Sleepy SunWith Strangers Family Band, Blond Fuzz, the DewarsRespectable Street, West PalmTuesday, September 14, 2010 With at least one new venue appearing and the mainstays suddenly more appealing to out-of-towners, it isn’t difficult to get weird in West Palm: For a Tuesday night at Respectable Street to start with the…
Dane Cook is one of those comedians we all love to hate. Sure, a lot of his comical observations are pretty on point (what do you tell an atheist when they sneeze?), but several of his trademark arm-flailing showstoppers are often seen as drab and pretty standard when it comes…
Dungen puts a time machine on the turntable.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. Dungen’s albums sound like the psychedelic background to one of the freakiest parties that…
Ian Grandjean is the brains behind We Are Music, a documentary project aiming to create a time capsule of the current upswing of South Florida music talent. In order to fund this admirable task, a Kickstarter project has been launched — and with two weeks to go, he’s already halfway…
One of the more innocuous moments of “Girl Crazy Go.”Australian scuzzy dance outfit Muscles has always had a strange relationship with the party atmosphere his music can’t help but cultivate. Although his 2007 album, Guns Babes Lemonade, has a magnificent Italo disco sheen, many of the lyrics seem to hold…
Skeleton Warrior/Pharaoh Faucett Split Seven-Inch (Roofless Records) rooflessrex.com I like my punkrockliness questioned frequently. I like to have my goggles muddied and destitute in some narcotic hell my HMO won’t cover. Somebody, quick! Get me my carburetor dung goggles! This shit is punk as an acid wash of pseudo-psychedelia and…
Photo by Lee ZimmermanSteve Boone with his trophy.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: A little Lovin’ Spoonful goes a long, long way.I’m not shy about namedropping. Yet, of all these individuals,…
Bring on the major leagues.Just as Janet Jackson is mulling a move to an indie label, West Palm Beach sensation Surfer Blood is sidling up to a major. “We actually just signed a deal with Warner Bros. International,” Surfer Blood frontman J.P. Pitts recently told Brightest Young Things, confirming what…
The McRackins Planet of the Eggs (Stiff Pole Records) 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…
Photo by Kristian AndrewA certain level of bedlam makes sense at a Sick of It All show, no? Our focus was on the two Hellcat acts who opened, Street Dogs and Devil’s Brigade, in this week’s feature. However, punks wanting all comers bashed their way through a night at Revolution…
Photo by Amanda ArmbrusterNo, this is not a composite image.”Who says I can’t get stoned?” in action: John Mayer proclaimed that he would wear his Cleveland Cavaliers jersey during his September 11 performance in West Palm Beach. One of the blogs at our ribald sister paper in Miami noticed, and…
Poster created by Iron Forge PressFort 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. After already telling you all why to hate Crystal Castles but still go see them anyhow, here are…
Canada has plenty of things to get excited about. Progressive thoughts, children who do not dream of welfare checks, education, health care, excellent beer, RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. Canada rules! In celebration of the snowbirds in Fucked Up making Churchill’s their home for one night; here are five Canadian outfits that…
Photo by Christina MendenhallJohn Mayer contorts the outcome of Saturday’s performance in West Palm Beach.John Mayer With Owl City Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach Saturday, September 11, 2010 View a slideshow from the concert here.John Mayer is a confusing artist. He’s an amazing singer, a blues lead-guitar virtuoso, and an engaging…
Photo by Ian WitlenA shot from day one of Blond Fuzz’s “Black Magic Touch” video shoot.For those about to rock: Blond Fuzz has announced another day of filming for its “Black Magic Touch” music video for this weekend. Things to bring: liquor bottles that are either full or empty, Christmas…
Deerfield’s alt.reggae band the Resolvers is playing Propaganda in Lake Worth tonight. (For a taste of what this is like, check out a recent review of its opening slot for the Wailers.) The alt.reggae genre is something the Resolvers put on themselves and has a connotation that brings Sublime to…
Guess Where I’m Peeing is toilet humor, plain and simple, set in the scenic restrooms of South Florida. We post ’em, you name ’em.Today’s episode features a taste of Key West, way up in Palm Beach County where the suburbanites roam. There’s sand beneath the tables, and many flavors of…
Tallahassee’s DJ Mannes of Team Jaguar tossed up a bunch of mashups today using the au courant indie pop of Twin Sister as a backdrop. He says this was in “the hopes of impressing the girl I fancy.” Even if she’s indifferent, fret not. There are a ton of nerdy,…
Photo by Pamela LittkyPerforming for Chris Carrabba would turn this guy’s digestive tract into that of an 80-year-old.Coming across someone like Adam Young isn’t the hard part. He’s shy, meticulous about his ways, and is always leaving clever notes on your Facebook wall. In most cases, your friend won’t have…
Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar224 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. Call 561-650-1001, or visit here.The first time I tried to move through the door of Rocco’s, I was almost taken out by a monstrous West Palm Beach rack. Once I dodged that obstacle, I found myself deep in a thick…
A new weekly indie dance party called NOIR kicks off this Wednesday night at Pompano Beach’s Club Cinema — and what name would be more appropriate for a place with an allegedly checkered history. The oft-shuttered, well-equipped club hasn’t hosted a weekly dance party since, well, since we can remember…
The great immigration debate is not new to us in South Florida. We’ve been dealing with bizarre “wet foot, dry foot” policies, Mariels, Eliáns, Haitian yachts, Eurotrash, and every shade of “non-American” between white and black. Now Arizona’s feelin’ it. But immigration’s not a topic for discussion here in County…
