Category: Video

'New Wave: Dare to Be Different' documentary about Long Island's WLIR to debut on Showtime

‘New Wave: Dare to Be Different’ documentary about Long Island’s WLIR to debut on Showtime

The years-in-the-making, crowdfunded documentary “New Wave: Dare to Be Different” — director Ellen Goldfarb’s star-studded account of the hugely influential New York alternative station WLIR 92.7 FM — will debut on the Showtime cable network later this month. See the trailer right here.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Robert Smith of The Cure, aka 'the thinking man's Duran Duran'

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Robert Smith of The Cure, aka ‘the thinking man’s Duran Duran’

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this early Martha Quinn intro’d interview with Robert Smith from 1986, conducted to promote The Cure’s then-new compilation Standing on a Beach, and broadcast during the first year of “120 Minutes'” existence. Watch it right here.

Vintage Video: The Pretenders' 'Learning to Crawl' tour is MTV's 'Saturday Night Concert'

Vintage Video: The Pretenders’ ‘Learning to Crawl’ tour is MTV’s ‘Saturday Night Concert’

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we turn the clock back to 1984 to find Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders on the comeback trail, touring in support of their third album Learning to Crawl, recorded and released in the wake of the deaths of founding members James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon.

Watch: The Killers cover The Cure's 'Push' — the song that 'baptized' Brandon Flowers

Watch: The Killers cover The Cure’s ‘Push’ — the song that ‘baptized’ Brandon Flowers

Having taken their name from a New Order video, The Killers have, not surprisingly, shown a predilection toward covering songs by classic alternative acts, including Joy Division, The Smiths, Morrissey and, of course, New Order. Now comes the band’s on-stage homage to The Cure. Watch the band’s cover of “Push” here.

They Might Be Giants give Run-DMC's 'Walk This Way' video the 'bad lip reading' treatment

They Might Be Giants give Run-DMC’s ‘Walk This Way’ video the ‘bad lip reading’ treatment

They Might Be Giants over the weekend tweeted a Vimeo link sans explanation, and those who clicked it were in for a delight: Run-DMC’s classic Aerosmith-starring video for “Walk This Way,” but synced instead to a weird, synthy demo for “Last Wave,” off TMBG’s just-released album. Watch it right here.

Watch: Depeche Mode performs 'I Want You Now' for the first time since 1994

Watch: Depeche Mode performs ‘I Want You Now’ for the first time since 1994

Depeche Mode tonight dusted off Music For the Masses fan-favorite “I Want You Now” for the first time in nearly a quarter century, with Martin Gore opening the band’s encore in Nuremberg, Germany, with a piano-based performance of the song. It was the first performance since July 8, 1994, in Noblesville, Ind.

Watch: 'Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90' — 90-minute documentary on famed studio

Watch: ‘Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90’ — 90-minute documentary on famed studio

Explore the legacy of the German recording studio where David Bowie’s “Heroes” and so many other classic albums were made in the new 90-minute documentary “Hansa Studios By The Wall 1976-90,” which aired on U.K. television earlier this month and now has popped up on YouTube. Watch it here.