Festival alert

Lake Okeechobee Solstice Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow; Pagans and Christians Now BFF

By Fire Ant Tue., Jun. 18 2013 at 12:39 PM
Categories: Festival alert

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Looks like it's all gonna be peace, love and magick at the Lake Okeechobee Resort and Marina in Pahokee, this week. Local residents' alarm at the prospect of hosting a five-day festival of self-described pagans appears to have vanished like a rainbow in the sun.

According to a June 1 press release from the Lady Liberty League (kind of an ACLU for pagans and Wiccans), meetings between pagan activists and Lake O area Christian pastors cleared the air, the Christians being informed that visitors to the First Annual Lake Okeechobee Summer Solstice Festival practice "Nature Religion," not Satan worship. (That the local Chamber of Commerce came down on the side of the festival probably hasn't hurt either. Pagan money is green as any other.)

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- Summer Solstice Festival Has Pahokee Religious Residents Outraged


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Mad Decent Announces Official Lineup for 2013 Block Party Tour

By Falyn Freyman Tue., Apr. 30 2013 at 4:14 PM
Categories: Festival alert, Heads Up

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The annual Mad Decent Block Party delivers a full day of musical performances and tons of fun activities at outdoor venues across the country each summer. This July, the 2013 Block Party tour will kick off in Calgary and make its way to 13 venues, promising to be bigger and better than ever.

On Saturday, August 3, the Mad Decent crew will take over the outdoor area of Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, and from the looks of the official lineup, announced Tuesday afternoon, it's going to be one hell of a summer block party.

Limited $20 early-bird tickets are already sold out, but full-price tickets to the event will go on sale May 3 at 10 a.m..

Check out the full lineup and tour schedule here.


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Festival Days

JAMS DJs on Fort Lauderdale's Music Scene: "Some Good Things Are Going to Happen"

By Kat Bein Fri., Apr. 19 2013 at 2:18 PM
Categories: Festival Days, Festival alert
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Digital Cypher Photography

Many look at Ft. Lauderdale and see a bland concrete wasteland north of Miami, but not Mathew P and Eric Michael K of the JAMS DJ Network. They see a city on the verge of a cultural revolution -- if it wants it.

"I think there is an opportunity, especially in this particular area in Ft. Lauderdale, to be able to expose a lot of people to music they may not have heard of before," said Eric, who founded JAMS along with Matthew in 2010. They spin records around town as Esoteric and Damask respectively, alongside buddies including Kristof Ryan and Mike Diaz of Millionyoung.

For years, they've worked to build a scene in the 954 that fosters a love for the more progressive side of dance music. It's been a struggle, but they think their upcoming performance as part of Saturday's Block x Blog, taking over the Revolution Live! complex, is a sign of change.

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Interview

Krisp Taking Six Months off from Live Shows to Record "Badass Jams"

By Alex Rendon Fri., Apr. 19 2013 at 1:33 PM
Categories: Festival Days, Festival alert, Interview, Local Music
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Deciphering which band to catch between the multitudes of acts performing at this weekend's inaugural Block x Blog festival is one a tall order. With three stages and a tally of 30 odd bands on the bill, you could really use a personal assistant to help maximize the experience.

County Grind is here to help though, if you are a fan of the hook-heavy synth pop sounds of bands like Depeche Mode and the Junior Boys, circle one band on the list that you must see: Krisp. Based out of Miami's artistic hub, Wynwood, this four-piece's glimmering electronic indie rock has garnered a sizable following in the Magic City.

Although currently residing in Miami-Dade County, most of the quartet is familiar with gigging in Broward. Previously, three of the four that make up Krisp played in a Pompano Beach group, under the moniker Prospect Road.
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Block x Blog Music Festival Releases Set Times

By Liz Tracy Wed., Apr. 17 2013 at 1:39 PM
Categories: Festival Days, Festival alert
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By now, you've all read or heard about the launch of the Block x Blog music festival, likely a seminal moment in the history of South Florida music. With 30 local acts and DFA's Holy Ghost! in from New York, this event is blowing the ears off of your 4/20 and Record Store Day at Revolution Live. 

That means that if you brave out the whole experience from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., you can expand your knowledge on the local scene so much, that people walking down the street will stop and stare, children will tug on your sleeves, begging for attention, all because they will recognize your brilliance on the subject of South Florida music. You will emanate cool. 

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Beerfest

Beerfest 2013: How to Party with Modernage, Beat Machines, the Hongs, and More!

