After a dozen years trotting the globe with the late saxophonist Clarence Clemens (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band) and Foghat’s Tony Stevens, guitarist Billy Livesay is settling back into a more stable, low-key, South Florida-based life. This includes jamming at local spots with his longtime classic-rock project the Livesays. That…
County Grind and Fort Lauderdale’s Green Room are teaming up for the first of what we hope to be many nights of music, drinking, eating, and social behavior on Saturday, January 14. On that night, County Grind Live Music series at the Green Room (our pick for 2011’s Best Cultural…
Brian PosehnWith Matt Z., Daniel Reskin, and MasticatorThursday, December 8, 2011Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: A night at your local open mic.If toiling away as an independent band on the mid-size club circuit seems thankless, just think — there are other forms of entertainment that are even more so. Independent…
Last year, when we named Beings’ debut one of the Best Local Albums of 2010, we were convinced that these guys were on their way to worldwide noise-pop-rock domination. Less than half a year after we labeled them the best, they broke up. Their breakup had nothing to do with…
DJ Jonathan Toubin, host of Soul Clap vintage funk dance parties around the country and recently on the inaugural Bruise Cruise (pictured above), is in the hospital following a freak accident in Portland. The charismatic MC and showman has been a regular fixture in South Florida and a friend to…
Update: Here’s our review of the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center.Here’s something that’ll give listeners a “Good Feeling” about Saturday’s Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center. Flo Rida has been added to the already stacked lineup! Between him and Pitbull, the 305 pop/hip-hop contingent just thickened considerably. Last…
It’s mid morning in America’s heartland, and once again, Delta Spirit is on yet another endless highway, this one midway between Dallas and Houston, Texas. No matter, though; they’ve spent the better part of the last two years spreading their nuanced country-tinged rock, and they couldn’t be more pleased. “In…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Buzz Bake Sale 16With Awolnation, Seether, Chevelle, Hinder, Everlast, Adelita’s Way, Art of Dying, Middle Class Rut, Falling in Reverse, and OneCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachSaturday, December 3, 2011View a slideshow from the event here.Better than: Being so far away.Awolnation saved the 16th edition of the Buzz Bake Sale –…
Wale With Meek Mill, Pusha T and Black Cobain Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better than: A Thursday night in Coconut Grove. From zero to 60 and in a matter of seconds, the Washington D.C. native Wale got his performance at Revolution started with hard knocking “600 Benz.”…
The tone of the 2011 Buzz Bake Sale lineup has changed significantly in an instant: Staind has canceled a string of tour dates due to illness, including its headlining appearance Saturday at Cruzan Amphitheatre. But take heart, Buzz Nation. The gaping hole at the top of the lineup has been…
Kiss die-hards don’t ever need to prep for what is an inevitable daily immersion in their favorite band, but getting on a boat is something above and beyond. County Grind found out all about it when we tagged along for the inaugural Kiss Kruise this past October. Our complete coverage…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: Three new releases from this remarkable record label continue the emphasis on excellence… It seems like Forward Motion never rests. South Florida’s most ambitious record…
