I really hate battles of the bands. I mean, besides the fact that my bands never won, it’s just a reminder that we’re all doing this shit for selfish reasons, despite what anyone says. Yet for some reason I always ended up competing. I just wish my final performance wasn’t…
Sure, Miley Cyrus has been two-hand-clutching a ho’s big booty like an artisanal baker kneading dough for a homemade loaf.But — if you ask us — the real “Pop Star Turns Degenerate” story of 2012 centers around the one and only Justin Bieber. Ever since Biebz broke Selena Gomez’s heart, the…
Here at County Grind, we never hate to say, “We told you so.” Especially when it comes to local talent. Yesterday morning, before the season three finale of The Voice, we made the case for contestant and West Palm Beach native Cassadee Pope. Because while other contestants may have delivered…
Florida has rightfully earned the honor of being called the weirdest state. And 2012 has provided some of the stranger news stories this planet has ever read. Florida in 2012? Insanity! This state, this year, has produced a plethora of bizarre and horrifying tales that’ll keep anyone with common sense…
Girl Talk Chats About Collective Soul Cat and Toilet Paper Cannons on the S.S. Coachella
New Found Glory Revisits Its Heyday With “Sticks and Stones Tour”
Remember in 2009 when a Colorado man named Richard Heene reported that his six-year-old son had accidentally been carried off in his homemade air balloon, but it was deemed a hoax? See also: “Balloon Boy” Family Resurfaces in Florida; The Heene Boyz Being Promoted as “The World’s Youngest Metal Band”…
The powers that be really knew what they were doing when they decided to coordinate Art Basel with finals week. The result was a perfect storm of deadlines and distractions that few who engaged in both walked out of alive. Kudos, Satan. You win again.Though hell week is over, there…
It’s been more than a minute since we heard from West Palm’s Surfer Blood. And we have to admit, we missed them. It’s true. Once their prank calls to the New Times stopped, it’s like the phones haven’t rung since. See also- Surfer Blood, Back from Cali, Discusses New Album- Surfer…
“With this new album, I just wanted to make something that was purely comedic — something that could make people laugh like crazy even in the midst of all this global economic slowdown,” PSY, the “Gangnam Style” Korean YouTube phenomenon, told CNN earlier this year. Learning how to “Gangnam Style”…
A name change typically signifies a deep-rooted personal change. When Prince decided to change his name to a symbol and force everybody to call him “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince,” he did so in protest of tension with his label, Warner Bros. We’re not sure why Ol’ Dirty Bastard…
“There’s hardly a bass player alive that doesn’t owe gratitude to Jaco for how he changed the role of the bass. Moreover, Jaco left an indelible mark on the music world as an uncompromising artist and composer. The music Jaco created during his brief lifetime sounds just as fresh and…
We love Black Locust Society. Who else throws a free party as a fundraiser for another free party? Absolutely no one, that’s who! See also- Help Black Locust Society Raise Funds for the End of the World; Bleubird, Protoman Give You Good ReasonAnd the impending “end of the world” has given the clique…
DJ Laz perches on a black stool deep inside a massive building near industrial Medley. It’s Sunday, September 10, and Laz has arrived unusually early at the studio where he beams his radio show to thousands of listeners from Florida to Los Angeles. This morning, he knows, won’t be the…
Chelsea Linnabary recently lost her beloved husband, Daniel — the father of her young daughter, Rosalie — to the war in Afghanistan. Though gone, the U.S. Marine will never be forgotten. His loss inspired the creation of Hated for Trying Records, established by Tony Flores of Die Trying and Johnny…
You probably know Eddie Vedder for things like singing and playing guitar in Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog, stage-diving, feuding with Kurt Cobain, feuding with Ticketmaster, and campaigning for the Democrats. What you might not know about the ’90s rock icon is that he is a bona fide…
Rules and regulations, ugh. Sure, they’re necessary for some things. But to restrict live music is, for a lack of better words, fucked up. And that’s exactly what a new Delray Beach ordinance might do for local business owners, house-party hosts, and folks who listen to music on “11” in…
“Gangnam Style” singer and current world record holder for the most-watched video on Youtube, PSY, opened up about his dream dance collaboration earlier today at a press event in Bangkok, Thailand. “Tom Cruise!” the viral South Korean sensation replied when asked which celebrity he’d like to see do the “Gangnam…
We here at County Grind don’t ask a terrible lot from you, our dear readers. But today, we do have something to request. See also – Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley as Ex Avril Lavigne and Ten Other Musicians as Musicians for Halloween- Five Reasons Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger Will Stay Together-…
Once all the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes have formed a mountain of food in your stomach, we know you’ll want to spend the long weekend conquering the difficult challenges of shopping for deals and partying hard. We hold the flattering nickname Fort Liquordale for a reason. See also- Clay Aiken…
The University of Miami’s Frost School of Music is a hotbed of talent. Case in point, Bruce Hornsby (though not the Range) graduated from the program in 1977. See also- Jaco Pastorius: The Story of an Oakland Park Man Who Was Also the Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived- Happy…
As hoards of consumers move to rape, pillage, and assault the retail world of its wares (and the nerves of the poor, unfortunate souls of its employ) we are sitting here, in our elastic waistband-equipped pants, pondering the ugliness that “door-busters” and “deep, deep discounts” can bring out in the masses…
