Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, Jason DeRulo, T-Pain, Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, DJ Smiley, and host Queen Latifah Sun Life Stadium, Miami Wednesday, November 23, 2011For a slide show from the concert, click here. Better than: Listening to the radio. The idea of an all-star lineup to support…
In a musical world fueled by electronic beats and pop star remixes, there is little room for a revival of rock ‘n roll nostalgia. However, South Florida rockabilly quartet, the Sweet Chariots, is dedicated to proving otherwise. A few years ago, seasoned drummer Freddy Schwenk crossed paths with Thomas Warren…
Update: here’s a review of the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball!Want to hit a holiday party with Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson, and a wide range of pop acts who dominate the airwaves on Y100? Yes, you do. The radio station’s annual Jingle Ball bash is coming up on December 10 — check…
“It has been great in 2011 — the shows have been great; the response to the album was amazing. I have no complaints about anything career-wise,” says L.A. electro-house producer/DJ Joey Youngman, who has been better-known as Wolfgang Gartner since 2007, and it’s difficult not to find his candid, relaxed…
Despite the teenage/very early 20s circles in which they are most popular, the San Diego foursome Pierce the Veil actually boasts a history dating back to the late ’90s. It was then that the brothers Fuentes — lead vocalist/guitarist Vic and drummer Mike — began the first iteration of the…
Confusing as it may be to those who would write the band off as a late ’90s punch line, 311 has survived — even thrived — in the years since breakthrough singles “Down” and company. Sure, there have been moments when the Omaha group enjoyed the kind of Billboard-counted success…
Is there a Southern-rock revival afoot in the mainstream? The success of acts like the Zac Brown Band points to yes. That group’s bridging of the market gaps between the rock and country crowds has paved the way for similarly swampy acts, among them close pals Blackberry Smoke. The Atlanta-based…
Add Enrique Iglesias to the list of people getting shafted by Nickelback this Thanksgiving. Ever since people started bitching about the Canadian band performing at halftime of the Lions-Packers matchup, it might seem that this is the only NFL on Thanksgiving — or of the whole season.Updated: Video of Enrique’s…
Miami daze-rockers Lil’ Daggers have bundled their latest offering, “Dead Golden Girls,” in a grayish-blue bundle of captivating aesthetics. No sign of Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, or Betty White in this reel, though. In what appears to be a reel of closed-circuit camera highlights, the band performs in…
First of all, you might not know that soap opera charmer Jack Wagner — the ruthless Dr. Peter Burns on ’90s Aaron Spelling vehicle Melrose Place — is also a recording artist. And beyond that, we’re talking about an actual recording career that perhaps motivated Brian Austin Green to briefly…
Sitting down to your Thanksgiving dinner is relaxing climax of several days of intense effort. You’ve prepared the turkey, stirred the gravy, stuffed in the stuffing, and now you are enjoying the sweet taste of dead meat on your tongue. Many families enjoy listening to soft tunes while swooning over…
In February, the Black Eyed Peas performed during Super Bowl XLV, AKA the most-watched program in the history of American television. About 111 million U.S. viewers witnessed the explosive, neon-lit fusion of break dancing, electronica, hip-hop, and R&B by the foursome of Will.i.am, Fergie, Taboo, and Apl.de.ap (as well as…
In a genre he calls “Husky Music,” Sumsun’s crystal-eyed focus reveals an ability to satiate an animalistic appetite for atmospheric beats.
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His heads-down, unassuming demeanor notwithstanding, Bruce Hornsby is easily one of America’s most versatile and accomplished musicians of the past 25 years. Few other artists can claim such wide musical parameters, from the early Americana that brought him big hits like “The Way It Is,” “Mandolin Rain,” and “The Valley…
Florida and Outkast just don’t get along. You might remember that Big Boi was arrested back in August as he was disembarking from a cruise at the Port of Miami, but that’s not even close to the craziest thing the rapper has experienced in the Sunshine State.In an animated short…
Beginning last week, Milwaukee emo band the Promise Ring made its mysterious return to the internet by way of Twitter. A week after posting the equivocal “Hello, again…” status, the band released a 34-second video titled “It’s All Coming Back to Me Part 1.” The cryptic video contains clips of…
Manchester OrchestraWith White Denim, the Dear HunterRevolution, Fort LauderdaleMonday, November 21, 2011Better than: the Trans-Siberian OrchestraManchester Orchestra gives its fans exactly what they want. They just give them too much of it. The band began its Monday-night show at Revolution by launching into “Pride” and “April Fool” — a decidedly…
How far will you go to get the finest musical gifts of the season? If your answer doesn’t involve waiting in the dark in a Walmart parking lot with a lot of screaming mommies, perhaps Radio-Active Records can provide some needed cachet for the competitive giving season.Black Friday is very…
With a winning mix of sludgy old-school thrash and extreme metal, Massachusetts quartet Unearth stood at the forefront of taste-making hardcore at the earlier part of the decade. Credit the band’s epic machine-gun breakdowns, lead vocalist Trevor Phipps’ guttural growls, and a back-breaking touring schedule for its continued prominence. Slots…
Deerfield Beach singer-songwriter Sophie Sputnik is officially a recording artist now. Her raw and emotional October 1 live recording at Radio-Active Records’ old location, titled The Chase, is now out on limited edition cassette.County Grind attended that show, and noted that “her confidence in her material became the room’s pleasure,…
When you get a bulletin titled “Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band motor into South Florida — fresh from their triumphant performance at the first Orlando Calling,” there’s more than enough intrigue to read on. Especially when our own Lee Zimmerman characterized the OC performance thusly: “Seger’s superb show…
Perhaps we’ll never know how much Neil Diamond’s career was lengthened by his appearance in Saving Silverman, but it was one of many factors of late that gave the 70-year-old’s career some legs. The incessant Red Sox nation adopting Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” as an anthem certainly didn’t hurt his popularity…
