Whoa! A bounty of local and semilocal musicians will converge upon Pompano Beach’s Edge Logistics — a killer name for a venue — for an event bearing the name Trash to Treasure set for Saturday, November 27. With Orlando’s Emily Reo and her notably gossamer melodies leading the way, plus…
Sunny Fort Lauderdale gets just a little darker this weekend with an appearance by post-punk icon David J. A veteran of legendary British acts Bauhaus and its offshoot, Love and Rockets, the bassist and songwriter often comes in third in the fame lineup behind former bandmates Peter Murphy and Daniel…
The recent news that Iron & Wine has moved from its longtime label, Sub Pop, to Warner Bros. should be no cause for alarm. The title of its January 2011-released album, Kiss Each Other Clean, and songwriter Sam Beam’s promise of “radio-friendly music” replete with horns and synths is another…
Just because a star was bred in Hollywood doesn’t necessarily mean he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Just take Mickey Avalon, the unlikely king of Los Angeles’ swanky clubs. He came from beginnings far beyond dubious and well into deranged, a fact he’s celebrated in his…
Chicago-bred blues man Reverend Raven has squeezed out soulful guitar notes for the past 40 years and earned his share of blues cred. But he doesn’t rely on it to impress his audiences and maintains that he’s “only as good as last night’s gig.” Judging by the praise sung for…
The young men in Santa Barbara reggae-rock act Iration are so full of green energy that it’s almost criminal — in the sense that it should be regulated by the government. But can the government really regulate island jams infused with the six-piece’s Hawaiian roots? Let’s hope not. Building upon…
Diana Ross was the first modern pop diva, a benchmark of haughty elegance that laid the path for Whitney, Mariah, and Christina. Her front-and-center attitude could be trying; she constantly overshadowed fellow Supremes Flo Ballard and Mary Wilson and demanded top billing in the trio’s final years. Still, you couldn’t…
Nile is perhaps the only death-metal band with the stones to sing about Egyptian deities boasting the penile fortitude of a three-day Cialis binge. The South Carolina quartet did just that on its fifth album, 2007’s Ithyphallic. The record’s title track details a fertility god (Min, perhaps) who annihilates his…
Below the plentiful beach bars, valet parking, velvet ropes, and Irish pubs sits a dark, one-story brick building practically scraping the butt end of Fort Lauderdale. Just south of the Gold Coast Roller Skating Rink’s red neon glow on Federal Highway, rockabilly dudes, pinup girls, hardcore and punk kids, pretty…
This weekend marks a serious milestone for one of the few local establishments that has earned more than its share of credibility in the local music scene. Fort Lauderdale’s Monterey Club has kept the unisex bathroom, the bounteous beer selection, the wry humor, and the impressive flow of live music…
For a heady period from about 2006 to 2008, My Chemical Romance seemed ready to truly run the mainstream-crossover rock world. Their third album, The Black Parade, proved a commercial megasuccess despite its unlikely form — a concept album — about some depressing substance — a regretful cancer patient mourning…
Maddening enough that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hasn’t heeded our advice against pardoning deceased Doors frontman Jim Morrison — the guy’s actually going ahead with this wacko waste of time. “My heart bleeds for he and his family that this may not have even ever happened, yet it’s unfortunately currently…
DNME Last of a Dying Breed (New Art School/No Dice Records) newartschool.net Back in July 2005, I reviewed this record for the print edition of this publication. Although I normally try to follow a rule of thumb pertaining to time passed for my “Blast From the Past” re-reviews, I’ve chosen…
Jane’s Addiction mastermind Perry Farrell is plotting a South Florida visit during Art Basel Miami Beach. The enigmatic alt-rock frontman will unleash the Perry-Etty versus Chris Cox act — featuring his wife, Etty Farrell; and DJ Chris Cox — that popped up at Lollapalooza earlier this year with special guests…
After reading through nearly every blog entry addressing this past weekend’s Miami Music Festival, it’s a mixed bag.First and foremost, credit Miami New Times/Crossfade workhorse Music Editor Sean Pajot for providing a ton of evenhanded festival coverage for dissemination throughout. Now in its second year, the fest faced plenty of…
County Grind and Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records hook up to discuss each week’s finest new releases in Moving Units. This week’s top-seller is the atmospheric Glass EP by Glass Vaults.”This New Zealand duo releases their debut EP of grandoise ambient/orchestral bliss that would make Biosphere & Sigur Ros proud,” says…
Vivian Girls frontwoman Cassie Ramone is resolutely down-to-earth. Despite her band’s success, including prime opening slots for Sonic Youth and Jay Reatard, she still remembers her friends. A headlining spot for Tom Tom Magazine’s Miami Music Festival showcase on Saturday was a given even though she knew they weren’t getting…
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: Walter Salas-Humara and Raul Malo stand tall among our hometown heroes.Although I’ve mostly used this column to describe my encounters with national and, on occasion,…
Saturday afternoon, the Hollywood Craft Mafia brought the crafting world and nerd community together at their Mini Odd Duck Retro and Geek Show held at Jezebel Vintage and Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale. Jezebel hosted the retro side of the show and did the most beautiful job transforming their cozy…
Arena-rock monolith act Linkin Park has chosen South Florida as the launch pad for its 2011 tour dates in support of A Thousand Suns. One of the crankiest, stodgiest music scribes around (and a friend of County Grind) freakin’ loves this album, raving in sister paper Village Voice: “the easiest…
Filling out that all-important list of favorite indie-rock releases for the calendar year? Yes, Spoon released an album in 2010. Remember? Transference was/is the latest in a winning streak of albums by the Texas quartet, and though we’re partial to “The Mystery Zone,” this strange vid for “Nobody Gets Me…
Not much to say about Girl Talk’s fifth album, All Day, quite yet. Kudos for the timing of its announcement — to coincide with millions of bored office bros clicking over to Stereogum and music bloggers opening their Monday-morning email. Once the server traffic subsides, expect a visit from that…
