County Grind Exclusive: Lake Worth indie-rock outfit Guy Harvey finds itself in the middle of one of the beachiest music videos ever concocted — without ever setting foot on the sand. Backdrops of the ocean and lots of dizzying camerawork give it the feel of being strapped to an outboard…
The tattooed, skate-happy Black Locust Society opened the doors to their SWARM Warehouse Saturday night, inviting friends and newcomers alike to get on their level — which is about three feet above the coping on their in-house skate ramp. The event featured album-cover-inspired artwork and live tattooing in one room…
Bitch Stole My Hook explores the current “indie” generation’s lack of fresh songwriting ability, and its oft-blatant hook thievery from previous acts. For my first installment, I present to you British indie new wave band the XX’s “Infinity.” In this track, the fawned-over group manages to rob the chiseled, brooding…
Nitzer EbbGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, November 13, 2010Better Than: The Miami Music Festival (at least on Saturday night, at which fans braving the Vivian Girls’ headlining show were tossed out for dress code non-compliance and price-gouged for $10 beers) The Review:Sometimes, when the live music stars align, a venue, audience, and band…
View a slideshow from the concert here.Roger Waters Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise Saturday, November 13, 2010 After a blinding flash of light, fireworks exploded from center stage. Sirens wailed and a solemn troupe of flag bearers stood ready on a riser. Roger Waters strutted triumphantly to center stage, flanked by…
Don’t expect a PG-rated stand-up act from Doug Stanhope. He’ll drink, he’ll smoke, and he’ll curse, and if you push his buttons, you’ll be next on his chopping block. He’s not sweet. He’s unapologetic. And that’s why his fans love him. “They put up with me,” Stanhope says, laughing. “They…
County Grind is all too comfortable deferring to sister blog Crossfade on all matters relating to Miami indie pop duo ANR (Awesome New Republic), but hearing the new track “Stay Kids” got us in a proactive mood. The titular song from the group’s upcoming release (more about that here) rises…
Not only is Noah Garbarino an integral part of Delray Beach indie-rock act A Hunter’s Pace but he’s a pretty exceptional photographer and videographer. Lately, he’s been pointing his Canon 5d Mark ii at some area musicians with gorgeous results to show for it. In addition to a noirish capture…
There is something inherently cute and enjoyable about bake sales that makes them attractive to just about everyone. Who could be against a couple of people at a fold-out table slingin’ homemade cookies and the like to benefit their cause? Not us at County Grind. However, as much as we…
The Making of Pink Floyd the Wall By Gerald Scarfe (Da Capo Press) While most would agree that Dark Side of the Moon is the quintessential Pink Floyd album (largely due to the fact that it was the record that propelled the group from darlings of the underground to the…
Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill1555 SE 17th Street, Fort LauderdaleCall 954-525-7400, or visit biminiboatyard.com”This place is frikken huge,” I said to Beard, my friend and ever-present wingman, as we slunk in the main entrance to this gargantuan, immaculate restaurant and bar. Bimini was reminiscent of a giant white-trimmed house boat,…
Be sure your creative license is tucked into your wallet come mid-December for the inaugural Zitfest. Set for December 17-18 at the Orange Door, a venue in Lake Park normally reserved for blues shows, the two-day fest should be a merciless, exfoliating blast of South Florida’s finest shades of independent…
Punks, wannabes and folks fond of using French adjectives should snatch up this week’s print edition of the New Times Broward Palm Beach for an engaging read in the form of our lead feature detailing a new exhibit at Florida Atlantic University. On display is the early work of Raymond…
The Drive-By Truckers create some of the grimiest alt-country the South has ever heard, and lately it has been in prolific fashion. After dropping The Big To-Do in March, Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, and the rest already have a 12th album on the way. Titled Go-Go Boots, the disc will…
County Grind got a kindly note from one Paul Simundich yesterday — giving further proof to the theory that artists who leave South Florida often continue their craft, and don’t immediately disintegrate. Back in July, Simundich’s outfit Goolsby announced it was hanging it up because he was moving to the…
Unlike Live Nation or Grand Central, the annual Miami Music Festival failed to make an immediate impact. Now in its second year, it has the potential to overhaul a slice of South Florida’s music calendar, turning the second weekend of November into a free-for-all of live tuneage, booze, and industry…
The revered black-and-white cover art on Black Flag’s 1981 EP Six Pack features a teenaged boy hunched over in a corner, as if in an asylum, sitting with his arms crossed over his knees. Its most unsettling aspect: His face bears a maniacal “Heeere’s Johnny”-type smirk. With images like this,…
In cities across the country, party kids with great haircuts and obscure musical tastes go out at night to commune with like-styled radsters. For the past two years in Chicago, a collective called Members Only AV has attracted this crowd with wild indie-electro dance parties at lofts and nightclubs all…
Social Distortion has a pretty messed-up face. Not literally, of course; Social D’s middle-aged frontman, Mike Ness, is surprisingly well-preserved despite a receding hairline and some deep creases across the forehead. Like any punk crew that spent a good chunk of 31 years in the gutter, rocking recklessly, shooting heroin,…
No matter how outdated the goth subculture may seem to others, it still keeps chugging along. And ’80s industrial rockers Nitzer Ebb — made up of Bon Harris, Douglas McCarthy, and Jason Payne — are a prime example. Coming from the same gene pool that bred Depeche Mode and Front…
A band’s hard-core fans will always lament a perceived betrayal of its original aesthetic, audience, and/or values. (Cough, Metallica.) So then kudos to thrash icons Overkill for sticking to its roots and getting better with age. Like, seriously better. Emerging on the New York scene in the early ’80s, the…
Chiodos circa 2010 is a significantly different beast than it was just one year ago. In 2009, the Michigan-based post-hardcore sextet, then led by the charismatic Craig Owens, was still coasting on goodwill from its sophomore breakthrough, 2007’s Bone Palace Ballet. That album had sold more than 200,000 copies and…
