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30 min Elliott Smith documentary

Until the Light Takes Us is a new documentary about Norwegian black metal. The way their website describes it:

[Norwegian black metal is] the most malevolent musical genre in existence, whose surprisingly articulate founders hold complex sets of extreme nationalist, anti-Semitic and anti-Christian beliefs. Unlike musical purveyors of evil who do so only for the sake of showmanship, these young friends actually practice what they preach, engaging in rampant church burning, suicide, and – as notoriously chronicled in the European media – murder.

It’s in theaters this winter. I’m really looking forward to it, it looks like a really interesting documentary about a morbidly fascinating genre.

Modest Mouse “Untitled”

Shot in 1997 by indie filmmaker Rick Madsen, this 36 min documentary filmed during the recording of the Modest Mouse album “The Lonesome Crowded West” will never be released commercially. Artists interviewed for the film include Elliott Smith, Spencer Moody from The Murder City Devils, Doug Martsch of Built To Spill, Sam Coombs of Quasi and Calvin Johnson.

Nerdcore Rising is a documentary/concert film starring MC Frontalot, and various other nerdcore hip hop artists such as mc chris, Wheelie Cyberman of Optimus Rhyme and MC Lars with contributors such as “Weird Al” Yankovic, Prince Paul and Brian Posehn. The film, directed and produced by Negin Farsad, premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. It combines interviews about nerdcore and its origins with footage of MC Frontalot’s 2006 Nerdcore Rising national tour. You can currently see the full video on Netflix Instant.

HD Trailer for Michael Jackson’s This Is It. This Is It is a 2009 American concert film documenting Michael Jackson’s rehearsals of the concert series of the same name, both on stage and behind the scenes.

This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.

It Might Get Loud, the history of the electric guitar as seen from the point of view of three significant musicians: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s The Edge and the White Stripes’ Jack White. It tells the personal stories of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos. It reveals how each developed his unique sound and style of playing his favorite instrument. Concentrating on the artists musical rebellion, traveling with him to influential locations and provoking rare discussion as to how and why he writes and plays.

Anton A. Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols are star-crossed friends and bitter rivals - DIG! is the story of their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and the delicate balance between art and commerce. One of the best rockumentaries.

Dig! , 2007

Directed by Ondi Timoner

107 mins

www.digthemovie.com

Be Here to Love Me a film about Townes Van Zandt

Official Site IMDb Wikipedia

Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) was an American country-folk singer. One of those artists that even people who hate country should give a listen too. Also one of those artists that struggled with drugs and alcohol. A really touching documentary; it can be a difficult watch at times, but it’s well worth it.