The Psycho Daisies 30 Milligrams of Your Love (Resonance Records) psychodaisies.com This album by the Psycho Daisies is the band’s third. It follows a wild opening record for long-gone Dutch label Resonance Records, which signed them in 1991 for Sonicly Speaking. The party continues in this album with the dearly…
Last month, we brought a pair of MP3s for your enjoyment via our County Grind (Broward/Palm Beach) and Crossfade (Miami) blogs. Aside from the monetary benefits of doing work, I did this because I’ve always felt it my duty to represent local music and musicians throughout the seven years that…
The Psycho Daisies It’s No Fun To Be Paranoid (Suspicious Hallucinations) www.psychodaisies.com Not only are The Psycho Daisies one of South Florida’s most criminally underrated outfits but Mr. Johnny Salton is no longer with us. The bastard cancer ate him like it has eaten many. I can only hope his…
The Crumbs Gator Kicks(Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com Livid Records has been doing a bang-up job recently with local and national acts while at the same time endearing themselves to a lot of people as one of the nicest indie record labels in the business right now and I’d feel remiss if…
Imagine if you will a musical jam party sometime between 1973 and 1985 hosted by the Residents but somehow, don’t ask me, they’ve managed to travel along the delicate tendrils of time and space into the future and managed to acquire modern (i.e. 2010) technology and are able to bring…
Here’s another single from the upcoming Orion project, Hunting Season. Using a stellar cast of local rappers, this track doesn’t entirely deviate from his traditional intellectual hip-hop, but it does come through with a certain eeriness. The subject matter is darker than usual, and it is accentuated with clever synth…
Blowfly Disco (Weird World) blowfly.com It was a matter of time before we got to some real pioneer work within these digital pages of BFTP. Some call him a funk demon, a sex pariah, a freak, a bug that oughta be squashed, his mama calls him Clarence, the original dirty…
Cavity Drowning (Bacteria Sour) bacteriasour.com Cavity reigned with doom and sludge at a time (the ’90s) when we all needed a firm kick to the balls. What you’ve heard is true. They started off as Crawl and did an ENTIRE tour in which nary a note was performed! It was…
Enter Shikari does a fairly good job of mixing the unmixable — metal and electronic with a twist of posthardcore. What do these fine British lads mean by the entrance of Shikari? It means “hunter” in the nuances of Punjabi, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, and Bengali. With some positive vibes stemming…
To everyone crying over Kiss not getting into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” — yep, those are scare quotes — the institution and its yearly nominations, which omitted the “Detroit Rock City” act this year, are both bullshit. The only people who deserve a spot in there are…
One of the things that we tend to forget with “modern” hip-hop is the sheer amount research that goes into lyrical work. Like anything, there are varying degrees of interest involved in the final output. Orion’s been a busy bee. It’s possible that this young man’s gonna burn himself out,…
It goes without saying that the Heartbreakers have been one of the most influential rock ‘n’ roll bands on the whole punk thing. They’re right up there with proto acts like the Velvet Underground, the MC5, the Stooges, and Question Mark & the Mysterians. Whether they considered themselves punks or…
The Beltones Lock and Load (Far Out Records) www.beltones.com I don’t remember very well when this little gem of a 7-inch came out. It could’ve been ’95 or not. I know that I bought it at Yesterday & Today Records in 1996 cause Justin was blasting it at the time…
Hangin’ out with Dimebag.Dissever’s been quietly making itself known in South Florida’s metal community for a while now and we here at New Times HQ have admittedly fallen asleep on our laurels when it comes to these guys. Last week we featured an MP3 review of their track “Fling” on…
Lil Daggers King Corpse 7″ (Livid Records) www.lividrecords.com King corpse? Exquisite corpse? Rotting corpse? It don’t matter… how much damage can a Lil Dagger cause? Leave it to the forensic guys, but on a more rock and roll tip, this blunt blade of fuzzy guitar cuts deep. These guys embody…
A strong case in point against the “Florida sucks” talk is this Sunday’s showcase of rock ‘n’ roll talent led by the two-album-strong Furious Dudes. Though they might have a second effort under their belts with Boca’s Livid Records titled Florida Sucks, it is in a cheeky, bratty way that…
Skeleton Warrior/Pharaoh Faucett Split Seven-Inch (Roofless Records) rooflessrex.com I like my punkrockliness questioned frequently. I like to have my goggles muddied and destitute in some narcotic hell my HMO won’t cover. Somebody, quick! Get me my carburetor dung goggles! This shit is punk as an acid wash of pseudo-psychedelia and…
The McRackins Planet of the Eggs (Stiff Pole Records) stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my “Blast From the Past” thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole…
Canada has plenty of things to get excited about. Progressive thoughts, children who do not dream of welfare checks, education, health care, excellent beer, RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. Canada rules! In celebration of the snowbirds in Fucked Up making Churchill’s their home for one night; here are five Canadian outfits that…
The great immigration debate is not new to us in South Florida. We’ve been dealing with bizarre “wet foot, dry foot” policies, Mariels, Eliáns, Haitian yachts, Eurotrash, and every shade of “non-American” between white and black. Now Arizona’s feelin’ it. But immigration’s not a topic for discussion here in County…
The Pink Lincolns Pure Swank (Stiff Pole Records) stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed away this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my “Blast From the Past” thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole…
It is no secret that for many years, I tormented the Garrote family with a $20 debt incurred by older brother Joe (of the Basicks and The Can’t Stand Ya’s fame) circa 1996 outside of Cheers. With his move to supershitty NYC many a moon ago, it fell on the…
