Cuervo Music

Part clothing store.
Part record store.
Part rock n roll shrine.
This hip spot pays tribute to all things rawk!
With books, jewelry, comics, vinyl, shirts, pants… and a wall of a sound.
And they feature the occasional live show so check the calendar.
They’ve even got a recording studio for your aural pleasures.

Vous savez moi et les jeans c’est une longue histoire d’amour. Alors quand on m’a vendu le Cuervo Music comme THE adresse pour acheter du Cheap Monday, j’ai même pas hésité une seconde!
Croyez-​moi, à peine arrivé à Madrid, 1er arrêt sous une drache nationale dans cette petite boutique — pas plus grande que ma chambre — dans lequel il avait l’air de s’y passer bien des choses… ça se pressait dans tous les sens, les cabines étaient bouchées, le sol vidé et les gens affairés (triple rime) à l’installation d’un mini-​concert (forcément vu la taille du truc). Une vingtaine de personnes attendaient déjà dehors tandis que j’étais encore en plein essayage, vous imaginez bien la pression! J’ai donc tout envoyé valsé, j’ai rien acheté, et je né reviendrai que quand tout ce sera calmé (bam, quadruple rime).
Bön vous aurez compris que je suis tombé au mauvais moment, mais les vendeurs sont plutôt chill (comme quasi tout le monde à Madrid), par contre au niveau jeans ils en ont pas des masses!

What a cool concept shop. We were lured in by the small cluster of customers taking photos of a huge sculpture of old hi-​fis, 8 tracks, turntables, amps and speakers piled against the wall in the large, high-​ceiling room. It’s hard not to be impressed and amused when you stand before it. I had to get my photo taken before it next, it’s just too rad not to.
We bided our time, scoping out the scene. The vinyl (no cds) collection is small but it’s good, comprised of rock and roll greats like: Spiritualized, Guns and Roses, Queens of the Stone Age, Mogwai, more… A song by Hole blared from the store’s speakers while we sifted through the truly great Cheap Monday label clothing selection. I used to shop this label back in the States at Urban Outfitters. It’s good quality, hip and very reasonably priced. Nicely fitting skinny jeans in an array of colors and washes for 45 eur. Nice! And they also have great mens’ shirts, cardigans and jackets, too. All very rock and roll.
Further re-​enforcing my easy theory that the owners love rock and roll– one of said owners struck up a conversation with us when we asked him if he minded us taking a photo of the hi-​fi sculpture. And what a swell guy!, the epitome of «majo» (very nice) and cool, he said of course we could and without provocation launched into a small history of the sculpture. And the philosophy behind his store. He told us that the sculpture was «on the road» and that what we were seeing was just a part of the piece. The main installation is at the social/​cultural center La Casa Encendida and would later move on to another one in another town. Cuervo Music is a music store, an art space, a clothing store, a place where bands can rent out the rehearsal space downstairs, and occassionally they host live perfomances on the main floor. Also, that small vinyl collection? Well it’s more special than we thought– most of the albums are special, collectors editions. How cool is that!