In the large constellation of Bob Marley offspring, it can be hard to distinguish among the various musical sons, all of whom are sharply talented in their own right. So if Ziggy is the eldest and the most rootsy, Julian is the young genre-bender, and Damian and Ky-Mani are the…
There’s a lot of the Southern gothic found within Jane Jane Pollock, a coed foursome hailing from Tallahassee by way of Thomasville, Georgia. In its handful of released songs, there’s always a slightly forlorn echo and a definite pensive mood, with twin female vocals trilling in and out of each…
Mike Mineo is a gifted if inscrutable musician who has taken many epic leaps in his artistic life. Last year, the charismatic multi-instrumentalist released his debut, Eccentricity. The 18-track cornucopia of pop, soul, funk, jazz, blues, calypso, and zydeco ultimately found a place within South Florida’s fickle music scene and…
County Grind would like to wish Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell a very happy 47th birthday.Born Christopher John Boyle, Cornell brought an operatic and athletic vocal quality to the grunge scene while fronting Soundgarden and later headed up super-disappointing supergroup Audioslave with three-quarters of what had been Rage Against the Machine…
Although Hey Monday vocalist Cassadee Pope is only five weeks shy of her 22nd birthday, she’s racked up more legal trouble than most people see in a lifetime. We recently reported on the $50 million lawsuit filed by her managers for six years, Driven Entertainment Group, and have since discussed…
Vinyl may not be the ultimate in the technological delivery of music, but there are all kinds of reasons to support it — sound warmth and fidelity, increased capacity for album artwork, and so on. But would anyone argue the same kind of fuzzy feelings for cassettes? Honestly, cassettes sucked…
Here’s an interesting concept for anyone trying to make money selling remixes of songs they don’t have permission to remix: Make the consumer pick up the tab for you.Legitmix, which as been in private beta since March, just released a new Diplo mixtape today called Mad Legit. The known purveyor…
Emcee Jabrjaw (AKA Ryan Britt) and DJ Dee Dubbs’ (birth name: Dan Wilkes) debut full-length album Eastern Specifics poises the duo as South Florida’s very own Eric B and Rakim. Because they’ve worked together since 2006, it would seem like the wait for a final product from the Lake Worth…
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: Talk twosome Jimmy Cefalo and Manny Munoz embrace the music… Face it — the world of talk radio isn’t exactly a hotbed of musical savvy. Maybe that’s why they call it…
Local eclectic songcrafter Mike Mineo could probably be a yarn-spinner in his spare time if he didn’t possess such a marvelous set of pipes and some impossible-to-ignore candor.Pick up this week’s music section (or click here) to read Alex Rendon’s illuminating story about the creation of Mineo’s latest disc, Beach…
It’s been 30 years since the release of the Go-Go’s debut album, Beauty and the Beat, and in celebration, the girls are heading back out onto the road. Labeled the “Ladies Gone Wild Tour” and knowing their history of raunchy backstage behavior, we’re expecting debauchery. For years, there has been…
Ladies and gentlemen, we are a few months away from the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind. That is a big deal, not only because it makes a lot of us feel old and nostalgic but it also reminds us that there was a time that bands that were really good…
Tom Cruise fans were tickled pink while dressed all in black at the Hard Rock Casino yesterday during the six-hour filming of the final scene of his upcoming film, Rock of Ages. The rest of us nonfans were just working up the enthusiasm to cheer for a couch-hopper dressed sexily…
A clip accompanying Noah Wall’s “Mind Games” continues our fascination with the directorial work of Carlos Charlie Perez, who was sprung from beginnings in South Florida to a successful music video career in New York. Read New Times’ feature on him here.With the minimalist touches of Brooklynite Wall’s synthesizer score…
Everyone who knows who Rebecca Black is, knows she is famous for her awkwardly charming song “Friday.” It was hard to not react with anything other than stunned disbelief when watching that video. Then she got really famous, for being everything she seemed to be in the video. Then her…
The Astrea Corporation, much like the noted science fiction author referenced in their cryptic song title, are on some space shit. Awash in dark and sweeping atmospheres, “Third String Asimov” continues down the interstellar path of psychedelic sci-fi meets beat-heavy electronics that the group is known for — see Disposable…
If there was ever a moment to top Tom Cruise’s epic volleyball scene from Top Gun, this is it. As mentioned last week, the cast of the Rock of Ages movie is going to rip the (nonexistent) roof off Sun Life Stadium from 1 p.m. until they finish.Bon Jovi’s “Wanted:…
Lil Wayne’s been maintaining a clear head since he was released from Riker’s Island last November. Sure, it’s court-ordered, but at least Weezy’s living by the book. Part of his three-year probation is that Tha Carter doesn’t drink or drug during the three years he is under the court’s watch…
Normal American Sex (Surfer Blood)With Band in Heaven and This Heart ElectricRespectable Street, West Palm BeachSaturday, July 16, 2011Better than: Your average cover band.With all four members of Surfer Blood onstage, Saturday’s performance at Respectable Street had the appearance of so many of the past for this local indie-rock success…
Wiz KhalifaWith Big Sean and Chevy WoodsSunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca RatonFriday, July 15, 2011Better than: Not wearing bug repellent.Here is a full 35-photo slide show from the Wiz Khalifa show.For the large crowd assembled at Sunset Cove, there would’ve been precious little better than Wiz Khalifa and Taylor Gang rolling…
As reported earlier this week, the “Rock the Bells” tour 2011 will be making a stop at the Fillmore Miami on September 13. The tour serves as a flagship of everything that is right with hip-hop both today and in days past. The festival regularly features performances from the many…
Well, the giddy acoustic flourishes of Guster and Jack’s Mannequin’s slickly honed alt-rock are apparently not amphitheater-worthy in South Florida this time around.The two bands’ joint summer tour will not take place at the 3,000-capacity Pompano Beach Amphitheatre but will be moved indoors to Revolution, which holds about 1,000. Sluggish…
