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Tonight's show a mix of music styles
By DAVID LOW | Oct. 10, 2007Alaska, the last frontier.
The Avenue: Music
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Despite lack of crowd, out-of-towners put on good show
By DANNY DJELJOSEVIC | Oct. 10, 2007On Feb. 5, 2006, The Rolling Stones broke all sorts of attendance records playing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On, Oct. 5, the Lakeland band Joon played its first show in Gainesville, breaking a personal record in low attendance: eight people. If you count the bartender and the band members' girlfriends, the number rises to a staggering 11.
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Dashboard releases forgettable album
By ADRIAN RUHI | Oct. 3, 2007Dashboard Confessional - "The Shade of Poison Trees"
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Friday's show bids farewell to drummer
By LANE NIESET | Sep. 19, 2007When asked to describe what genre of music the band Binary Forest Faux Pas fits into, the members paused for a second before jokingly naming the genres "science rock" and "space rock."
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New Foo Fighters shows range of styles
By ADRIAN RUHI | Sep. 19, 2007Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
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Kanye album top of its class
By ADRIAN RUHI | Sep. 5, 2007With record sales way down and a general lack of memorable rap releases so far this year (sans U.G.K., Common and Talib Kweli), Kanye West hopes to make it his year with his third album, "Graduation," set for release Tuesday.
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MoeFest 2007 offers five days of local music
By TRACI ROSENTHAL | Aug. 29, 2007After a week of buying expensive books, locating impossible-to-find classrooms and scribbling down copious notes on UF's honor code, it's time to have some fun.
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Return to rock
By TRACI ROSENTHAL | Aug. 22, 2007Every year, the first week of school means new books, foreboding projects and a stressful syllabus. But at the beginning of this semester you can add "free concert" to your otherwise dreary agenda, thanks to a collaboration of the Reitz Union Band Committee and Gator Nights.
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Musical canned meat superstars pay Gainesville a visit
By VILMA JARVINEN | Aug. 22, 2007Even with a nomination for a Latin Grammy, an appearance on MTV2 and extensive touring worldwide (including to the prestigious Roskilde Festival in Denmark), Miami's electronic/Latin darlings Spam Allstars still enjoy appearing in Gainesville regularly.
