Our Miami New Times pal Gus Garcia-Roberts recently pointed out a PR move by the Miami Police Department that went over about as well as a Linkin Park mashup album: Two artist renderings featured in an anti-gang hotline graphic on the MPD site were obviously “inspired” by old photos of…
Hundreds of labels died off during the past decade and a half, but independent hip-hop purveyor Duck Down Entaprizez has survived and thrived. Established in 1995 by Black Moon MC Buckshot and business partner Dru-Ha, the label released only four albums in its first three years — Smif-N-Wessun’s Dah Shinin’,…
Much like actual boarded-up buildings near the shore, Beach House songs offer a lot to unpack on first encounter. Each unforgettable, eerie melody is stretched out with drowsy fluidity by singer and organist Victoria Legrand. But just like any abandoned beach home, there are numerous dark, dusty corners, and echoes…
Photo by Jason NocitoThis week’s New Times Broward Palm Beach harnesses the considerable talents of Arielle Castillo for the main feature of the week. Enough about Vampire Weekend already, let’s read about the moody songscapes of opening act Beach House. Jasper Delaini comes strong with an extended conversation with hip-hop…
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. Choosing between prolific Bradford Cox’s solo efforts as Atlas Sound and his output with Deerhunter is sort of like taking sides…
Blowfly Disco (Weird World) blowfly.com It was a matter of time before we got to some real pioneer work within these digital pages of BFTP. Some call him a funk demon, a sex pariah, a freak, a bug that oughta be squashed, his mama calls him Clarence, the original dirty…
There’s no doubt that ¡MAYDAY! has been hustling pretty hard these days. Not the sort of rap supergroup content to just jam with a pre-incarcerated Lil Wayne, the guys do it all while rocking some of the freshest Dolphins gear in the history of fresh Dolphins gear. Our discerning sister…
Facebook.comExcitement abounds for a new song from Miami power-pop outfit Plains. “Team Radio” has all the fuzz and swagger of umpteen bands who use “Super” as a prefix, and it remains to be heard how loud they play it live — “paint-peeling” would be satisfactory. Night Drive Miami debuted the…
Photo by Dante DasaroRecent Detroit-to-Florida transplant Chief, who was featured in Alex Rendon’s recent piece on Footwork4Self Records’ local rise, has a new song circulating featuring a rhymer from his past locale (Guilty Simpson) and his current one (Mayday’s Wrekonize). The MP3 of “Can’t Stand It,” a smoothed-out track with…
Stephanie Rae Berzon of Nozreb.comGlimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Coral Springs’ Millionyoung.A proper interview with Millionyoung’s Mike Diaz is long overdue. Since getting his…
“We started the band a long, long time ago — maybe like, I wanna say, 20 years ago — and I think we perfected our sound maybe two years into that process. So the last 18 years have really been the downward trajectory.” That’s Electric Six’s Dick Valentine during one…
Cavity Drowning (Bacteria Sour) bacteriasour.com Cavity reigned with doom and sludge at a time (the ’90s) when we all needed a firm kick to the balls. What you’ve heard is true. They started off as Crawl and did an ENTIRE tour in which nary a note was performed! It was…
Being misunderstood is a career hazard when your career involves being the frontman and principal songwriter for LCD Soundsystem. But even James Murphy seemed taken aback when, a week after the internet debut of “Drunk Girls” — the first single off his band’s third and supposedly final LP, This Is…
Plenty of Electric Six’s converted would follow these well-dressed freaks and their amped anthems of social and romantic chaos to the end of the Earth, but not everyone’s that committed. Folks familiar with this Detroit outfit slot nicely into three distinct groups: casual fans with a couple of dance floor…
Da Big Kahuna17th S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Ste. 380Call 954-530-4867, or visit here.I was seated at the palapa bar inside the expansive, open-air Da Big Kahuna, amid beautiful ocean-themed murals, varying sized tikis (shipped from Hawaii), and red and yellow lanterns. Pockets of people dined on authentic…
Six Swans a-slaying.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.Following the onslaught of Nick Cave’s second Grinderman album last week would be nearly impossible for any band other than…
Facebook.comThat person in the back could be you!It’s unlikely that Craigslist’s recent removal of the “Adult Section” will affect West Palm Beach indie rockers the Clementines’ quest for a permanent drummer. Still, the “Glimpses of the South Florida Scene” alums have some catchy tunes that are near and dear to…
One of the things that we tend to forget with “modern” hip-hop is the sheer amount research that goes into lyrical work. Like anything, there are varying degrees of interest involved in the final output. Orion’s been a busy bee. It’s possible that this young man’s gonna burn himself out,…
Lulu’s Bait Shack17th S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Ste. 212, Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-463-7425, visit here.Lulu’s is an unadulterated year-round spring-break joint where barely legals sip Technicolor liquor from giant fish bowls and a cover band blasts Blink-182 hits in the background. Photos of bikini-clad, sun-bronzed beach bunnies and New…
Photo by Ian WitlenBoynton Beach electro goth act Kill Miss Pretty just dropped one for the dancing zombies this Halloween. The already menacing “Judy Garland” gets some more thuds and post-industrial scrape behind it for the Mozart & Friends remix, now streaming at the group’s YouTube page and lovingly embedded…
Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a weekly column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Sumsun.It’s hard to talk about Sumsun without mentioning the redundant “chillwave” or its sister term, “glo-fi.” Sumsun has all…
Are Fischer and Finn long lost Minnesota twins?Here at County Grind, we have two favorite Minnesotans: The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, and our very own Reed Fischer. The two native Twins fans have been connected previously — mainly because Fischer interviewed Finn prior to their performance in South Florida earlier…
