Fort Lauderdale jam outfit the Heavy Pets are currently on the road promoting their third album, Swim Out Past the Sun, which is officially released on October 22.Fortunately for everyone needing a fix of fresh Pets in the live setting, the guys’ swing through the Big Apple at the storied…
John Mayer has scrapped many of his plans this fall that involve singing while he receives treatment for “something next to my vocal cords called a granuloma.”The pop singer-songwriter posted a message on his Tumblr page today announcing that he will not perform at next weekend’s iHeartRadio Music Festival, and…
Lake Worth’s hard-to-classify swampy-punk, crusty-folk movement’s female-fronted the Darling Sweets is set to unveil its recorded debut at Propaganda tonight. Sounding like something out of a dusty Mississippi Delta roadhouse dive, this quintet’s self-titled 6-song EP is comprised of material put together by the group’s fiery-haired lead singer Lindsey Sayre and guitarist/ mandolin-player Adam…
Two Man Gentleman BandMonterey Club, Fort LauderdaleThursday, September 15 As they waited to play, the Two Man Gentlemen Band sat on the couch at the back of the Monterey barroom. It’s on the plush side, and has surely harbored a fair share of public indecency. In a sea of beards,…
The original running of DIY experimental music festival Death to the Sun occurred in September of 2009 at Harvey’s by the Bay at the MiMO (“Miami Modern”) American Legion outpost. It was a 12-hour local music marathon and, as curator Ricardo Guerrero describes it, “the ultimate farewell-to-summer party.” That first…
It has been a good several weeks since Hurricane Irene was shivering anyone’s bones in South Florida, but its reverberations are still felt today. The makeup date for Skullcandy’s Identity Festival, which was supposed to happen at Miami’s Bayfront Park on August 25, has been canceled.There was a brief glimmer…
Anyone the least bit familiar with the blues is bound to know the name B.B. King. In fact, there’s no blues man alive today who is more widely recognized or duly honored, given his numerous accomplishments. Born on a Mississippi cotton plantation 86 years ago today, Riley B. King has…
The Weezer Cruise is for lovers! Tucked among the specialty events of the cruise — embarking from Miami to Cozumel and back January 19-23, 2012 — are a number of off-stage experiences with members of the group. One of them is renewing your wedding commitments with the help of the…
Before Amy Winehouse tragically passed away on July 23, she recorded one last track with music legend Tony Bennett entitled, “Body and Soul”. In honor of what would have been her 28th birthday, Bennett released the single and accompanying video on Wednesday, September 14. The video is simple, without gimmick,…
Night Ranger’s song “Sister Christian” has had the whole world wondering what “motoring” is since 1984. Drummer Kelly Keagy wrote the massive hit for his little sister and it kind of ended up an anthem for teenage girls to keep their legs shut. After 30 years, a breakup and many side…
Swans With Sir Richard Bishop and Axe & the Oak Respectable Street, West Palm Beach September 14, 2011 View a slideshow from the concert hereLast night, Swans, as led by frontman Michael Gira, lived up to every last bit of hype concerning volume, textural intensity and the laboriousness of their…
As the 20-year anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind eases ever closer, so do the goodies from talented local artists enlisted by Beached Miami to revamp the classic tracks from the album. Initially, we spotlighted the orchestral take on “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Baby B Strings, but there are a wealth…
Since the formation of the Bad Brains in Washington, D.C., in 1977, Gary Miller, better-known as Dr. Know, has been the solidifying force at guitar for this often polarizing outfit. Firmly educated in jazz technique, it is his incredible speed and precision at the instrument that not only became a…
photo by bleedingpalm.comThe world is noisy, and so is Kenny Millions. In honor of the upcoming Death to the Sun III music festival at the Snooze Theater, County Grind will be profiling select acts from the lineup. Kenny Millions grew up on the West Side of Detroit, about a mile…
The sensitive MC has always been a rare figure in hip-hop. Although the early 2000s did see a spike in “politically conscious” backpack rappers like Talib Kweli and Mos Def (both of whom took a page from Common’s socio-empathetic rhyme book), it’s been 99 percent bitches, guns, money, and so…
With the 2004 debut release She’s in Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, Patrick Gemayel (AKA P-Thugg) and David Macklovitch (AKA Dave 1) grew…
Journey will never die — not as long as there are barroom jukeboxes and arenas alike that will benefit from some fist-pumping (and probably slightly drink-sodden) sing-alongs. As proof, consider the fact that the group’s seminal mainstream hit, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” is iTunes’ top-selling catalog track ever. That one song,…
Buckethead, the masked and, yes, head-bucketed guitar whiz, is probably best recognized by passing music fans as a onetime member of Guns N’ Roses during some of Axl Rose’s craziest years. But that was definitely the closest to mainstream fare that the shadowy figure born Brian Patrick Carroll ever got…
Addressing Dr. Know, founding guitarist and lone constant for Washington, D.C., hardcore outfit Bad Brains, is a tricky proposition. For more than three decades, Gary Miller has used the play-on-a-James-Bond-villain handle, and calling him much else would border on insult. Still, should an interview begin with Mr. Doctor Know —…
Thanksgiving, a time for family, stuffing our faces… and electronic music? The Dancegiving Music Festival seems to think so. Now in its second year, the Committee Entertainment-assembled electronic musical festival has returned to kick your ass out of that food coma. The party-till-you-pass-out affair will once again take over the…
South Florida is still reeling from losing one of its most celebrated residents, saxophonist Clarence Clemons, earlier this year. “The Big Man” passed away June 18 at age 69 following complications from a stroke and left a charitable void in the music community nationally and locally. So some of his…
Fans of jangly indie rock across South Florida would be wise to visit Radio-Active Records’ website this Friday for a revolutionary moment of internet music synergy: Matador Records act Girls will perform a live in-store show for your viewing pleasure.Although the concert, which will feature material from the San Francisco…