By Matt Preira Tue., Apr. 2 2013 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Beerfest, Festival alert
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Modernage says, "Let's party!"
A wise man once said, "Ain't no party like a New Times party 'cause a New Times party don't stop."

But what accounts for this seemingly infinite production of decadent raging and overindulgence? In other words, why are our parties so awesome?

The two-pronged answer is part of a longstanding tradition of histrionic revelry dating back to the Socratic orgies of Ancient Greece: Dank food and even danker booze.

Killer tunes don't hurt either.

Lucky for you, us, and everybody in South Florida with an invested interest in getting lit on the cheap, New Times' next nuclear meltdown-style soiree, Beerfest 2013, has got all three.

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- Win FREE tickets to New Times' Beerfest!

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Palm Beach International Film Festival Highlights the Art of the Music Video, April 4 to 11, 2013

By Dana Krangel Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Festival alert, Film Fanatic
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What began as a local fundraiser, the now global Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF), kicks off Thursday, April 4. The weeklong fest stretches from Palm Beach Gardens to Delray Beach and includes more than 20 different film and music inspired events.

The PBIFF was founded by County Commissioner Burt Aaronson in 1996 after he was driving around town and witnessed kids partaking in the age old art of graffiti on a public wall. He saw this sort of vandalism as an opportunity for students to channel their artistic energy into something creative, and legal. Aaronson, along with local philanthropist George Elmore, developed the PBIFF as a way to raise funds for film programs in local schools as well as scholarships for the arts. In the years since, the festival has raised an impressive $1.2 million in support of students.

New Times spoke with executive director Randi Emerman, who has been working with the PBIFF since their inaugural festival 19 years ago. She explained, "It's not just about the students, it's about the passion in the messages of the films and the cultural opportunities it brings to the community and people you meet from around the world."

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Q&A

Human Fluid Rot's Family Asks Him to "Turn It Down a Little"

By Matt Preira Wed., Jan. 30 2013 at 8:21 AM
Categories: Festival alert, Q&A
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HFR = N O I S E 
Human Fluid Rot, the cochlea-mutilating harsh sound avatar Robert Wilson Brantley III, is a case study in the myriad conditions, settings, and aesthetic decisions that have come to epitomize the classic power electronics school of anti-music.

For example: high-contrast, morbid black-and-white imagery; a predilection for bodily functions, deviant sexuality and fascism; the total teleological misuse of guitar pedals; and the deep, profane roaring wall of unfiltered noise.

As we approach the 10th edition of the annual freak summit known as the International Noise Conference, County Grind thought it would behoove us to check in with one of Broward-Palm Beach's harshest delegates.

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B. Jason, A.K.A. Last, Says Noise Music Is "What Punk Rock Strives to Be"

By Matt Preira Tue., Jan. 29 2013 at 8:15 AM
Categories: Festival alert, Q&A
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Last: Elusive and loud. 
"For any reference to Last," the email reads, "use the name B. Jason." 

This kind of cloak-and-dagger intrigue is inherent to Broward County's most raw-and-primitive practitioner of extreme sound. 

And while he claims he's "Not trying to be edgy and mysterious" and is just trying to dodge Google searches from his employer, the absolute vacuum of information and documentation of Jason and the sonic asskicking he delivers with buckets, chains, sheet metal, and other remnants of industrial society, would suggest that the project embraces cultish anonymity.  

International Noise Conference is 'round the bend. And County Grind decided we wanted answers. And we wanted 'em now, 

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Drowning the Virgin Silence Wonders, "Why Do People Still Buy Led Zeppelin Records?"

By Matt Preira Mon., Jan. 28 2013 at 8:38 AM
Categories: Festival alert, Q&A
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"We can call anything art," says DTVS' Richard Vergez. "But people always have a very tough time calling something music."
For every Iggy Pop -- shirtless, strutting, bleeding, and smearing peanut butter all over the wiggling perspiration-soaked flesh-bag of amphetamines that is (technically) his body -- there's a quiet, cool, composed, contemplative beard-stroking Brian Eno. 

Adrift the dark-and-murky spectrum between classical composer and rock 'n' roll's avant-garde, these soundsmiths typically defy the convention of the academy and the dive bar alike. 

As Drowning the Virgin Silence, multimedia artist Richard Vergez takes on that tradition with a 2013 sensibility that negotiates a peace treaty between noise and music, collapses the boundaries between records and art objects, and, every so often, bums the audience out on purpose.

And in the lead up to International Noise Conference 2013 -- the festival's 10th anniversary -- those happen to be subjects County Grind is especially interested in. 

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