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The Story Of Roxy Music: More Than This

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) October 21, 2009 3:06 pm
Although Roxy Music were an immediate success in their native England, for the most part they are regarded as either a one hit wonder or cult group here in North America. Younger music fans probably know them best from Scarlett Johansson's sultry karaoke take on this DVD's title track in Lost In Translation. But the band's influence is...
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Gogol Bordello — Live From Axis Mundi

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 20, 2009 4:28 pm
Near the end of Gogol Bordello's live set on the DVD portion of the Live From Axis Mundi CD/DVD package, frontman Eugene Hutz scales the stage, climbs into the balcony at New York City's Irving Plaza and proceeds to heartily smooch several women a few times while covering them with his sweat. This, after Hutz (who may or may not be wearing...
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Gogol Bordello's Live From Axis Mundi

The Beatles: Rare And Unseen

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 3, 2009 2:27 pm
Countless DVDs and videos — official and unofficial — have been issued about the Fab Four, and The Beatles: Rare And Unseen suffers from the same problems as other videos in the latter category. It features some of the first live footage of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, along with video of the band shooting Help!...
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Green Day — The Boys Are Back In Town

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 16, 2009 2:50 pm
The Boys Are Back In Town was produced by the same company responsible for the recently released Morrissey: From Where He Came To Where He Went — With And Without The Smiths DVD. This two-DVD set features two documentaries originally made earlier this decade. The first, which was produced in 2002, is about the history of Green Day from their...
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Green Day's The Boys Are Back In Town

Hey Is Dee Dee Home

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) July 9, 2009 2:03 pm
Lech Kowalski made his biggest mark with the 1999 Johnny Thunders doc Born To Lose: The Last Rock And Roll Movie. Four years after the fact, the director contradicted himself and released another rock doc, Hey Is Dee Dee Home the year after its subject, former Ramones bass player Dee Dee Ramone, died of a drug overdose. In the director's...
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Hey Is Dee Dee Home

Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends Of The Rainbow

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 25, 2009 3:58 pm
Both Sides Of The Rainbow begins just prior to the release of Dylan's first evangelical Christian album, Slow Train Coming, which prefaced Dylan's most troublesome and confused decade — the 1980s. The film examines Dylan's trilogy of evangelical albums — Slow Train Coming, 1980's Saved and 1981's Shot Of Love (he would later return to Judaism...
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Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends Of The Rainbow

Gorillaz — Bananaz

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 11, 2009 12:58 pm
I can't even conceptualize how long it must have taken Ceri Levy and company to put Bananaz together. Imagine shooting a documentary over six years and then deciding what footage to use. It must have been a nightmare, a great joy or perhaps both. Bananaz follows Blur's Damon Albarn and animator Jamie Hewlett — the minds behind the animated rock...
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Jeff Buckley — Grace Around The World

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 10, 2009 1:01 pm
The cult of Jeff Buckley continues to grow, and with good reason. Although Buckley only released one full-length album during his lifetime before he accidentally drowned at the age of 30, Grace is rightly recognized as a classic. Buckley placed much emphasis on live performance, and that's the main idea behind Grace Around The World. The CD/DVD...
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Jeff Buckley's Grace Around The World

Bruce Springsteen — Road Trip: 40 Years Of The Boss

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) May 20, 2009 12:51 pm
Don't let the title of this DVD fool you. This is neither a live document of New Jersey's favourite son, nor does it tackle any of the material he's produced since his Born In The U.S.A. peak. This two-disc affair chronicles the Boss' career assent through the '70s and offers a critical appraisement of his recorded output running up through his...
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Bruce Springsteen's Road Trip: 40 Years Of The Boss

Arctic Monkeys — Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 15, 2009 3:49 pm
Live In Texas, the accompanying live CD that comes with Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo, makes the British band sound like a pretty blistering live act. But once you start watching the DVD, it becomes apparent this isn't the case. Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo was shot in Manchester, England on the final date of the Monkeys' 2007 world tour and...
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Arctic Monkeys' Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo

