“Double Vision” will feature the work of two artists talented enough to create magic amidst the chaos of concerts. Brian Butler will fill the walls with illustrations from his infamous sketchbook and Jaime Salazar will be showcasing his photography. This Friday’s opening at Swampspace runs from 7-11pm, with the heavy live sounds of Testökra and …
Read moreBrian Butler’s Concert Drawings Displayed at Swampspace
We talk a lot about archival/reissue labels here on the Sweat blog, well, because they give us a lot to talk about. In the past few weeks, there have been a couple archival/reissue releases that I can’t stop listening to: Lula Reed – Blue & Moody (Sundazed) and Little Ann – Deep Shadows (Timmion). Both …
Thanks to everyone who came out to last week’s great events! Board Game Night will return April 22nd, and you should definitely come to the Emerge Miami meetings every Tuesday at 7pm in the meantime. We’ll be at Brian Butler’s art show on Friday, so no events in-store. Saturday night we host a live performance …
Idle Hands is bringing another great punk show to Churchill’s Pub this Friday with Off With Their Heads and The Slow Death from Minnesota, plus local bands Fat Judge and Knife Fight. We’re giving away a pair of tickets to this show, and you can win by entering a comment below. We’ll pick the winner …
One lazy Sunday I was playing Glenn Branca’s The Ascension in the store and a customer asked what it was. I told him and he replied “It’s making me uncomfortable.” “I think that’s his point,” I said. On the surface, moments of it seem like an approachable rock record, but pretty quickly, the repetitive, atonal …
We look forward to seeing you in Sweat this week! Tonight is the Emerge Miami double header, with their meeting at 7pm and Board Game Night at 8pm. Play Scrabble, Cards Against Humanity, and tons more, or bring your own game to share. Wednesday at 7pm we’ll be live-streaming the Bonnaroo Line-up Announcement Megathon hosted …
Read moreYour Week In Sweat: Board Game Night, B.L.A.M!, Time-Peace
Each week I post Your Week In Sweat to keep you updated on in-stores and other great events in our shop. Of course we’re always involved with fun events outside of Sweat, and we’d love to see you there too! Tonight, Nature Sounds presents Jay Stay Shining event at Bardot. You won’t want to miss …
Read moreDon’t Miss Jay Stay Shining at Bardot and Vegan Brunch at Gramps
Detroit-based minimal-synth, coldwave, post-punk and industrial/noise label Something Cold just dropped two essential records for synth-heads. There’s a limited reissue of their inaugural 2012 release, V/A – Something Cold, and the debut album from Florida-based sci-fi synth purists Os Ovni. Check out descriptions and images of both below, as well as the list of our …
We have lots going on at the shop this week, starting tonight! Since it’s the second Tuesday of the month Casa de Ha-Ha will follow the weekly Emerge Miami meeting. Get here at 7pm and stay for both! Join Digitall and Forrest Darden at Sweat this Friday for their collaborative “Lovers Rock” performance. Saturday we …
Read moreYour Week in Sweat: Casa de Ha-Ha, Digitall, Heironymus Bogs (NY)
Musicians and music industry folk: come on out to new bar/restaurant R House in Wynwood tonight for the Recording Academy Florida Chapter‘s monthly “In The Mix” networking event! From 6:30-8:30pm enjoy hors d’oeuvres, drink specials, and much music nerdery. No cover so come check it out and hang with fellow music people. And this one’s …
Read moreRecording Academy Mixer Tonight, Florida Grammy Showcase Now Open