Trip Don’t Fall seems like a young quad of snappy dressers with hippie-leaning tastes that mirror their musical ambitions as well. Think soft, jazz-guided rock music that gets its cues from reggae and Caribbean rhythms under washes of distorted psychedelic guitars, plus touches of Peter Tosh in a canvas of…
Since releasing a rhapsodic, fuzz-laden debut, Carnavas, in 2006, the Los Angeles-based Silversun Pickups have assiduously chiseled a name for themselves in modern rock’s pantheon. Carnavas’ hissing kickback set against lead singer Brian Aubert’s bittersweet melodies was immediately embraced in the hip L.A. neighborhood, Silver Lake, that the band calls…
There is good news, and there’s also news that makes a person take the deepest breath humanly possible: Built to Spill — AKA the only band that makes a 25-minute Neil Young cover considered “indie rock” — is coming to Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on October 15. No point…
According to a source who attended Tuesday’s Cobra Starship performance featuring 3OH!3 and Travie McCoy at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, the bands were reportedly pressured by the venue to curb their more lascivious lyrics to protect the ears of the young ticket-buyers in attendance. 3OH!3 — you know…
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.To the right is the cover art for the debut Sleigh Bells album — a work of post-post-postmodern, blown-out pop mastery that…
Gotta hand it to Korn for taking a stand against BP in the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When the band comes to West Palm Beach’s Cruzan Amphitheatre for the Mayhem Festival on August 11, you can be sure that their trucks have nary…
Evan Rowe is a local songwriter and performer best-known as Catalonia, a professor of political science and history at Broward College, and a small-d democratic strategist with no party affiliation. Each week, we surrender our space for his thoughts on the music industry and how they relate to our region…
New Times is putting together a list of the 50 best happy hours in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Got a spot you always hit at 5 o’clock? Know of a bar with the best drink prices come quitting time?If so, send an emailed suggestion here, or leave a note…
Hot off Kill Miss Pretty’s performance on CBS 12’s morning program — where the band’s set was cut short after producers were allegedly shocked by the group’s music and wardrobe choice — Boynton Beach’s sexiest foursome has announced a tour. They’ll kick off with a date at the Monterey Club on June…
Booking giant AEG teams up with Palm Beach county’s trusted musical arbiter Steve Rullman tonight for a “showcasing” of top local bands at Propaganda in Lake Worth. The objective: selecting an act to play the side stage at the Silversun Pickups’ show with Against Me! on June 16 at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre…
Americans call it soccer. The rest of the world calls it football. In 2009, the Wall Street Journal identified this word choice with American Exceptionalism. We’re stubborn and exceptional, damn it, and we’ll show it through arbitrary sport names! But what hasn’t been so exceptional is the size of soccer’s…
We were a bit worried when we noticed no reveals of when tickets would go on sale for the Smashing Pumpkins small venue show at Revolution Live anywhere, and mention of the show itself didn’t exist– it wasn’t posted on Ticketmaster or even the Revolution site. We breathed a sigh…
Exciting news from our snuggly Crossfade buddies: the electronic duo Crystal Castles will perform at Grand Central in Miami on September 11. This is the first time that Ethan Kath and Alice Glass will hit the region with new tunes from Crystal Castles II in tow. When Crystal Castles was…
Lady Gaga, who has a pair of South Florida dates scheduled for next April, has just unveiled her long-awaited video for “Alejandro.” Definitely a departure from the “Telephone” clip with Beyoncé, which featured a lot of things from Quintin Tarantino flicks (the Pussy Wagon, evil nurses) and those amazing smoking…
Multifaceted, lo-fi keyboard darling Emily Reo, who hails from Orlando but isn’t afraid to venture to South Florida from time to time, has released a new cassette, Witch Mtn. The news comes courtesy of Impose Magazine, which is always welcome to crash in our spare bedroom based upon its regular…
In 1998, a friend told Thrice vocalist/rhythm guitarist Dustin Kensrue that he’d beaten the game Frogger twice. Kensrue replied he’d beaten it “thrice,” and the rest is band-name history. The post-hardcore experimental rockers have been going strong since, with six EPs, seven albums, a live album, and a few side…
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: Rooting on Bob Marley and the Wailers.Back when the music business incorporated major labels, brick-and-mortar record stores, physical formats in lieu of MP3s, and money…
Expert interviewer Christine Borges had a fascinating conversation with Cobra Starship guitarist Ryland Blackington recently for our print edition. The intended purpose was to get everybody excited for the band’s show with 3OH!3 and Gym Class Heroes’ frontman Travie McCoy tonight at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre — but it turned out…
We don’t know anything more than what is posted up there in the Twitter box, but Surfer Blood is dedicating a performance to help the National Wildlife Federation’s Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Fund with a concert in West Palm Beach on June 30. The album is Astro Coast, and the…
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.Experiencing this Iron Forge Press creation starts pretty tame. At first, the eye reads the text: Jethro Tull. We appreciate recycling the letter T…
After we heard that Mario “Souleye” Treadway, a former Whole Foods employee whose rhymes are like a shot of wheat grass, had reportedly knocked up one of Canada’s best-known musicians, Alanis Morissette, this announcement shouldn’t go down like a jagged little pill. According to People, Treadway and Morissette got married…
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.Yeasayer is coming to the Fillmore Miami on October 5. Admittedly this band was a…
