Category: Video

R.E.M. tears up pre-'Murmur' set in 1982 -- earliest known pro-shoot footage

R.E.M. tears up pre-‘Murmur’ set in 1982 — earliest known pro-shoot footage

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present what is believed to be the earliest pro-shot video footage of R.E.M. in concert: a 50-minute live set filmed on Oct. 10, 1982, for broadcast on TV by a South Carolina station about six months before the release of the band’s debut, Murmur. Watch it here.

Watch: Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500's 'Fourth of July' on the Fourth of July

Watch: Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500’s ‘Fourth of July’ on the Fourth of July

In a bit of holiday synchronicity, former Galaxie 500 frontman Dean Wareham today shared video of himself and some fellow musicians performing his old band’s melancholy 1990 song “Fourth of July” on the Fourth of July itself (“4th of July on 4th of July,” he wrote). Watch the performance, and the original video, here.

Watch: Jack Lowden is Morrissey in first trailer for upcoming 'England is Mine' biopic

Watch: Jack Lowden is Morrissey in first trailer for upcoming ‘England is Mine’ biopic

The world got its first glimpse today of the much-anticipated Morrissey biopic “England Is Mine” after the release of the trailer for the film that stars Jack Lowden as the young Steven Patrick Morrissey in the lead-up to the formation of The Smiths. The film, directed by Mark Gill, is set to be released in the U.K. on Aug. 4.

Watch: New Order digs deep at opening of 5-night Manchester run with synth orchestra

Watch: New Order digs deep at opening of 5-night Manchester run with synth orchestra

New Order had promised that its performances with a 12-member synthesizer ensemble at the Manchester International Festival would not bear much resemblance to the band’s normal live set, and, with tonight’s opening of the 5-concert run, the legendary act delivered on its pledge. See full setlist and video here.

Vintage Video: Watch The Cure’s rare, out-of-print 1984 concert film ‘Live in Japan’

Vintage Video: Watch The Cure’s rare, out-of-print 1984 concert film ‘Live in Japan’

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we’ll revisit a rarity we first shared about four years ago: The Cure’s lost relic of The Top era, a 90-minute concert film called “Live in Japan” that  documents the band’s Oct. 17, 1984, performance in Tokyo — and which was released the following year on VHS and Betamax in Japan only.

Watch: Robyn Hitchcock plays new songs plus 'Madonner of the Bees' in KEXP session

Watch: Robyn Hitchcock plays new songs plus ‘Madonner of the Bees’ in KEXP session

A frequent on-air guest at KEXP, singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock stopped by the radio station’s Seattle studios on May 1 for a half-hour live session and conversation with host John Richards. Joined by Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger, The Long Winters) on backing vocals, Watch the full set here.

Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights 'Going, Going...' in 30-minute set for KEXP

Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights ‘Going, Going…’ in 30-minute set for KEXP

David Gedge and the rest of The Wedding Present stopped by the Seattle studios of KEXP in April during the band’s spring U.S. tour in support of their latest album Going, Going…,  and performed a six-song, half-hour set that the radio station has now shared online. Watch the full performance right here.

Watch: 'The Nine Inch Nails' perform at the Roadhouse in the 'Twin Peaks' revival

Watch: ‘The Nine Inch Nails’ perform at the Roadhouse in the ‘Twin Peaks’ revival

More than a year ago, word emerged that Trent Reznor and some of his Nine Inch Nails bandmates were to be among the enormous cast of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” revival for Showtime — and fans watching tonight’s mind-bending installment finally found out what that entailed. Now we know what that entails.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: John Wesley Harding talks playing solo, lack of dry ice in his show

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: John Wesley Harding talks playing solo, lack of dry ice in his show

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we offer this segment from the May 13, 1990, installment of the show in which host Dave Kendall interviews John Wesley Harding. They talk about the origin of his stage name, going on the road with the Ocean Blue and the Mighty Lemon Drops, and touring solo-acoustic.

Vintage Video: 'Drums and Wires'-era XTC live performance captured by French TV

Vintage Video: ‘Drums and Wires’-era XTC live performance captured by French TV

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we flash back to XTC’s early turn as a touring band for this 1979 performance filmed in Paris and broadcast by French TV. The 20-minute set comes a few months after the release of Drums and Wires, and opens with three songs off that album.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: 'The Ideal Copy'-era Wire goes under the '120 X-Ray'

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: ‘The Ideal Copy’-era Wire goes under the ‘120 X-Ray’

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we turn to this Downtown Julie Brown-hosted “120 X-Ray” segment on Wire following the band’s reformation and the recording of 1987’s The Ideal Copy” — the debut of the post-punk legends’ second incarnation.

Vintage Video: The Sisters of Mercy's out-of-print Royal Albert Hall concert film 'Wake'

Vintage Video: The Sisters of Mercy’s out-of-print Royal Albert Hall concert film ‘Wake’

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present The Sisters of Mercy’s long-out-of-print concert film “Wake,” recorded  at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 18, 1985 — the final concert by the lineup that included Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams, who went on to form The Mission.

Watch: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform haunting 'Rings of Saturn' on Colbert

Watch: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform haunting ‘Rings of Saturn’ on Colbert

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are in New York City for a two-night stand at the Beacon Theatre, and between those two gigs, managed to slip in a rare late-night TV appearance, performing the haunting song “Rings of Saturn” off the band’s new Skeleton Tree album on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last night.