Some of the world’s biggest names in electronic dance music (Bassnectar, Skream, 12th Planet, Datsik) are on Miami’s own BASSHEAD MUSIC label. What started out as a production company 13 years ago has grown to be so much more, and the City of Bass wouldn’t be what it is without them. They’ll be celebrating that …
Sunday evening Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth will be reading his poetry live at O, Miami’s closing event at New World Center, along with inaugural poet Richard Blanco, Parks & Rec writer Megan Amram, with screenings of new original poetry films from Borscht Corp. It is going to be awesome. Also awesome: Sunday at 2pm, …
Whew. Took us a few days to recover but holy awesome, this year’s Sweatstock was definitely the best one yet! Rain? We don’t care about no stinkin’ rain. Some of us danced in it, some of us went inside for a little, the show went on! Everything else about the day rocked: satisfied RSD customers …
The Autonomous Playhouse is a 2 year old collective effort developed in South Florida by Food Not Bombs activists. Here’s a CNN article about them protesting in Tampa. Tonight at 7pm at Sweat they will be presenting their history, method and future plans in an interactive/ improv puppet workshop. Other puppetistas are welcome to participate …
Read moreA Puppetista Workshop Presented by The Autonomous Playhouse
Hey all, beyond the bands and the RSD releases, there are lots of other features and happenings at this year’s Sweatstock. We hope to see you at some point during the day, and if you’re shop-hopping make sure to visit Uncle Sam’s on Miami Beach, Radio-Active Records in FTL, and Record Rack in Pompano. Read …
There’s a great article in today’s Miami Herald about the stand-up comedy scene in Miami, and Sweat’s own Casa de Ha-ha and host Daniel Reskin are featured! Read it here and come out to the next Casa on Tuesday, May 14th.
Here’s the scheduled lineup for all three stages of our annual SWEATSTOCK festival so you can plan your day. These are some of the best artists in South Florida, and we advise you catch as many of them as you can! For the Sweat Street Stage we have an 11pm curfew, so these are the …
Sweatstock is fully funded and going down this Saturday! All of us here at Sweat Records would like to quickly say THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH to everyone who contributed to our Indiegogo campaign. Over 60 awesome donors contributed anywhere from $10 to $500. Even though we didn’t hit our 5k “goal” on the site …
“Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop” is the official movie of Record Store Day 2013, and you’re invited to the free screening this Friday at Sweat! The British film features interviews with shop owners, music industry leaders, and musicians such as Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Norman Cook (Fatboy …
Read moreOur Weekend: ‘LAST SHOP STANDING’ Screening Friday, WILKES OSWALD Live Saturday
Neil Hamburger at April’s Casa de Haha You’ve held your laughs inside long enough! The time (8:30 tonight) is here for CASA DE HA-HA to give you the release you need! Your host on this comedy journey is the esteemed DANIEL RESKIN. This is a free event, see you at Sweat!