Back in October, we had some fun with the above image of Harrison Daum Snow, the yet-to-be-born baby son of Lake Worth’s Jeff and Susan Snow. Aside from the appeal of the image itself, it was exciting that he was coming along as part of a trio of babies associated…
Dr. Dog, the Philadelphia quintet with a Ph.D. in psychedelic rock just jammy enough for the Relix crowd and structured enough for the rest of us, makes its return to South Florida in April. Expect a night of bellow-alongs in step with the best of George Harrison’s riffs from the…
The newly resurrected Bamboo Room is throwing open its doors to the masses tonight, suspending its cover charge so everyone can see how the downtown Lake Worth blues venue has grown.Local bands Memphis Soul Revue, Matt Farr, and DWHAS will take the stage in the spacious, airy bar, where the…
West Palm’s Hey Monday is about to get the best exposure an up-and-coming band can get these days — a Glee cover. Look what it’s done for Gwyneth Paltrow. The episode airs next Tuesday on Fox. Frontwoman Cassadee Pope confirmed the news via her Twitter: “It’s true. Glee is covering…
Need anyone be reminded that some pretty vicious, sludgy music comes out of South Florida, Erica K. Landau’s excellent feature on Shroud Eater should do the trick. Focusing on the interplay between bassist Janette Valentine and partner/bandmate Jeannie Saiz, who fronts the metal outfit, Landau captures the band riding high…
Big things are coming for Boca Raton resident Scott Stapp later this year and into next year. His recent interview with Billboard spent much time discussing a new solo album that is tentatively titled Somewhere in the Middle of Lust and Love, which has “really become a labor of love”…
Welcome to Beezlebub’s Cave, the downtown Miami practice space of grrrlcentric, sludge-metal trio Shroud Eater. Found at the end of an unlit driveway where hazy figures congregate along a chainlink fence, the unadorned venue/warehouse is the kind of inconspicuous spot where you’d hide from zombies. But within, the eerie stillness…
The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your damnedest to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day Winter Music Conference spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet consisting of Red Bull, vodka, and miscellaneous pharmacological products…
Ah, South by Southwest. It’s that time again — the middle of March, when seemingly the entire new-music industry descends on Austin, Texas, like locusts, leaving shards of empty margarita glasses and dried taco husks in its wake. Day and night, bands play every hour on the hour at endless…
Experimental hip-hop artist Astronautalis finally has a band, but it will sound nothing like the Roots. After seven years of relentless touring in the U.S. and abroad, armed only with a mic and a laptop, the man known to his mother as Andrew Charles Bothwell has upgraded to full-fledged live…
Fans of Dave Matthews know Tim Reynolds as the quiet guy who has occasionally flanked Dave over the years and blows minds each time with his masterful guitar work. Reynolds used to perform a lot at a Virginia bar where Matthews worked, and he encouraged the young man to start…
At its core, Cradle of Filth is a hard-rock band. With punishing beats and heavy keyboard and guitar riffery buttressed by flurries of dour orchestral phrasing, the band’s music plays like a soundtrack to a Tim Burton heavy-metal opera. The band’s latest effort, 2010’s Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, is a…
Let’s be real. If Snoop Dogg suddenly retired from making new albums but didn’t retire from the public eye, his hordes of fans would probably not even blink. Though he’s nominally a musical artist, Snoop Dogg wisely long ago transitioned from Snoop Dogg the rapper to Snoop Dogg the brand…
Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler, best-known for his rapid-fire contributions to the band’s Metallica-inspired groove metal, is giving the secrets of his trade at a clinic at the Bienes Center for the Arts. Here’s a chance to get up-close and personal with a key component of the thrashtastic act…
The notion of a white reggae band from the California coast may conjure memories of Sublime, but Santa Barbara’s Rebelution plays it far straighter than its genre-blending forebears. The band’s brand of reggae has cleaner upstrokes and tighter corners than dub, and leader Eric Rachmany’s guitar solos show traces of…
Every time I hear about Cradle of Filth, I think of my friend, Electric Bunnies guitarist Eldys. One day, his father came into his room while he was blasting Cradle of Filth to let him know that “This music is very pretty.” It was probably the most shocking reaction to…
This post wraps up our look at the tricounty area bands playing official SXSW showcases. Are you in a band headed to Texas next week to play an unofficial show? Email us here.It’s just these sort of festivals that helped Surfer Blood first break through on a national scale –…
Although it’s hard to believe with the amount of South Florida love they get, Miami duo Afrobeta actually has yet to release a full-length album. This past December, County Grind named their Do You Party? disc one of the best of the year — but, OK, OK, it was just…
Nothing like a little good-doing to offset the sex-and-drugs image of touring rock and roll bands! For almost a full decade now (!) Hopeless Records has been fighting this good fight, sending out its Take Action Tour around the country, alongside a compilation on its own nonprofit label, Sub City,…
Coral Springs songwriter/singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist guy Mike Diaz was South Florida’s first bona fide chillwave success — although he might now shy away from the term. Whatever the case, he first scored national attention as Millionyoung last year when his nostalgic take on funky electronic pop dovetailed well with a certain blog-driven…
This week, County Grind is taking a look at South Florida bands headed off to play official showcases at SXSW, which starts in Austin, Texas next Tuesday.Nobody gets a Miami dance party going like Locos Por Juana, a longtime favorite on the Latin-alternative circuit. With a lineup at any given…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week: The ABC’s of my stint with ABC. After graduating from college all those many years ago, my great goal in life was to work for a…
