Ricardo Tejeda combines political and romanic lyrics over atypical beats for his rap project GAPS. As part of the Fort Lauderdale collective Black Locust Society, GAPS has gained a loyal following as he expands as an artist. BLS kicks off its Florida tour next week at Green Room. He’ll tour…
Steve Vai is truly a guitar icon. He was a protégé of the legendary Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth’s answer to Eddie Van Halen after the band and Roth parted ways, and he even battled Ralph Macchio in Crossroads. There hasn’t been a guitar magazine printed in the past 30…
There’s no other way to describe it. Whitney Houston’s sudden passing in a bathtub at the Beverly Hills Hotel this past February was a horrible waste of talent and a tragic loss for the world.Houston’s battle with drugs and the horrors of an abusive marriage aren’t uncommon in the world…
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Mountain man crooner Bon Iver is responsible for some of the most heartfelt sensitive-bearded-guy ballads since Michael McDonald. His mix of transcendental folk and Hawaiian-shirt wearing yacht rock yielded some pretty sweet records, which we at County Grind may have cried to once or twice. Naw, just kidding. We didn’t…
Canadian dubstep duo Zeds Dead played a noticeably well-attended and rapturously received show at Revolution a couple of weeks ago. It was part of an epic 70 date tour of North America to support their new release The Living Dead EP on Ultra Music. The production team of DC and…
Whether it be spoiling a film to a friend (“Bruce Willis was a ghost the whole time! Oh, you didn’t see…”), bringing a fussy baby to any public place ever, or using the term “bro” or “dude” as punctuation at the end of your sentences, all of these actions deserve…
When experiencing something as phenomenal and unusual as Todd Rundgren’s Musical Revival Camp, you learn a few things. After spending a spectacular late-July week at the Full Moon Resort in New York’s lush Catskill Mountains, I also gained some perspective on life. The camp is all about fellowship, fun, and,…
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol (born Andrej Varchola, Jr. on August 6, 1928) was singularly responsible for an entirely new visual idiom, one known simply as “pop art.” A combination of everyday observation (his iconic painting of a Campbell soup best reflected his…
We were sitting over here at New Times hitting the bong hard, listening to “Maggie May,” and our minds wandered to thoughts of Rod Stewart. High on life and THC, we got lost in this moment of nostalgia for a more youthful, sexually alluring Rod, and suddenly, inspiration struck. Though…
You might say that Amber Coffman is the strongest female voice in the indie collective Dirty Projectors, masterminded by David Longstreth. She’s been singing with the band since 2006, when she moved out to Brooklyn, a place she’d barely visited before, from San Diego. It was a fortuitous decision to…
Snoop Dogg has gone reggae. By now you’ve certainly heard that Snoop D-O-double-G is no more. The Long Beach rapper wants to “bury Snoop Dog and become Snoop Lion,” reggae artist and born-again Rastafarian. “I have always said I was Bob Marley reincarnated,” Snoop recently told reporters. “I feel I…
This past July 9, I reported within these virtual pages about an assault that occurred in the VIP area of the Webster Hall during the CBGB Festival involving Harley Flanagan and William Berario and Michael “The Gook” Couls. As it turns, not being a witness to the attack left me…
HEY! SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH ME ON THE INTERNET! LET’S CALL HER A BITCH.Sometimes, New Times stirs the pot. Sometimes, we put out something controversial, and sometimes, people get agitated and call us idiots and fax us letters saying they’re going to murder us. It happens.Just usually not on a mostly…
Slideshow of Black Friday’s One-Year AnniversaryGreen Room celebrated the one-year anniversary of its vampire-friendly weekly party Black Friday on, well, Friday night. All of the fabulous freaks and fetishistic fashionistas of goth came out to show their support and show off their niche looks.DJs spun industrial, new wave, alt, and…
Fort Lauderdale is best-known for its swimmable beaches, year-round sunshine, and a spring break that’s well-attended by douchebags. But over the past year, Black Friday has attempted to add a much darker element to that list. The weekly goth party brings the vamps, freaks, fetishists, and buxom beauties of burlesque to…
It’s hard to believe that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Rolling Stones. Once the most outrageous and insurgent bands of their generation — the Who and the Pretty Things notwithstanding — they transitioned from rebellious youth to senior citizens with such respectability, it actually…
Of all the national acts South Florida has exported to the rest of the world, Sam Beam may well have been the most unlikely.His hushed, introverted stance is a far cry from the effusive approach taken by most reared in these environs, whether they were birthed in the disco boom…
It’s not like everyday that a Miami-based, indie record label puts out music by a Greek band. No, not a frat guy band, but one actually from Greece. Owner and Broward native, Brian Kurtz of Limited Fanfare records stepped outside of tri-county lines, and into a Mediterranean shoegaze space with…
Oh, no… They don’t need no lovin’, no respect. ‘Cause it’s all about the sex. Even though the dudes of Mötley Crüe have all reached that advanced age when it often becomes necessary to pop a little blue pill if you wanna rock a long, strong, and sustained erection, they’ve…
Kiss, the band, garners fanatical, obsessive devotion more than almost any other musical act, maybe ever. Despite countless attempts to ruin the fun with bad glam albums, dramatic reality television, and the replacement of two original members with impostors wearing the same makeup, Kiss manages to maintain a fan base…
William Balfour received three life sentences plus 120 years on related charges today in Chicago. He was convicted of murdering American Idol finalist, singer, and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew. Illinois, where the trial took place, doesn’t have the death penalty…
