documentaries
Sex and Broadcasting is a film about WFMU (premiering this week as part of DOC NYC)
New Jersey’s WFMU has occupied a unique position as an independent, commercial-free, listener-supported radio station since its inception in the late 1950s…
Johnny Thunders documentary premiering at Coney Island Film Festival (which is this weekend)
The 14th Annual Coney Island Film Festival runs from September 19 – 21, 2014. Things kick off tonight with an opening night party and a single screening, and then you can spend all day Saturday and Sunday watching movies in Coney Island…
GWAR documentary coming (watch the 9-minute trailer)
GWAR at the Housecore Horror Fest in Austin, 2013 (more by Trent Maxwell)
Style Weekly dug deeply into GWAR this week and for good reason: the band have had a year like few others…
Reunited Memphis band Grifters playing NYC shows after Gonerfest, subject of new documentary (video & dates)
Memphis indie legends The Grifters just announced and played their first shows in 17 years. Coming off the heels of a last minute hometown reunion show in November 2013, they’ll be playing NYC shows at Glasslands on November 7 and Mercury Lounge on November 8…
City Gardens documentary NYC premiere ++ Q&A w/ Gibby Haynes & more + afterparty (BV Presents)
The long-in-the-works documentary about storied Jersey punk/metal club City Gardens, titled Riot On the Dance Floor, is now finished and has been shown at a few festivals so far…
The National kicking off European (but not Russia) tour; 'Mistaken For Strangers' screening at City Winery
The National @ Barclays Center in 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
If you haven’t seen the National documentary ‘Mistaken For Strangers’ yet, July 7 is your chance when it screens for $5……
King Buzzo's new album streaming (listen); Amphetamine Reptile documentary coming soon (watch the trailer)
King Buzzo at Housecore Horror Film Festival, 2013 (More by Trent Maxwell)
Richard “King Buzzo” Osborne, frontman/guitarist for the Melvins is now streaming his new solo outing, This Machine Kills Artists, in full…
a review of Nick Cave's '20,000 Days On Earth,' which is receiving a wide release
It’s been an excellent year for music documentaries. Slint’s Breadcrumb Trail, Grant Hart’s Every Everything, and many others screened at CIMM Fest 2014 earlier this month…
Slint doc. 'Breadcrumb Trail' is screening at the Music Box
Slint‘s extremely thorough Spiderland box set is due to hit stores on April 15 via Touch and Go Records. One of its many components is Breadcrumb Trail, a never-before-seen, 90-minute documentary on the band and the making of Spiderland…
Ad-Rock rapping & writing w/ Champagne Jerry, DJing MoMA instead of Kathleen Hanna (whose movie is coming out)
Kathleen Hanna isn’t feeling well, so her husband Adam Horovitz aka Ad-Rock will be filling in for her as DJ at MoMA’s Pop Rally event tonight (11/21)…
