MGMT’s initial ascent to the top of the indie heap was unnaturally quick. Brooklyn-based Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden embarked on this pet project in 2005 with no serious expectations of massive triumph, coming together at Wesleyan University over nothing more than a shared love of music. And only three…
Tech N9ne and E-40 are two of the most successful independent artists in hip-hop, so it seems like a no-brainer for them to tour together. Tech N9ne founded his own label, Strange Music, in 1999 and has gone on to release 11 albums, which have sold more than 1 million…
On May 25, 2009, French foursome Phoenix launched a midnight sneak attack on the American indie scene. Like the blue, red, and black bombs on the cover of its new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the band came screaming from the sky, out of some unseen nowhere, and detonated in a…
Is there a more beloved duo in hip-hop than Method Man and Red? Known for their sharply hilarious contributions to albums like 1999’s Blackout!, they’ve also appeared in deodorant commercials, the stoner cult classic How High, and a short-lived Fox sitcom, Method and Red — tag line: “Puttin’ the urban…
For 30 years, Bill Kreutzmann was the sensitive stick-wielder channeling psychedelic rhythms as the Grateful Dead’s drummer. After Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, Kreutzmann moved out to Hawaii — something he and Garcia had promised to do together if the band were ever to break apart. Since then, Kreutzmann has…
How many people can say they headlined a music festival before they were even born? This month, two local rock ‘n’ roll babies will arrive with serious bragging rights to that effect — as well as a third that has been in the front row for the recent Lake Worth-It…
Tara NieuwesteegPickle Champ Pat BertolettiIn this week’s print product, the cover story is about the World Pickle Eating Championship, held last month in Pompano Beach.As the story recounts, the event was a barrage on all the senses. But what the audience didn’t hear much of was the disgusting sucking and…
Happiness is warm vinyl.In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Although it’s not County Grind’s policy to meddle into the lives of local record buyers, there seems to be…
The Halloween Street Scene & Soul Parade in Lake Worth has added Surfer Blood as a headliner. The four-stage event takes place along Lake Avenue between Dixie Highway and Federal Highway in the city’s downtown area on Saturday, October 30 (more events are on October 29 as well). Just in…
The new issue of US Weekly seems to think so. According to an anonymous source, Beyoncé Knowles and husband Jay-Z are expecting their first child. She is reportedly in her first trimester. Look to the right of Reese Witherspoon’s “newly engaged” chin, in the middle, got it? “Her Surprise Pregnancy”…
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros with He’s My Brother She’s My SisterCulture Room, Fort LauderdaleTuesday, October 19, 2010The Review:People like to throw around the term “religious experience” a lot to describe concerts. Now, I’m not going to sit here and tell you I saw God last night at the…
Courtney HambrightGlimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Fort Lauderdale’s Sweet Bronco. Chris Horgan laid the foundation for Sweet Bronco some years ago, exclusively playing acoustic…
The 2010 CMJ Music Marathon is now in full swing in New York, which means that it has been a full calendar year since the Surfer Blood blog onslaught began — detailed lovingly by Arielle Castillo at the time. Now, as the likes of Salem, How to Dress Well, and…
Our diligent web guru, Devin Desjarlais, posted last week’s “Four Big Problems With the Miami Music Festival Even the Vivian Girls Can’t Fix” on the Vivian Girls’ Facebook page recently and got a reply that got us worried. As is shown above, the reply mentions playing as part of a…
Dane Cook won’t be showing his face in South Florida anytime soon.You’re probably really looking forward to loving/hating Dane Cook on Saturday. He’s tall, dark, and kind of handsome. He’s a bro’s bro, a ladies man, a man about town. Hey, we were too. We were even going to chat…
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 rare concert by an all-star outfit.A Rolling Stones revival celebrating the band’s early ’70s lineup has been prompted in part by the DVD Ladies…
Photo by Kristian AndrewWayne Coyne elevates at Sunset Cove on Saturday.Although there wasn’t as much rampant nudity as some recent Flaming Lips videos might suggest, our slideshow from the band’s show at Sunset Cove in Boca Raton over the weekend shows that things were far from normal.Photographer Kristian Andrew managed…
Canadian superstar Celine Dion has been admitted to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach to prevent early delivery of her twins, according to a statement released by the hospital. If this doesn’t seem like big news, recognize that the twin boys she is set to deliver could possibly…
County Grind’s favorite medieval metal band, Bladesong, and ten other music acts rising from the ranks of Florida Atlantic University are featured on a new album dubbed the CompOWLation Vol. 1, set for release November 5. All recordings were created at the university by students in the Commercial Music program…
Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyRevolution, Fort LauderdaleSunday, October 17, 2010The review:Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing E. 1999 Eternal in its entirety with a live band did not sound like a winner at all. Several jokes later regarding the Revolution staff out front handing out tickets in the streets before the show, I had a different…
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.This will hopefully be far from the last time County Grind features a collaboration between Benevolent Ruler AKA “The artwerkings of Jessy Nite” and…
Sugarland With Little Big Town and Randy Montana Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 The Review: Sugarland’s Incredible Machine tour came to a halt in West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre on Saturday, but before it did, the final show delivered on its promise of soaring harmonies and…