Llik Your Idols Explores No Wave

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) May 14, 2009 12:30 pm
Art films by definition are weird, indulgent enterprises that rarely make an impact beyond a director's group of friends. But when those friends go on to spark a cultural movement, the films become a visual document of a unique place and time. Llik Your Idols documents the Cinema Of Transgression, a group of '80s New York-based filmmakers who...
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Sleepwalking Through The Mekong

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 13, 2009 11:33 am
Sleepwalking Through The Mekong is a film that documents American band Dengue Fever's visit to Cambodia. Dengue Fever originated when brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman heard classic late '60 and early '70s Cambodian pop songs performed by two of the most popular Khmer psychedelic pop artists: writer/vocalist Sinn Sisamouth and chanteuse Ros Serey...
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NOFX — Backstage Passport

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) April 23, 2009 6:00 pm
Have you ever wondered why your favourite band cancelled that gig in your town? This DVD will answer that and so much more. Backstage Passport is an eight-episode reality show that originally aired on Fuse TV and was meant as a document of California punk band NOFX's 2007 world tour. But rather than mount another tour across North America, the...
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NOFX's Backstage Passport

As I Lay Dying — This Is Who We Are

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) April 21, 2009 12:02 pm
Love them or hate them, metalcore purveyors As I Lay Dying are here to stay. Their hardcore-influenced heavy metal has become one of the most popular sub-genres, and the band's ability to render it with equal parts precision and spirit is impressive. Moreover, their attention to detail is stunning, especially in regards to this latest DVD. The...
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As I Lay Dying's This Is Who We Are

Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails And The Industrial Uprising

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) April 8, 2009 2:14 pm
Metal Machine Music is a frustrating film that's unable to commit to one subject. The title and back cover suggest a linkage between the Lou Reed album of the same name and the evolution and popularization of industrial music through the ascent of Nine Inch Nails. But Reed's noise-rock opus isn't even mentioned, and the industrial timeline only...
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Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails And The Industrial Uprising

Arcade Fire — Miroir Noir

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 3, 2009 3:42 pm
Miroir Noir was filmed by LaBlogotheque.org's Vincent Moon, who's known for his Take-Away Shows (just Google it) where he films musical performances in unorthodox environments. It was shot during the tour in support of 2007's Neon Bible. The whole thing comes off as incredibly disjointed at first because it's anchored by footage that resembles...
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Arcade Fire's Miroir Noir

Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention In The 1960s

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) March 24, 2009 4:40 pm
While many documentaries would flounder with no input from the subject being profiled, it actually helps put things into perspective in this case, especially since Frank Zappa had been so controlling of his entire career when it came to his music and image. He was 10 times more effective at image maintenance than the team behind any current pop...
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Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention In The 1960s

Morrissey: From Where He Came To Where He Went – With And Without The Smiths

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 11, 2009 2:55 pm
This double DVD set features two documentaries about The Smiths and Morrissey. The first, Morrissey — The Jewel In The Crown, examines Mozzer's solo career from his 1989 Viva Hate debut to 2004's You Are The Quarry. Unfortunately, as the film hasn't been authorized by Morrissey or his management, it's completely free of his music. The result...
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Morrissey: From Where He Came To Where He Went – With And Without The Smiths

Smashing Pumpkins — If All Goes Wrong

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) February 25, 2009 5:06 pm
If All Goes Wrong is part documentary and part concert film, both linked by the band's feted — if incomplete — 2007 reunion. The 100-minute documentary follows original Pumpkins Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin and their trio of young hired guns as they prepare for a pair of concert residencies in Asheville, N.C. and San Francisco. Corgan...
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Smashing Pumpkins' If All Goes Wrong

Videogame Theater

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 11, 2009 4:56 pm
You'd think since Videogame Theater was created by Scott Chernoff (Adult Swim), BJ Guyer (Team America: World Police) and Frank Meyer (On The Road With The Ramones) that it would be absolutely hilarious. Well, there's certainly no shortage of sick, quirky and politically incorrect humour, but it's nowhere near hilarious. Videogame Theater is a...
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