Better than: Finally finding the needle goddamn in the haystack.Kathy Griffin brought her saucy one-woman act to the Hard Rock Live this Saturday night. We brought you an inside look at Griffin’s life in an interview last week on County Grind, and figured you’d want more. The gigantic stadium that is…
Dr FameusThe Funky Buddha Friday, June 1, 2012Better than: All of the pro button pushers calling themselves DJs these days. Lately, I find myself less and less inclined to make the trip across the county line and all the way up to Boca for a show. But, when I heard that…
Does DMX really need a comeback album? If you’re over the age of 20, and have heard of this music we call “hip-hop,” you’d likely say, “no.” But the Ruff Ryder is coming back on the scene this fall with a tour and a new album Undisputed. He collaborated with Swizz…
Lately, the heavy-metal environment offers some pretty interesting terrain: There are popular death-core bands with eight-stringed guitars playing polyrhythms they’ve rehashed hundreds of times, a full-on early Megaforce Records-style thrash revival, and more blossoming subgenres than you can shake a stick at. And while it would appear that a lot…
Nü-metal Ann Arbor, Michigan, outfit Taproot set the charts ablaze with its pioneering 2002 hit “Poem.” The track hypnotized audiences with its mix of thunderous heavy-metal riffs over lead singer Stephen Richards’ shifty, rumble-to-pristine-clean vocals and a melodic hook with colossal appeal. Taproot presented the world with hard rock that both…
Jesse Jackson is hardly an anonymous face in the crowd. He’s tall, so that makes him noticeable, and with his long blond hair and high cheekbones, even before words or song exit his mouth, you know there’s something he has that you need to listen to. Jackson has been a staple…
For a man who came from the seed of Roger Waters — one of Pink Floyd’s founders and key songwriter — Harry Waters has a humble attitude. Before he began touring with his dad as part of his backing band in 2001, Waters, 34, spent many years honing his piano…
Allen Aucoin is all about pushing his musical limits. The Georgia-born, Berklee-bred drummer joined the Disco Biscuits in 2005, and since then, he’s presented artistry beyond imagination, drumming up beats and patterns seemingly impossible from human limbs. On his Zildijan drums and mix of Edrum pads, Aucoin’s precision and pace…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week, three distinct and disparate artists bring South Florida some national glory.Clearly, South Florida is no stranger to the national music scene. Past graduates of our area that have achieved wider…
When The Toilets’ Ellis D. Traails contacted us with a very special mixtape Joey Blank – Oddball The Caustic Silence Vol I, we were at first confused. What is this metal man doing making and circulating straight up hip-hop? We asked Traails what the hell he was thinking changing genres on…
Kathy Griffin, sensational comedian and notorious foul-mouthed Queen of Mean, is bringing her solo act to the Hard Rock Live, and no celebrity is safe. “I’ve played more cities in Florida than in any other state,” Griffin says. “But you guys are sick bastards — I think that’s what it…
This past May 18, I was invited by the hep cats over at Discosoma and Roofless Records to partake in their Singles Night vol. 4 over at Lester’s in Wynwood. I am in no way shape or form a DJ, but I do have an extensive love of vinyl records…
Killmama is the newest project by South Florida musician Sophie Sputnik who has traded in her acoustic guitar for a stripped down drum kit. Together with guitarist Rob Kingsley, she’s spent the past few months crafting a more aggressive and infinitely louder sound. Drawing heavily on blues and rock influences,…
You may not know his face or sweaty chest, but everyone’s familiar with the songs of Neil Diamond. This old crooner was quite the baja panti in his day. Hell, he remains a sex symbol for more women and men than the Biebs. New Times writer Lee Zimmerman claims this…
Contagious choruses are hardly anything new to the music industry; they’re almost the heart of it. Three-piece band Two Door Cinema Club makes climbing the charts look crazy easy even without straight pop hooks. Its genre-bending fusion of pop, indie rock, and dance makes it stand out from the rest…
A year before the Beach Boys embarked on their Surfin’ Safari, Roberto Carlos was redefining South American music — that was 50 years ago. Though Brazil’s pop-rock movement kicked off in the 1950s, Carlos is considered one the pioneers of Jovem Guarda. For more than half a century, the affable…
All hail Annie Clark, indie rock’s patron saint of distortion and raw spirit. Clark, known by fans as St. Vincent, is set to make her Miami debut at the Stage on Thursday. But just because she’s new to South Florida doesn’t mean this lady hasn’t been around the block. Three…
Update: The film will not be screening at Revolution Live. Party only. As you may have already read on County Grind, I’m like really famous. This is because I was an extra in the upcoming film Rock of Ages starring the ever obnoxious Tom Cruise, who appears with his top…
Stephen Malkmus, born May 30, 1966, is best known as lead singer and guitarist of the alt-rock band Pavement. He’s currently carving out a post-Pavement career in tandem with a newer outfit dubbed the Jicks. While he’s reaped accolades over the course of the past 20 something years, it’s his working class…
Ever get into a musical funk? You look at your iPod and you think: If I have to hear any of this music again, I will feed myself to alligators or that naked man on the MacArthur Causeway. It’s hard sometimes to admit that you need help finding music that breathes…
Recent cuts to women’s health programs affected us in South Florida, as the Susan B. Komen Foundation withdrew all of its financial support for breast-cancer screenings with Planned Parenthood. Srsly, WTF? With the political clusterfuck surrounding funding drama for Planned Parenthood nationwide, it only makes sense that a group of powerful,…
There’s something relatively soothing about Brooklyn-based indie rock quartet The Faulkner Detectives. It’s something slightly primal and askew and somewhat not at ease with itself that I find comfortably calming. South Florida expat Alex Segura (guitar/vocals) has done well for himself in various mediums (journalism and comics mostly) and now…
