Strands of lights decorated the exposed wood ceiling, a tapestry adorned the wall and different instruments cluttered the plywood floor. A whiteboard with elementary music fundamentals scrawled across it sat next to the keyboard. The scene seemed to entreat you […]
In a tight-knit, small-town community like that of Gainesville, the music scene always takes notice when venues come and go because it’s not often that they do. Gainesville lays claim to only a handful of local venues, each with a […]
This Saturday the 16th marks the last Over Easy event of the semester. The monthly event is returning to both stages at The Jam, featuring the highest-profile bill yet. With sunset and sunrise sets scheduled alongside live art installations, local […]
This Friday, the 15th, marks Student Government Production’s 3rd annual Swamp Records Showcase. Hosted by The Jam, the Showcase is featuring 16 eclectic, local bands, in addition to a pair of Floridian headliners: SALES and Magic City Hippies. Swamp Records […]
On the road between Atlanta and Miami, Gainesville is a prime one-night-stop for travelling bands that haven’t “hit the big time” yet. You’re not going to catch Beyonce at a massive amphitheater here, but you’ll still have a damn good […]
The Colorado-based producer and his pretty fantastic posse offered a night filled with tight space jazz, tasty horn lines and even some freestyle rapping by Michal himself. Fresh off of the stage at Red Rocks for Icelantic’s “Winter on the […]
The first artist on the Pretty Music Label, Michal Menert, will join with The Pretty Fantastics to deliver a 5-show Florida tour that begins in Gainesville at The Jam on February 2nd. Pretty Music? Pretty Fantastics? Yup, you thought right. This […]
After the Gators trounce Alabama in the SEC Championship on Saturday, you’ll probably be thinking of the best way to spend the evening celebrating. We’re here to tell you there’s a way to party, jam out AND do something good […]
On Saturday night, my plans were to go to a local show featuring a few bands that I had never heard of before. There was one band in particular whose name I only heard about through the exchanging conversations between […]
The Basics The beginning of the Groove Orient all started two years ago at a festival on the Rollins College campus. A few of the members hosted their own radio shows on WPRK 91.5FM and decided on a whim they […]
