Flogging Molly’s sound and sentiments boast the same rebellious streak as the Pogues, Black 47, and the Dropkick Murphys, bands that stir Celtic traditions and add an ample does of insurgency. Their geographical bond stretches across a substantial divide, given that founder and frontman Dave King is a native of…
Human Fluid Rot, the cochlea-mutilating harsh sound avatar Robert Wilson Brantley III, is a case study in the myriad conditions, settings, and aesthetic decisions that have come to epitomize the classic power electronics school of anti-music. For example: high-contrast, morbid black-and-white imagery; a predilection for bodily functions, deviant sexuality and…
Pop-opera (Pop-era? Sorry!) phenom, Andrea Bocelli, could easily gain the distinction of being named County Grind’s #1 MVP on Planet Earth. Well, not really, but you know, he’s great. But in this particular instance the “P” stands for, you guessed it, panty dropper!Yes. It’s true. Andrea Bocelli has more hoes…
Better than: Driving to Gainesville to watch the same bands and remember none of it.”Everyone’s a punk in October.”For those that don’t understand the reference, it points a rather crotchety finger at the droves that flock from around the state to Gainesville around Halloween every year to take in a…
“For any reference to Last,” the email reads, “use the name B. Jason.” This kind of cloak-and-dagger intrigue is inherent to Broward County’s most raw-and-primitive practitioner of extreme sound. And while he claims he’s “Not trying to be edgy and mysterious” and is just trying to dodge Google searches from his employer,…
Whether it’s girls with winged eyeliner and beehives or guys in Letterman jackets and Ray-Ban shades, we’re all hungry for 1950s and ’60s nostalgia. And up and coming hip-hop artist G-Eazy is providing us with just that. With his greaser “T-Bird” style and regular use of doo-wop samples, it comes…
Fort Lauderdale’s club culture gets a bad rap. With Miami and its posh, celebrity-filled monster nightclubs, just 40 miles south, the dance floors of Himmarshee and Las Olas can be easily overlooked. The DJs who sit behind the booths have not helped matters, many pumping out the same batch of generic,…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: The Shack in the Back offers music lovers a different kind of concert. In South Florida, concert venues generally fall into one of three categories, — big box theaters like…
It’s no secret that the Swedish brand of death-metal and its innumerable sub-dialects have had a massive impact on the heavy music world. But, occasionally, In Flames is left out of the conversation. The band grew from the same scene that sold a million Boss Hm-2 pedals via the exploits…
Earlier today, Broward/Palm Beach New Times’ news wing reported that The Teflon Don himself, Rick Ross, was the target of a gangsta-as-fuck drive-by-shooting attempt, reminiscent of the infamous killings from the golden age of rapper assassinations. However, unlike Biggie and Pac, The Bawse – and his shawty, Shateria L. Moragne-el…
“I don’t curse. And it’s good for a date! Unless you feel like the relationship is on the rocks and you feel like the show might bring up too many questions about where the relationship is going,” said comedian Mike Birbiglia in a recent interview with the New Times regarding…
For every Iggy Pop — shirtless, strutting, bleeding, and smearing peanut butter all over the wiggling perspiration-soaked flesh-bag of amphetamines that is (technically) his body — there’s a quiet, cool, composed, contemplative beard-stroking Brian Eno. Adrift the dark-and-murky spectrum between classical composer and rock ‘n’ roll’s avant-garde, these soundsmiths typically defy…
Better than: Having no show at all. If there was every any doubt about South Florida’s raving youth and their commitment to Krewella’s hard and dirty party antics, all nay-sayers were hushed forever by the chanting hundreds who couldn’t even get in the front door. “Let us in, let us…
Infected Mushroom has been a huge name in dance music since before EDM was a term, let alone en vogue. After more than a decade on the scene, they’ve had to trade in their giant analog studios for laptops on the road, but they’ve also signed to hip L.A. label,…
Chris Brown is definitely one of the most famously crappy boyfriends of all time. No matter how sticky sweet he looks smooching Rihanna on the cover of any album, he still beat the crap out of her, and we’re all gonna remember forever. We’ve all had romantic partners who suck. Sometimes…
No other comedian makes people laugh in the exact way that Tracy Morgan does. The former Saturday Night Live cast member has an unassuming quality about him, like a big, goofy neighbor. But his banter is woven through with complex, absurd, and heavy humor. He’s no simpleton, no matter what…
Every week we put together a carefully curated lists of the best events in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We look for the weird, the funny, the meaningful, the loud, and the varied. And then we look for as many ways as possible to let our readers know about those…
It didn’t take long for the most ridiculous song of 2013 to pop up. Hats off to Seattle-based Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis for cranking out your new favorite terrible tune, “Thrift Shop.” While the song isn’t exactly new (it dropped back in August of last year), it has been gaining serious…
The telephone rings over here at County Grind, and on the other end is Max Johnston, bass player for Miami band Plains, formerly of Pygmy and Down Home Southernaires. He wants to know if we can push the interview up so he can make it to the 10:15 showing of Lincoln,…
Build a Better Block is a nationwide art-meets-sub-urban-life experiment and experience that found, well, a better block in Fort Lauderdale’s FAT Village Arts District. The project reveals a not so ideal urban or suburban area as a pretty nice place to live and hang out. Modern American cities are built for the convenience…
If you were lucky enough to be called a pig-fucker by Ralphie May, that means you were at his first big show, opening for his idol, Sam Kinison.If not, you’ve probably seen Ralphie on everything from Last Comic Standing to the Big Black Comedy Show to any one of his…
Will Brennan and Tariq Cherif, co-owner of Dope Entertainment, have just walked back from having dinner. Brennan sits back leisurely as Cherif sits a couple feet away to his left scrolling through various music blogs.See also- Top 10 Palm Beach County Rappers- Will Brennan Releases Video with Dim Mak “Let’s…
