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: Lee literally goes off the wall. Autographs are strange commodities. In procuring someone’s signature, you feel like you’ve captured something so intimate and unique that it…
It’s beyond exciting that the SW 3rd Ave Music Festival is this week! Friday, to be exact. We have just received finalized set-time information for all of the stages, including our own New Times-curated event at the Green Room.One key bit of information: IT STARTS EARLY. Doors open at 5…
Tonight marks the local unveiling of Cop City/Chill Pillars’ latest exploration into “the center of the center” and other unimaginable locales. Propaganda is hosting a release party for the Lake Worth psychedelic punk trio’s latest, Held Hostage on Planet Chill, and it’s likely that an assortment of area musicians will…
SunFest Day 5:West Palm Beach WaterfrontSunday, May 1, 2011Better Than: Watching the Celtics lose to the Heat. OK, not entirely, but you catch my drift. Sure, there was dank in the air, but Sunday was all about the dancing room as SunFest came to a blissful close.As we all melted…
SunFest Day 4: MGMT and StyxWest Palm Beach WaterfrontSaturday, April 30, 2011Better than: Your average Saturday in the park.Throughout Saturday’s portion of SunFest, an abundance of music festival types wandered the grounds, aimlessly searching for party beads, another beer, or possibly their shirts — a large portion of the men…
SunFest Day 3: Gregg Allman West Palm Beach WaterfrontFriday, April 29, 2011 Friday at SunFest wrapped up with a mellow set from the legendary Allman Brothers frontman Gregg Allman. The weather was cloudy and rather cool compared to the heat of the day, and the music matched. Allman seemed a…
InterpolWith School of Seven BellsThe Fillmore Miami BeachFriday, April 29, 2011Better than: Taking a love potion.The review:Much like a first date, Paul Banks was shy early in Interpol’s set Friday. He loosened up quite a bit after the first couple of songs were played. By midset, he was courting us…
The delightful music festival on the high seas that was the subject of a New Times cover story earlier this year has returned! The second Bruise Cruise Festival sails February 10-13 next year from the Port of Miami to the Bahamas and back, and this time 520 bruisers are invited…
In a surprising move, Lil Daggers have parted ways with our good friends over at Livid Records, America’s friendliest indie label. Although some might argue that Livid does not have the means to support the Daggers to the next step of indie superstardom, some will say that they were a…
County Grind readers already know that Atlanta psyche-punk outfit Carnivores will perform tonight at Propaganda, but we’d like to offer up three compelling words why they should consider making the drive to Lake Worth’s J Street a wee bit early this evening: Space Between Words. Made up of former high…
SunFest Day 2Cee Lo Green and Jason MrazWest Palm Beach WaterfrontThursday, April 28, 2011View a slideshow from SunFest Day 2 here.Better than: A grueling hourlong drive from Miami.I popped my SunFest cherry with a power duo of headliners I’ve loved for a long time but never seen live. I’m an…
Not owning the Carnivores’ material is harder than owning it. The Atlanta quartet made it abundantly easy to stock up on its claustrophobic melodies by offering the four-song Chandelier EP via Bandcamp or a Mediafire link.If the title track’s speedy R&B bass line and guitar stabs are a little too…
With DJ EsotericCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, April 27, 2011Better than: Seeing Daft Punk in concert.Witnessing Ghostland Observatory live is comparable to trying heroin for the first time. You feel each beat vibrate through your body. You become mesmerized by frontman Aaron Kyle Behrens’ moves. And when the show is over,…
SunFest Day 1The Avett Brothers and Sublime With Rome Downtown West Palm Beach Wednesday, April 27, 2011View a slide show from SunFest Day 1 here.Better than: Moonshine on a warm spring night.This year’s kickoff night to the 29th running of West Palm Beach waterfront festival SunFest scrapped the New Music…
Hijacking his name from an old Nintendo videogame, local electronic-music producer Panic Bomber (AKA Richard Haig) exploded out of Miami’s underground in 2009 with a pair of EPs, Calling in Threats and Getting on My Mind. Full of furiously blenderized electro, tech-house, trance, punk, and pop, these early outbursts earned…
After spending nearly 30 years honing its adroit metal, Sepultura has long established itself as the Brazilian equivalent of Metallica. Although the departures of both Cavalera brothers means bassist Paulo Jr. is the sole original member left, the band’s thrash has consistently maintained an intelligent bent, politicizing ghoulish metal imagery,…
Considering their geographical origin and their more obvious influences, the comparisons between Atlanta group Carnivores and their scene predecessors Black Lips are inevitable. Like the Black Lips, this quartet plays lo-fi rock that’s more than a little informed by psychedelia and garage. Still, to call them Black Lips Lite would…
Few genres can supply grandiose displays of power as well as metal. Beefy guitars, bellowed vocals, and stoic expressions add up to something that’s as often about the performers imposing dominance on the listener as it is creating another world. For those in the market for exhibitions of masculine control,…
Three years ago, Derek E. Miller was a struggling waiter in New York City. Now he’s working with some of the biggest names in popular music and lending his music to national TV campaigns. In part, he attributes this success to his origins on the South Florida hardcore scene. “Hardcore…
Nothing like a little good-doing to offset the sex-and-drugs image of touring rock ‘n’ roll bands. For almost a full decade now, Hopeless Records has been fighting this good fight by sending out its “Take Action Tour” around the country, alongside a compilation on its own nonprofit label, Sub City,…
In his nearly two decades in the spotlight, scruffy country hunk Tim McGraw has done pretty well for himself. Nearly everything he releases tops the charts, his fan base dwarfs Dolly Parton’s gazongas, he’s been awarded heavily for his musical efforts, he’s one of the world’s “sexiest men,” and he…
SunFest 2011 begins tonight in downtown West Palm Beach, so prepare a stack of breathable clothing (and perhaps an umbrella) for the next five days of live music. For more on tonight’s headliners Sublime With Rome, check out Travis Newbill’s piece, and get caught up on one of Thursday evening’s…
