Against all odds and amid a dubious music retail climate, Microgroove has managed to triumph as a boutique record shop with a finely-curated selection of vinyl encompassing popular, obscure and local titles, along with offering personalized service and hosting the odd in-store performances within its quaint Seminole Heights confines.
This Sunday, owner and New Granada Records chief Keith Ulrey throws a party for Microgroove’s Four-Year Anniversary (which is actually December 1). Among the enticements are a 20 percent off storewide sale (excluding select consigned, local and Black Friday items as marked), beer by PBR, ice cream from Milk Crate Creamery, a pop-up coffee shop by Commune + Co., and food options via Fries Above food truck and Cappy’s Pizza.
Of course, there's also a diverse slate of in-store performances – new punk from the elder scene vets of Old Vices, intellectual hip hop waxings by Rahim Samad, emotive acoustic guitar and keys-driven alt rock from The Kind of Joy, and vintage-hued R&B-garage rock fun from Little Sheba and the Shamans.
All ages are welcome, doors open at 11 a.m. and music starts at 1 p.m., though no time has been set for the festivities’ end. Sun., Nov. 29, Microgroove, 4906 N. Florida Ave., Tampa, 813-667-7089, free admission.