Category: Film

‘Eternity Road: The Story of Lowlife’ to expose ‘greatest post-punk band you never heard’

‘Eternity Road: The Story of Lowlife’ to expose ‘greatest post-punk band you never heard’

The makers of the upcoming documentary “Eternity Road: The Story of Lowlife” — chronicling the cult Scottish band that formed in 1984 and released its final album a decade later — promise to expose “the greatest post-punk band you never heard” through rare footage and interviews with band members.

Stream: ‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ — full 2-hour documentary

Stream: ‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ — full 2-hour documentary

Director Gorman Bechard’s documentary about The Replacements and their rabid fans — a film dubbed, appropriately, “Color Me Obsessed” — finally landed on DVD last month, but if you haven’t had a chance to see the film yet, the full two-hour doc is streaming on YouTube for a limited time courtesy of Noisey.

Video: The Cure’s Robert Smith calls Cocteau Twins ‘most romantic sound I’d ever heard’

Video: The Cure’s Robert Smith calls Cocteau Twins ‘most romantic sound I’d ever heard’

As part of their Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000, the makers of the documentary “Beautiful Noise” have released footage of their interview with The Cure’s Robert Smith in which he discusses his love of the Cocteau Twins and how that band’s 1984 album Treasure helped prepare him for his wedding.

‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ coming to DVD this fall

‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements’ coming to DVD this fall

After making the rounds at film festivals and receiving art-house screenings over the past year, director Gorman Bechard’s documentary about The Replacements and their rabid fans — a film dubbed, appropriately, “Color Me Obsessed” — comes to DVD this fall in a two-disc set packed with six hours of extras.

Edwyn Collins releasing ‘Understated’ LP next year, will be subject of new documentary

Edwyn Collins releasing ‘Understated’ LP next year, will be subject of new documentary

Former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins will follow up 2010’s acclaimed ‘Losing Sleep’ with his eighth solo album, ‘Understated,’ in January, the singer recently revealed — and he’ll be the subject of an upcoming documentary called “In Your Voice, In Your Heart” that chronicles his recovery from a debilitating 2005 stroke.

‘Athens, GA – Inside/Out’ soundtrack set for first-ever CD release with film, 5 bonus cuts

‘Athens, GA – Inside/Out’ soundtrack set for first-ever CD release with film, 5 bonus cuts

Omnivore Recordings this fall will release the soundtrack to the cult 1987 documentary ‘Athens, GA – Inside/Out’ — which chronicled the music scene that spawned R.E.M., The B-52s and more — on CD for the first time, packaging it with a DVD of the film and five bonus tracks, two of which are ‘previously unheard performances.’

Sonic Youth prepping ’85 live album, unseen ’86 concert film, possible ‘Sister’ reissue

Sonic Youth prepping ’85 live album, unseen ’86 concert film, possible ‘Sister’ reissue

The future of Sonic Youth may remain in doubt following last year’s Kim Gordon-Thurston Moore split, but the band is working on a host of archival projects, according to Lee Ranaldo, including a live album recorded in 1985, a previously unseen 1986 concert film and a possible deluxe-edition reissue of 1987’s ‘Sister.’

Video: ‘Are We Not Men? Devo Documentary’ trailer — plus how to help fund the film

Video: ‘Are We Not Men? Devo Documentary’ trailer — plus how to help fund the film

Devo will be subject of a new authorized documentary that the filmmakers hope to have complete by this fall in order to submit it to next year’s Sundance festival. The doc, ‘Are We Not Men? The Devo Documentary,’ is currently in post-production, but director Tony Pemberton is still trying to raise money to complete the project.

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

‘The US Generation’ documentary to mark 30th anniversary of US Festival this Labor Day

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is helping make a feature-length documentary about the so-called ‘Woodstock of the ’80s’ — the 1982 US Festival, which featured Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, The B-52s, The Cars, Ramones, Gang of Four and more — to be released this Labor Day weekend on the event’s 30th anniversary.

Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart subject of new film by director of Replacements documentary

Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart subject of new film by director of Replacements documentary

Gorman Bechard, director of the 2011 documentary ‘Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements,’ is next setting his filmmaking sights on Grant Hart, and has begun raising money from fans to fund a planned new film called ‘Every Everything’ about the former Hüsker Dü drummer, singer and songwriter.

Peter Gabriel seeking fan input, re-editing ‘PoV’ concert film for ‘So’ reissue in 2012

Peter Gabriel seeking fan input, re-editing ‘PoV’ concert film for ‘So’ reissue in 2012

Peter Gabriel is soliciting his fans for any ‘So’-era memorabilia they may still have as he continues work on a 25th anniversary reissue of the 1986 album for release next year — a package that may include a re-edited, full-length version of the Martin Scorsese-produced concert film ‘PoV.’

Video: ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen’ — full 90-minute documentary

Video: ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen’ — full 90-minute documentary

If you’ve haven’t seen director Tim Irwin’s 2005 documentary ‘We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen,’ now’s your chance — the full 90-minute film has made its way onto YouTube. The film features interviews with surviving members Mike Watt and George Hurley.

Video: Watch U2’s ‘From the Sky Down’ — documentary about making ‘Achtung Baby’

Video: Watch U2’s ‘From the Sky Down’ — documentary about making ‘Achtung Baby’

For U.S. fans, the U2 documentary ‘From the Sky Down’ doesn’t premiere until this coming weekend — it’s on Showtime on Saturday night — but since it already aired in the U.K., intrepid fans like u2opia100 have uploaded the 84-minute documentary about the making of ‘Achtung Baby’ to YouTube.