The Avenue | Music
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.
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.
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.
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.