Surfer BloodWith Carnivores, Young Circles, Guy Harvey, Band in Heaven, and the DewarsPropaganda, Lake WorthMonday, January 31, 2011View a slideshow from the concert here.Better than: Finding a really smelly $20 bill.Even if some of the night’s performers were more awake than others, Propaganda’s jam-packed Monday lineup proved to be a…
Now that Ultra Music Festival has announced phase two of its 2011 lineup, maybe a few more of the yearly revelers’ parents will get into the action. New-wave pinnacle act Duran Duran, which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its self-titled debut later this year, has been added to the…
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, a look back at some timeless troubadours. Last week marked Richie Havens’ 70th birthday. So what, you say? The significance lies in the fact that folk…
Everymen’s Sergio Witis speaks about Cowboy here.Word has trickled in that Cowboy, who plays washboard and guitar for local swamp-folk act Everymen, has been hospitalized after a serious fall from a balcony at his home a week ago Sunday.According to friend Cecil Lunsford, who is hosting a benefit at Propaganda…
Nearly impossible to forget about genre-splitting voice of Conor Oberst, but it’s been a while since Bright Eyes was the project mentioned along with him. Last year, an initial track from new album The People’s Key called “Shell Games” started making the rounds, and today the rest of the album…
In one panel discussion at the first Driven Music + Art Conference on Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, someone asked, “How do you get on the radio?” Scott Putesky AKA Daisy Berkowitz, original guitarist for Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, answered, “Create your own station.”This advice…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best dance club in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
One of the greatest composers for film, John Barry, has died at age 77. According to the BBC, he suffered a heart attack.Rarely does the word illustrious actually apply to a career quite as aptly as it does in the case of Barry. During the past five decades, the composer…
Earlier this January, pop phenom Justin Bieber debuted a PETA campaign encouraging his fans to do their part and adopt animals from shelters instead of relying on pet stores. It came with the tag line, “Animals Can Make U Smile. Adopt From Your Local Shelter.” Based upon the extremely tasteful,…
No shocker that Nicki Minaj would be a Hairspray fan — especially if you caught her sassy “Bride of Blackenstein” skit on Saturday Night Live over the weekend. But actually witnessing Darling Nicki and the undeniably smarmy director John Waters both clowning in a new Lonely Island joint called “The…
The 83rd-annual Academy Award nominees were announced last week, including the categories for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.Before the big winners are announced February 27, let’s take a listen to all of the involved parties. Yes, this is still Randy Newman’s favorite season, but Nine Inch Nails’ Trent…
Kiss us, we’re Irish. St. Patrick’s Day’s creepy little green guy will be overshadowed by larger, possibly more satanic, man-monsters this year when Kiss brings its “Hottest Show on Earth Tour” to the Seminole Hard Rock on March 17 — one of only two scheduled North American appearances for 2011…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best club DJ in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best hip-hop artist in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best gay bar in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
NOFXWith Bouncing Souls, Cobra Skulls, Old Man Markley, and Nobodys Hero Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Friday, January 28, 2011″It was 15 years ago, right here that we first met NOFX,” said Bouncing Souls bassist Bryan Kienlen to an overcapacity crowd at Revolution on Friday. For many of the crowd members, it’s…
Fort Lauderdale-based Iron Forge Press creates some of the most eye-popping rock posters we’ve ever seen. Whenever possible, we’ll share their designs right here on County Grind.For all we know, there will actually be a young punk woman who looks like this waiting in Fat Mike’s dressing room after the…
Ahhh, the Take Away Show. What is it, really? Well, if semilocal outfit Iron & Wine has got anything to say about it, it’s an adventure in puns and true wit! The American folkster has just released a video documenting its latest take-away show. Frontman Sam Beam samples wines from…
London-born, Miami-raised MC Wrekonize is probably best known to party people these days for his role in rising live hip-hop juggernaut Mayday! Before he joined the group a couple years ago, though, he was renowned by underground heads for his freestyle skills. As a teenager, he ascended the ranks of…
Make Friday majestic with four MP3s courtesy of Miami’s altruistic Discosoma Records. The vinyl fetishists are giving away the A-sides from the first four 7-inch singles released over the past year — all featuring prime South Florida artists regularly mentioned on County Grind.The synth-fueled ANR (“Big Problem”), Beings’ heavy punk…
Cast your vote in the comments field below for the best boutique in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The poll ends May 15. Your votes will appear in our New Times Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition June 16. Click here for a full list of Readers’ Poll categories…
Though Sab the Artist played an integral part in the development of the Twin Cities’ hip-hop scene, he chose to defect from Minneapolis to Sin City, where he has reportedly been getting his legal pimp game on for the past half decade. Pimp or not, Sab was in full-time rapper…
