Are Fischer and Finn long lost Minnesota twins?Here at County Grind, we have two favorite Minnesotans: The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, and our very own Reed Fischer. The two native Twins fans have been connected previously — mainly because Fischer interviewed Finn prior to their performance in South Florida earlier…
We were ecstatic when we heard that West Palm Beach’s Surfer Blood are slotted as one of the headliners of this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. What better way to get the word out on South Florida’s amazing music scene, than by getting our bands out there on one of “the…
When Ryan Alexander handed us a new album from his electro-acoustic outfit Alexander called It’s Not Always Signs, It’s Not Always Wonders, at Respectable Street’s 23rd Anniversary Party on July 31, we were a little taken aback with the news. We hadn’t received any kind of advance warning that a…
Earlier this year, Creed frontman Scott Stapp swung and missed with a Florida Marlins anthem proclaiming that the marine animals would “soar.” After recording a track for the upcoming Santana album recently, the Boca Raton-based singer is back to his “bread and butter,” using a VH1 Storytellers concept for his…
Sierra and Bianca Casady are hard to pin down. The sisters’ output as CocoRosie — the increasingly electro-styled folk project with nods to European television, Native American chants, Victorian operettas, and Hipstamatic photographs — still gets tagged as freak-folk, and it’s all over the map. Unsurprising, then, that New Mexico,…
CocoRosie’s gender-bent artistry hits Revolution on Friday.Fort Lauderdale’s Revolution is hosting two shows that might lead to a serious brow-clashing (or a pointy-toed boot contest) if avant-to-the-max Cocorosie fans arrived on the night Creed’s lead belter Scott Stapp and his leather pants hit the stage — or vice versa. Both…
The Beltones Lock and Load (Far Out Records) www.beltones.com I don’t remember very well when this little gem of a 7-inch came out. It could’ve been ’95 or not. I know that I bought it at Yesterday & Today Records in 1996 cause Justin was blasting it at the time…
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. Nick Cave will always pull an impressive number of moody goth children to his ranks, but his Grinderman project has the…
Hangin’ out with Dimebag.Dissever’s been quietly making itself known in South Florida’s metal community for a while now and we here at New Times HQ have admittedly fallen asleep on our laurels when it comes to these guys. Last week we featured an MP3 review of their track “Fling” on…
This will never get old.We already know that Marilyn Manson likes to dress up like a mullet-toting badass to honor his favorite TV show, Eastbound & Down. The rocker was his goth self for the HBO show’s second season premiere last week, but was eager to play into an MTV…
Lil Daggers King Corpse 7″ (Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com King corpse? Exquisite corpse? Rotting corpse? It don’t matter… how much damage can a Lil Dagger cause? Leave it to the forensic guys, but on a more rock and roll tip, this blunt blade of fuzzy guitar cuts deep. These guys embody…
The hat that started it all.Adam Lambert is already in South Florida before his sold-out Sunday performance at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood — and he’s already getting in trouble. Knowing that the guy is a controversy magnet from the review of his Houston performance last week, it’s not surprising…
Listen up, Florida Senators George LeMieux and Bill Nelson.”I am here to be a voice for my generation, not the generation of the senators who are voting, but for the youth of this country — the generation that is affected by this law and whose children will be affected,” Lady…
The Blue Anchor British Pub804 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-272-7272, or visit here.I pushed through the ancient window-paned doors and stepped into the Blue Anchor. A blond bartender busied herself wiping glasses; British accents popped and crackled, mingling with island dialects and “Jeepers Creepers,” the 1930s jazz song…
Photo by C. StilesAs the October 14 debut of The Vanilla Ice Project approaches, the Wellington-based rapper and real estate mogul is ramping up his promotional game. After stops on Lopez Tonight (video here) and Entertainment Tonight, Robert Van Winkle is getting some coverage in the New York Times for…
British rock band James’ 28-year career has endured the kind of trials and tribulations that would make for a fantastic episode of VH1’s Behind the Music — unpaid £250,000 tax bills, drug addictions, and a six-year breakup — but its resplendent jangle pop lives on. While never commandeering the charts…
“We are trying to show the rest of America that South Florida consists of more than Rick Ross, strip clubs, and cocaine,” declares Tim McClure, a blue-collar Fort Lauderdale MC better-known as Protoman. Engulfed in wafting aerosol vapors at the South Florida Graffiti Expo held in late August at Kevro’s…
Lil Wayne is the Nostradamus of sports prognostication. And Weezy does it all from a jail cell in New York.Three weeks ago, he mailed a handwritten letter (pictured below) to the editors of Sports Illustrated in which he breaks down the top tennis players competing in the U.S. Open. He…
Mellow Mushroom25 SE Sixth Ave., Delray Beach. Call 561-330-3040, or visit here.Sometimes being “mellow” isn’t exactly on my high-strung agenda, but nothing slows me down into a heavy-lidded euphoria like a good strong brew.What’s your most popular beer?” I asked our pretty, pierced waitress. “That depends on what you like,”…
”We are trying to show the rest of America that South Florida consists of more than Rick Ross, strip clubs, and cocaine,” is Protoman’s summation of the task of Footwork4Self Records, a burgeoning hip-hop label in Lake Worth. County Grind has given plenty of shine to the emerging indie-rock acts…
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 Shit Ton of Funk.Shit Ton of Funk — with a name like that, little is left…
Dungen puts a time machine on the turntable.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. Dungen’s albums sound like the psychedelic background to one of the freakiest parties that…
