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Vote Now for New Times' Best of Broward Palm Beach Readers' Poll Winners, or Forever Hold Your Peace

By Liz Tracy Tue., May 7 2013 at 9:00 AM
Categories: The Internet

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Maybe we don't tell you often enough, readers, but we at County Grind actually really care about your opinion. Not just if you think this blog makes us look chunky, or if you think we should talk to this or that American Idol, but like your favorite places to see strippers and preferred art galleries to frequent in Broward and Palm Beach.

Thus, we've come to a time again in our internet lives when we share the 2013 Readers' Poll experience with you.

After asking the you to nominate your favorite Broward/Palm Beach rappers and dance club, artist, and so forth, we compiled a list of the top five in each category. And now it's time to empower yourself to vote!


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Five Dances Better Than the Harlem Shake

By Ryan Morejon Wed., Feb. 20 2013 at 7:58 AM
Categories: The Internet
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The Harlem Shake. If you're as annoyed by this trend as we are, then we don't blame you for not wanting to read more. Shit grows and decays so fast here on the internet, who knows what the hell you're into right now?

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- Five Things You Need to Make Your Own "Harlem Shake" Video

But just to give you an idea as to how big this thing is... According to a YouTube Trends report published last week, as of February 15, more than 40,000 Harlem Shake videos had been uploaded to YouTube with a combined 175 million views. So if you're trying to find a (real) Harlem Shake tutorial video -- which is how we spend our Saturdays -- good fuckin' luck, because all you'll come across are about 50,000 results of dudes going mental.
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Five Things You Need to Make Your Own "Harlem Shake" Video

By Natalya Jones Tue., Feb. 19 2013 at 8:45 AM
Categories: Bangers, The Internet
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The internet is teeming with ridiculous, over-the-top, crap trends that make "hip you" blush with shame.

But secretly, there's an "inner you" who wants to burst out of your coolcoon and hop on it. The "it" being hopped on right now is the Harlem Shake, a video lasting about 30 seconds that includes the song "Harlem Shake" by Baauer.

Thousands of videos have already been uploaded to YouTube, each including one person dancing in the beginning, increasing their groove when the beat drops. And when it drops, that shit drops hard.

Here are five things you need to make your own "Harlem Shake" video.

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Five Mad Faded #CloudRap Facts From H∆SHTAG$ Video featuring Spaceghostpurrrp and Robb Bank$

By Matt Preira Fri., Feb. 15 2013 at 7:22 AM
Categories: The Internet, Video
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Robb Bank$ is so high, he's on Cloud 69.
It was only two years ago when the pop cultural climate had not yet been saturated with swag, and terms like hipster-hop began to allude to the forthcoming zeitgeist.

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- Robb Bank$: Hip-Hop Artist and Anime Superfan (VIDEO)

As we all know, the Internet speeds up the development of micro-genres by like 2000%. And now we're all floating on hashtags defining genres that sometimes end up being paragraphs long. #enoughisenough

Luckily, the term "cloud rap" is dreamy enough to make us comfortable writing the words, and also, given our affections for locals Robb Bank$ and Spaceghostpurrp, who appear in this Red Bull video about the subgenre, we accept this hash.

Here are five things we learned about these two artists and cloud rap from the trippy ten minutes of rap-talk action.
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Senator Marco Rubio's Spotify Track List Is as Lame as He Is

By Liz Tracy Tue., Feb. 5 2013 at 1:25 PM
Categories: The Internet, The Web
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If the one thing you're dedicated to in life is music, and are totally committed to remaining totally out of touch with politics, first of all, no. And second of all, turns out Spotify is a good way for your lazy ass to learn about those who you (even by not voting) have elected to office.

Today, for instance, our U.S. Senator Marco Rubio's Spotify track list was posted on Politico Playbook. It demonstrates what a tool he is and makes us wonder if the list is all a setup so that we, the music-loving people, will learn to see him as a human and not a monster.

It's rife with stuff people who hate music listen to, like Coldplay and Will.i.am. It lacks songs of real substance, except for two greats, Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and TuPac's "Changes." Both seem placed in there just so it seems like he gives a crap about "black people" problems.

