Nerd-core hip hop movement combines nerds and rap
By BRITTANY DAVIS | Aug. 4, 2010If Eminem and Luke Skywalker got into a shouting match over a rap beat, and they referenced Halo, Harry Potter and hard drives, the result might sound like nerdcore.
If Eminem and Luke Skywalker got into a shouting match over a rap beat, and they referenced Halo, Harry Potter and hard drives, the result might sound like nerdcore.
He steps up to the microphone – eyes shut, sweat streaming down his face and guitar — as the raspy sound of his voice cuts through the twangy, bluegrass sound of his band.
Florida may be burning up, but Greenland is melting.
Some of us had to look in through the wide window from Northwest Second Street. Most of us were covered in sweat and cheap beer. We were all singing along.
The Vans Warped Tour is the largest traveling punk rock festival in America. Founded by Kevin Lyman in 1994, Warped Tour has grown massively and now features bands from a variety of genres playing all across America.
Famed West coast rock band Rooney is coming to Gainesville.
Music echoed out of the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Friday, bouncing off the courthouse walls and sending a booming bass line through downtown Gainesville.
The Supervillains, an Orlando-based ska and reggae band that's been around since 1998, will be playing at Common Grounds with local opening acts Cardboard Paradise, Half Track and rapper DP on Thursday. The four members of the Supervillains packed the house on its last visit to Common Grounds and are predicted to do it all over again tonight.
Greenland is Melting : Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue : Bluegrass/Punk : Released 9/17/09
Since Band of Horses came out with its first two releases — Everything All the Time and Cease to Begin — they have become an indie/rock staple.
While a penchant for minimalism and convenient digital technology drives the majority of music sales (or lack thereof), a growing number of music fans are returning to a bulkier but more interactive format - the vinyl record.
Electric hums echoed down gravel paths, through trees and over creeks as a crowd meandered its way through the woods of southwest Gainesville on a steamy Saturday afternoon.
Finally, festival season is here. And the Avenue has searched high and low to bring you music options both near and far.
There were no maracas in Paxico via Mexico’s set on Saturday. None of the band members were wearing sombreros.
The Avenue caught up with Derek Sanders, vocalist and keyboardist for the the emo-alt band Mayday Parade as it passed through the South on tour featuring its first major-label release, "Anywhere But Here."
This, and other tasty gems of wisdom were freely passed out at the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association’s first annual music panel April 7 in the Reitz Union.
Drum roll, please. Trinidad & Tobago Sweet Tassa is coming to Gainesville.
I have a confession to make. It’s not one that I’m ashamed of, and it’s not an April Fools’ joke.
What do you get when you throw 90 bands on six different venues in Gainesville? You get Total Bummer, Gainesville’s biggest do-it-yourself music festival.
UF will be taken over by bluey-hip-hop and funky-punk-reggae beats on Saturday.