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As vinyls make a comeback, Gainesville locals notice the popularity
By Samantha Blend | Jan. 15, 2014Vinyl might be too mainstream.
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First Coastline Festival brings big names, good vibes to Florida
By Jensen Werley | Nov. 13, 2013Indie rockers came out in droves for Florida’s first Coastline Festival — featuring bands like Matt and Kim, Two Door Cinema Club and Passion Pit.
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Passafire celebrates mainstream success with new album
By RJ Schaffer | Nov. 13, 2013With an upcoming album, a full headlining tour with reggae group Ballyhoo! and a new record deal, it’s possible Passafire is having its most successful year yet.
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Motion City Soundtrack draws nostalgic crowd
By Chloe Finch | Nov. 13, 2013Last week, Minneapolis-based band Motion City Soundtrack — whose songs you set to autoplay on your MySpace pages, whose lyrics you scrawled on your arms during that boring ninth-grade history class and whose very name stirs up memories of checkerboard Vans and middle school dances — played at High Dive with Relient K and Driver Friendly.
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Fest leaves volunteer with new friends and lasting memories
By Emily Cardinali | Nov. 6, 2013You never notice the way the crowd synchronizes at a concert when you’re in it: the flux and flow of the bodies like blood to the pulse of the music, the crowd surfers skimming over the mass.
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Electric Daisy Carnival returning to Orlando for the third year in a row
By Alejandro Saenz | Oct. 31, 2013Multiple stages, carnival rides and state-of-the-art production will be taking over Orlando’s Tinker Field Nov. 8 and 9. For the third year in a row, Electric Daisy Carnival is returning to Florida.
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Fest grows with more bands, attendees and volunteers
By Emily Cardinali | Oct. 30, 2013Fest, an annual punk music festival, has gotten so big that this year it officially started with a Pre-Fest in Ybor City on Tuesday.
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Hometown boys Surfer Blood return to roots with Coastline
By Marjorie Nunez | Oct. 30, 2013Interview with bass guitarist Kevin Williams:
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Matt & Kim talks weather, Swampfest and getting wild
By Colleen Wright | Oct. 30, 2013Interview with Matt from Matt & Kim:
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Where we belong: Passion Pit closing 2013 with Coastline Festival stops
By Chloe Finch | Oct. 30, 2013As Passion Pit wraps up its 2013 touring stops, the Avenue spoke with keyboardist and guitar player Ian Hultquist before the band’s trip to South Florida as Coastline’s headline act.
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Odell plays up emotional, heart broken rocker status to award-winning success
By Lauren Adamson | Oct. 23, 2013Tom Odell is a 22-year-old up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Britain who fits the stereotype of the pained, sensitive, broken-hearted male whose emotions are so heavy they can only be processed alone, hunched over his instrument.
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With "Rap God" and new album, real Slim Shady stands back up
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Oct. 23, 2013Guess who’s back, back again?
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Down-to-earth Snowmine musicians talk beginnings, pancakes after first Florida show
By Marjorie Nunez | Oct. 16, 2013I sat down with up-and-coming, Brooklyn-based group Snowmine after its first show in Florida on Tuesday night in Tallahassee.
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Review: Panic! At The Disco's 'Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!' balances mix of styles, cohesiveness
By Alyssa Holcomb | Oct. 9, 2013Alt-rock ensemble Panic! at the Disco hasn’t released an album for two years (since 2011’s “Vices & Virtues”) but its signature sound has yet to fade. “Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!” is classic Panic! — melodic, slightly biting and bursting with energy. Front man Brendon Urie is as honest as ever with his lyrics, and the overall record (while maintaining a more pop-friendly edge) is on par with the band’s shiny, theatrics-ridden discography.
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Review: ‘The 20/20 Experience — 2 of 2’ dark and sweet
By Alyssa Holcomb | Oct. 2, 2013Following suit (and tie — I couldn’t resist) with this year’s earlier release, Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience — 2 of 2” is just that — a split-sided LP that’s half dark, pulsating club beats and half smooth, sweet tracks. But words don’t really do the duality justice — only a thorough listen will truly give you the full “experience.”
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‘What Does the Fox Say?’ animal sounds video goes viral
By Isha Choksi | Oct. 2, 2013When Stephanie Hardy first watched “The Fox,” she wasn’t expecting to see costumed adults dancing and making animal sounds in dark woods.
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Review: HAIM's first album brings catchy beats to classic themes
By Alexa Volland | Oct. 2, 2013If Joni Mitchell had a synthesizer, she could easily be the fourth sister of HAIM.
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Mumford & Sons finishes tour, announces hiatus
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 2, 2013The jolly banjo-strumming gentlemen who graced Florida with a festival in September are taking a break from music.
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M.I.A.’s middle finger to the NFL is back in spotlight
By Valeria Yulee | Sep. 25, 2013Andrew Baldizon didn’t catch M.I.A.’s middle-finger gesture during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2012, but he heard about it and didn’t think much of it.
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Independent radio station Grow Radio gives its DJs freedom
By Emily Cardinali | Sep. 25, 2013Volunteer disc jockey Ricky Marrero perched on a bar stool in front of a microphone. Ice-cold air conditioning blasted into a closet-sized room packed with music equipment and vinyl records.
