If there’s any lesson County Grind learned this year, it’s that 311 fans are among the most devoted around. Look no further than the vitriol unloaded on a writer who suggested that the 311 Pow Wow Festival at the Suwannee Music Park would be less than glorious. Lesson learned.Moving on,…
Extensive field research went into this week’s New Times feature story highlighting South Florida’s local karaoke scene, and some of that research was quite painful. Not only did I embarrass myself onstage but I watched several innocent people mangle songs that should never, ever be performed outside of the shower.These…
Last night’s Black Star show at the Fillmore Miami Beach wrapped up the local Rock the Bells mini-concert series. The series of tour stops — this one, plus an earlier appearance by Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Mobb Deep — was meant to serve as a salve for the lack of…
It was almost a year ago that County Grind first crossed paths with Amtrac, a DJ turned artist with Kentucky ties who has made his way in the Miami nightlife scene. He was hooked up with last year’s inaugural Dancegiving Festival in Fort Lauderdale, and his profile can only rise…
Damn, chico! DJ Laz, the man who kept much of South Florida sane and entertained during our commutes, is connected with a murder-suicide that occurred last weekend. Our news-breaking brothers at Riptide reported that “The gun used in the Sunday murder-suicide was Laz’s semiautomatic small-caliber pistol. [Laz] contacted police after…
The Weird World of Blowfly, premiering at Miami’s O Cinema this Friday, takes viewers on a fascinating, often uncomfortable journey inside the perverted mind of faded novelty-record legend Blowfly. Jonathan Furmanski’s documentary could have used some more insight, though, into Clarence Reid, the enigmatic real-life figure behind Blowfly’s villain mask…
There are very few FTLien rappers who move and shake as much as Bleubird and Protoman, so when the two combined forces last year for the uptempo 954 anthem “Guns Don’t Kill People (Florida Does),” it wasn’t hard to imagine that it’d end up in the hands of some music-industry…
Those itching for remnants of this past weekend’s collection of South Florida’s weirdest and wildest acts at the Snooze Theatre, Death to the Sun III, should let their MP3 collection get crumbled. Don’t worry; the process is painless and will have no adverse effects on your hard drive.The Crumble Comp,…
Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement following their ejection from a Southwest Airlines flight yesterday after they exchanged one kiss. The Los Angeles duo mark the third high-profile ejection from the carrier in recent memory, following bootings of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and…
The weirdest collective of musicians this side of the Mississippi, Atlanta’s Back Pockets hit the road again in support of their new record, Fast Cloud Slow Cloud. This roving band of oddities is poised to make a stop at the Speakeasy in Lake Worth on Wednesday, October 12. Featuring an…
The brutal, sensual, and confusing sounds of West Palm Beach experimental outfit Weird Wives just expanded. Three new tracks from the group’s limited-edition cassette that has one of the longest album titles ever, Some motherfucker’s gonna be walking ’round with a size 9 Diehard up their ass, cause apparently they…
Mickie Centrone attended the Steampunk Extravaganza at the Bubble in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. Few people jumped for joy when it rained Saturday, the day of a warehouse party that will be sans air-conditioning. But there could have been no better setting for a performance by Loxahatchee Sinners Union –…
Marvin Lee Aday, AKA Meat Loaf, was born 64 years ago today, and though the origin of his nickname remains clouded in legend (it possibly has something to do with the fact that he originally weighed in at more than 300 pounds!), it joins some of the more distinctive monikers…
This week’s New Times feature story explores the thriving karaoke scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. If you’re looking for a place to channel your inner Kelly Clarkson, there’s always a show somewhere — whether you want to sing in drag, in a dimly lit dive bar, or on…
On top of just chasing bands around all night long, we brought along a camera and a big, long microphone to Saturday night’s Death to the Sun III at the Snooze in Lake Park. Assembled by yours truly, this is a hectic peek into the music, madness, and mastery of…
Update: Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey have issued a statement to Southwest Airlines. Los Angeles indie-electro act Uh Huh Her’s Leisha Hailey was booted off of a Southwest Airlines flight today for engaging in a same-sex kiss on board. The ex-The L Word actress joins Green Day’s…
Last week, a perhaps well-meaning commenter using the handle “Chris R” leveled the complaint that New Times is a bunch of “indie kids” who “only like indie rock and talk down on anything mainstream or successful,” and eventually got to what seems to be the root of his argument: “Writers…
Rebecca Dittmar did the Delray Bus Loop, which traveled all over downtown Delray Beach on Friday.Like any opening night, there have been a few glitches. A huge success in downtown Fort Lauderdale, the fundraising alcoholic trolley adventure has made its way to Palm Beach county. My friends (V and M)…
Our Key Biscayne neighbors Jacuzzi Boys have gone Hollywood, baby. Their upbeat swinger “Bricks or Coconuts” will be featured in Seth Rogen’s comedic-drama 50/50. We gotta say, we are super proud of the JBs. Great songs can really propel a movie. Think of Yelo’s “Oh Yeah” in Ferris Bueller’s Day…
Death to the Sun IIIWith Guy Harvey, Dino Filipe, Kenny Millions, Rat Bastard, Meat, 90s Teen, Holly Hunt, the Dewars, Universal Expansion, Jellyfish Brothers, Luma Junger, Vast Fang, Möthersky, Rainforest Wives, Honey Train, This Heart Electric & many more. The Snooze Theatre, Lake ParkSaturday, September 24, 2011View the 40-photo slideshow…
[jump] New Times: We’ll get more in-depth as we go, but I must ask, where does the name Suede Dudes come from? The word “suede” makes me think of the material, which is fuzzy but not particularly soft…At the risk of being corny, that’s kind of like your music!Bryan Adams: Haha, I…
Blink-182 With My Chemical Romance and Matt & Kim Cruzan Amphitheater, West Palm Beach Friday September 23, 2011See a slideshow of the Friday’s show here.Better than: Reminiscing about how awesome your MySpace was. Ah, the smell of teenage angst in the waning heat of South Florida’s summer was alive and…
