Category: Video

Primavera Sound webcast: Watch Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, Dead Can Dance

Primavera Sound webcast: Watch Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, Dead Can Dance

Barcelona’s Primavera Sound 2013 festival is underway now, and the organizers have launched a live webcast of some of this weekend’s performances, including sets by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dead Can Dance, Swans and Dinosaur Jr, as well as Phoenix, Hot Chip and Grizzly Bear.

Morrissey's first solo concert: Watch rare video of full 1988 show with ex-Smiths members

Morrissey’s first solo concert: Watch rare video of full 1988 show with ex-Smiths members

It’s Morrissey’s birthday today, and while the ever-dour singer celebrated by declaring war on foie gras, one of his fans took the opportunity to drop a real surprise, marking Moz’s 54th with a leak of ultra-rare, pro-shot video capturing the singer’s first-ever solo concert, with Moz backed by Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, in full.

The Clash to release 12-disc 'Sound System' box set, new 2CD best-of this September

The Clash to release 12-disc ‘Sound System’ box set, new 2CD best-of this September

The Clash return to record stores in a big way this September, with the release of a 12-disc box set called Sound System — featuring five of the band’s six albums, a DVD with unseen footage and three discs’ worth of demos, non-album singles, rarities and B-sides — as well as a new double-disc best-of set.

Filmmakers seek funds for documentary on Camper Van Beethoven's David Lowery

Filmmakers seek funds for documentary on Camper Van Beethoven’s David Lowery

Filmmakers Michael Santorelli and Laurel Harris recently launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking to raise $50,000 to help fund their documentary “Get Off This: A Film About Music and Perseverance,” which aims to document the life and music of David Lowery, frontman of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker.

Video: Kim Gordon, Steve Jones, J Mascis, Aimee Mann send off SNL's Fred Armisen

Video: Kim Gordon, Steve Jones, J Mascis, Aimee Mann send off SNL’s Fred Armisen

Tonight’s “Saturday Night Live” season finale was notable for its final appearances by a number of soon-to-be-former castmembers, including, in all likelihood, Fred Armisen, who reprised his Ian Rubbish punk character with a live band that included Kim Gordon, Steve Jones, J Mascis, Carrie Brownstein, Aimee Mann and more.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Trent Reznor spends Christmas Eve with Dave Kendall  — 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Trent Reznor spends Christmas Eve with Dave Kendall — 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to the episode that aired on Christmas 1989 for this appearance by a pre-superstardom Trent Reznor, who helps host Dave Kendall trim the “120 Minutes” Christmas tree and then discusses plans for Nine Inch Nails’ upcoming single “Head Like a Hole.”

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets in London, 1987 — watch full 70-minute concert

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets in London, 1987 — watch full 70-minute concert

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we present an exceedingly rare — on YouTube, anyway — ’80s-era concert from Love and Rockets, filmed at the band’s Oct. 15, 1987, headlining date at London’s Town & Country Club. The 70-minute concert took place just a month after the release of Earth Sun Moon.