Safe to say that booking Robert Plant at Bayfront Park Amphitheater and Rihanna at American Airlines Arena only a few blocks away from each other on Saturday evening in Miami created few conflicts among attendees — perhaps aside from parking nearby. Our sibling blog Crossfade was up close at both…
Want County Grind to write about your band? One method is simply to walk right up to your unassuming Broward-Palm Beach music editor and demand it. In the case of West Palm Beach electronic-funk collective Shit Ton of Funk, this is a bit of a delayed response. After enjoying STOF’s…
Respectable Street’s 23rd Anniversary Party, with Awesome New Republic, MillionYoung, Blond Fuzz, Zombies! Organize!!, the Hard Richards, Fusik, Lavola, Leading the Heroes, the State Of, Music Is a Weapon, Kill Miss Pretty, the Mission Veo, Band in Heaven, Shit Ton of Funk, Astari Nite, Retrocities, Everymen, Noble Rocket, Trip Don’t…
How much do you yearn for those sweet, innocent-ish years in the early ’90s, when John Candy was in every comedy and a young Vanilla Ice was dancing and rapping across the set of Arsenio Hall’s show? How about Super Mario Brothers 2? American Gladiators? New Coke? Crystal Pepsi? Sodas…
The King has finally made it official with his Queen. What we know about that: T.I. and longtime girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle obtained a marriage license (via TMZ) in Miami Beach on Friday. A ceremony followed Saturday at Miami’s Star Island, and stops in Atlanta and Las Vegas figured into…
Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes will perform at Respectable Street on Sunday, August 8. The show is 18-plus and $15 (but not a Lake Worth-It bracelet) will get you in the door. Fire Zuave and Sweet Bronco are also on the bill. Confirmation of this development came last night just before…
Don’t fret, West Palm Beach electronic act Sumsun, County Grind noticed that you blew up the internet this week too. Sister blog in Los Angeles West Coast Sound had a massive info posting earlier this week noting that the artist also known as Judson Rogers, who “bridges the difference between…
Saturday’s fest celebrating 23 years of Respectable Street’s dominant live music delivery in West Palm Beach is detailed by the masterful Alex Rendon right here. What we didn’t give you until today, though, is a rundown of the who and where and what of the four stages hoisting up local…
Viernes is an experimental electronic duo from the Orlando area keyed into the atmospheric lining of the machines used to create the music. The opening of “Swimmer’s Ear” featured on recent release Sinister Devices plays like a winter’s carnival ride for the ears before growing into an undulating and magical…
Earlier this week, County Grind got hooked on Plantation rapper J-O’s slick “My Smoke Song.” It’s a keeper. Since then, the young man has unveiled two more clips of varying quality, with both songs stemming from his Speakers Blow mixtape. Firstly, “Flyer Than You Think” puts the rapper in the…
Happy Together 25th Anniversary With the Turtles, Micky Dolenz, Mark Lindsay, the Grassroots, and the Buckinghams Hard Rock Live, Hollywood Thursday, July 29, 2010Those involved in the “Happy Together” assemblage coast along on memories alone. For the headlining Turtles, it actually represents phase two in a continuing courtship of Baby…
What I’m really digging about social networking sites is how readily information comes for me to capitalize on, and as a sweet byproduct that will not hinder my paycheck, you, my loyal readers, get to find out about choice gigs like this! Tonight, young Kilmo will host in his warehouse…
Get-well wishes go out to English pop act La Roux. Singer Elly Jackson already canceled a pair of Lilith Fair dates earlier this week, and it looks like laryngitis is the culprit. Earlier today, she posted this message on her Facebook: “Elly has been struggling with bronchitis for the last…
Yes, it’s a bummer that Kevin Barnes is not performing as part of the Lake Worth-It festivities on August 7 at Bryant Park. Things change, and we’re rolling with it. So, in the spirit of what’s best for the scene, organizer Cecil Lunsford confirms that the festival tickets are now…
When her arm has a more intricate pattern than her apron, you know she’s not your typical domestic goddess — and in fact, Amanda Linton’s much better than any old June Cleaver. You may remember Linton, this week’s cover girl for our feature on chefs with tattoos, as the brain…
At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the Happy Together tour for that other annual oldies trek known as Hippie Fest. It boasts one of the same headliners in the Turtles, whose onstage antics under the aegis of their original frontmen Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (AKA Flo and Eddie)…
Love him or hate him, now would be a good time to congratulate B.o.B. Since being drafted directly out of high school to Atlantic Records (via Jim Jonsin’s Rebel Rock imprint) in 2006, he’s been in rap limbo — struggling to achieve commercial success while still maintaining some semblance of…
Goolsby- “Wild Once” from Kelli Jurewicz on Vimeo.Turns out that Friday’s Goolsby show at Propaganda was the last one for the band. As a going-away present, videographer Kelli Jurewicz prepared the above video of highlights from the concert and added the message: “For Paul, Matt, Oz, Jeff, friends & fans…
Now some people light their cars on fire and drive them into lakes when they’re not feeling so good. Robert Van Winkle — better-known as Vanilla Ice — hatches these sorts of schemes during fits of joy. The Wellington resident recently profiled by our Vanilla specialist Michael J. Mooney finally…
Dead Confederate With John Ralston & Invisible Music, the Dewars, and Lavola Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Respectable Street Better than: Hiring a Nirvana cover band to play your private party. The review: Thanks to Invisible Music violinist Susan Sherouse and percussionist Tiffany Jezek — who are both pregnant — Respectable…
There may be no better image to represent the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll than Robert Plant, flailing away full-throttle at the helm of Led Zeppelin. With his tousled blond locks, bare chest, and wailing, upper-register vocals, Plant was the quintessential frontman of the quintessential hard rock band. Led Zep…
At first glance, it’s easy to mistake the Happy Together tour for that other annual oldies trek known as Hippie Fest. It boasts one of the same headliners in the Turtles, whose onstage antics under the aegis of their original frontmen Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (AKA Flo and Eddie)…
