Coldplay has unveiled a lengthy agenda of summer touring for the coming year, and it will bring the Mylo Xyloto show right here to the tip of Florida.Chris Martin’s band is still arguably one of the most popular in the world. Thus, it probably could have called its latest album…
A little bit of South Florida awesomeness will make the perennially awesome music festival All Tomorrow’s Parties a little heavier next year during its London gathering May 25-27. The prolific metal trio Floor, sludge royalty in these parts, was recruited by curators Mogwai to join an already crushing lineup that…
Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys had a pretty lively November. Something something singing vaginas in their music video for “Glazin'” something something. Oh, and we interviewed them.Now it’s time for getting back to normal. And that’s still good for the prolific Boys and their many friendships with folks far and wide. One…
Controversy creates headlines, and in the music world, it’s often integral to the marketing machine. Artists who foster outrage find their names instilled in the public psyche, sometimes to the point that their music becomes secondary to their mayhem. Sinead O’Connor fits that category; despite some early critically acclaimed albums,…
With a last name like Allman, this son of the famous Gregg had almost impossible musical shoes to fill. What’s more, Devon chose to ply his guitar trade in more or less the same genre — blues rock — as his dad. Luckily, Devon possesses pretty good chops as both…
In the mid-’90s, when Kentucky hip-hop group Nappy Roots first emerged, its unabashed, Southern-fried sound seemed downright weird in comparison to the East Coast boom-bap that ruled rap circles. And if anyone missed the fact that this group was proud of its country roots, there was the fact that its…
Proving that the jam scene continues to be impossible to pigeonhole musically, Jacksonville seven-piece Saltwater Grass skips across nearly a dozen genres just from song to song. While some tracks like “Build It Up” are straightforward, almost blues-rock ditties, others wander into unpredictable territory. Fan favorite “We Use the Water”…
Danny Brunjes’ forthcoming attitude about his relationship with God sets him worlds apart from many of his indie musician brethren. But the 24-year-old Under Every Green Tree frontman from West Palm Beach doesn’t come off as a Bible-thumping born-again, not in the least. His relationship with God, as he explains…
Update: here’s our review of the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball.When we announced the Y100 Jingle Ball lineup back in October, there were more than a few people who were wondering about Karmin. Among them, County Grind. As it turns out, Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan are a couple who got…
When we first heard about the Ludacris vs. Mike Posner Soundclash that’s going down at Miami’s Bayfront Park on New Year’s Eve, the thought was celebrity boxing. Wouldn’t wearing some of Luda’s spittle and blood on your T-shirt be a remarkable way to enter 2012?But these guys want to keep…
Two acts with Sunshine State ties are canvassing Florida in February! Diplo and Sleigh Bells team up for the Paradise Lost tour, which includes eight dates — including two in South Florida. Judging by the trailer dropped last week for Sleigh Bells’ sophomore album, Reign of Terror, this is going…
Thomas Alan “Tom” Waits, born December 7, 1949, is one of America’s most distinctive and eclectic raconteurs, an artist who’s known as a superior songwriter, an animated storyteller, an intuitive soundtrack composer, a roughshod singer, a versatile actor, and a man whose many guises have kept his devotees amazed, enthralled,…
Against all odds, people still read a 3-year-old County Grind blog called “Top Ten Stripper Songs of the Moment” on the reg. That moment has passed, though. Trends and attitudes have changed a bit, and a companion piece is here. A sexy male companion piece, that is. I’ve strolled in…
Paul Simon Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Better than: Garfunkel without Simon.At age 70, Paul Simon belongs to an elite but aging artistic fraternity whose membership also includes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Kris Kristofferson. All singer/songwriters whose work is ingrained in the very fiber of popular culture, these are…
It has been quite a 12 months of pop, hip-hop, noise, blues, punk, scuzz, electronica, dubstep, moombahton, and a whole lot of other genre descriptors that bring up that wavy red line under them here in South Florida. The Buzz may be dead, but many of the best local artists…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions and observations about the local scene. This week: South Florida’s foremost Americana auteur collaborates on a project that resonates like a resurrection… It wasn’t that long ago that South Florida stalwart Jim Wurster was trumpeting the latest in a…
There was a huge online response yesterday that continues today with the news of the Buzz 103.1’s sudden exit from FM on Monday and the subsequent switch to Now 103.1 in West Palm Beach. With another South Florida rock station erased from the airwaves, there is a petition and a…
It’s probably not a coincidence that the first time John Frusciante quit the Red Hot Chili Peppers was right before “Soul To Squeeze” — from The Coneheads soundtrack — dropped as a single. While the Chili Peppers were riding high on Blood Sugar Sex Magik’s critical and commercial success, they…
Evan Rifas has quietly become one of South Florida’s greatest lyricists and perhaps her hardest working musician. With that in mind, I’m delighted to present his latest offering to the local musical landscape with this first video release for Weaving Through the Old World. Part busking, part travelogue, part street…
After 16 years on the air, as of 3 p.m. Monday the Buzz 103.1 FM is no more and “The Only Station That Really Rocks” in South Florida could be playing Lady Gaga right now.After Cox Radio dismantled 93 Rock last year at about this time, the West Palm Beach…
Hello, students of journalism, music fetishists, verbiage purveyors, and social networking superstars. We want one of you to give the New Times Broward-Palm Beach music section some assists for the next few months. In return, you will get college credit, some writing credits to your name, a masterful resume item,…
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ U.S. tour dates — their first live onslaught of this level since the 2007 Stadium Arcadium jaunt — begin right here in South Florida this coming January.Aside from a big, blistering set of new tunes from I’m With You, this tour will introduce RHCP’s recently…
