“You look like a playground to me, player,” a lyric from Of Montreal’s forthcoming False Priest, is one of the myriad ways frontman Kevin Barnes keeps turning heads. Aside from an unpredictable stage show that can involve face paint and coffins filled with shaving cream, this time around, Barnes takes…
At 2 p.m. on a Sunday, there’s very little noise in Lake Worth. The South Florida city just north of 36,000 is in a decibel tug of war between residents who want quieter nights and scenesters who worry that noise restrictions could kill the area’s budding music scene. Aside from…
It’s a success story 15-year-olds dream of: A big-shot producer randomly clicks on your YouTube demo, and (boom!) you’re whisked off to Atlanta to record with Usher. While Justin Bieber’s pairing with R&B moguls might be a little strange — seriously, it’s weird to hear his prepubescent boys’ choir voice…
After succumbing to practically every rock ‘n’ roll vice — drugs, infighting, and unfortunate artistic choices — Aerosmith amazingly remains intact 40 years on, and just as amazing, all its members are still alive. Last year alone, various maladies created a crippling series of setbacks that nearly did the band…
There are skeptics already, but the upcoming “indie rock on an enormous boat” concept does have some merit. The Bruise Cruise Festival, February 25-28, 2011 from Miami to the Bahamas, is one of the best ideas ever conceived for some quality time between well-to-do parents and their rebellious children –…
Our sister paper Seattle Weekly has a fascinating exploration of powerhouse indie label Sub Pop as it considers what is often misleadingly called “pulling a Radiohead” and giving away all of its music for free (if you pony up for a Superfuzz Bigmuff T or a God’s Balls beer koozie)…
The first Lake Worth-It Festival is finally upon us this Saturday. Subtle (and not so subtle) changes to the lineup have occurred, but what we have here is a meaty sampling of local acts. Speaking of a feast, Courtney Hambright strolled Bryant Park with organizer Cecil Lunsford and spoke to…
There’s a day, month, and week to celebrate anything. The “causes” range from the political to the medicinal to the flat-out silly. In August alone, you can observe National Water Quality Month, World Breastfeed Week, National Clown Week, Hobo Week, National Chocolate Chip Day, Kool-Aid Day, and Bad Poetry Day…
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, Lake Worth’s the Jameses. The Jameses played a set at Miami’s Endless Summer at Churchill’s in June. True to…
Chit-Chat’s Bar 651 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach Call 561-943-1631, or visit here.Walking through the door of Chit-Chat’s, amid the shaking booties, flowing beer, and general raucous exuberance, you will notice one thing: It is extremely difficult to chit-chat while at Chit-Chat’s. On a recent Saturday night, this was because…
Gotohells – Demolition (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, that, in…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach Calendar Editor Mickie Centrone attends and details some of the finest — and occasionally subpar — events from a given week. On Saturday, she crashed Respectable Street’s 23rd Anniversary Street Party at Clematis Street in West Palm Beach.”What do you keep in there?” I ask the…
Jason Derulo, South Florida’s answer to Chris Brown, has enjoyed an impressive rise after spending his formative years here. The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which air September 12, include two nominations for the strap-bearded young fella: Best Male Video for “In My Head” and Best New Artist. “I’m not…
South Florida’s resident ambiance master MillionYoung already put out a “revisited” version of “Mien,” a interplanetary synth jam that originated on the Be So True EP, and so it’s no surprise that he’s let someone else monkey with it too. Streaming and available for download over at Fader, Evan Voytas’…
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.No coincidence that Urban Outfitters took Best Coast’s Crazy for You under its wing. Bethany Cosentino’s lovelorn songs inspired by boys, cannabis,…
Justin Bieber, your tweenaged sister’s tweetheart, has recently released news that has sent shockwaves through Bieber World: He will be releasing a book of memoirs this coming October and a 3-D biopic (Bieber-pic?) next February. OMG! We here at County Grind are really looking forward to this, but we do…
So maybe Crossfade and County Grind are living separately, but our split was completely amicable. Here are a few stories reported recently via Miami’s raddest music blog that we want to make sure our readers see.Indie Rocktober is getting serious in South Florida, with Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale and…
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, Lee witnesses the nearly next big thing and has a fling! Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel of Big Star, the great Teddy Pendergrass, the sweet…
The 2010 “American Idol Live!” tour ostensibly features the ten up-and-coming pop performers that a feverish segment of the U.S. knows way too much about and the rest of us wouldn’t be able to pick out of a lineup. Leading the way is Illinois native Lee DeWyze, who won the…
Above is a clip from the show that just aired. Vanilla Ice (Wellington’s Rob Van Winkle) was the first guest of the night. As an interesting contrast, the show closed with Street Sweeper Social Club playing a cover of M.I.A.’s Paper Planes…
To County Grind’s knowledge, there is only one Cassadee Pope, lead singer for West Palm Beach pop-punk act Hey Monday. Judging by the just-released video for “I Don’t Wanna Dance,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming EP, Beneath It All, Pope has found a way (via teleportation, perhaps) to…
Built to Spill fans already in a froth about the seminal indie-rock band’s upcoming visit to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room on October 15 have an added carrot dangling in front of them. Stereogum today points us to the Electric Anthology Project, a seven-song EP reworking Built to Spill songs in…
