January
6
posted by Jsin
Join us at The Vagabond Friday night for a live performance by Ft. Lauderdale band SWEET BRONCO. You’ll love their electro-organic soul-pop rock syle reminiscent of Band of Horses and Wilco. DJs Mike Deuce, Ray Milian, Lolo, Danny Ashe, UVS + Alex Caso give you 3 rooms of sound to keep the part rockin til 5 in the morning.
On a sadder note, we’re losing a good friend this night. Danny Ashe has been a staple in the South Florida scene; repping good music with Lunabelle, Marqui Adora, Off the Radar, The Vagabond, etc. etc. Every Friday at The Vagabond in the bar room from 12 to 3, you’ve danced to his tunes, or turned to your friend with an, “I love this song!” This is his last night with us, as he travels to Spain to pursue his culinary dreams. We’re all going to miss the guy, so come out and have a goodbye shot with him this Friday!
Arrive before 11 for free entry and $2 PBR or $5 Russian Standard Vodka drinks until Midnight! Come as you are.
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January
5
posted by Lolo
The good people at Roofless Records have been throwing shows all over Miami lately and this Wednesday they’re back at Sweat with three bands for three dollars. Come out for Miami’s own Melted Sunglasses and hahahelp! with touring guests synth-punk trio Thunderhole from Massachusetts! More about them after the jump, RSVP here and see you Wednesday night.
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January
4
posted by Lolo
It’s the first week of January and we’re already right on track with some great in-store events coming up!
This Tuesday, come to Sweat for live performances by ANIMAL TROPICAL + JOHN HANCOCK of ANR!
Animal Tropical are formerly the Down Home Southernaires and formerly Pygmy before that. These sharply dressed and talented gentlemen’s most recent EP “Doom Years” is a store favorite and in our opinion one of the best releases this year, local or otherwise. Read more below… We’ve got the disc at Sweat for a fiver, but the band were generous enough to offer it for FREE through the Sweat site this week! Click the link to download the excellent 6-track EP in high quality MP3s:
Download: Animal Tropical “Doom Years” EP
John Hancock is the voice, the guitar, sometimes the drums and the songwriting core of ANR. His ever-expending solo material runs the gamut from experimental world pop beats to fuzzy American punk rock to soulful Prince-worthy ballads. We don’t know precisely what he’ll play Tuesday, but we know it’ll be good.
No cover, starts at 8.30pm at Sweat – see you there!
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December
18
posted by Lolo
This Saturday night we don’t really need to elaborate much, we just need to tell you to get your behinds down to The Vagabond because two of Miami’s best acts are playing live – RACHEL GOODRICH + AWESOME NEW REPUBLIC! Both of them have toured extensively this year so come out for a sure-to-be-all-out-amazing local holiday show.
Not only that but guest DJ Lauren Flax from NYC will be guest-starring on the decks after the bands. In addition to producing her own tunes, she’s remixed Men, Telepathe, and more and has been Fischerspooner’s touring DJ!
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December
17
posted by Lolo
By now you’ve all heard about the fact that we’ve got West Palm Beach’s SURFER BLOOD at Fridays at The Vagabond tomorrow, that they’ve been featured in the New York Times, by Rolling Stone, a recent lead story for the Broward New Times, and that scrooge-y old Pitchfork made their single “Swim” number 37 on their list of the top tracks of the year.
What you haven’t heard, is that Sweat and The Vagabond have teamed up with IronForge Press to make a sick silk-screened limited edition poster for the show!
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December
17
posted by Lolo
As part of our ongoing film series co-presented by the Ai Miami International University of Art & Design, we present a very special rare screening of Allen Baron’s New York City noir, BLAST OF SILENCE! This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in Manhattan during Christmastime follows its stripped-down narrative with mechanical precision, yet also with an eye and ear for the oddball details of urban living and imposing beauty of the city.
Read more about it here at the New Times and come out tonight at 8pm – free as always!
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December
12
posted by Lolo
This Movie Monday, Sweat is proud to present the Miami debut screening of the ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES documentary! Since 1999 the UK-based ATP Festival has had amazing curators like Tortoise, The Mars Volta, Portishead, Mogwai, Sonic Youth, Matt Groening, Autechre and many more, assembling bands and fans together at the British seaside for weekends of musical enjoyment in a sponsor-free, intimate environment.
From Wiki: The film features music and performance from Belle And Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth, Battles, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, Grinderman, Lightning Bolt, David Cross, Animal Collective, The Boredoms, Les Savy Fav, Mogwai, Octopus Project, Slint, The Dirty Three, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Gossip, GZA, Roscoe Mitchell, Seasick Steve, Iggy and the Stooges, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Fuck Buttons, Micah P Hinson, Two Gallants, Mars Volta, Akron/Family, Jah Shaka, Saul Williams, Shellac, Patti Smith and John Cooper Clark.
If the above band list and the free admission doesn’t sway you, we don’t know what will! Seating starts at 8pm Monday, film rolls at 8.30. See you then!
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December
11
posted by Lolo
Prepare thyselves! Panic Bomber‘s new album is coming out and there’s going to be an insane show this Saturday night to celebrate the release. He’s performing live with all the bells and whistles at the White Room – horn section, special effects, perhaps a few new covers planned… – along with DJ sets by Damaged Goods, Troy Kurtz and Juan Basshead. All denizens of the dancefloor will be thoroughly satisfied.
Panic Bomber’s new full-length “Getting On My Mind” drops next Tuesday but Sweat’s got the CD available right here right now for you to obtain! It’s $7, less than the cost of a drink at most clubs, but you’ll get 12 tracks (eight originals and four different remixes) that you can listen to on repeat to your heart’s content. In other words, it’s a great deal for a really damn good CD.
(PB’s female alter-ego, she’s fierce.)
Also, leave a comment below for your chance win one of two Panic Bomber Prize Packs! Each pack includes a free copy of the new album, admission for two to the event on Saturday, and holographic PB stickers! All other commenters will be added to Sweat’s $5 reduced list so make sure to leave your full names.
This giveaway is for one of the “12 Days of Panic Bomber” that Mr. Bomber is going through on his site so make sure to check in to win stuff, download free remixes and more.
RSVP on Facebook if you like, flier after the jump! See you Saturday.
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