Dancing About Architecture

"...- I haven't heard it yet). The Sound of Sweatbox Scratch that recent blurb about Euripides Pants' (and former..."

July 14, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...the right is a performance by four musicians at Sweatbox Studios. The foursome, all in current punk or hardcore..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Cheer Up Charlie's Sounds Off

The Rashomon view of Cheer Up Charlie's

"...band was looking for," reflects Mike Vasquez about Austin's Sweatbox Studios. Vasquez left last weekend, trading his legendary local..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Let It Bleed

Riverboat Gamblers: The most thrilling (and battle scarred) punk band this side of the Mason-Dixon Line

"...the region. In early 2001, they headed into Austin's Sweatbox Studios with DIY icon Tim Kerr. The self-titled result..."

April 21, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Cherubs Flourish in the Afterlife at SOS Fest

"We didn’t want to be a Cherubs cover band playing Heroin Man over and over for people"

"...their debut with Doug "Mr. Colson" Olson at Smart Studios. Nirvana had recorded there in April 1990 with owner/producer..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Best Part of Breaking Up

Retro pop sixpiece the Carrots calls it quits with debut LP

"...majority of songs we recorded with Mike Vasquez at Sweatbox Studios in East Austin...."

July 1, 2013 Music Post by Andy Bianculli

TCB

"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55

"...Lounge, Continental Club Gallery, and Mohawk opened for business. Sweatbox Studio and KOOP radio survived a catastrophic February fire...."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Ether Ore

Ether Ore

"...released its debut, Auditory Flicker Fusion Threshold (Three Little Pigs/Sweatbox), recorded by the band's own Bryan Nelson, captain of..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Out of Pawn

Austin's Best Bar Band, Buick MacKane

"...Kerr who would man the board when Buick entered Sweatbox Studios to cut what eventually emerged as The Pawn..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

TCB

Scuttlebutt from the Dead Club Capital of the World

"...place. School Trauma Flashback, the band she started with Sweatbox Studios owner Bryan Nelson, plays Beerland on Aug. 28..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...the 5th Street Warehouse, downstairs from the recently opened Sweatbox Studios. While a rowdy show, it was nowhere near..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Crack Pipes

"...beat cancer, but at the same time, recording home Sweatbox Studios ceased. And if a 2005 rocked by the..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Foreign Mothers

"...bursts unconvincingly, but, as cut by Mike Vasquez at Sweatbox Studios before he uprooted to the Pacific Northwest, herein..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Premios Texas prompts OTR's inaugural Summer Vinyl Awards

"..."Please Mr. Engineer" and recorded in two days at Sweatbox Studios more than a decade ago, the Revelators' raucous..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tia Carrera

"...session, captured on one reel of 1-inch tape at Sweatbox Studios August 2005 with stand-in bassist Jamey Simms, screeches..."

June 8, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

TCB

Redrawing Austin's musical map with Roadhouse Rags, Rabbit's, and even a word or two from the state Capitol

June 1, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Nineteen days on the road with Moonlight Towers later, TCB arrives in Austin a bitter, broken man but with plenty to report.

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Finally, some SXSW wristband info – act fast! – and a rare Doug Sahm film appearance hits DVD. Elsewhere, Charles Attal and 'Misprint' magazine add to their local legends.

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Picks to Click

The SXSW Class of 2002

"...Record Industry. With a real recording budget, they entered Sweatbox Studios, where under Walter Daniels' production tutelage, they cut..."

March 1, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...stricture. Phew! Mix-mastered by the molotov cocktail of locals Sweatbox Studios and Stupendous Sound, this debut retains all of..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

Dangerous Music

"...Others, was the right choice. Recorded partly at Austin's Sweatbox Studios and partly at McCullough's house, Plays One Sound..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...closure of another long-serving local facility, Band Co-Op Rehearsal Studios, a narrative emerged that practice spaces are an endangered..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

El Wizard Adrian Quesada's Multiplicity

Ex-Grupo Fantasma guitarist Adrian Quesada diversifies

"...The release party was packed, an absolute sweatbox. Alex Marrero fronted the traditionally instrumental outfit as a..."

July 18, 2014 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Off the Record

Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs

"...bombs, recorded a debut EP with Mike Vasquez at Sweatbox Studio, and earned the first-ever Best U-18 Band honors..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Metallurgy

Metallurgy

"...Grizzly. Recorded by Swordsman Brian Richie at his Folkvang Studios and Austin DIY superintendent Mike Vasquez at Sweatbox, the..."

June 6, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez