Backstreet Boys founding member Kevin Richardson has announced that he’s back with the group after a five-year break — for a little vacation time in the Bahamas.Yes, Richardson has wisely decided to make his reentry during the second-annual Backstreet Boys Cruise, which embarks from Miami via the Carnival Inspiration on…
Update: Here’s a review of the 2011 Y100 Jingle Ball!The Y100 Jingle Ball lineup is here! The annual pop showcase at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and all of its trimmings was just released to Y-VIPs — and you know County Grind is one of them.One of the biggest local…
When Michigan’s punk-rock juggernauts the Meatmen formed in 1980, they crashed their way into the serious hardcore scene and turned it into a party. While other bands were pontificating smugly about society’s woes, the Meatmen were sinning for a living while singer Tesco Vee was having an “Orgy of One.”…
South Florida fans of producer/musician/label honcho Johnny Jewel have plenty to rejoice about this week. Most obviously, Jewel is in West Palm Beach with one of his acts, Glass Candy, for the West Palm Beach Halloween extravaganza Moonfest this weekend. Much more about Jewel’s work with his many groups and…
Forget brains. Forget blood. There is only one thing that the dancing zombies at the Mai-Kai crave: rum barrels.On Saturday night, the folks at the Mai-Kai Restaurant and Polynesian Show — everyone’s favorite tiki-themed drinking spot — hosted the Zombie A-Go-Go dance party. (View our full slide show here.) Partygoers…
View all of our Kiss Kruise coverage here.Although some Kiss Navy members were already planning their 2012 Kiss Kruise experience the moment they got onboard the Carnival Destiny two weeks ago, now the thing is official.Echoing sentiments he expressed during the band’s second full-makeup show of the mid-October excursion from…
Our favorite rock stars dress so fabulously full-time that they probably don’t even know how to dress for Halloween anymore. While the regular folk of America can pick up a Lady Gaga getup at a costume shop or browse the thrift store and just throw something together, our celebrity peers…
Remember when MTV played actual music, feathered bangs were sexy, and scrunchies were the hottest fashion craze? Neither do we. Thankfully Respectable Street is hosting a party to remind people of a time when Jersey Shore was only an area and pop stars didn’t need vocal synthesizers to sound good…
Known to most as the high-pitched warbler who’s helped define such classic Yes songs as “Your Move,” “I’ve Seen All Good People,” “Roundabout,” and a steady stream of signature songs initiated in 1968 and continuing to this day, Jon Anderson could easily rest on his laurels without making any moves…
There are some voices that are indisputably created for making music, and Lake Worth singer/songwriter Kevin Popejoy’s rich timbre is one such instrument.The Glimpses of the South Florida Scene vet writes and records evocative acoustic songs that explore the darkness of humanity and wraps them around a core of uplifting…
This Thursday, the current lineup of the Beach Boys and their good bro John Stamos, of Full House and great hair fame, will assemble for a fundraiser show in Boca Raton.The intimate event, limited to 400 attendees, takes place inside Mizner Park’s Spin Ultra Lounge. As of Monday afternoon, only…
Off!With Retox and Cerebral BallzyCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleSunday, October 23, 2011View a slide show from the concert here.Better Than: Whatever else you were doing last night.Last night Off!, a band that has an insane amount of buzz, played in South Florida, and many were absent. Not only was it a…
Life has finally settled back into a world without 24-hour buffet lines, a pocketful of poker chips, and a daily dose of Kiss. For those who attended the Kiss Kruise on October 13 to 17, the withdrawal symptoms are getting heavy. To cap off County Grind’s extensive coverage — for…
Radio-Active Records’ days in the Gateway Shopping Plaza are numbered, which means its grand opening at 845 N. Federal Highway is steadily approaching. We recently announced that the longtime music retail source is moving to a more visible spot, and today there are details of the opening celebration.The daylong, blowout…
Happy birthday to the ultimate music satirist, Weird Al Yankovic, who should be known by no other name. Although his instrument of choice — the accordion — wasn’t quite cool enough to ensure rock worship, he has thrived some 35 years after Los Angeles radio personality Dr. Demento opted to…
Those who fondly recall alt-country act the Mavericks’ formative days here in South Florida will likely be buoyed by the fact that a reunion is in the works for next April. Three of the band’s original members — singer/songwriter Raul Malo, bassist Robert Reynolds, and drummer Paul Deakin — reconvene…
Too many stodgy old farts, Broadway isn’t what it used to be, now that nearly all of the productions are based on movies, TV shows or previous productions, and — these days — every patron shows up dressed like a slob. Hey, sounds like a good time to us. If…
Our complete Kiss Kruise coverage is here.One young Kiss Army member put it best when he said, “All other music fans are measured against Kiss fans.” With about 2,000 diehards aboard the Carnival Destiny — many of whom never considered taking a cruise previously — a weekend voyage dubbed the…
The Reverend Horton HeatWith Supersuckers and Dan SartainThe Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleThursday, October 20, 2011 Better Than: Waiting for Saturday night to start the honky tonkin’. “Rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay; it will never die.” Danny and the Juniors were fucking right, ace. Last night at the Culture Room,…
To paraphrase the title of one of his early albums, there are several faces of Manfred Mann. Although he gave his name to one of the British Invasion’s more popular combos, it was in fact an alias. Born Manfred Lubowitz to a wealthy South African family on October 21, 1940,…
Chuck Livid believes that the greatest success of his DIY label Livid Records is the bonds it has created between the bands and the label. These are bonds so intense that he thinks of all 16 of them as, in his words, his own “flesh and blood.” On this, Livid’s five-year…
Saying you don’t like Hall & Oates is like saying you don’t like air. It’s just unheard of. It’s completely irrational. In fact, it quite possibly could be considered un-American. Hell even Son of Sam murderer David Berkowitz enjoyed kicking back to some good ol’ Hall to the Oates. But…
