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In a city that’s best known for jorts, it’s hard to believe that five days of the calendar year are filled with flashing lights, high heels and hot fashion — with minimal denim in sight.
Gator Salsa Club president Kelley Naus, 21, practices a new salsa routine with professional dancer, Omar Clinton, 33, on Saturday afternoon. Gator Salsa Club hosted lessons all day, culminating with a Saturday night with DJ Rob Fernandez from Orlando.
This Saturday, Silent Disco Tour will be hosting another Silent Disco event here in Gainesville. For those of you who familiar with their events, you are probably just as excited for this as I am. To top it off, Silent Disco Tour will be partnering up with UF Dance Marathon.
Energy is high, lights are flashing, the music is loud, and the beats are fast. This is just an average weeknight for The Girl Downtown, who is making her way behind the turntables at all of Gainesville’s hottest clubs.
British musical pop duo The Ting Tings return four years after the release of their debut album “We Started Nothing” with a self-produced, power-pop sophomore album called “Sounds from Nowheresville,” reminding us how the group revolutionized the way America hears pop music now.
We all remember the ’90s for its unforgettable pop music. However, what stands out even more is the amount of one-hit wonders that spewed from recording studios during this time.
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On Saturday, the green beer will flow, the Celtic music will blare and whiskey will fill the mouths of the Irish-for-a-day.
Folk music became a generation’s voice of reason during one of the most politically charged eras in American history. Though the genre has since lost its place in today’s mainstream music, it remains a staple among activist communities.
Best known for his energy-filled remixes and performances, Laidback Luke will perform at the Vault Nightclub on March 27, showcasing his new Speak Up North American bus tour, featuring Wynter Gordon.
For everyone who has been taking advantage of the music events in Florida this month: congratulations, you are only about halfway through the most adventurous month of the year. Just this past weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend Aura Music Festival in the beautiful landscapes of Forever Florida down in the St. Cloud area. After only three years, this one-of-a-kind music and arts festival has a wide variety of goods to offer attendees.
A new nightclub in Midtown will open its doors for the first time tonight.
Club XS will close its doors for the last time Thursday, but the spot will reopen after the break under a new name.
Well, it’s that time of year again: March is upon us! What’s so special about March? March Madness, of course. But I am not talking about NCAA March Madness, because that would be sports, and this is the Sound Drip. Coincidentally, music has its own March madness, if you would call it that, and it nests itself right in the heart of modern music culture: electronic music!
Business freshman Juan Lopez, 18, and sports management senior Joey Bellando, 22, DJ on Turlington Plaza on Friday afternoon. The two, dressed in suits with Clone Trooper masks, were promoting Lazerdisk Party Sex, an electronic music collaboration between DJs Pres and ZJ, for an upcoming show at the Vault Night Club on Feb. 28.
I think it's safe to say that electronic dance music, better known to some as "EDM," has become the dominant drive in modern music culture for the time being. If you find yourself at odds with that thought, just take a look at this year's Grammy nominees.
You may have missed it, but not too long ago Men's Health magazine released the results of a semi-scientific study that ranked America's saddest cities based on statistics such as suicide rates, unemployment rates and the rates of households using antidepressants.
Living in Florida can have its benefits when it comes to seasonal weather patterns. Although we're technically still in winter, temperatures have been rising well into the 70s and 80s lately.
Unless you slept through last week, you've probably heard a lot of talk about digital piracy. The shutdown of Megaupload and the reaction by Anonymous, as well as the collective reaction to SOPA and PIPA, mark a distinct moment in American music. Let's face it, just about all of us have listened to a song on YouTube — an activity SOPA would have liked to eliminate — and probably almost as many have downloaded copyrighted material illegally — use whatever vague, shade-of-grey language you wish to color it. In spite of the constant backlash against the recording industry for promoting such draconian legislation, it doesn't come without a reasonable motive: According to the RIAA, "only 37 percent of music acquired by U.S. consumers in 2009 was paid for."
At the corner of University Avenue and NW 13th Street, inside the Holiday Inn, on a lime green chair in the lobby, sits Kim Layton, class of ’85. Kim is a former military brat, moved around a lot as a kid, came to UF in part because no one knew her. She stayed in town 13 years.
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