Miami Style

March
8

Sweat’s 5-Year + Record Store Day 2010 = SWEATSTOCK!
posted by Lolo

Dear friends, it’s hard to believe but Sweat Records is about to turn FIVE FREAKIN’ YEARS OLD! On Saturday, March 12th, 2005 Sweat opened its doors for the first time to the cheers of music-loving Miamians and has kept the spirit alive ever since.

So mark your calendars for ***SWEATSTOCK*** ON SATURDAY, APRIL 17th!* We’re celebrating and giving back by throwing a FREE, ALL-AGES BLOCK PARTY with live music, food, friends and more, and we are excited as all get-out to finally announce that the headliner of this lil’ festival will be

NO AGE (Sub Pop Records)!!!!!!

They rock live and we know you’ll love them (and we’re sure they’ll love our vegan cupcakes). If you haven’t heard them, take a listen on myspace, read some reviews, or check our their blog.

Joining them on the main stage will be some of Miami’s best live acts including ANR, The Jacuzzi Boys, Otto Von Schirach and more TBA, with more Sweat elements in the mix with the Casa De Ha-Ha comedians, a Pure Imagination reading, aquatic projections by Morphologic Studios and beyond! We’ll be announcing more details as the event gets closer.

This third Saturday in April is also the 3rd annual international RECORD STORE DAY so we’ll have all the amazing releases available exclusively to independent record stores. We’ll be opening early at 10am that day for the RSD crowd. Learn more about the holiday and the insane limited edition releases coming out on their website.

I know we’ll say it again but thank you all so much for five incredible years. If you want to get involved or volunteer for Sweatstock, please send us an email!

*Fun fact: a few years ago we started celebrating in April to factor in the time we were closed post-hurricane and to avoid WMC and then-Langerado madness. Now you know.

Tags: Concert, Miami Style, News, Record Store Day, Sweat Event | 3 Comments

February
21

Rachel Goodrich Video Contest WINNER(S)
posted by Lolo

First off, sorry for the delay. The event itself Saturday night was a bit overwhelming as it was the single most packed event we’ve ever had at the store. It was also ridiculously hard to choose a winner so thank you all for giving us and Rachel a break.

Second, we’d like to thank each and every filmmaker who participated in this contest. We received 37 entries from all over the world and even better than getting all these great videos was that nearly every email we received told of how much fun was had making them. On to what you’ve been waiting for…

CONGRATS to polyethyleneguy, Lucas Leyva and frorojas1 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize, respectively! We (Rachel + Sweat) will be awarding cash to all three entries and are even pitching in extra because they were all great in their own ways and we think all were worthy of praise, YouTube hits, cash money and love.

Watch all three videos below, and thanks again. Stay tuned for more giveaways (FriendsWithYou art + Henry Rollins tickets this week!), contests and more from Sweat.

polyethyleneguy’s piñata:

LucasLeyva’s thugged-out version…. In much the same way that Rachel’s sound isn’t the kind of music you’d expect to come out of Miami, Lucas’ video was definitely NOT what you’d expect to see go along with her music, but it works to hilarious effect.

Fro Rojas’ adorable kid-filled romp with cameos from FriendsWithYou toys and Crayola crayons (nice):

Thanks again everyone!

Tags: Contest, Miami Style, News, Video | 14 Comments

November
10

Miami Book Fair International XXVI
posted by Lolo

Bookworms unite!

2009 will be the 26th year of the world-renowned Miami Book Fair International. Perhaps some of us take it for granted because it’s right in our backyard, but this is a really big deal! From now through Sunday the Downtown fair will be hosting a non-stop onslaught of authors, readings, workshops, expos and more, with the book-vendor-filled street fair running all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

There are some truly AWESOME authors and speakers this year – Al Gore, the Daily Show’s John Hodgman, Melvin Van Peebles, Jonathan Lethem and our personal favorite for obvious reasons, Iggy Pop and Robert Matheu talking about the newly released authorized biography of The Stooges!

The bigger events require tickets which are FREE, you just have to reserve them at the Miami Book Fair’s site. Check out the fair’s full line-up, there really is something for everyone.