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Revolution Live Hosts Revie Awards Online: Vote for Your Favorite Local Blog (Hint: Us)

By Liz Tracy Tue., Dec. 4 2012 at 1:37 PM
Categories: Local Music, The Internet
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True to its name, Revolution Live is a club for the people, by the people. This has been proven time and again. Revolution offers us plebes the best in all kinds of musical performances. They feed us the cake we like to eat. 

Thus, it's fitting that they're hosting the Revie Awards online where you can vote for your favorite Rev shows and even for the best local blog (County Grind, anyone?). Ian Bohan of the Revolution complex says of these honors: "We started the Revie Awards last year after conversations in the office about our favorite shows, production, flyers, et cetera, and then realized how interested we were in hearing from our concert goers and how they felt as well." This is where you, the people, come in. 



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10 Best Election Memes of 2012

By Ryan Morejon Fri., Nov. 9 2012 at 2:18 PM
Categories: The Internet
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Election Day was hectic, and we're not simply talking about too long voting lines and intense news channel coverage. We're talking about social media, which was arguably the busiest and craziest it's ever been since its inception (whenever that was...).

Every single person was chiming in with Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram. And we gotta say, all of you were on point. It should be election day every day, because it got the population's creative juices flowing! 

Some hilarious shit was said. But we gotta give it up to people on Tumblr who probably spent more hours making gifs than actually standing in line to vote. (Seriously, I hope these people actually voted and not reblogged that they were gonna vote). So here are some of our favorite election memes from the past couple of months.


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TGIF: Top 10 Videos of Animals Dancing to Reggaeton

By Matt Preira Fri., Aug. 24 2012 at 11:40 AM
Categories: The Internet, Video
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If we have to spend another minute in this cubicle pushing papers and farming dust, we're gonna snap.

Thankfully, there are approximately six hours 'til we can GTFO of the office for a few days and pretend like we're never going back.

And as far as making the last stretch of our weekly death sentence fly by? Well, that's what videos of animals dancing to reggaeton are for.

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PureHoney Eleven and Five Shows Steve Rullman Won't Be Missing (Hint: Crocodiles and Best Coast Included)

By Liz Tracy Wed., Jun. 27 2012 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Local Music, The Internet
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The eleventh edition of PureHoney, the guide to all of South Florida's musical shows and more, has hit stores, cafes, and the internet year you. You can grab it Radio-Active Records, or just about any place that's actually cool, or, for the recluses, simply click here.

Each month, Steve Rullman puts together this fantastic resource, filled with local happenings, and creates an accompanying mixtape. Rullman says, "This issue is a bit unique in the sense that virtually all of the tracks on the free downloadable compilation have something to do with upcoming shows and are featured in the book." It's like a prep guide and soundtrack for your crazy South Florida nightlife. "Most of the bands this month are based in Florida. Usually we just select songs that we really, really, really like. This time around, however, some of the songs picked us based on the zine's content. The songs are great. And we learned about some bands we hadn't heard before."

We asked Rullman to tell us five shows he won't be missing out on listed in this edition. Click over to read what's not to miss in July and download the mix.

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Blonds in Rolling Stone -- a New York Duo?

By Liz Tracy Tue., Mar. 13 2012 at 12:57 PM
Categories: The Internet
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​Boca band Blonds is blowing up, But apparently, according to Rolling Stone, they're a New York duo. Their Facebook notes that they've now moved to the Big Apple, but lesbe honest: They're from Florida. 

In a recent County Grind article by Arielle Castillo, the band explained its fame. It got picked up by Stereogum as a "Band to Watch" because its name was curiously similar to the better-known group Blondes. Blonds consists of Jordy Asher of Young Circles and Cari Rae. They gained big national attention before even playing their first gig.  

The South Florida duo apparently covered Radiohead's "Talk Show Host," which originally appeared on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack. It's a little dreamier and much more feminine than the original. Listen to our local band gone big after the jump. 
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