Driven Music Conference Conference 9 a.m. Thursday, May 16, to Sunday, May 19, at Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, 2301 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale. Showcase 1 p.m. Friday, May 17, to Saturday, May 18, at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $29. Call 954-449-1025, or visit…
Ultra Music Festival is riding the untz train back into town! You can already hear the pounding of furry boots, feel the shake of bass in your chattering teeth. Sure, it’s almost a year off, but the massive EDM bash already announced the time and date of their 2014 ticket…
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…
Pelvic Thrust is a group of eight Miami-based music lovers who will do just about anything for a good party. With their turntables and CDJs in tow, and some insane stamina to keep the fun going all night long, these guys have managed to bring their monthly party from a…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: a little bit of bragging and a whole lot of chatter. Before beginning, I’m giving fair warning. I’m gonna do a whole bunch of name dropping, here, and possibly even…
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…
Show of hands. Who’s surprised that the first time an artist in the U.S. was convicted criminally on obscenity charges, it was in the State of Florida? No one? Exactly. Mike Diana was initially approached by cops at 18, fingered as a suspect in the Gainesville murders because of his…
Heat-hater Lil Wayne is coming to West Palm Beach this summer with T.I and Tyga for America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. And though we thought Tyga was replacing the once promised Future on the tour, turns out the king of Rack City’ll likely be there, but, as the media’s slanting…
Experimental tuba: Two words you don’t see side-by-side very often. The big bulky brass instrument conjures up images of lockstep marching bands, or smoky New Orleans jazz joints, but never anything remotely new or avant-garde. Set all you preconceived notions about the tuba aside, and get ready for Boca Raton…
While mega-fests like Bonnaroo seem to be multiplying like sweaty, monstrous, Day-Glo rabbits with a thousand faces (including Paul McCarntey’s visage front and center), the occurrence of super fun local and regional festies continues across the country. Here in Florida, we’ve got several, including Orange Blossom Jamboree which is happening…
Just yesterday, I was devising a plan to locally screen Teen Mom-turned-porn wannabe’s new sex tape with James Deen, Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom. Just for laughs, of course. It’s the ultimate in “reality.” It’s so real, it’s fake. The plot is complex, friends. There’s a 21-year old former Iowa…
Back in 2006, the Miami Heat’s crowd won the team the championship. The Heat were down two games to zero against the Dallas Mavericks, when the series came to Miami. The Mavericks were up by thirteen in the fourth quarter when Dwyane Wade went bananas and gave the Heat the…
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…
Y’all know what the ‘Merican dream is? It’s like the American dream, but it’s got a Southern accent. Best friends Joe Curtis and Tyler Stampler have nearly achieved it. A joke over Skype about starting a Southern-style clothing line turned into the real deal. And now the guys are slinging…
You know who’s coming to Pembroke Lakes Mall? The fabulous Mrs. Carter! Well, Beyonce’s not actually arriving live and in the flesh, but rather her colorful H&M-only clothing line will be available before you know it, right here in Broward County. Yeah, you read right. H&M. Who cares about Bey…
“Happy Mother’s Day,” began Bill Cosby at the Hard Rock Live, “There’s no other way to get on this earth.” Writing something Cosby said during his standup act doesn’t do him any justice. It’s his affable delivery, his sneaky grin, and the roll of the eyes that brings his words…
Is there really anything better in life than loud rock ‘n’ roll? If you’re asking us, definitely not. And, based on what we witnessed at Friday night’s Clutch gig with the Sword, we’ve got plenty of South Floridians to keep us company in the antiquated world of fuzz addled guitars…
If you want to feel young, go to a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert where the generation that coined “never trust anyone over thirty” are all now in their sixties. The two women in the seats in front of me discussed the travails of hot flashes as they waited for…
The difference between Brantley Gilbert and Tim McGraw isn’t just a well established western hat or a perfectly taut pair of faded jeans. The difference isn’t a matter of a loyal fan base or a bad boy attitude. The difference between Tim McGraw and Brantley Gilbert is simple: about twenty…
Nearly a year after its completion, the Downtown Hollywood mural of renowned local street artist Lebo (a.k.a. David Le Batard), entitled “Bee-Bop Into Outer Space,” is the subject of some controversy after officials at the latest city commission meeting on May 1, expressed their dislike for the jazz-inspired artwork. “We…
Following a whirlwind of events in the early Spring, the creative collective of Black Locust Society has gone back into hiding underground. However, that doesn’t mean its members have stopped working on keeping the Fort Lauderdale creative scene alive. For the last two months, local artist and seasoned screen printer…
