If there’s a hip-hop artist that we’re totally comfortable representing Broward County, it’s definitely Robb Bank$. He’s young, his sound is fresh, and he raps about things everybody, from nerds to tough motherfuckers, can relate to. Including anime. That’s right. Anime.See also- Robb Bank$ Thinks He May Be Happy- Best…
The first song I remember hearing again and again on the radio was Madonna’s “Lucky Star.” I was two years old. At this point in life, my MTV obsession was burgeoning. I loved to “Jump” with David Lee Roth, and “Shout with Tears” for Fears, had inappropriately “Sweet Dreams” with…
British Dubstep producer and DJ Rusko is a funny guy. Candid, and warm, he’s comfortable chatting about everything and everything from the Lion King, to medical marijuana. Rusko’s also a guy who recently started taking a no bullshit, totally independent approach to getting music to his fans, quick and easy. See…
Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson recently released his first book, Letters to Kurt, in which he reflects upon a terribly dark, but sadly real topic: Suicide. This includes the death of his friend Kurt Cobain. Though he tried to write a memoir in the traditional manner, it just wasn’t working. Instead,…
Beach Day is set on taking the city of Hollywood out of wrinkly geriatric paws and passing it over to the smooth surf-obsessed hands of youth. See also- Beach Day’s Favorite Hollywood Hideouts- Beach Day’s Favorite Records and Musical Instruments- Photos: Hanging Out with Beach DayThe Hollywood trio aren’t really old-people-haters, they’re actually really…
That’s right! Scott Weiland, the former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer, is not dead, even though you (or I) might have thought so. You know who else isn’t dead? Morgan Freeman. Yup, totally alive. Not only is he not dead, he’s on tour performing his greatest all time hits…
Dolly Parton. If there’s one divine diva drag queens would be justified in pulling wigs off to impersonate, it’d be her. But Reba McEntire? That’s more of a head scratcher. But for Nicolette over at Lips, the only dinner and a drag venue in Fort Lauderdale, these are her two…
Progressive house DJs Swedish House Mafia are announcing their untimely retirement at very young age, but not before first headlining Ultra Music Festival in 2013.The three Swedes announced their appropriately titled “One Last Tour” this August, and this year in Downtown Miami, they’ll play their last two dates ever! As you…
“Denney and The Jets are special band in that they so effortlessly weave between genres — rock ‘n’ roll, country, soul, and blues — without it being so much as an afterthought in your mind,” Limited Fanfare Records’ Brian Kurtz says of the Nashville act whose eponymous EP he recently…
In his one man show Undisputed Truth, Mike Tyson compares himself to Medea in a photo at the height of his coke addiction, refers to his facial Maori tattoo as a “tramp stamp,” and sings Minnie Ripperton’s “Lovin’ You Is Easy Cause You’re Beautiful” in a strained falsetto. See also- Mike Tyson…
We may be hardened a-holes over here at County Grind, but we still leave a little room in our bitter lives for making out. And, perverts that we are, sometimes we even create free time for watching other people smooch. That’s why there’s no way we’re missing out on Antonia…
“Things just couldn’t be better,” says Miami Heat’s DJ Irie about the team he’s been with for twelve years. “I’d like to get a second championship ring,” he adds hopefully. Well, he along with the rest of SoFla. See also- DJ Irie to Host UR1 Festival; Reminisces on Amnesia Foam PartiesSure Irie’s…
Last night our local booty bass hero and sometime politician, Luther Campbell, tweeted these four simple words: “Big Bird is safe.”To some, Big Bird seemed like a joke or a distraction from the “real issues” of the campaign. But Big Bird represented something much larger: Sesame Street. This is a place…
Every nerdy, indie, glasses-wearing music snob has something to say about Weezer, good and bad. The band’s sound hasn’t so much changed since its first two releases as much as its fans’ tastes have. Drummer Patrick Wilson explains this, one of the great musical mysteries of all time. “I wonder…
Every nerdy, indie, glasses-wearing music snob has something to say about Weezer, good and bad. The band’s sound hasn’t so much changed since its first two releases as much as its fans’ tastes have. Drummer Patrick Wilson explains this, one of the great musical mysteries of all time.”I wonder sometimes…
Better than: Thinking about Barack or Mitt all night. That and just about anything else going on in South Florida on any Sunday night, ever.See also- Heart Stays Relevant with First-Ever “Club Remix”How are Ann and Nancy Wilson doing these days, you ask? Still cool, actually. Last night, the Heart…
If Rick Scott and the Elections Department ever let us cast our ballots, we’ll be electing a president tomorrow. The wait to see what the “country” has decided, is torturous. It’s like pissing on a pregnancy stick and nail biting till you see that blue or red. Now, we’re not endorsing…
Mike Tyson is, without a question, one of the most fascinating, complex men alive today. To boxer fans, he’s the heavy weight champion of the world, to pop culture enthusiasts, he’s the guy who bit Evander Holyfield’s ear. To his ex-wife Robin Givens, he’s a sort of enemy, to the pigeons…
While speaking with DJ Irie about hosting a Black Friday event with Kendrick Lamar (more on that later!) he dropped the news that he’ll also be hosting the huge Kanye headlined UR1 Music Festival. “You know it’s going to be fun,” he said of the crazy good lineup that includes everyone…
Miley Cyrus has been living it up lately. She’s got a cute blonde lessie ‘do, she’s been chilling with Miami-native, porn star Jessie Andrews, and smooching on horses. And it’s all because of this new Borgore video. The three are featured raving out with a goat and bunch of cakes in…
With a romantic band name like Astari Nite, your ears get get the music they might expect. There are the emotional, poetic lyrics, the Peter Murphy-esque voice of Mychael Ghost, and an overall dark New Wave, ’80s sound. Though we’ve been anticipating their debut full length for quite some time now,…
“We have a few ideas planned, but we don’t want to give it away.” Brass Knuckles’ Tony Livadas says of the group’s possible Halloween costumes they’ll be donning for Electrik Haunted Circus. “We might have an appetite for pizza and we might look a little green.” Guessing there’ll be some turtle power…
