No one’s going to literally force Forgiveness Rock Record down your throat, but just imagine Broken Social Scene’s latest ebullient album throwing the biggest party ever in your body cavity. Maalox moment? Maybe a safer bet is just to experience the band at Revolution on Saturday and let it all…
It’s going to be a while before anyone lets Christina Aguilera sing in public again — or, until the Grammys this weekend. Despite the fact that the gifted singer had a widely maligned off night in front of more than 100 million people, this is actually not cause for worry…
Not a sports blog, gang. But there were a couple of interesting things that came out of yesterday’s “big game.” One was obviously the photograph of Lil Wayne decked out in green and yellow to support the Packers, who beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in semidramatic fashion and prevented the night…
Definitely check out Frank Alvarado’s excellent interview with 2 Live Crew vet Luther Campbell — a funny, talented guy with a civic mind. On March 15, Miami-Dade County will have a recall vote for present Mayor Carlos Alvarez, and Uncle Luke wants to step in and clean house.Campbell plans to…
People who actually remember the ’90s — i.e., people over the age of, let’s say, 25 — rejoice! Here’s something to make you happy but feel old at the same time: The Beavis and Butt-Head series is back. If their cameo appearance in the latest Jackass movie gave you hope they…
YOLO, 333 East Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-523-1000, or visit here. Actually, YOLO (“You Only Live Once”), its adjoining bar called the O Lounge, and VIBE are all owned by the same bunch of guys (who must have a thing for capital letters). Despite its name, YOLO is…
Earlier this week, County Grind reported that Everymen washboard player Cowboy is in the hospital receiving treatment after a serious fall. A benefit concert will be held Friday at Propaganda, and the rest of the band has decided to perform in support of their ailing comrade. Viva Le Vox, Bonnie…
Young gouda baby. Lil Wayne goes all in for the Green Bay Packers on his remake of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” which is called “Green and Yellow,” natch. Although he makes it clear that “this ain’t a dis song,” it’s still a magnificent collection of verbiage that Pittsburgh Steelers…
Vibe, 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-713-7313, or visit here. Vibe is spell-binding. Waitresses, attired in white ensembles that consist of a little fabric and a lot of leg, scampered around with trays of shining beverages. Smooth sculptures of naked female bodies (think of a cross between…
When Rick Ross lumbered onto the national stage in 2006, he was something of a blank slate. Though he was a protégé of EPMD’s Erick Sermon who had signed to venerable Southern labels Suave House and Slip-N-Slide, his story was largely unknown. His debut, Port of Miami, didn’t fill in…
At the dawn of 2011, Jimmy Eat World is one of the few rock bands to blow the hell up out of the early-’90s indie-rock (even, perhaps, the proto-emo) scene without later getting bashed for selling out. The group’s longevity — nearly 18 continuous years as a band, with new…
We should have seen it coming; the clues were all there. The White Stripes breakup was looming and imminent. When Jack White joined the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather and started lending his talents to Beck, Alicia Keys, and Wanda Jackson, we wondered how he was going to find time…
Let’s get acquainted with Royal Bangs. Not just a great name for a hair salon, this fuzz-rock trio from Knoxville, Tennessee, is coming down to South Florida for gigs at the Vagabond in Miami on February 18 and at Respectable Street on February 19. Given the level of crunchy, fierce…
For all of the bickering that goes on in South Florida, a lot of local musicians unwittingly say the same things as many of their contemporaries. Regardless of the style of music a person plays, for example, a prevailing theme in conversation is, “We’re not all like Rick Ross down…
Everymen’s Sergio Witis speaks about Cowboy here.Word has trickled in that Cowboy, who plays washboard and guitar for local swamp-folk act Everymen, has been hospitalized after a serious fall from a balcony at his home a week ago Sunday.According to friend Cecil Lunsford, who is hosting a benefit at Propaganda…
The 83rd-annual Academy Award nominees were announced last week, including the categories for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.Before the big winners are announced February 27, let’s take a listen to all of the involved parties. Yes, this is still Randy Newman’s favorite season, but Nine Inch Nails’ Trent…
London-born, Miami-raised MC Wrekonize is probably best known to party people these days for his role in rising live hip-hop juggernaut Mayday! Before he joined the group a couple years ago, though, he was renowned by underground heads for his freestyle skills. As a teenager, he ascended the ranks of…
Make Friday majestic with four MP3s courtesy of Miami’s altruistic Discosoma Records. The vinyl fetishists are giving away the A-sides from the first four 7-inch singles released over the past year — all featuring prime South Florida artists regularly mentioned on County Grind.The synth-fueled ANR (“Big Problem”), Beings’ heavy punk…
Last week, we examined the Drug Czars’ first EP and since then I took some time to evaluate the fact that the poor Drug Czars have as yet to reap the benefits of benevolent uncle Jello Biafra who’s Alternative Tentacles Records did a magnificent job of bringing to the masses…
For most, being a punk rocker is a phase you grow out of. But for San Francisco punk-rock giants NOFX, it’s a blueprint for living and growing up. When punk was exploding all over the mainstream’s chest in the mid-’90s, NOFX passed up the move to a major, stuck with…
Tokyo Police Club is far from the first Canadian band to market music to the U.S. masses and be blessed with a cult following before hitting its prime. Somehow between the full-lengths, EPs, and relative fame, the Ontario quartet has solidified its sound and audience. Even if the guys aren’t…
UPDATE: An update recently posted on Jimmy’s Margaritaville website states that “Jimmy has been released from the hospital and is doing well”. Jimmy Buffett fell off the stage at the end of his Sydney, Australia concert last night and was rushed to the St. Vincent’s hospital with a head…
