Like a lot of the previously featured towns in the Area Codes series, Gainesville, FL has a rich history as a music scene, going back to the '70s when some guy named Tom Petty ran ramshod in town. In the '90s, No Idea Records, and its associated bands, became a major magnet for Florida's youth culture, with acts like Against Me!, Hot Water Music, Jawbreaker and others in wrapped up in No Idea's fold. While hints of that punk spirit can still be detected in the modern music that Gainesville is putting out - pop-tinged punk and hardcore [...]

Image edited by Ben Kramer We at Rollo & Grady are excited to announce our 3rd annual feature in which we ask some of our favorite artists to list their top 10 albums of 2011. Be on the lookout tomorrow for our "Top 10 List" featuring selections from music bloggers, music supervisors, journalists, DJs, and other music industry professionals. JOHN DWYER - THEE OH SEES total control - henge [...]
SAADI is anything but ordinary. Her sound is original and eclectic, and so is her personality. Listen to the talented musician chat with Travis Harrison in his studio.To stream Travis's full one-hour podcast with SAADI, click here: http://www.breakthruradio.com/ post/?dj=seriousmusic&post=311 &blog=94&...A "transcendental" artist, SAADI's music is eclectic, drawing on the influence of 80's pop
Levek — Dream Entry No. 1 Live in studio for BreakThru Radio
After seeing Levek 's two recent shows in New York, Nathaniel and I pretty much agreed: one day we're gonna see this band on Letterman. Taking what was once a solo act and adding six people is hard enough on the creative process, not to mention the live setting, but as you'll see (after the jump) they gel just about as well as anyone:
Hey there, it's me again. I've decided that instead of using this as a sort of bonus feature, it's going to become the main event. Because, let's be real here, this always features 4 or 5 songs, and that should be more than enough to keep you occupied until tomorrow. Plus, I'm going on vacation next week and need to stockpile posts, so it's a totally selfish move too. But whatever, I'm sure nobody cares, because you're still getting tons of musical goodness from these fingers to your ears every single day, so deal wit it. [...]

I guess I'm kinda new to this bandwagon de Levek. A Gainesville school bus driver by day, a spaced-out soul-man by night. He's got a couple releases out. Hit the "share" button and visit his bandcamp page for free downloads. Perfect music for this almost Spring weather. Levek by Levek

MFPP's favorite, Levek , recently stopped in to BreakThru Radio 's studio to record a live performance of some of tracks, and sit down for an interview. A few months ago, we instantly fell in love with Levek after hearing the calming, soulful sounds of "Look on the Bright Side", which we highly suggest you pick up on 7" from Father/Daughter Records . 00:00 Levek 01:19 Chief 09:34 Interview 15:42 Look On the Bright Side 19:12 Dream Entry 23:23 Interview 26:08 Muhammad Ali 27:50 Loon and [...]

It's time to listen to a bunch of the tracks I have not had a chance to post. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble ) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your [...]

Gainesville, FL "Look On The Bright Side" Levek on MySpace Levek on The Hype Machine
Mar 8, 2011, 4:09am
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Thank you guys for listening. Thanks to Drew and the Truman Peyote crew for coming out. I love you guys! See you next Sunday from 6-8 PM PST! John Maus - Quantum Leap Levek - Second Second Computer Music - Found Out Lab Coast - really realize Golden Girls - Linger Colin Stetson - The Stars In His Head (Dark Lights Remix) Paper Route Gangstaz - 28 Grams La Orange - Born [...]

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Levek - Look on the Bright Side (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Levek - Second Second (MP3) By day, Florida native David Levesque drives a school bus. In the off-hours, he records catchy tunes as Levek . You can check out two songs at the top of this post. Now a six-piece band, Levek is on a short tour that hits town this weekend, [...]

The January 2011 mix is dedicated to the ridiculously awesome Laser Kittens mural that once graced Divisadero Street in San Francisco. That mural was the game. So with any luck this mix will sound somewhat as awesome as the picture above looks with lots of laser-like sounds, pouncing kittens, and a dash of urban grittiness. [...]

Florida's Levek may have been first blogged in 2009 last year, made some blogs best of 2010 lists, and possibly even have been active since 2008 (judging from MySpace dates), but that doesn't mean I can't share his stuff now, right? It's seriously good, so it'd seem a shame not to. The work of David Levesque, apparently a former school bus driver if you believe the words that anybody who has ever written about him has mentioned, Levek is self-described as "Mickey Mouse tribal sounds". As sarcastic as that may sound, much of the music isn't [...]
Dec 22, 2010, 12:41am
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(photo: ralph giunta) after three years at wprk, i celebrated my very last zoo sesh today. while brainstorming my favorite jams of 2010, too many fl frnds came to mind. therefore, i felt it would be appropriate to dedicate today's show to the amazing talent i've been surrounded by (and reminiscent of weekly two hour local shows during my earliest wprk days). you can download today's playlist / hear yr new favorite band right here ! and yes, everyone played today is from florida. if i ran the [...]
Dec 22, 2010, 12:41am
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(photo: ralph giunta) after three years at wprk, i celebrated my very last zoo sesh today. while brainstorming my favorite jams of 2010, too many fl frnds came to mind. therefore, i felt it would be appropriate to dedicate today's show to the amazing talent i've been surrounded by (and reminiscent of weekly two hour local shows during my earliest wprk days). you can download today's playlist / hear yr new favorite band right here ! and yes, everyone played today is from florida. if i ran the [...]

Reblog: headunderwater : Levek - Look on the Bright Side (33 1/2 RPM version) So My Saturday night consisted of recording songs from my turntable that should be played at 45 rpm and slowing them down to 33 1/2 rpm. I know , it was a crazy Saturday night. I keeps it realz. I got the inspiration to post my results from Jacob aka boyafraid on tumblr and founder of Collective Crowd Records , where he slowed down Wild Nothing's "Golden Haze" . Highly suggest giving that a listen as [...]

As you are aware, there is a non-negotiable clause in every music-blogger's blogging contract that requires us to prepare our yearly "Best of" lists around this time of year. Nonetheless, there is no requirement that we create three separate year-end lists, and yet that is exactly what I plan to do. Call me an "over-achiever" [...]