Want County Grind to write about your band? One method is simply to walk right up to your unassuming Broward-Palm Beach music editor and demand it. In the case of West Palm Beach electronic-funk collective Shit Ton of Funk, this is a bit of a delayed response. After enjoying STOF’s…
The King has finally made it official with his Queen. What we know about that: T.I. and longtime girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle obtained a marriage license (via TMZ) in Miami Beach on Friday. A ceremony followed Saturday at Miami’s Star Island, and stops in Atlanta and Las Vegas figured into…
Yes, it’s a bummer that Kevin Barnes is not performing as part of the Lake Worth-It festivities on August 7 at Bryant Park. Things change, and we’re rolling with it. So, in the spirit of what’s best for the scene, organizer Cecil Lunsford confirms that the festival tickets are now…
When her arm has a more intricate pattern than her apron, you know she’s not your typical domestic goddess — and in fact, Amanda Linton’s much better than any old June Cleaver. You may remember Linton, this week’s cover girl for our feature on chefs with tattoos, as the brain…
Now some people light their cars on fire and drive them into lakes when they’re not feeling so good. Robert Van Winkle — better-known as Vanilla Ice — hatches these sorts of schemes during fits of joy. The Wellington resident recently profiled by our Vanilla specialist Michael J. Mooney finally…
There may be no better image to represent the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll than Robert Plant, flailing away full-throttle at the helm of Led Zeppelin. With his tousled blond locks, bare chest, and wailing, upper-register vocals, Plant was the quintessential frontman of the quintessential hard rock band. Led Zep…
After 23 years in business, Respectable Street Café — AKA Respectable Street, Respectables, or Respecs — has grown from the dilapidated building at 518 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach to a South Florida music and culture hub. On Saturday, four stages featuring 23 bands — one for each year…
By the time Kanye West’s announcement that he has indeed joined Twitter made it to our Google Reader, more than 10,000 followers were on board — that number doubled quickly once Perez Hilton got wind of it and just topped 25K, thanks to Entertainment Weekly. By the end of the…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.One of the week’s top-sellers, the Books’ The Way Out — a collage of spoken word, German rock, electronic glitches, ambient noise,…
Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes will not perform at Lake Worth-It on August 7 due to the economic climate and low sponsorship, according to organizer Cecil Lunsford. Barnes was previously slated as the headliner for the daylong festival in Lake Worth’s Bryant Park. In connection with the announcement, Lunsford adds…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, West Palm Beach’s Lavola.Lavola was picked from a slew of equally great bands to open for Silversun Pickups last…
It’s been six months since we’ve seen any action on Coral Springs dream-pop whiz Mike Diaz’s, AKA MillionYoung, tumblr page. But Diaz made up for lost time a couple of weeks back by posting a little nugget of chilled-out bliss: his electro-finessed rendition of 19th century French composer Erik Satie…
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010 Recap from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.Our lovely sister paper Minneapolis’ City Pages presents a charming video snapshot of this past weekend’s Pitchfork Festival, which was held in Chicago’s Union Park. Interspersed between interviews with Pitchfork head honcho Ryan Schreiber, comedian Michael Showalter, Neon Indian, Best Coast, South…
Tuesday night was a brief journey to the center of Billy Corgan’s universe when Revolution hosted a jam-packed Smashing Pumpkins concert in Fort Lauderdale. Some of us can’t get that beautiful bald head out of our minds, so here are two goodies for the day after the day after.First, the…
Sometimes it seems like you could do what Weird Al Yankovic does. He takes a hit pop song, replaces the lyrics with loose rhymes about inane topics in everyday life, dubs himself a “parody artist,” and tours the world as a rich, famous musician. You already insert ridiculous words into…
Now in the Vans Warped Tour’s 16th year, what started as a source for skaters to enjoy good punk and third-wave ska music has grown into a yearly music mecca. The aforementioned styles now are side-by-side with blistering metal, pop-punk, post-hardcore, and straight-ahead rock for a coed crowd. The tour…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Lake Worth’s Love Handles.Love Handles might be one of the most confounding bands in Florida, and someday we might…
In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Many, many music reviewers might have you believing that the M.I.A. album is the worst thing to be committed to tape since…
Tuesday marks what could be the best thing for Lindsay Lohan’s recording career. For better or for worse, hip-hop culture is overly linked to the idea of “authenticity” (especially in the case of 50 Cent). As Lohan begins a 90-day prison sentence today — which likely will amount to about…
No offense to our sister paper, but hey Orange County, Calif.: Sucks to your assmar! When rock music legends want to get married to costume designers 10 years their junior that they met on tour, they naturally gravitate to (where else but) glitzy South Florida.That’s what happened Friday, when Def…
Explosive West Palm Beach trio Lavola has been grabbing local headlines like nobody’s business with less than a year under its belt. Last month, the group’s exploratory rock ‘n’ roll wowed audiences and industry reps alike at the AEG showcase at Propaganda. The band’s dynamic set was so impressive that…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.Bill’s Filling Station2209 Wilton Drive, Wilton ManorsCall 954-567-5978, or visit here.I love this bar. We passed through the narrow entrance with the “fasten seat belts” sign at the front and into the realm of the bald-headed,…
