Saturday, Rebecca Dittmar attended Oktoberfest 2011 at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches in Lantana. Check out our slideshow here.Deutschland is probably not the first association to spring to mind when one thinks of South Florida, but the American German Club of the Palm Beaches has been throwing its…
One of the most pleasant discoveries of this year’s Death to the Sun festival was the psychedelic sounds of Fort Lauderdale’s Honey Train. And what fun it is when a band can withstand the pressures of today’s fast-moving recording cycles and lay down several recordings at once.In this case, it’s…
West Palm Beach shoegaze act Band in Heaven has hatched a “pyramid scheme” of sorts to fund and sell a spooky new T-shirt design. Although the shirts won’t be ready until January of next year, BIH is undoubtedly cashing in on a “just in time for Halloween” promotional push.At the…
The very first Kiss Kruise is now a wrap, but County Grind’s recap of this past weekend’s adventure has only just begun. As you can see, the newly chartered Kiss Navy is a passionate bunch — for the band and each other. Photographer Ian Witlen and I wore our white…
Rocky Horror diehards — freaky people dressed in tutus, devil horns, leather, and chains — filled Respectable Street on Friday night. Before the show, DJ Danxiety spun tunes by the Clash, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, and Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, and the room was filled with smoke and sexual tension. That’s probably…
The full moon glistened in the sky on Friday night, the air was muggy, and a strange feeling of uncertainty loomed on the horizon. This was not going to be just another night of drinking in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The evening went awry when a mad scientist named Keegan Hitchcock…
“Pop Punk’s Not Dead Tour” with New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, the Wonder Years, Man Overboard, and This Time Next YearRevolution, Fort Lauderdale Sunday, October 16, 2011 When New Found Glory lead guitarist Chad Gilbert told the crowd, “We have a ‘no asshole rule’ tonight — we deal with enough assholes…
Toby Keith’s “Locked & Loaded Tour,” with Eric Church and J.T. HodgesCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachSaturday, October 15, 2011See a slideshow of the action here.Better than: The “Gun Control Means Hitting Your Target” Tour.Toby Keith turned 50 years old a few months ago (don’t tell anyone), but he never really…
For a man who’s still of relatively tender age, John Mayer has chalked up quite a career. With a prolific output that’s taken him from Pop to Blues and earned more accolades than most artists achieve in a lifetime, he’s managed to secure his place in the spotlight for the…
KISS Kruise The Palladium Lounge, Carnival Destiny Friday, October 14, 2011View all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here. After an unmasked Sailaway Show on Thursday, KISS Kruisers got the full-on, legend-making experience Friday. The mild-mannered Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer morphed into seven-foot-tall aliens to the…
View all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here.Gene Simmons and new wife Shannon Tweed are having a honeymoon of sorts during the inaugural KISS Kruise. Here is a photo of them boarding the ship on Thursday afternoon for the weekend cruise from Miami to Half Moon Cay to the Bahamas…
Local darkwave vixen Miss FD has shown impeccable timing by releasing her newest ghoulish concoction, “Love Magick,” just in time for Fort Lauderdale’s ghastly zombie walk this evening. Keeping her tradition of releasing frighteningly frisky tracks during the eve of goblins and ghouls, our latex-loving vamp delivers with her newest…
Rapper Rick Ross suffered a seizure and fell unconscious today during a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis, according to several news reports.There was a worry that Ross wasn’t doing to well after TMZ reported he was receiving CPR from a doctor on the plane, but thanks to Twitter, Ross…
Alright, so last year, it was fair if you waffled about forking over the cost of a cabin on the inaugural Bruise Cruise Festival, the world’s first garage-ish rock cruise. After all, it was the first-ever attempt at putting that kind of craziness at sea — but, if you followed…
Radio-Active Records is exiting the Gateway Shopping Plaza on Sunrise for a prime spot on Federal Highway in November. A grand opening party for the 845 N. Federal Highway location is scheduled to follow on Saturday, November 5. UPDATE: Radio-Active Records’ Grand Opening Bash: Little Beard, Luma Junger, & MötherskyAccording…
The average Talent Farm show-goer was in elementary school during the first, early ’00s heyday of the Savannah, Georgia act Circle Takes the Square. The band’s influence on the post-hardcore, d.i.y. scene was such, though, that some of its reverberations can still be felt several generations removed. Thus hopefully this…
Though introductions should be entirely unnecessary, Keith Morris was a founding member of seminal punk band Black Flag. Shortly after he left that band, he founded the Circle Jerks, which he fronted from 1979 until quite recently. Keith now performs with the hardcore punk supergroup OFF!, which also include members of…
After returning to South Florida about four years ago from a less-than-stellar stint in New York City, the guys of Cop City/Chill Pillars (and Love Handles, and Universal Expansion) have now turned into saviors of the South Florida d.i.y. scene. Of course, a large chunk of their renewed stint at…
Our complete Kiss Kruise coverage is here.The KISS Kruise pajama party late Thursday evening was feisty. First of all, it turned out to be more like a sleepwear slugfest. With only 500 sets of pink, black, or white fleecy goodness available to many more KISS fans, the lines set up…
Check out all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here.It turns out that Paul Stanley knows KISS Kruise attendees better than they know themselves. “You don’t really want to hear us play,” said the KISS singer, relaxed a linen turquoise shirt, sunglasses, and absolutely no black-and-white makeup. “You want the all-you-can-eat…
The Sounds Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, October 12Better Than: Singing at the top of your lungs and dancing around your apartment to the band’s entire discography. Maja Ivarsson is one hot ass bitch. There is no denying that. But there isn’t any smoke or mirrors — or auto-tune — when…
In the next couple of days, not many spaces in the 60 some-odd mile span of Broward and Palm Beach counties will be spared from the angular postpunk charge of Miami quartet Space Between Words. The upstart band from the 305 seems to have both counties in its sights this…
