Back after its run a decade ago, Lilith Fair hasn’t fared so well this time around. Poor ticket sales have plagued the tour, forcing cancellations at 13 spots, including our own in West Palm Beach. But no worries, South Florida! We already have a festival celebrating the XX-chromosomed. Tobacco Road’s FemmeFest, which takes place in November…
Last August marked the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival, the most celebrated concert in rock music history. One year later, the Seminole Casino is offering the public a collective flashback of sorts and spreading the good vibes to those who may not have inhaled the first time around…
Country fans can barely drink a glass of water these days without some image of Brad Paisley coming to mind. He even dove into a swimming pool while singing his hit single “Water” during the Academy of Country Music Awards and recently became a poster boy for the ongoing flood…
Some concerts should come with medical disclaimers akin to those found on videogames warning of epileptic seizures resulting from the ensuing visual bombardment. Such is the for case of the upcoming pop-a-thon at Ground Control, featuring Cash Cash, Stereo Skyline, and a host of other similarly spastic audio-sugar spinners. Cash…
Drunk-driving, hippie-hating, slur-spouting, sarcastic, and hopelessly catchy, Guttermouth has survived as a fully dysfunctional punk unit for 20-plus years. Jail time, deportation from Canada, and a slew of physical ailments all failed to derail the group’s efforts to make trouble and avoid getting real jobs. In an age when “punk”…
What other tune better baited disco devotees with the promise of pure nocturnal desire than Donna Summer’s throbbing orgasmic anthem “Love to Love You Baby”? Trained as an opera singer but born again as a daringly sensual diva, Summer hit her stride after partnering with producer Giorgio Moroder and creating…
At unlikely rap venue Exit 66, you can catch a quick introductory course in hip-hop history. Even without a hit record for 30 years, the Sugar Hill Gang is still known worldwide for the 15-minute party rocker “Rapper’s Delight.” Although a large part of their legacy extends from mistakenly being…
Fresh off their own festival Pet Zoo, which took place last Friday and Saturday, South Florida jam favorite the Heavy Pets will play the Funky Buddha Lounge Thursday and Friday. Over the last few years they’ve released two albums, the ambitious 21-track debut Whale and a self-titled album released in May. Now the lineup…
Since its first haunted tracks became staples on mid-’90s rock radio, Korn has influenced a generation of angst-ridden rockers. It has also undergone some drastic personnel, and personal, changes. In 2005, core member Brian “Head” Welch left the group to pursue his Christian faith, musically and otherwise. Statements exchanged via…
Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records once again opens its doors to potential demolition by welcoming a collection of unkempt audible abominations Friday. The night’s main course: avant-jazz/noise collage act Kenny Millions. Don’t let this man near your bassoon, for it will be forever corrupted.Add the bracing speaker serration of Last, Drowning…
Aerosmith With Sammy Hagar and the Wabos BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Monday, August 9, 2010Check out a slideshow here.The Review:After explaining strategies for dressing like Steven Tyler recently, County Grind and a friend hit up the Aerosmith show in the form of some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll cheerleaders of all time:…
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: Up close and personal with a pair of show biz icons. My day job is working at a television station, and I’ve relished meeting television…
This cab driver in The Big Lebowski, and countless other Eagles fans in the area have reason to be excited (even if Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski and County Grind aren’t buying into it). Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit are coming to the BankAtlantic Center on…
As if South Florida didn’t have enough illuminated hot pink, blue, green, peach, and fuchsia signs blaring around town, a new dance party that’s being touted as the “ultimate Neon light party” called If It’s On, It’s Neon rolls into Pompano Beach this Tuesday August 10 at Club Cinema. This…
Lake Worth-It 2010With John Ralston & Invisible Music, Black Weather Shaman, Black Finger, the Jameses, Guy Harvey, Jesse Baumann, the Dewars, Everymen, Kill Now?!, Sweet Bronco, Yellow #6, Bladesong, the People Upstairs, Angry Pudding, Grey and Orange, Leading the Heroes, the Ridicules, Blond Fuzz, the Hard Richards, and Wayside FlyerBryant…
When Steven Tyler takes the stage at BankAtlantic Center tonight, his stunning fashion choices may cause you to pause for a moment to ponder how his look may have come together. Though we at County Grind can’t tell you exactly what the man goes through while getting dressed, we can…
Kevin Barnes With Fire Zuave and Sweet Bronco Respectable Street, West Palm Beach Sunday, August 8, 2010 Sunday night, Respectable Street was host to a special evening featuring Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal which served as an appropriate closing ceremony to the area’s biggest musical weekend in some time. The…
Some bands want to create a strong emotional response in their audience. Some bands want to make a meaningful artistic contribution. Some bands want to change the world. Cinderella? They just wanted to get laid and look cool. It’s easy to look back at a band like Cinderella with an…
“You look like a playground to me, player,” a lyric from Of Montreal’s forthcoming False Priest, is one of the myriad ways frontman Kevin Barnes keeps turning heads. Aside from an unpredictable stage show that can involve face paint and coffins filled with shaving cream, this time around, Barnes takes…
Better Than: Spending $325 on some ugly kid. The Review: You have to be amazed at the remarkable speed at which adorable Justin Bieber has gone from Canadian nobody to selling out arenas worldwide. According to my niece’s “collector’s edition magazine” called Justin: Share the Special Moments in His Life,…
Gyptian isn’t a household name, but his crossover dancehall hit single “Hold You (Hold Yuh),” which is fast becoming 2010’s song of the summer could change that. The lyrics can be a bit hard to follow (e.g. “Gyal, mi wann fi hold yuh”) but what would you expect from a…
Lords of Acid with My Life with Thrill Kill Kult and Blownload Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, August 5, 2010Better Than: People-watching at Hot Topic.The Review:Face it, the ’90s are retro now. And raunchy industrial dance parties? They’re so ’90s. So it came as no surprise that Thursday night’s Sextreme Ball…
