Category: Video

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.