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January
19

This Weekend’s Indie Flick Listings
posted by Lolo

Woody Allen, Drive and Golden Globe winners galore. See what’s playing this weekend at Miami’s independent movie theaters…

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January
19

The Vagabond Welcomes Amsterdam’s PALMBOMEN (Kitsune/Non Records)
posted by Jsin

Last FATV we saw Cuci from Afrobeta crowd surf across the dance floor and partied til the wee hours with our awesome new DJ lineup. This week, Fridays at The Vagabond is excited to bring you a DJ set from Amsterdam’s Kai Hugo aka PALMBOMEN, which means “palm trees” in Dutch. A perfect fit for Miami, he’s no stranger having played last WMC with his band. Take a listen above to a live mix from Madrid for the Red Bull Music Academy, and catch his set on the dancefloor this Friday!

Dance MIX by UchiWVUM DJ UCHI takes over the 10-12 bar room set. In that same span of time you can get in the club with no cover, and enjoy $1 PBR Tallboys or $5 Vodka/Cran’s! Between that, $3 Tallboys after 12, and the all-night $5 PB&J (PBR + Jager or Jack shot) special, we ran out of PBR last week and had to make an emergency run for more! True story. Filling out the night’s sounds we have NEVER YAWN, RUN SEVIM RUN, BONNIE BEATS, NITEBLOOM, RAY MILIAN & UVS. Join us at 30 NE 14th Street, DWNTWN MIA.

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January
18

Ukuleles + Rachel Goodrich Thursday!
posted by Lolo

Tomorrow night at Sweat is a very awesome and unique event: the inaugural Miami meeting of the Green Parrot Ukulele Association! Read all about in this New Times preview piece and come out to play, learn, and make friends with other ukulele aficionados.

Not only that, but Miami’s own RACHEL GOODRICH will be on hand, helping out and doing a little set on her uke. This event is free and open to everyone. Starts at 7pm, see you there!

Rachel will also be performing a full show the next night at Ricochet in Midtown! Beached Miami are putting the show on and you can click here for all the deets.

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January
18

This Just In: Box Sets & Big Bands
posted by Emile

This week we’ve got good things in small packages and bands that make big sounds. Also, a long list of new additions, new editions and restocks of essentials.

Velvet Underground – Singles 1966-69 7×7” Box Set:
“Features exact reproductions of Velvet Underground singles, two of them with their original picture sleeves. The singles are packaged in a distinctively designed box, along with rare vintage photos and new liner notes by Rolling Stone‘s David Fricke. The seven singles included in The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 comprise the four Velvets singles originally released in the U.S. on the Verve and MGM labels, plus an additional pair of singles that were prepared for release but never made it to the marketplace and a special radio-only promotional single. The singles feature alternate mono versions that differ in significant ways from the songs’ better-known stereo album versions. For instance, the band’s 1966 debut single ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ appears here in a special mono edit that amplifies the song’s melodic beauty and sonic tension, and a mono mix of their sophomore single “Sunday Morning” emphasizes the song’s haunting quality. Meanwhile, the mono single version of ‘White Light/White Heat’ exemplifies the vintage Velvets’ stark, distortion-laden fury, while a mono edit of ‘What Goes On’ accentuates that song’s inherent pop jangle. By presenting the Velvets as a singles band, The Velvet Underground Singles 1966–69 shows, in David Fricke’s words, ‘rock history the way it should have been: the Velvet Underground as the New York Beatles, guaranteed to blow up your radio and your mind.’” -Sundazed

Gorillaz – Singles Collection 2001-2011 8×7” Box Set:
10 years of Gorillaz singles in a limited edition 8×7″ box set with a double-sided fold out poster. All the 7”s are individually packed in picture cardboard sleeves with artwork from the original single release on each of the sides. Also includes non-album tracks + 2 remixes. Wait for it… A1. Clint Eastwood A2. Clint Eastwood (Ed Case & Sweetie Irie Refix); B1. 19-2000 B2. 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix); C1. Tomorrow Comes Today C2. Rock The House; D1. Feel Good Inc D2. DARE; E1. Dirty Harry E2. Kids With Guns; F1. El Manana F2. Stylo; G1. Superfast Jellyfish G2. On Melancholy Hill; H1. Rhinestone Eyes H2. Doncamatic.

Ancient Heat – Oh… You Bad 12″:
First vinyl release from Portland, OR future-disco 9-piece Ancient Heat. Their mission: keep it nasty, keep it deep and always satisfy. Whet your appetite (and dance party) with synths, horns, skip-beats and sexy vocals on this limited-edition, hand-screened EP. Side A : Oh…You Bad//Oh…You Bad (Hydroplane Remix), Side AA : Slap & Gallop//Oh…You Bad (Daddy Warbuxxx Crunkpocalypse Remix).

