Category: Video

'Midnight Oil 1984' documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

‘Midnight Oil 1984’ documentary to screen in Australian theaters, worldwide — watch trailer

A new documentary chronicling Midnight Oil’s pivotal year of 1984 — which saw the release of Red Sails in the Sunset and Peter Garrett’s failed run for the Australian Senate as a Nuclear Disarmament Party candidate — will screen in Australian theaters in May before an international rollout.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: They Might Be Giants play 'Particle Man,' talk 'Flood' — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: They Might Be Giants play ‘Particle Man,’ talk ‘Flood’ — 1990

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to 1990 with a segment featuring They Might Be Giants in which the two Johns perform “Particle Man,” then chat with host Dave Kendall about their then-current album Flood and the record’s quirky breakout single “Birdhouse in Your Soul.”

Vintage Video: New Order blasts through hour-long 'Low-Life'-era set in Belgium

Vintage Video: New Order blasts through hour-long ‘Low-Life’-era set in Belgium

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we offer up this fantastic hour-long set by New Order that was filmed at a Belgian club in late 1985 for TV broadcast — and it’s been synced up with audio remastered by The Analog Loyalist (who you may remember for coming up with this New Order treasure).

'120 Minutes' Rewind: The Smithereens' Pat DiNizio talks 'A Girl Like You' inspiration

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Smithereens’ Pat DiNizio talks ‘A Girl Like You’ inspiration

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this interview with the late Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens broadcast circa 1989/1990 in which he discusses his band’s crossover hit “A Girl Like You.” The song, DiNizio explains, was written based on the screenplay to Cameron Crowe’s 1989 film “Say Anything.”

Vintage Video: The Church shines in rare early pro-shot concert footage from 1982

Vintage Video: The Church shines in rare early pro-shot concert footage from 1982

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present some very rare, very high-quality early concert footage of The Church — 50-plus minutes of the band performing at what’s believed to be Hodern Pavilion in its hometown of Sydney, Australia, in 1982. Watch the full set right here.

Watch: Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly reunite onstage for a little 'Two Step' in Boston

Watch: Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly reunite onstage for a little ‘Two Step’ in Boston

Former Throwing Muses bandmates — and step-sisters — Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly re-teamed on stage in Boston over the weekend, playing three shows together at City Winery. The performances featured separate solo sets each by Donelly and Hersh, plus a joint encore of the Muses’ “Two Step,” the last song on The Real Ramona

Watch: David Byrne brings his untethered band to 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

Watch: David Byrne brings his untethered band to ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

David Byrne stopped by “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Friday night to perform current single “Everybody’s Coming To My House,” and, in the process, show off his highly inventive, and very much untethered, stage show. Byrne and his wireless band roamed the stage, then joined Colbert at his desk.