Lolo Reskin

Fillmore Miami Beach Won't Be Bulldozed! Developers to "Preserve" After Public Outcry

The panic alarm had sounded. It was time to save the Fillmore Miami Beach. "In case you haven't heard, here's the situation," Sweat Records' Lauren "Lolo" Reskin warned local music fans in a call to action earlier this month. "Two companies have proposals on the table to completely renovate the Mia ... More >>

Sweatstock 2013 at Sweat Records and Churchill's Pub April 20

Sweat Records, Kenny Millions, and Holly Hunt Talk Sweatstock 2013 and Saving Record Stores

Skeptics predict the local music shop is going extinct like the penny arcade. But for the last six years, so-called "independently owned, stand-alone brick-and-mortar retailers" around the U.S. (and the world) have been banding together under the Record Store Day banner to, paraphrasing the immorta ... More >>

Save the Fillmore Miami Beach! Sweat Records' Tips to Preserve the Jackie Gleason Theater

"In case you haven't heard, here's the situation," Sweat Records' Lauren "Lolo" Reskin writes on the record shop's blog. "Two companies have proposals on the table to completely renovate the Miami Beach Convention Center site. "South Beach ACE wants to preserve the Fillmore Miami Beach and make it ... More >>

Sweat Records' Sweatstock 2013 Lineup, Raising Money via Indiegogo

Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: "We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with others." ... More >>

Krisp Releases New Album on Sweat Records' Label, Sutro

Krisp Talks Nomenclature and Its New Record on Sweat Records In-House Label, Sutro

What do "Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Moses, Chuck Norris, The Little Prince" have in common? They're all awesome dancers. And they all serve as wellsprings of inspiration for Krisp, a four-member "indie/dance/chillwave/dance-rock" band -- Andres Ledesma, Jason Mavila, Alex Lopez, and Charlie Woods -- ... More >>

Brad Knoefler: Urban Revivalist

Lauren "Lolo" Reskin: Blood, Sweat, and Tunes

Mitch Glazer: Magic City Muse

Miami People 2012

Slide show: Miami People 2012

Five Great Buys for Tomorrow's Record Store Day at Sweat Records

​We've talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let's not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day -- and the store's anniversary.What's Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people to ... More >>

Sweatstock and Record Store Day at Sweat Records April 16

Save the Music! Celebrate CDs, Vinyl, and the Local Scene With Sweatstock 2011

Fight for your right to collect records with Beings and Sweat.​See Sweatstock 2011's full lineup and set times. Thanks to Napster, Steve Jobs, and the overlords of the Internet, we all live in an increasingly immaterial world where the only acceptable way to package, market, and consume music is ... More >>

Steven Blush's American Hardcore Slideshow at Sweat Records January 13

Photo by Edward ColverWasted Youth's Danny Spira in '81.​Ten years ago, Steven Blush wrote a book called American Hardcore: A Tribal History. His motive: "I'm documenting the American hardcore punk music scene because it's being forgotten. Its history is evaporating as the participants die off ... More >>

Ten For $10 or Less For the Weekend of June 11 - 13: Jazid's B-Day, 2 Live Crew's Mr. Mixx, and More

via myspace.com/mongolianjermainemusicJohn Hancock 11 other guys Lolo's b-day = This Friday at the Vagabond​Friday, June 11*Jazid beings its weekend-long 14th anniversary celebration tonight with the debut of its new reggae party, Freeup Fridays, featuring live music tonight by Jahfe and Mixed ... More >>

Video: "Not Scared at All" by John Hancock of Awesome New Republic, Playing the Vagabond Tomorrow Night

John Hancock seems to have always been the slightly more out-there member of local favorites Awesome New Republic, continually releasing his own, more experimental material during the band's down time. The latest addition to his solo oeuvre is a new vinyl-only album, Antenna Death, out now on 10K Is ... More >>

If You Love Sweat Records, Go Tonight for Blur Documentary, Lolo's Birthday

We sure are glad Lauren "Lolo" Reskin was born on this day, 20-something years ago (a lady never tells). If you run into Sweat Records' legendary proprietress around town this weekend, feel free to bow and give offerings. Or just show up at the store tonight for her actual birthday, celebration of w ... More >>

Event Review: 10 X 10 at Miami Art Museum, May 13

Photo by Ben Thacker​Click here to view all the photos from this event.10 X 10 Miami MAM Contemporaries SocialMiami Art Museum, Miami Thursday, May 13, 2010Better than: Ben Stiller's Night at the MuseumThe Review:10 x 10 is a concept lecture series featuring ten up and coming local creative mind ... More >>

Miami Art Museum Reintroduces Thursday Social With True Miami Contemporaries

Jeremiah Bullfrog (left), Lauren Reskin (middle), and P. Scott Cunningham (right) are three of the creative minds presenting tonight at the Miami Art Museum.​After a five-month hiatus, the Miami Art Museum is rebooting its monthly Thursday networker tonight with a rather fun exhibition featuring s ... More >>

