shake.He’s back and all solo with a new video…
As Record Store Day approaches, make sure to notice how our jokes about vinyl become slowly dirtier and more juvenile. Today, we’re bringing you seven inches of heaven by local musicians. We stopped by Radio-Active Records to peek in on some musical treasures we’re planning to buy April 21. Here…
Only four months removed from last year’s bacchanalia of hops and malt, the 15th-annual New Times “Original” Beerfest still drew a considerable crowd to its new venue, the Huizenga Plaza on 32 E. Las Olas Blvd. Much to our chagrin, New Times is not turning this sudsy affair into a…
Once upon a time — like, pre-dating social media time — “screamo” wasn’t a dirty word. For a relatively brief but enthusiastic period in the mid-’90s to maybe the early ’00s, it was a purely underground thing, borne out of hardcore. There was almost no sonic resemblance to the later…
There may be no more celebrated or influential artist working in the Americana musical realms today than Emmylou Harris. That’s a bold statement perhaps, but given her track record over the span of a 40-year career, the artists she’s worked with, and those that she’s influenced, it’s a claim that…
Ace Hood with T-PainRevolution Live March 30 All braids and diamonds, Ace Hood put on a brief but soulful performance at Revolution Live on Friday night. Performing in his hometown clearly meant something special to the hip-hop artist signed to DJ Khaled’s We the Best Music Group. With his “nine five four”…
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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 gay bar. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our…
You know we all l-o-v-e glam punk rockers Pool Party around here. Lead singer Creep Guirdo’s quirky answers to our deeply probing questions make our day. But Guirdo’s wit isn’t the only best thing about this cray cray band. Watching Pool Party perform is like watching musical standup. They get…
Born March 30, 1945, Eric Clapton is considered by many critics and pundits to be the greatest living rock guitarist of all time. Living may be the key word here, given that Clapton held Jimi Hendrix in awe. Clapton recorded Hendrix’s song “Little Wing” a mere week before his friend…
Glitzed up with sequins, vividly colored costumes, lasers, and psychedelic stage sets, Cirque Dreams: “Pop Goes Rock” packed an endless amount of breathtaking tricks and antics into a 90-minute rock show. Set to the sounds musicians like Sugarhill Gang, Britney Spears, and Madonna, Hard Rock Live was transformed into a…
On Tuesday, April 10, local instrumental sludgy duo Holly Hunt embarks on its first tour with a kickoff show at Churchill’s in Miami. The ensuing dates will see the group crossing the South, Midwest, and Northeast in just over two weeks. The musical pair, with its raw, surprisingly melodic take…
The legendary Iggy Pop has been known to, well, pop up at events in South Florida, especially down in the 305. However, he has yet to be spotted hanging around downtown Fort Lauderdale. According to some rumors floating around, though, that just might change this weekend. A source who prefers…
Recover from the madness surrounding Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference last week — or your staunch avoidance of it? Either way, if you tapped out your wallet, here are a few live music events this weekend where entry will cost you less than a Hamilton.Friday, March 30*Propaganda in…
What can be said about Record Store Day that hasn’t already been said about Record Store Day? Not much. It’s great, it’s good, it’s awesome. That’s why we’re just going straight to telling you who’s performing at Radio-Active Records on April 21 in celebration of the places where we purchase…
