Shock punk rocker Jeffree Star delivered exactly what was expected Friday night during a thoroughly gender-bent showing at West Palm Beach’s Ground Control. As is apparent in our slideshow, the performers onstage were not the only ones taking part in the fabulousity. Lots of hair product, glitter, strategically placed electrical…
Interpol with Twin TigersAt the Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, August 21, 2010versusOfficial Interpol AfterpartyWith the Holy Terrors, Angry Pudding, Gold Dust Lounge, and Tongues of the Heartwormat Churchill’s Pub, MiamiSaturday, August 21, 2010Click here to view photos from Interpol at the Fillmore Miami Beach.The Review: It’s a bit unorthodox to compare…
Slightly Stoopid With Cypress Hill and Collie BuddzSunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca RatonSaturday, August 21, 2010Saturday night, two of popular music’s most outspoken advocates for smokin’ out, Slightly Stoopid and Cypress Hill, drew a small herd of stony surfer types to the western edge of SoFla civilization for a 420-friendly par-tay…
Hey Monday is heading back on the road for a month of headlining dates between October 20 and November 27 — that last one is a performance at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale. This string of performances follows a lengthy summer trek along with the Vans Warped Tour. The group…
The wiseacre South Florida/United Kingdom hip-hop collective Wizard Sleeve point enormous pointy purple hats at a legion of models clad in American Apparel-style gold lame and acid-wash denim in the new video for “Hipster Slut,” released Sunday. Subtle and/or tasteful would not be the ways to describe the body-painted debauchery…
Wanna worship in the temple of rock on Sunday (August 22) morning? Boca Raton trio Blond Fuzz is filming a music video in West Palm Beach for “Black Magic Touch,” the first single from its forthcoming album, Perfect Breakfast. Regular New Times contributor Ian Witlen is filming the clip and…
There is nothing wrong with figuratively going over the edge at a Phish show. In fact, that can be part of the fun. But there is such a thing as poor form, and there is no excuse for the behavior at Jones Beach in New York earlier this week where…
Boca Raton’s Funky Buddha Lounge will play host to a fundraiser to raise money for Angie (last name omitted) there’s even a hookah raffle, if you’re into that. Our very own indie darlings, Lavola along with DJ Agent Rose will play a live set to “highlight” the Mordernesque Burlesque show…
The name of Boca melodic death-metal band Bladesong says a lot. An exotic weapon, fighting style, and type of warrior in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, Bladesong generally specifies a type of swordplay that creates enchanting melodies when the weapons engage. However, the style doesn’t inflict much damage. And…
Before the first episode of his current reality show, The Vanilla Ice Project, has even hit the air, Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle — known to the world as Vanilla Ice — has met with television programing executives to discuss the possibility of a spin-off show of sorts with a…
Adult contemporary radio programmers have got to be already scrambling to come up with a way to repackage Cee-Lo’s new song, “Fuck You.” Although this song is more of a Sunday-morning Al Green gospel tune than the peppy “Crazy” or the salacious “Pimps Don’t Cry,” crossover success is imminent. Judging…
After 12 years, Jackal & Hyde’s traverse through aggressive electro and industrial stylings shows no signs of slowing. Partners Scott Weiser and Todd Walker’s take on the oft-cloned, digitally antagonistic genre is much sought by big names across the disciplines — Kid Rock, the Genitorturers, and No Doubt have all…
To see photos from the show, click here.Socially prescribed gender norms stay in place like brick walls in the minds of most, so it’s necessary to bombard such walls with battering rams of deviance. A common and simple tactic for chipping away at the bricks of prejudice is to sport…
Plausible deniability is an impressive bitch until it’s your own ass that gets bitten. By the early months of 2007, I was in a state of increasing anxiety about my infiltration of the Poplife party scene. I had not told anyone about the seduction process I had been through, the…
Earlier this week, Riviera Beach rap producer Noah “10 Pound” Saunders was found dead with a gunshot wound to his torso after his silver Toyota Corolla crashed into a tree in the Westgate section of West Palm Beach. He was 23.According to witness reports, two men were seen fleeing the…
County Grind tends to enjoy the writings of Anthony Miccio, and his modestly titled blog Anthony is Right, so it was great pleasure that we see him posting a song today from his favorite band in the entire galaxy, Electric Six. For those with spotty memories, this is the very…
Subjects of one of the most factually accurate interviews ever conducted by County Grind, Lake Worth shed-rockers Love Handles recently unveiled 12 new two-minute jams. The majority of these were assembled with the assistance of Roberto Pagano, who captured them while studying at SAE and has also worked with Miami…
Only 19, local rapper of County Grind’s affection J-O is young enough to be Debbie Harry’s grandson, which makes the strains of “Atomic” on his just-released mixtape Speakers Blow even more endearing. The song uncorking the Blondie snippet is “Make It Magnificent” — and it does. Other curiosities strictly on…
Experimental sound collage specialist Hear Hums, also host of one of the most committed indie music blogs in South Florida, just let a new track from its forthcoming Psyche Cycles bubble up. Streaming at Dead as Digital, “Sunsoaked” is the West Palm Beach collective displaying a mastery of adding new…
Adventurous wax purists, unite! Listen to a bizarre sampling of musical obscura from around the globe during Radio-Active Records’ “Continental Drift” event featuring the Bally-Hi Soundsystem on Saturday.Sounds from all over the map — both geographically and stylistically — make up this audio game of truth or dare that could…
The recent hip-hop trend of paradigm-shifting MCs continues with the big-top arrival of B.o.B, whose The Adventures of Bobby Ray debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart in April. There has been something preordained about his rise, but it’s been an intermittent ascent for Atlanta’s Bobby Ray Simmons…
After 12 years, Jackal & Hyde’s traverse through aggressive electro and industrial stylings shows no signs of slowing down. Partners Scott Weiser and Todd Walker’s take on the often-cloned, digitally antagonistic genre is much sought by big names across the disciplines — Kid Rock, the Genitorturers, and No Doubt have…