Record Store Day 2010 at Radio-Active Records and Sweat Records, or Why I Probably Have More Grey Hair Today

The front and back of Fela Kuti's 10-inch EP, which was a Record Store Day exclusive​Saturday was the absolutely perfect day to run around, buy records, drink a moderate amount of Strongbow cider, and consume a cornucopia of live music. Except: impressive Record Store Day events were planned for b ... More >>

Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Part Three of Three

via sweatrecordsmiami.comVinyl bins inside the store.​In anticipation of Sweat Records' five-year anniversary party this Saturday, we sat down with Sweat head Lolo Reskin for a chat on the store's past, present and future. If you missed the first two parts yesterday, click here for part one, and h ... More >>

Sweat Records Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary With Sweatstock This Saturday

Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lauren "Lolo" Reskin, Part One

via sweatrecordsmiami.comSweat Records' current storefront​Yes, we've been seriously hyping up Sweat Records' fifth anniversary party, on this blog -- but that's because the event deserves it. Sweatstock, as the party is dubbed, is shaping up to be one of the best locals-only (plus No Age) events ... More >>

Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Part Two

photo by Jonathan PostalThis New Times file photo from 2005 shows Reskin, left, with Sweat co-founder emeritus Sara Yousuf, and a young DJ Matt Cash.​Earlier today we posted the beginning of a chat with Sweat Records head Lolo Reskin, looking back on five successful, even improbable, years as an i ... More >>

South Florida Voters and Winners in the Village Voice's New Pazz Jop Poll

​It's January, which means it's time for another edition of the Village Voice's annual Pazz and Jop poll of music critics. Yes, it's probably the latest, high-profile wrap-up of the best music of 2009, but it's also the biggest in sheer number of voices -- some 697 voters submitted ballots this ye ... More >>

Top Ten of the Decade: Defining Moments in Miami Culture

Yesterday's list on pop culture showcased how the mass media and the world see Miami, but today's list of cultural moments of the decade focuses on the artistic forces that help Miami see the world. Few cities on any map saw such a dramatic growth spurt in culture in this decade, so let's take a loo ... More >>

You’ll Want to Dip Your Balls in It

Iggy Pop Helps Sweat Cool Down

The godfather of punk will appear at a benefit for the Miami record shop.

Iggy Pop Helping Sweat Records Cool Down

via Sweat Records​What's a helpless independent record store to do when it needs to raise money for a new AC unit? Get some star power, of course.For months, it seems Sweat Records has lived up to its name, forcing owners Lauren "Lolo" Reskin and Jason Jimenez to amend store hours and cancel event ... More >>

Meatless in Miami: Of Meat and Myth

via divinemisscopa's Flickr/CC Editor's Note:Meatless in Miami columnist Lolo Reskin is ba-a-a-ack. In her first column, she talked about becoming a vegetarian. She'll be writing on the site regularly. MYTH: It's hard to be a vegetarian in Miami.REALITY:  It's actually a breeze, and onl ... More >>

Please, No Terrible Twos!

Willem Defoe likes it rough and thought-provoking

A typical scene: D'Agata fucks his Japanese girlfriend doggy-style while the subtitle reads, "I feel lost at sea."

The Upper Eastside Shifts into Overdrive

And we refuse to make a citizen’s arrest for speeding.

Lots of Bits But No Biting

Daniel Reskin hosts his monthly showcase of comedic talent

On The List - New Trend Alert Edition

With the economy going way south, it seems like the nightlife industry is starting to implement new business tactics. Bottle service is surely going the way of the dinosaur, and the industry knows if it's going to survive its got to find untapped market.Enter in the downtown hipster promoters.Often ... More >>

Circa 28 Gets Electrified

Jose D. DuranCirca 28's former home to become the Electric Pickle.The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Circa's Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego Martinelli ca ... More >>

The Jean Marie to Celebrate Full-Length CD Release at the Vagabond, Jan. 23

Nobody in Miami has been a bigger booster of the local quartet the Jean Marie than Lolo Reskin of Sweat Records. So where else would the band celebrate its latest album release than at the Vagabond's Friday party, which Lolo helps throw? So this edition celebrates Annie Jump Cannon, the group's fi ... More >>

Over the Weekend - Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, and Modeselektor

Last Night: Rag Trade Grand Reopening

BREAKING NEWS: Miami's Studio A Closing

BREAKING NEWS: Miami's Studio A Closing

Record Setting

Sweat Records hangs on for its third year.

Sweat It

Miami’s indie epicenter is back, bigger and better than ever.

Bye Bye, Warehouse!

Sweat moves into bigger digs

Give Peace a Dance

Miami wises up and takes part in “the dance aid for the new millennium”

Last Night: Battles at Studio A

Hurry, Hurry

For indie music and curry

The Wilma Report

Out of Step

Sweat Records takes indie culture out of the clubs and into your speakers