Also just in (take a deep breath)…
April March – Sometimes When I Stretch LP
Beach Boys – SMiLE Sessions 2 LP
Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two 2LP+7
Beth Orton – Trailer Park 180g LP
Birthday Party – Prayers On Fire 180g LP; Junkyard 180g LP; Hee-Haw 180g LP
Black Belles – Black Belles 180g LP
Black Keys – “The Moan” / “Have Love Will Travel” 7” (Teal Vinyl)
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Dandelion Gum (Deluxe Picture Disc)
Blowfly – Blowfly On TV LP
Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain LP
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Doc At The Radar Station LP; Ice Cream For Crow LP
Cocteau Twins – Garlands 180g LP; Treasure 180g LP
Cut Copy – “Need You Now” (Architecture In Helsinki Version) 7”
Daft Punk – Discovery 2LP
Das Racist – Relax LP
Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity 180g LP; Reveille 180g LP (Light Blue Vinyl)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Porcupine LP
Edith Piaf – La Vie En Rose LP
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots LP
Flat Duo Jets – Go Go Harlem Baby LP
Fu Manchu – Covers LP (fan-club issue)
GG Allin – Kill Them All 10”
Herbie Hancock – Blow-Up 180g LP
Iggy Pop – Success (Live) 7” EP; Iggy Pop & The Stooges – I’m Sick Of You 7” EP
John and Tom (John C. Reilly & Tom Brosseau) – Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar 7”
Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” / “Transmission” (Alternate Versions) 7”
Kool Keith – Sex Style 2 LP
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose 180g LP
Madlib – Shades Of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note 2LP
Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk 12”
Operation Ivy – Unity: The Complete Collection LP
Panda Bear – Tomboy 180g 4LP Box Set
Portishead – Dummy 180g LP; PNYC 2LP
Prince – “Controversy” (Peter Black Mix) 12”
Pulp – Different Class 180g LP
Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music LP
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik 2LP
Reggie Watts – Third Man Live 12-02-2010 LP
Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson Picture Disc
Spacemen 3 – Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To 2LP
Ted Leo – Third Man Live 05-10-2011 LP
Throbbing Gristle – Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits LP
Trans Am – Futureworld LP
Undertones – Undertones LP (White Vinyl)
Various – Mad Decent Vol. 1 2LP+CD
Various – 50 Years Of Bluegrass Hits Vol. 4 2LP
Various – Mississippi Blues 1927-1941 LP
Various Artists – Battle Of Rat Fink Hill LP
Various Artists – Rave On Buddy Holly 2LP
Velvet Underground & Nico – Velvet Underground & Nico LP
White Stripes – De Stijl 180g LP; Hello Operator 7”; Lord, Send Me An Angel 7”; The Big Three Killed My Baby 7”; White Stripes 180g LP

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January
18

Dubporn Records’ CHALK. Debuts New Album at The Vagabond
posted by Jsin

Last week brought ARK IX’s new EP, and this Monday the City of Bass strikes again with CHALK. releasing their DIRT EP on local soul bass label, Dubporn Records. Read all about it here, take a listen their tune “SoulWax” below, and purchase DIRT here when you’re done.

The Miami production duo celebrates their release Thursday, January 19th on The Vagabond patio alongside Dubporn head honcho GOODDROID. Inside, our (((SHAKE))) residents A-TRAIN and ROB RIGGS bring the party vibes all night. There’s no cover before midnight with rsvp to Shake305@gmail.com and Colt 45 Tallboys are only $1 from 10-11pm. Do your job.

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January
17

SEBADOH + DINOSAUR JR. Ticket Giveaways
posted by Lolo

Two of the most beloved indie rock bands of all time are actually coming to Miami. Grand Central (697 N Miami Ave) is hosting Sebadoh on Wednesday, January 18th and Dinosaur Jr. on Monday, January 23rd.

Sebadoh are playing with Miami’s own Jacuzzi Boys and PLAINS. Doors are at 8pm and the show is all ages. The link to buy tickets is here. Dinosaur Jr. are playing with the UK’s Yuck, and the show is also all ages. Full info here.

Post in the comments using a valid email address and specify which band you’d rather see. We’ll pick the winners at random tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3pm. Good luck!

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January
14

Miami Electronica Producer ARK IX Releases New “URRACA” EP
posted by Jsin

In 1962, James Van Allen discovered belts of radiation swimming in Earths magnetic field. That very same day, he signed up to test massive nuclear weapons on these belts. The tests created glowing and swirling auroras, but there was an accident. One bomb exploded on the ground, and the project was shut down. The final and most powerful weapon, Urraca, was never fired. This is the story of what might have happened, it’s the story of the end of the world.

“ARK IX is an epic sci-fi journey on a wave of intergalactic bass. By combining unique synths, instruments sampled from video game soundtracks, and big, slamming drums, ARK IX creates a sound that stands alone amidst Miami’s vast electronic music scene. His latest EP, Urraca, is a conceptual project based on Operation Fishbowl, a series of high altitude nuclear tests carried out by the U.S. government in 1962. “I’m trying to tell stories, on an individual level with songs, but also on a larger scale, across EPs and albums,” he says, citing influences such as The Mars Volta and Ratatat. Urraca’s title track is both ominous and upbeat, with a stirring melody, and a foreboding fog horn sample; It’s like dancing in the midst of a nuclear apocalypse.”

Visit ARK IX on Facebook, Twitter, and get his excellent new EP for only $3 on bandcamp!

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January
12

This Weekend: Lizzy, Afrobeta + Twin Shadow!
posted by Lolo

You just read about tonight’s GET LOW event (and release party for the new EP by Sweat pal ARK IX!), now check out the other goodness we’ve got going on in-store and around town this weekend:

Tonight at the shop we welcome back perpetually-touring indie pop artist LIZZY PITCH! Opening up is South Florida’s own SOPHIE SPUTNIK. Doors at 8pm, all ages welcome.

This Friday at The Vagabond we are extremely stoked to present a live performance by Miami electro-pop darlings AFROBETA! If you’ve yet to catch one of their high-energy shows, this is your chance. There’s no cover before 11pm AND you can enjoy our awesome new drink specials: $1 PBR Tallboys + $5 vodka cran until midnight, $3 PBR Tallboys after midnight, and $5 PB+J (PBR and a shot of Jack or Jager) ALL NIGHT! We hope to see you there.

Last but not least this Saturday brings a live performance by TWIN SHADOW at Bardot! We’ve been spinning and selling his album “Forget” at Sweat and we’re psyched he’s coming back to Miami. Pre-sale tickets are sold out but if you arrive early there will be a limited number of tickets available at the door. It’s also Gallery Walk night and there are more going-on on our Events page so whatever you do have fun and be safe.

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