Chicago natives Plain White T’s have been making the ladies swoon since their 2007 number-one hit, “Hey There Delilah,” went platinum and lead singer Tom Higgenson made every guy feel dumb he hadn’t come up with such sweetly simple metaphors. Two Grammy nominations and two more platinum singles later, the…
Tom Gorrio is no longer a resident of South Florida, but for the time that he was, this humble narrator and scribe was eternally conscribed into his army for the various opportunities that he afforded me to make a simple buck off his numerous recordings. Tom Gorrio does not produce…
Imagine you’re Justin Bieber last night at the Heat-Pacers game. You felt almost unrecognizable. At first, you kinda liked it. “Yeah, this is how real people experience the world,” you thought. Your face, simply one of many anonymous mugs in a sea of white shirts cheering on LeBron and the…
Chapter One: An Innocuous Plea to Get You on My Side (Even Though I Have Nothing to Offer, Like the People I Will Be in Immediate Contact with Might) I am neither saint nor devil. I am not here nor there. I don’t exist in the classical sense, yet I…
Earlier this year, Big Boi did a series of interviews, and every single one seemed to involve a nosy reporter asking about the thing that hip-hop-heads have been praying for since 2006’s Idlewild: “When will there be an Outkast reunion?” According to many reports, it seems like Big Boi is…
Behold, Orbweaver! Led by Randy Piro, formerly of metal titans Hate Eternal and Gigan, the Miami band exists in a warped world of heavy-metal psychedelia. However, this latest band is a serious departure from Piro’s previous projects, as it experiments with everything from breakneck blast beats and tremolo-picked guitar riffs…
FastForward is a weekly column documenting the nighttime scene in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County. It’s a weeknight stop at your neighborhood dive; it’s a blurry, bass-filled Friday night in the club; it’s that one moment in a conversation you hope you’ll remember the next morning. This past Saturday…
There is another description for the job of music writer: music snob. When you are repeatedly forced to form opinions on what makes music good or terrible, it becomes easy to confuse those opinions with fact. I am as guilty of this sin as anyone. I will argue to the…
I’ve been on the rock and roll tip long enough to know how easily dismissed rock and rollers can be. But you know what? All cheekiness aside, rock and rollers can be some of the most downright generous and humane human beings you’ll ever meet. In the ’90s, when I…
It was the mid-’60s, and the British Invasion was well underway. Aside from a handful of intrepid defenders — the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Byrds, and the Lovin’ Spoonful in particular — it was lonely on the front lines of the American resistance. Fortunately, there was another band in…
The word “drums” doesn’t just stand for those round things you hit to make noise in a circle under the full moon, anymore. Not in Fort Lauderdale, at least. Nope. Nowadays, DRUMS indicates “Dancers Raw Underground Music Session,” a free dance class that incorporates percussive elements, worldwide cultural moves and…
UPDATE: E! is reporting that Beyonce is indeed knocked up! Bey and Jay’s reps aren’t saying, but it’s looking more and more like there’s another baby Carter on the way. Can anybody confirm or deny — definitively and with stern conviction — whether or not Beyoncé Knowles and hubby-slash-rap music…
Most people don’t know this about me, but I was in Rock of Ages. Sure, it’s possible that I am merely a speck in the sea of unpaid extras in the final scene of this movie. But I did my part to make this mediocre movie happen. And then I…
Howdy there, cowfolk! We, at County Grind love, country music, and Davie’s finest, Cowboys, is bringing it hard over the next few weeks. With Jacob Jeffries Band performing, the chance to drink cheap beers with Jesus, and ladies dressed like sexy soldiers, this line-dancing hotspot is bumpin’. Hell, only thing…
Thousands of years ago, ancient Celtic and Germanic civilizations celebrated the first day of May — a month eventually named for Roman fertility goddess Maia — with dancing, drinking, and general merriment. Christians came along and kind of ruined the whole pagan thing, but the tradition of May Day festivities…
The reality TV show that started it all, MTV’s Real World, is heading into its twenty-ninth season, and rumors abound that its next seven strangers will be picked to live in a house in none other than the Magic City. This Saturday, an open casting call from 10 a.m. to…
Hung up on a Japanese girl, but you never date her? You never even summon the courage to talk to her, but you worship her from afar? It happened to Rivers Cuomo, and he got Pinkerton out of it. I’m guessing the same thing happened to Scott Murphy. While you’ve…
A very cool venue on a very cool street is hosting the Christian faithful Saturday night, when local young believers are coming to Coastars Coffee Bar to make music and social justice. We’d go just to see how husband-and-wife team the Vegas and their flock blend in with the hipsters…
Almost 44 years have passed since heralded musicians David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash took the stage together for one of their first gigs, three days of ’60s-defining madness, Woodstock. These rock idols have proven surprisingly durable; their 2012 80-date international tour received rave reviews from critics across the…
People have a hard time pronouncing the name of Miami sextet Ketchy Shuby correctly. But after hearing these guys jam, South Florida fans have gotten used to saying the name: Keh-chee Shoo-bee. The moniker comes from a song by roots-reggae legend Peter Tosh. Back in 2008, there was a lot…
Jangly teenage indie pop quintet the Vogans are about to prove they are more than just another hobbyist band playing in their parents garage. This weekend, these talented dudes are gearing up for the release of their debut self-titled EP with accompanying party at Delray Beach café-cum-music-locale the Beat Cup…
Chicago-bred pop-punk outfit Alkaline Trio has, over the past 20 years or so, gone from being a band with a unique take on a genre to being a veritable punk-rock institution. Having recently released its ninth studio album, My Shame Is True, the band employs a formula of fusing the…
