Saturday, Mickie Centrone attended the Cyanide Xmas Fetish Party: Seasons Beatings at Downtown 28 in Hollywood. We’re not going to be sourpusses about it: The attendance at Electrolust’s fetish party Saturday night was small, but that’s fine. While in the stall using the toilet, loud spanking noises ricocheted off the…
Anyone claiming to have just experienced a “brutal” weekend might want to step into Miami hip-hop/dubstep collective O’Grime’s blood-stained shoes for a second. So maybe your forehead’s a tad sore from a bit too much Franzia, or someone left a scratch on the side of your 2008 Ford Focus, or…
On the occasion of his 79th birthday, Little Richard becomes one of the oldest members of that first great wave of rock ‘n’ roll pioneers who set the standard in the mid ’50s. An original inductee into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame – he was honored during the…
Buzz Bake Sale 16With Awolnation, Seether, Chevelle, Hinder, Everlast, Adelita’s Way, Art of Dying, Middle Class Rut, Falling in Reverse, and OneCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachSaturday, December 3, 2011View a slideshow from the event here.Better than: Being so far away.Awolnation saved the 16th edition of the Buzz Bake Sale –…
Call him the Prince of Darkness. Or the Godfather of Metal Mayhem. Call him incoherent. Or call him by his given name, John Michael Osbourne. No matter what he’s called, Ozzy Osbourne is a genuine phenomenon. He’s not only one of Rock’s most successful artists of all time — having…
Wale With Meek Mill, Pusha T and Black Cobain Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better than: A Thursday night in Coconut Grove. From zero to 60 and in a matter of seconds, the Washington D.C. native Wale got his performance at Revolution started with hard knocking “600 Benz.”…
The tone of the 2011 Buzz Bake Sale lineup has changed significantly in an instant: Staind has canceled a string of tour dates due to illness, including its headlining appearance Saturday at Cruzan Amphitheatre. But take heart, Buzz Nation. The gaping hole at the top of the lineup has been…
It has been a week of mixed emotions for the family and friends of Jaco and Ingrid Pastorius. For weeks, the attention had been on a birthday celebration to herald what would have been the gifted bassist’s 60th birthday at the Funky Biscuit, but things took on an entirely different…
Kiss die-hards don’t ever need to prep for what is an inevitable daily immersion in their favorite band, but getting on a boat is something above and beyond. County Grind found out all about it when we tagged along for the inaugural Kiss Kruise this past October. Our complete coverage…
The first Sleigh Bells album was called Treats, and it was a reign of terror. One of the best albums of 2010, the duo of ex-Poison the Well guitarist Derek Miller and siren vocalist Alexis Krauss bludgeoned us with those 11 tracks. Especially upon a visit to Respectable Street.Now, the…
The City of Delray Beach’s holiday festivities had a surprising postgrunge potency Thursday evening as Creed lead singer took the stage to sing Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” Popularized by Bing Crosby, the 70-year-old song has been past through the hands of countless musicians since, including Elvis Presley, the Supremes, Bob…
Earlier today, Blonds introduced itself to South Florida via Facebook, and for those who enjoy dreamy throwback pop, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.A teaser track called “Kite” is up at the duo’s Bandcamp page for a listen, and according to Twitter, the Dark Roots EP will…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: Three new releases from this remarkable record label continue the emphasis on excellence… It seems like Forward Motion never rests. South Florida’s most ambitious record…
The Beltones Cheap Trinkets (TKO Records) beltones.com Last year in September, we had the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite local platters from the ’90s, the Beltones’ Lock and Load seven-inch on the sorely missed Far Out Records. It was, as it usually is within these pages, a great…
It seems inevitable that no matter how brilliant an artist, the specter of an untimely death always hangs heavy over any and all accomplishments. Take Janis, Jimi, and Kurt, for example — each was an innovator, but any discussion of their careers often veers to the subject of their early…
You know that feeling you had as an angst ridden teen of withdrawing into your bedroom, closing the door and finally being able to feel the freedom of playing your own music as loud as you want? Last night in Lake Park the Snooze Theatre hosted an opportunity to peek in on such array of “bedroom time” experimentation with a “Weird Evening” featuring members of the Weird Wives.
Over the past six years, the Devil Wears Prada has risen above one of the more unfortunate (and possibly copyright-infringing) names in heavy music to become one of the most popular and even respected acts on the metalcore scene. Despite early Christian leanings, the Dayton, Ohio, sextet has levitated out…
Pete Loeffler, lead vocalist and guitarist for Chicago hard-rock trio Chevelle, is wandering through a crowd of protesters gathered as they scrawl various slogans on their signs. The scene is a familiar one in 2011, but it comes with a new soundtrack: Chevelle is in its second day of shooting…
Some 33 years after the group formed, L.A.-based hard rock act Dokken is still rockin’. In the heady peak days of the Sunset Strip scene, the group stood out thanks to frontman Don Dokken’s inimitable vibrating wail. It soared best over the kinds of songs the group did best: fist-pumping…
As one of America’s great troubadours, Paul Simon has hardly slowed down through his 60s and now 70s. This past April, he released So Beautiful or So What, the 11th entry in his solo discography. (That doesn’t count, of course, his work with Simon & Garfunkel or any number of…
During Art Basel, Miami Beach becomes a circus of art lovers from around the world scoping the latest creations in every medium — especially music. Here’s a sampling of the most engrossing musical events of this year’s festival: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 YACHT The Electric Pickle hosts some of the best…
Although it was great that online indie clearinghouse Pitchfork Media’s “farm team” site for ultra-underground music gave South Florida some attention for the fine work done by Sumsun, Cop City/Chill Pillars, and the Jameses, news of its demise made public today should not come as any surprise.”Today, the road comes…
