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Singer and songwriter Justin Pierre performs with the rest of his band, Motion City Soundtrack, at High Dive on Nov. 6. Relient K and Driver Friendly also played at the show.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Motion City Soundtrack draws nostalgic crowd

By Chloe Finch | Nov. 13, 2013

Last 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.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

LivFit: Small Goals Yield Big Gains

By Olivia Langdon | Nov. 6, 2013

About Danielle (nationally qualified bikini competitor)

THE AVENUE | FOOD

McDonald’s joins pumpkin spice bandwagon

By Courtney Nachlas | Nov. 6, 2013

This fall season, McDonald’s debuted its McCafé pumpkin spice latte, but some UF students do not appear to be “lovin’ it.”

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Mo ’staches, mo money: Movember

By Marjorie Nunez | Nov. 6, 2013

The first time the Grooming Standard participated in Movember, 447,808 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas were registered to grow mustaches and support mustache growth.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Fest leaves volunteer with new friends and lasting memories

By Emily Cardinali | Nov. 6, 2013

You 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.

4 Rivers Smokehouse’s Sweet Shop debuted its fall desserts, which include the pumpkin creme bombe, a pumpkin cake filled with vanilla bean mousse and frosting topped with toasted pecans and caramel. Also available are products like the pumpkin bayou bar and pumpkin whoopie pie.

THE AVENUE | FOOD

Pumpkin goodness abounds at 4 Rivers Sweet Shop

By Katherine Kallergis | Nov. 6, 2013

All pumpkin everything.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Electric Daisy Carnival returning to Orlando for the third year in a row

By Alejandro Saenz | Oct. 31, 2013

Multiple 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.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

LivFit: Stay Lean this Halloween

By Olivia Langdon | Oct. 30, 2013

Halloween: n. the holiday excuse to dress up as a slutty schoolgirl, consume countless grams of sugar in candy and — since it’s a college town — drink until you actually believe you are the character of your costume.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Don’t worry, Halloween stragglers — we’ve got you

By Angela Skane | Oct. 30, 2013

It’s Halloween day, and you still don’t have a costume. Your sources are limited, and you’ve lost all hope. Fear not. These last minute creative ideas are sure to allude to the fact you totally did not plan your costume.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Instagram does good job fitting ads into personal feeds

By Lauren Adamson | Oct. 30, 2013

Don’t be surprised if you haven’t noticed the new ads on Instagram. The company is being very cautious about how they introduce them to the public.

Adam Devine’s new Comedy Central series, “Adam Devine’s House Party,” airs Thursday at 12:30 a.m. He hosts a stand-up showcase.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

‘Workaholic’ no more: Watch ‘Adam Devine’s House Party’

By Chloe Finch | Oct. 30, 2013

“Workaholics” and “Pitch Perfect” star Adam Devine said comedy has always come naturally.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Fest grows with more bands, attendees and volunteers

By Emily Cardinali | Oct. 30, 2013

Fest, an annual punk music festival, has gotten so big that this year it officially started with a Pre-Fest in Ybor City on Tuesday.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Hometown boys Surfer Blood return to roots with Coastline

By Marjorie Nunez | Oct. 30, 2013

Interview with bass guitarist Kevin Williams:

Dance punk duo Matt and Kim will be performing at DeLuna Fest on Friday.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Matt & Kim talks weather, Swampfest and getting wild

By Colleen Wright | Oct. 30, 2013

Interview with Matt from Matt & Kim:

Passion Pit will be performing at Coastline Festival in Tampa on Nov. 9 and in West Palm Beach on Nov. 10. The band performed at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville last Fall.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Where we belong: Passion Pit closing 2013 with Coastline Festival stops

By Chloe Finch | Oct. 30, 2013

As 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.

THE AVENUE | FASHION

Try scarily cheap makeup tips

By Niko Pifferetti | Oct. 23, 2013

Regina George of “Mean Girls” loves Halloween, and so do makeup artists — but for a decidedly classier reason.

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Last-minute costumes have lasting impact

By Angela Skane | Oct. 23, 2013

Your time until Halloween is dwindling. All those elaborate costumes you dreamt up in class are now seeming less and less possible. There are still a few simple costumes you can pull together to avoid recycling last year’s ensemble.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

Odell plays up emotional, heart broken rocker status to award-winning success

By Lauren Adamson | Oct. 23, 2013

Tom 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.

THE AVENUE | MUSIC

With "Rap God" and new album, real Slim Shady stands back up

By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Oct. 23, 2013

Guess who’s back, back again?

THE AVENUE | LIFESTYLE

Not the Koalas! Koala bears hurt by climate change

By Courtney Nachlas | Oct. 23, 2013

Koalas are an iconic part of Australian culture, but a new study reveals that the country’s lack of koala protection may result in a dramatic loss of the population.