In celebration of Norwegian natives Apoptygma Berzerk performing tonight at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach, a little musical culture from your friends who grind away here in County Grind.Proving that the Great White North has created more than gothic-styled electronic music in heated basements, here are five contemporary musicians…
Has anybody noticed the abundance of old-school outfits coming to South Florida lately? Is there a rekindling of local interest in electronic and industrial music afoot? Regardless, Apoptygma Berzerk, AKA Apop to the fans, has 21 years on its side, and founder Stephan Groth seems to know what he’s doing…
Skeleton Warrior/Preaux Breaux Geauxld Split Seven-Inch (Roofless Records/Cephia’s Treat Records) rooflessrex.com cephiastreat.com Matt Preira at first struck me as a nice gent of questionable Portuguese ancestry. I love grilled octopus, vinho verde, and bacalao as much as the next guy who fancies himself an eater, but upon further inspection of…
I know Monday mornings better than the next guy with chalk up his nose and a raging sense that he might’ve misplaced his ATM card in the nook and/or cranny of some tranny ho last night! And because I continuously battle my middle-aged demons in the losing battle that is…
If the Miami Poetry Collective can get all of its culture behind an all-girls jai-alai operation, why can’t Palm Beach get behind the veritable behinds of a derby girl hijinx? Or I guess it can. There’s nothing better now-a-days than a bunch of broads beating up on each other atop…
Nia Devine’s sultry voice and the entire ensemble of The Methodaires has been missed from the Poor House’s sound system these last two years. Drawing a pretty ska picture that is more akin to original ska, rocksteady, soul and reggae; there’s still enough danceable pull that the ska-punk kids welcome…
Drummer Juan Oña returns to the South Florida music scene with his latest endeavor, Pretty Please. While I am not sure as to who comprises the band currently other than Oña, Didi Aragon performs vocals and guitar, Bavie Grafals does vocals and Ana Farina MacKliff fiddles the bass with added…
Six Pack To GoVarious Artists(Stiff Pole Records)www.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 Records, that, in…
I’ve been a fan of Orion since I first heard him spit on the Elastic Bond album. Then I had a chance to hear his debut CD, Esperanza, and I was floored. Here he is, producing and rapping along with Smoke and Miras, Sci-22, and Brown I on a video…
After 12 years, Jackal & Hyde’s traverse through aggressive electro and industrial stylings shows no signs of slowing. Partners Scott Weiser and Todd Walker’s take on the oft-cloned, digitally antagonistic genre is much sought by big names across the disciplines — Kid Rock, the Genitorturers, and No Doubt have all…
After 12 years, Jackal & Hyde’s traverse through aggressive electro and industrial stylings shows no signs of slowing down. Partners Scott Weiser and Todd Walker’s take on the often-cloned, digitally antagonistic genre is much sought by big names across the disciplines — Kid Rock, the Genitorturers, and No Doubt have…
Following in the tradition of Evan Rowe’s lack of necessity for actual musical files in lieu of what he terms “blasts,” here’s a song from David Briekse’s musical alter ego, Fsik Huvnx. Please don’t ask me to sound it out; just enjoy a little piece of paranoid composition from a…
No Consent Nowhere to Hide (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 Records…
Reading through County Grind this past week, I first came across Reed Fischer’s post about Lake Worth’s Little Munich and thought, hey, that’s pretty cool! A new venue! And then I came across Erica K. Landau’s post about a canceled show at the aforementioned venue and I was like wow! What is…
Chelsea’s going away. Not Chelsea Clinton, no, not that one. That one got married. This Chelsea’s simply just going somewhere else. As confirmed by local promoter Scenemom Debbie, tattoo artist Chelsea “White Chelsea” Kronick is her daughter. As part of her departure celebrations before she moves to Jacksonville, N.C., the…
For a number of years I’ve been hearing the theory that rockabilly is the musical graveyard for people who grew up punk rock. Ever the tenacious and rebellious fringe genre that that entails, the creation of psychobilly in the late 70’s showed the incredible foresight the framers of the punk…
I’m having a Dickens of a time figuring out what would compel this Arizona quintet to give itself such a frosty moniker as the Maine. It’s just like this whole Twilight Saga bullshit about Aryan vampires and Native American werewolves. Like, why the hell does Bella, who’s supposed to hail…
Gutfiddle Tomorrow in the Eye (Stiff Pole Records) www.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 Records,…
Hollow Leg The Hive Demos 2010 (self-released) hollowlegband.com The wonderful gals and dude from Shroud Eater introduced me to this outfit earlier this summer during a raucous, metal-tinged evening at Churchill’s Pub in Miami. Talk about being on point! These Jacksonville badasses tear up the jams with such gusto and…
Gotohells – Demolition (Stiff Pole Records) www.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 Records, that, in…
What I’m really digging about social networking sites is how readily information comes for me to capitalize on, and as a sweet byproduct that will not hinder my paycheck, you, my loyal readers, get to find out about choice gigs like this! Tonight, young Kilmo will host in his warehouse…
Secondhand Serenade brings to mind wearing a recycled engagement ring or dating someone who has past lovers’ names tattooed on them. It can be an awkward and potentially dangerous thing. In the case of this California group’s soft, acoustic repackaging of alternative emo rock, it comes completely naturally.Singer/guitarist John Vesely’s…
