If you give Passion Pit’s, second album “Gossamer” a listen, you’ll barely scratch the surface into understanding the Boston-based electro-synth pop group’s lead vocalist Michael Angelakos.
Offenther, originally from Coral Springs Fla., graduated from UF in 2007 with a degree in philosophy. He says the city of Gainesville saved him. Offenther dove into Gainesville life in every way through involvement on campus and in Gainesville’s cultural community, something he never felt he could do in his hometown. His first DJ gig was at the now-closed bar Tim and Terry’s Music & More, where he played the type of retro music that he wanted to dance to. “I wasn’t very good but it was unpretentious and fun,” he said.
Nonprofit record store and music venue Wayward Council is closing its doors after 14 years.
The show is June 13 at Double Down Live, which is located at 210 SW Second Ave.
For some, it’s a simple click of a button. You hover the arrow over “buy,” click and music is immediately downloaded to your computer and transferred to your iPod where you can hear it instantaneously.
Vishal Agarwala was tired of bands he loved not touring in Gainesville, so he started his own company to bring his favorite artists here.
One of the oldest and arguably best freebies in Gainesville, Free Fridays, has begun to host its summer-long concert series.
On April 21, local Gainesville record stores Hear Again Music and Movies!, Wayward Council and toneVendor will participate in the fifth annual Record Store Day, a celebration of independent music retailers across the nation.
Leave anything on stage, and the guys of Enter Shikari will climb it.
The Brits have a lot to look forward this year — the Olympics starts off in London in July and a month before, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be celebrated, commemorating her 60 year reign of promoting British culture.
Ever since New Kids on the Block (NKOTB, if ya nasty) crooned their way onto the popular music scene in the 1990s, the musical staple known as the “boy band” has evolved into a larger-than-life cultural phenomenon that has transfixed tweens for several generations.
Ariana Grande, who’s known as the burgundy-haired Cat Valentine on the TV show “Victorious,” documents her life every day.
An eclectic mix with a nostalgic sound is what South Africa natives Civil Twilight offer in its new album, “Holy Weather.”
Breathe Carolina will co-headline a show with The Ready Set in downtown Gainesville tonight.
On Saturday, the Atlanta punk band, best known for its druggy, unfiltered lyrics and wild stage antics, lived up to its reputation during a sold-out set at The Back Yard in downtown Gainesville.
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.
After several solo projects, a Video Music Award and collaborations with music’s biggest stars, Odd Future has brought its talents together to release “The OF Tape Vol. 2.”
When she’s not in class or going to the gym, The Girl Downtown, Amanda Mesa, 18, is interviewing and photographing DJs and producers to get their personal stories that she documents on her blog, The DJ Diaries.
Available as of March 20, “Port of Morrow” was five years in the making since The Shins’ last album, “Wincing the Night Away,” was released in 2007.
Pop-rock ensemble The Fray shows just as much heart as it does vulnerability on "Scars and Stories," the band's third album after a three-year-long recording hiatus.
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