What other tune better baited disco devotees with the promise of pure nocturnal desire than Donna Summer’s throbbing orgasmic anthem “Love to Love You Baby”? Trained as an opera singer but born again as a daringly sensual diva, Summer hit her stride after partnering with producer Giorgio Moroder and creating…
It just looked like a bomb hit South Florida,” says Paul Masvidal, the vocalist-guitarist for the extreme-metal group Cynic, about the devastation that Hurricane Andrew wrought in his band’s hometown of Miami in 1992. “It was really amazing and surreal — trees flying by — it was totally unbelievable.” At…
At unlikely rap venue Exit 66, you can catch a quick introductory course in hip-hop history. Even without a hit record for 30 years, the Sugar Hill Gang is still known worldwide for the 15-minute party rocker “Rapper’s Delight.” Although a large part of their legacy extends from mistakenly being…
Alanis Morissette is pregnant with ex-Boca rapper Souleye’s baby.The question now stands: What will the happy couple name their love child? Considering we can’t stop all productivity to party for the occasion, we decided to help out. That’s why we’re creating the first-ever entry in the New Times baby book: Six Names…
DJ Steve Aoki provided fuel and hundreds of South Florida’s neon-obsessed revelers provided the fire at Club Cinema’s “If It’s On, It’s Neon” party Tuesday in Pompano Beach. As an attendee of the event, County Grind can confirm that the photos of the young, near-nude, frisky crowd do feature a…
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.About 156,000 people legally purchased the Arcade Fire’s third album, The Suburbs, in its first week of release. Suspicions abound that there…
Fresh off their own festival Pet Zoo, which took place last Friday and Saturday, South Florida jam favorite the Heavy Pets will play the Funky Buddha Lounge Thursday and Friday. Over the last few years they’ve released two albums, the ambitious 21-track debut Whale and a self-titled album released in May. Now the lineup…
Glimpses 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, “South Floriduh” band Last Phone Booth.Though they’ve been a proper band for only eight months, the dudes of Last…
Since its first haunted tracks became staples on mid-’90s rock radio, Korn has influenced a generation of angst-ridden rockers. It has also undergone some drastic personnel, and personal, changes. In 2005, core member Brian “Head” Welch left the group to pursue his Christian faith, musically and otherwise. Statements exchanged via…
For the most eclectic of music fans with a penchant for shuffleboard and swans made out of towels, 2011 already promises the Jam Cruise on January 4-11, the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise on January 24-28, the indie-rock Bruise Cruise on February 25-28, and the just-announced New Kids on the…
Fort Lauderdale’s Radio-Active Records once again opens its doors to potential demolition by welcoming a collection of unkempt audible abominations Friday. The night’s main course: avant-jazz/noise collage act Kenny Millions. Don’t let this man near your bassoon, for it will be forever corrupted.Add the bracing speaker serration of Last, Drowning…
Aerosmith With Sammy Hagar and the Wabos BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Monday, August 9, 2010Check out a slideshow here.The Review:After explaining strategies for dressing like Steven Tyler recently, County Grind and a friend hit up the Aerosmith show in the form of some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll cheerleaders of all time:…
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: Up close and personal with a pair of show biz icons. My day job is working at a television station, and I’ve relished meeting television…
Gutfiddle Tomorrow in the Eye (Stiff Pole Records) www.stiffpolerecords.com In honor of Richard “Big Stiff” Konwinski, who passed this past July in Tampa, I’ll be juggling between the County Grind and Crossfade blogs doing my Blast From the Past thing on the record label that he founded, Stiff Pole Records,…
A few jokes last week regarding the Lost possibilities stemming from Weezer titling its forthcoming album Hurley are enough to feel like one of the Oceanic six today. Hurley’s cover is Hugo “Hurley” Reyes, the band’s first album via Epitaph. Listen to the first single, “Memories,” here. Or maybe this…
This cab driver in The Big Lebowski, and countless other Eagles fans in the area have reason to be excited (even if Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski and County Grind aren’t buying into it). Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit are coming to the BankAtlantic Center on…
As if South Florida didn’t have enough illuminated hot pink, blue, green, peach, and fuchsia signs blaring around town, a new dance party that’s being touted as the “ultimate Neon light party” called If It’s On, It’s Neon rolls into Pompano Beach this Tuesday August 10 at Club Cinema. This…
Lake Worth-It 2010With John Ralston & Invisible Music, Black Weather Shaman, Black Finger, the Jameses, Guy Harvey, Jesse Baumann, the Dewars, Everymen, Kill Now?!, Sweet Bronco, Yellow #6, Bladesong, the People Upstairs, Angry Pudding, Grey and Orange, Leading the Heroes, the Ridicules, Blond Fuzz, the Hard Richards, and Wayside FlyerBryant…
When Steven Tyler takes the stage at BankAtlantic Center tonight, his stunning fashion choices may cause you to pause for a moment to ponder how his look may have come together. Though we at County Grind can’t tell you exactly what the man goes through while getting dressed, we can…
Kevin Barnes With Fire Zuave and Sweet Bronco Respectable Street, West Palm Beach Sunday, August 8, 2010 Sunday night, Respectable Street was host to a special evening featuring Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal which served as an appropriate closing ceremony to the area’s biggest musical weekend in some time. The…
Guess Where I’m Peeing is toilet humor, plain and simple, set in the scenic restrooms of South Florida. We post ’em, you name ’em.In previous editions of GWIP, we’ve given you Irish Eyes, a beautiful beach scene, and a large vagina. This time is truly special, though: We have guest…
Some bands want to create a strong emotional response in their audience. Some bands want to make a meaningful artistic contribution. Some bands want to change the world. Cinderella? They just wanted to get laid and look cool. It’s easy to look back at a band like Cinderella with an…
