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[It's Here!] 2013 Independent Film Festival Boston: The Music Docs

Posted on | April 24, 2013 | 1 Comment

It has arrived: The opening night of the 11th annual Independent Film Festival Boston is this evening at the Somerville Theatre. Spending some quality time in a darkened theater, escaping into some well-made stories… well, that’s exactly what many of us could use right about now. The staff of IFFBoston has always taken meticulous care in selecting their lineup, so even if you ignored all the recommendations and film synopses and just picked a few random screenings, odds are you’d find something new to love.

As usual, there’s a strong showing for music-related documentaries among the nearly 100 films being shown during the 7 days and nights of this year’s fest. Here’s a quick rundown, along with a bunch of my personal non-music picks at the bottom…


Downloaded
directed by Alex Winter (in attendance)

AKA “The Napster Documentary”. An in-depth look at the creation of the true killer app – the one that started the total transformation of the music business – coded right here in Boston by Shawn Fanning in the dorms at Northeastern University. Interview subjects in the film include Henry Rollins, Billy Corgan, Mike D from the Beastie Boys, and Noel Gallagher. Director Alex Winter (yes, that Alex Winter – Bill from Bill & Ted) will be at the screening for a Q&A.

Screening at the Somerville Theatre on Friday, April 26th at 7:00 PM
Tickets / Facebook / FB Event page / IMDB / Trailer:

 


Muscle Shoals
directed by Greg Camalier

Muscle Shoals, Alabama is home to the legendary FAME Studios, where Rich Hall helped make the truly iconic recordings that came to define the “Muscle Shoals Sound”. The roster of those who recorded there is stacked: Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Etta James just to name. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Gregg Allman, Bono, and Alicia Keys are among the interview subjects.

Screening at the Brattle Theatre on Sunday, April 28th at 6:00 PM
Tickets / Facebook / IMDB / Trailer:

 


The Punk Singer
directed by Sini Anderson

Kathleen Hanna. If you’re a fan, you’ve already clicked the link to buy tickets below. This is her story, from her days fronting Bikini Kill, helping define a grrl-powered movement, shifting gears into electro with Le Tigre and Julie Ruin, all the while remaining outspoken, always interesting, and always herself. Includes interviews with Carrie Brownstein, (husband) Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, Corin Tucker, and bandmate J.D. Samson.

Screening at the Somerville Theatre on Thursday, April 25th at 9:45 PM
Tickets / Facebook / Kickstarter / IMDB / Trailer:

 


Taken By Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
directed by Roddy Bogawa

This profile of graphic designer Storm Thorgerson and his Hipgnosis studios takes on an added weight in the wake of his death just last week. While his work is mostly closely linked to Pink Floyd (he designed nearly all of their LP covers), his full discography is absolutely insane, and it’s a safe bet you have a Hipgnosis-designed cover in your music collection. Hell, I’m looking at a Catherine Wheel cover he designed sitting next to me right now. Given those credits, it’s no surprise that the list of interviews in the documentary is long and impressive: David Gilmour, Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel, Noel & Fergal from The Cranberries, Rob from Catherine Wheel, Dominic from Muse, and more.

Screening at the Brattle Theatre on Friday, April 26th at 9:30 PM
Tickets / Website / Facebook / IMDB / Trailer:
 

 


Twenty Feet From Stardom

Subtitled “The Untold Story of the Voices That Helped Shape Popular Music”, this one’s for the backup singers. The unheralded angels who have, for so many years, lent their voices to a litany of popular names while they themselves linger in relative obscurity. A few make it into the public eye (like subject Darlene Love), but most stay on the sidelines, and many are content to do so – to remain anonymous workhorses while others share the spotlight. This film turns that spotlight around for a moment.

Screening at the Somerville Theatre on Sunday, April 28th at 3:30 PM
Tickets / Website / Facebook / IMDB / Trailer:

 


 

A few more movies that jump out at me from this year’s lineup. Click film titles for screening info…

  • The world premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s found-footage Bigfoot film “Willow Creek”, with the director himself in attendance. The IFFBoston has a long relationship with Bobcat, and I’m so glad it continues this year. Here’s a short interview with Bobcat about the film…
     

     

  • Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing”. Joss and all his actor friends hang out and make a modern-day Shakespeare film with the classic dialogue. ‘Nuff said.
     

  • I’ve been a David Gordon Green fan since 2000′s personal indie “George Washington”, and have watched his forays into mainstream comedy with curiosity (“Pineapple Express”). His latest is “Prince Avalanche” – set in 1988 and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch – promises to combine his comedic urges with his indie sensibility. I’m in.
     

  • A great cast bodes well for Zal Batmanglij’s thriller “The East”: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, and Patricia Clarkson.
     

  • Ellen Page makes another festival appearance in Lynn Shelton’s “Touchy Feely”, which also stars Alison Janney, Josh Pais, and Rosemarie DeWitt.
     

  • I’m always up for a new Noah Baumbach film, so I’m hoping to check out “Frances Ha”, starring Greta Gerwig and Girls’ resident weirdo, Adam Driver.
     

  • I’m got a bit of a fascination with Sarah Polley, both as actress and director, and she does both in “The Stories We Tell”
     

  • The closing night of the fest at the Coolidge is always a blast, and this year has “In A World…” wrapping things up. Writer, director, and star Lake Bell (“Children’s Hospital”) will be in attendance to discuss the film, which also stars comedians Michaela Watkins, (former Bostonian and fest alum) Rob Corddry, and Demetri Martin.
     

