Category: Video

Defunct music blog mentioned on basic-cable sitcom

Defunct music blog mentioned on basic-cable sitcom

Promotional clip teasing the third episode of Denis Leary’s new “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” sitcom, airing July 30, 2015, on the FX television network, in which one of the charactes makes a reference to a certain music blog that is no longer with us.

Go in the studio with Dead Milkmen via new 'Shaking Through' short film — plus free MP3

Go in the studio with Dead Milkmen via new ‘Shaking Through’ short film — plus free MP3

The Dead Milkmen are offering fans a look inside the recording of their new song “Prisoner’s Cinema” via Weathervane Music’s “Shaking Through” series of short documentaries, which are designed to illuminate the “vision and process of recording music.” Plus, they’re offering a free download of the finished product.

Earliest known footage of MTV's ‘120 Minutes' surfaces: Watch J.J. Jackson host in April '86

Earliest known footage of MTV’s ‘120 Minutes’ surfaces: Watch J.J. Jackson host in April ’86

We’ve posted a number of memorable clips over the years as part of our “120 Minutes” Rewind feature, but this is a true rarity: some 35 minutes of J.J. Jackson-hosted footage from the earliest-known recording of an episode of MTV’s seminal Sunday night music-video show that took viewers “two hours into the future” every week.

 Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode's 'I Feel You'

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Former Smiths guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr today debuted the video for his cover of Depeche Mode’s riff-heavy 1993 single “I Feel You,” a track he will release on a limited-edition 7-single on Record Store Day. Check out out the fairly dark clip right here.

Watch the Afghan Whigs play 'The Lottery,' 'I Am Fire'/‘Tusk' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Watch the Afghan Whigs play ‘The Lottery,’ ‘I Am Fire’/‘Tusk’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

Having just wrapped up a European tour in support of their reunion album, The Afghan Whigs dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where they performed a pair of tracks off Do To the Beast: the single “The Lottery,” which was shown on-air, and then, as a web-only performance, “I Am Fire,” coupled with just a taste of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk.”

Vintage Video: ‘The Cure in Orange’ — watch out-of-print 1987 concert film in full

Vintage Video: ‘The Cure in Orange’ — watch out-of-print 1987 concert film in full

Time for what’s becoming a regular Vintage Video repeat: While we’ve posted this before, The Cure’s Robert Smith has yet to follow through with his announcement of a DVD release of “The Cure in Orange,” so, as it remains sadly out of print, we once again present the full 1987 concert film.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Railway Children chat with Dave Kendall — 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Railway Children chat with Dave Kendall — 1990

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we revisit The Railway Children, from which band members Gary Newby and Stephen Hull stopped by MTV to chat with host Dave Kendall in 1990 about their then-new, major-label third album, Native Place, which featured the modern-rock hit “Every Beat of the Heart.”