Diplo has a lot to be grateful for this year. The Mad Decent label head’s career is in full swing. His Major Lazer side project with Switch recently released a new EP, Lazers Never Die, and a mixtape with La Roux. Even frequent collaborator M.I.A.’s self-implosion this year didn’t affect…
Based upon its fiery live act, Lavola was picked from a slew of equally great local bands to open for Silversun Pickups earlier this year. This feat earned the West Palm Beach trio even more of the attention it so deserves — but singer-guitarist Julian Cires, bassist Matt Hanser, and…
Judson Rodgers, mastermind behind the spacy swirl of West Palm Beach electro act Sumsun, leads a new night of experimental dance music at Lake Worth’s Propaganda. Beginning Wednesday, December 29, Rodgers will take time out of his busy schedule to launch the Lush Haus residency, a monthly event where nebulous,…
Intergalactic surf rockers the Gutter Queens ensure that every willing participant can have a very retro and ribald Christmas this year at the Monterey Club. Led by guitarist-vocalist Ryan Black, the Coconut Creek natives (currently students at USF in Tampa) do a mean rendition of Dick Dale’s “Misirlou” dubbed “Gutterlou.”…
Korrigans An Irish Pub 2301 W Sample Rd #20, Pompano Beach Call 954-974-0251, or visit hereIrish pubs are a fundamental part of our South Florida drinking landscape. Hundreds of Guinness-soaked temples dot South Florida, from McSorley’s on Fort Lauderdale beach to Slainte in Boynton. I’ve toured fetish clubs, gotten drunk…
Earlier this month, outgoing Governor Charlie Crist, recent Doors convert Alex Sink, and the two other members of the Florida clemency board issued a full pardon to frontman Jim Morrison for a 40-year-old indecency charge that remained on his record at the time of his death in 1971. County Grind…
No, County Grind is not a consistent source of couture commentary, but everyone needs a clean T-shirt or a ready-made gift idea from time to time. Since this one comes courtesy of a brick-and-mortar music purveyor, we’ll bite. Add that Radio-Active Records’ line of T’s is not emblazoned with the…
Fanfare here goes to Lee Zimmerman for tracking down some fascinating details of the 1969 Palm Beach Pop Festival. It was a bit like Woodstock, and the Rolling Stones performed, but no one’s talking about it now. Documentarian Ken Davidoff (oldrockphoto.com) and his co-producer on the project, Jack Connell, are…
As much as County Grind would love to associate its comments section with the happy realm of online concert ticket purchases, that Captcha feature that made you type in a random series of garbled numbers and letters is gone. Captcha is released, unpenned, and unassociated with us anymore.What comes instead…
Although Conor Oberst is far too prolific to ever stop putting out records, he managed to put three years of space between entries in his flagship enterprise. Bright Eyes is back with a vengeance on the first single off The People’s Key, “Shell Games.” With a production style on this…
The final piece of County Grind’s coverage of Zitfest, a two-day musical engorgement on the forehead of South Florida that proved impossible to ignore, is this collection of photographs lovingly compiled by Monica McGivern. This welcome introduction of 19 bands to Lake Park’s Orange Door — facilitated in part by…
The Dubliner Irish Pub 435 Plaza Real, Boca Raton Call 561-620-2540, or visit hereIrish pubs are a fundamental part of our South Florida drinking landscape. Hundreds of Guinness-soaked temples dot South Florida, from McSorley’s on Fort Lauderdale beach to Slainte in Boynton. I’ve toured fetish clubs, gotten drunk at a…
County Grind is counting down the best local albums in South Florida. Read the rest of the top ten here.The story behind Judson Rogers’ first full-length is chock full of subcultural trivia, travel stories and leaked singles. “Samo” is a reference to both Jean-Michel Basquiat’s former tag name and 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: UM’s glorious past In past columns, I’ve touched on my musical encounters while attending the University of Miami from 1969 to 1973. And in fact, much…
The live-performance trend of artists playing their most popular albums start to finish continues to go strong. But is it a great thing? The earliest iterations of this made sense. Usually, it was a band or artist that had recently reunited, appearing on a festival stage to the largest audience it…
County Grind is counting down the best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.Time to embrace Love Handles, one of the umpteen projects featuring the prolific team of lead singer/guitarist C.J. Jankow and organist/drummer Jordan Pettingill. In addition to the guys’ gifts for sly, deadpan wordplay and spooky…
Matisyahu At Fedstock Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton Saturday, December 18, 2010 “Matisyahu is an amazing artist with traits and talents that no other singer has today. That is why I think he is amazing.” These words came from the mouth of a 9 year-old fan with one of the…
Zitfest Day 2With Sumsun, the Dewars, Plains, the Monster, This Heart Electric, LLLR, Little Beard, Teepee, Go Ghosts, Band in Heaven, Guy Harvey, the Jameses, and Love Handles.The Orange Door, Lake ParkSaturday, December 18, 2010Read Day 1 coverage here.The seriously anticipated second day of Zitfest lived up to all the…
County Grind is counting down the best local albums in South Florida. Monitor our progress here.It’s been an interesting year for South Florida thunder-slinging pop metalheads Torche. The group got their gear stolen while on tour with Coheed and Cambria (stolen loot included passports so they couldn’t follow C&C into…
This past Saturday night was host to the Fort Lauderdale area’s contribution to Santacon 2k10. What is a Santacon, exactly? Take one part flash mob, one part alcohol consumption trek (i.e. pub crawl), and one part charity event, and you’re on the right track. Organized chiefly via social networking websites, there are…
“I just had sex, and I’ll never go back/ to the not having sex ways of the past,” Akon croons in stylishly auto-tuned fashion on the Lonely Island’s latest single, “I Just Had Sex.” The song, which premiered on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, picks up the intensity where…
Zitfest Day 1With Snakehole, Partial People, Nerve City, Slippery Slopes, Jacuzzi Boys, and Cop City/Chill PillarsThe Orange Door, Lake ParkFriday, December 17, 2010Read a review of Day 2 here.Better than: The satisfaction one feels when popping a gigantic puss filled pimple that ejects its white gooey innards all over the mirror. The review:…
