If the answer is “no,” head to Propaganda tonight and purchase from the unflappable Dewars, who are playing with our new allies Shit Ton of Funk and the Alphabet (Soup?). Show starts 10 p.m. The Facebook invite is here. If the answer is “not tonight,” then give it a shot…
What’s the best way to honor Michael Jackson’s birthday? With a flash mob, of course! Here at County Grind, we’d bet the King of Pop would roll over in his grave if he knew that the dancers won’t be grabbing their crotches in a “come hither” style. There will be no…
Sex is fun. Mix it with some dense, pulsating electronica and comical lyrics and sex becomes one hell of a party. But not just anyone can keep such a party from devolving into some half-ass gathering of the Hot Topic-attired. This is where we usher in freaky-deaky acid-housers Lords of…
To see the burgeoning creativity on our sandy shores culminate in the Lake Worth-It Festival is an awesome thing — and with photographer Monica McGivern’s Lake Worth Photo Project exhibition to flesh things out, it will be a celebration of music and the visual arts. The first local Lake Worth…
Five college kids of drinking age are vacationing in the woods, AKA the outskirts of South Federal Highway, near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The cabin, called the Monterey Club, where they had been enjoying beer, cider, and wine, has now become possessed. Creepy things lurk around the cushy couches,…
Sex is fun. Mix it with some dense, pulsating electronica and comical lyrics and sex becomes one hell of a party. But not just anyone can keep such a party from devolving into some half-ass gathering of the Hot Topic-attired. This is where we usher in freaky-deaky acid-housers Lords of…
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…
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…
“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…
It’s a success story 15-year-olds dream of: A big-shot producer randomly clicks on your YouTube demo, and (boom!) you’re whisked off to Atlanta to record with Usher. While Justin Bieber’s pairing with R&B moguls might be a little strange — seriously, it’s weird to hear his prepubescent boys’ choir voice…
After succumbing to practically every rock ‘n’ roll vice — drugs, infighting, and unfortunate artistic choices — Aerosmith amazingly remains intact 40 years on, and just as amazing, all its members are still alive. Last year alone, various maladies created a crippling series of setbacks that nearly did the band…
There are skeptics already, but the upcoming “indie rock on an enormous boat” concept does have some merit. The Bruise Cruise Festival, February 25-28, 2011 from Miami to the Bahamas, is one of the best ideas ever conceived for some quality time between well-to-do parents and their rebellious children –…
Justin Bieber, your tweenaged sister’s tweetheart, has recently released news that has sent shockwaves through Bieber World: He will be releasing a book of memoirs this coming October and a 3-D biopic (Bieber-pic?) next February. OMG! We here at County Grind are really looking forward to this, but we do…
So maybe Crossfade and County Grind are living separately, but our split was completely amicable. Here are a few stories reported recently via Miami’s raddest music blog that we want to make sure our readers see.Indie Rocktober is getting serious in South Florida, with Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale and…
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 witnesses the nearly next big thing and has a fling! Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel of Big Star, the great Teddy Pendergrass, the sweet…
The 2010 “American Idol Live!” tour ostensibly features the ten up-and-coming pop performers that a feverish segment of the U.S. knows way too much about and the rest of us wouldn’t be able to pick out of a lineup. Leading the way is Illinois native Lee DeWyze, who won the…
Built to Spill fans already in a froth about the seminal indie-rock band’s upcoming visit to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room on October 15 have an added carrot dangling in front of them. Stereogum today points us to the Electric Anthology Project, a seven-song EP reworking Built to Spill songs in…
Respectable Street’s 23rd Anniversary Party, with Awesome New Republic, MillionYoung, Blond Fuzz, Zombies! Organize!!, the Hard Richards, Fusik, Lavola, Leading the Heroes, the State Of, Music Is a Weapon, Kill Miss Pretty, the Mission Veo, Band in Heaven, Shit Ton of Funk, Astari Nite, Retrocities, Everymen, Noble Rocket, Trip Don’t…
How much do you yearn for those sweet, innocent-ish years in the early ’90s, when John Candy was in every comedy and a young Vanilla Ice was dancing and rapping across the set of Arsenio Hall’s show? How about Super Mario Brothers 2? American Gladiators? New Coke? Crystal Pepsi? Sodas…
Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes will perform at Respectable Street on Sunday, August 8. The show is 18-plus and $15 (but not a Lake Worth-It bracelet) will get you in the door. Fire Zuave and Sweet Bronco are also on the bill. Confirmation of this development came last night just before…
Saturday’s fest celebrating 23 years of Respectable Street’s dominant live music delivery in West Palm Beach is detailed by the masterful Alex Rendon right here. What we didn’t give you until today, though, is a rundown of the who and where and what of the four stages hoisting up local…
Viernes is an experimental electronic duo from the Orlando area keyed into the atmospheric lining of the machines used to create the music. The opening of “Swimmer’s Ear” featured on recent release Sinister Devices plays like a winter’s carnival ride for the ears before growing into an undulating and magical…
