Radio-Active Records Rocked Record Store Day in 2012

Can we say that Record Store Day is the best thing that happened to music since the Beatles? Sure, this is a big, awkward claim, but we’re going to haphazardly make it anyway. There is nothing that brings people together like RSD to revel in the sounds and feel of…

Dick Dale – Respectable Street – April 20

Better than: blueberry pancakes in bed. Going to West Palm Beach is to me, in any case, a miniature vacation of sorts. This past Saturday, the weather in Miami was so astronomically dismal that I was actually glad to be at work and not necessarily dreaming of playing golf or being…

Skid Row – Revolution Live – April 20

Better than: A cowboy hat on a summer day.It had all the hallmarks of a heavy-metal show: denim vests, short skirts, pattered cowboy hats, and long locks hanging freely down the back of fire-breathing bowling shirts worn by aging headbangers toting bottles of Bud Light with tales of Hallandale’s Button…

Public Image Grand Opening: Rap, Beer, and Vintage Goodies

It takes a special kind of person to nab a space in an up-and-coming area and turn it into a successful vintage store.After Saturday’s grand opening, it looks like Andrew Vincent, owner and manager of Public Image Vintage Clothing, is that special guy.The store has technically been open for a…

Hukilau’s Tahitian Thursday at Five Points Lounge

Polynesian culture is an easy fit for Fort Lauderdale. It’s a city long associated with leisure that came into its own around the same time as the newfound middle class found fascination in the late ’50s and early ’60s with tiki idols, puffer fish, and the natives of the Pacific…

Eight Pleasantly Plump Female Musicians We’d Like to Get Down With

Sarcasm doesn’t always come across in writing, and it certainly didn’t in this post. I get why commenters below called this “the most insulting thing on the Internet,” and that’s why it has been removed. New Times regrets the offense we’ve caused and hopes you’ll stick with us in our…

County Grind’s Chronic Cover Songs for 420 Downloadable Compilation

Editor’s note: If you grew up in South Florida, you’ve lived a delightfully half-baked existence. You’ve definitely smoked the stickiest crippy and the worst Jamaican schwag. County Grind got all  stoned and thought, why not ask these toasty South Florida musicians to give us a taste of their favorite pot-inspired…

Danny Brito’s Record Store Baby Tote, Perfect for Vinyl

In case you haven’t already heard (we’ve only mentioned it a thousand times here at County Grind!), this Saturday is Record Store Day. Radio-Active Records will not only be pumping out the jams for swarms of loyal vinyl lovers but also playing host to a slew of indie craft and…

Happy Birthday, Reggae’s Heir Apparent, Stephen Marley

As the son of reggae superstar Bob Marley, Stephen Marley had a lot to live up to. Of course, that’s no different from the challenge faced by any offspring of a musical legend, but given the impact Bob Marley made not only on reggae but on the whole of popular…