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November
9

Borscht Film Festival Update
posted by Andrew

It’s official: the 2009 Borscht Film Festival has secured the Gusman Theatre for Saturday, November 28th and it’s going to be one helluva party. Borscht is a celebration of art, movies and all things 305. Every year, Borscht curates an irreverent collection of locally produced short films.

Best of all, it’s always free. This year, with help from the Miami World Cinema Center, Borscht has produced 5 films as part of the ‘CCCV Stories,’ each one focused on a specific neighborhood.

WLRN’s flagship show ArtStreet recently profiled the Borscht Film Festival and has agreed to pre-release the segment here for your edification.* Enjoy!

*Shameless self-promotion: I work for the Borscht Film Festival and I produced this segment for WLRN.)

Tags: Miami Style, Screenings | 4 Comments

November
5

Watch This: Morphologic on ArtStreet
posted by Lolo

Our good friends Colin Foord and Jared McKay of Morphologic Studios were recently profiled on WLRN’s ArtStreet!

Watch the video below, read this great interview with them on Artlurker, and bookmark Morphologic’s fascinating blog where they post gorgeous underwater photos, new species they’ve come across (!) and other fun science/art/music-related tidbits. You can also peep their Vimeo channel and follow them on Twitter.

Having one of their tanks at Sweat Records for the past two years has been a wonderful education for us in corals and marine life, and has made us wholeheartedly agree that Miami could use an excellent public aquarium space so that everyone has access to these graceful, misunderstood and endangered species.

We have no doubt that Morphologic are going to be a huge force in art and conservation down here for years to come.

Tags: Art, Miami Style, Video | 2 Comments

October
23

Beatriz Monteavaro Book Release!
posted by Lolo

This Saturday evening Sweat is super proud to present the book release event for Miami artist BEATRIZ MONTEAVARO’s new monograph “Quiet Village”!

According to the Miami Contemporary Artists book in which she is featured, her work is inspired by “British new wave music, science fiction, horror movies and Disney World.” Sounds good to us! You can see more for yourself here and here.

The new book, released on Gean Moreno’s non-profit [NAME] Publications, is full of her awesome drawings and comes with a soundtrack CD. The music on it is by Betty’s band BEINGS, who will be performing live at this event! Also performing will be another artist-led musical project – Clifton Childree’s Boise Bob and His Backyard Band! Seriously, click the link and listen…

Saturday’s event starts at 7.30pm and runs until around 9.30pm. Hope to see you there!

(Thanks to Beatriz for drawing the awesome flier!)

Tags: Art, In-Store, Miami Style, Sweat Event | 1 Comment

September
24

Say Sayonara To Summer Saturday
posted by Lolo

This Saturday at the American Legion off 64th St. and Biscayne, grab a couple friends and perhaps your swim trunks and head out to DEATH TO THE SUN, a totally FREE end-of-summer festival! There will be tons of awesome local music, DJs, fashion, tattoos, a slip ‘n’ slide, kiddie pools, art, visuals, circus performances and some of the cheapest drinks in town.

It starts at 1pm, runs ’til late and there is tons of free parking. Click the pic to RSVP on Facebook and support local goodness this Saturday!

Super huge props to Ricardo Guerrero (This Heart Electric, Psychic Youth Inc., Animals of the Arctic) for putting this all together!

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September
23

The Debut + Record Release of the Miami Bass Warriors!
posted by Jsin

An event of epic proportions can only be described thus:

“The year 2,000,000 B.C., the time: the future, the place: Miami. Armed with swords and glory the Miami Bass Warriors have crash landed to save us from danger. Otto Von Schirach, José el Rey, Debbie D (from Avenue D) and El Tigre, come together like bistec y papa fritas and satisfy your instinctual needs. From the Little Havana Anthem “Going Back to Calle Ocho” to the pop locking “Breakfire” they were born for Bass. Low. Loud. Lovely.”

Obviously you can not afford to miss the MIAMI BASS WARRIORS debut show Thursday Sept 24th which will also be the official release party for their new album. They’ll be joined by some of Miami’s finest; BASSIDE, DANCETASY + the TM SISTERS for this special occasion. Read the Miami Herald’s Top Music Story, and we’ll see you at (((SHAKE)))

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