  • Check out a dozen more recommendations over at Meet In The Lobby, including a couple other ones I’m psyched about: “Rewind This!” and “The Way, Way Back”.
     


     
    Passes and individual tickets for the 2013 Independent Film Festival Boston are available here. It starts tonight, April 24th, at the Somerville Theatre, and ends next Tuesday, April 30th at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline. In between it spreads to the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square and new venues at UMass Boston and Theatre 1 at the Revere Hotel in Boston.

    For up-to-date info, follow IFFBoston on Facebook and Twitter. See you in the seats.

    [Last Night's Playlist] New Music Night IX at River Gods

    Posted on | March 22, 2013 | No Comments

    Another evening well-spent, alternating hours up in the River Gods DJ nook with my pal Jay Clicky Clicky, playing nothing but new songs under our NEW MUSIC NIGHT moniker. We’re back on the every-other-month schedule, and we already know when the next one is: Mark down Thursday night, May 30th, for the tenth edition of NMN. Double-digits, kids. Maybe we’ll do something extra special for #10? Ticket giveaways? Hugging (DJ) booth? Oh, the possibilities.

    Here’s what I played last night, along with links to where you can hear/download/buy the tracks. So click through and listen up. And check over here for Jay’s playlists, too.

    New Music Night IX
    at River Gods in Cambridge, MA
    on Thursday, March 21st, 2013

    * Boston-area band

    Set one / Brad Almanac / 9pm – 10pm

    * 01. Hallelujah The Hills – “The Three Minute Mark
    [ from their Winter 2013 single / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
    02. Mount Moriah – “Younger Days
    [ from their new Merge Records LP, "Miracle Temple" / stream the album ]
    03. Neko Case – “That’s Who I Am
    [ from the "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" soundtrack / stream via Soundcloud ]
    04. Low – “So Blue
    [ from their new "Invisible Way" LPMP3 ]
    05. John Vanderslice – “A Better Whirlpool” (Bowie / “Big Brother” cover)
    [ from his full-album covering of Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" LP / MP3 ]
    06. Ola Podrida – “Staying In
    [ from the "Ghosts Go Blind" LP, due out 4/30 / MP3 ]
    07. Ex Cops – “Separator
    [ from the "True Hallucinations" LP / Video ]
    08. Gold Paint – “Hold On
    [ from the "Faraway Places" EP & 7-inch / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
    09. Beach Fossils – “Careless
    [ from the "Clash The Truth" LP / MP3 ]
    10. Wax Idols – “When It Happens
    [ from the "Discipline and Desire" LP, out next Tuesday / stream at Soundcloud ]
    11. The House Of Love – “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet
    [ from the "She Paints Word In Red" LP, out next week / stream at Soundcloud ]
    12. Suede – “Barriers
    [ from the "Bloodsports" LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
    13. My Bloody Valentine – “New You
    [ from the "MBV" LP / listen at YouTube ]
    14. Kid Canaveral – “The Wrench
    [ from the "Now That You Are A Dancer" LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
    15. Tullycraft – “Lost In Light Rotation
    [ Title track from their forthcoming LP & new 7-inch / Video / stream at Soundcloud ]
    16. The Little Ones – “Forro
    [ from "The Dawn Sang Along" LP / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
    17. The History Of Apple Pie – “See You
    [ from the "Out of View" LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
    18. Mariage Blanc – “Footsteps
    [  from the "Undercurrents" LP / stream & buy via Bandcamp ]

    Set two / Brad Almanac / 11pm – midnight

    19. Mikal Cronin – “Shout It Out
    [ from his forthcoming "MCII" LP, out 5/7 on Merge / stream on Soundcloud ]
    20. Golden Grrrls – “We’ve Got…
    [ from their new self-titled LP on Slumberland / stream on Soundcloud ]
    * 21. Fat History Month – “Bad History Month
    [ title track from forthcoming LP, out 4/1 on Exploding in Sound / stream at Bandcamp ]
    * 22. Bookkeeper – “Glory
    [ from the "Elphino" EP / stream & buy at Bandcamp / MP3 ]
    23. Kingsbury Manx – “Future Hunter
    [ from "The Bronze Age" LP / stream at Soundcloud ]
    24. The Replacements – “I’m Not Sayin” (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
    [ from the "Songs For Slim" benefit EP / stream at P4K ]
    * 25. Broken River Prophet – “Persephone
    [ from the "A Dagger & A Dove" LP / stream & buy at Bandcamp ]
    26. Desaparecidos – “Anonymous
    [ from their new 7-inch / stream at Soundcloud ]
    27. Telekinesis – “Wires
    [ from the forthcoming "Dormarion" LP, out 4/2 on Merge / Video ]
    28. Survival Knife – “Traces Of Me
    [ from their new Sub Pop 7-inch / stream the b-side at Soundcloud ]
    * 29. Ho-Ag – “See You At The Brush Pass
    [ from the "World-Destroying Zig-Zags" LP / stream at Bandcamp ]
    30. Ghost Box Orchestra – “Vader
    [ from the forthcoming "Vanished" LP, out on 5/14 / stream at Bandcamp ]
    * 31. Young Adults – “Context
    [ from the "Born in '91" EP / stream at Bandcamp ]
    * 32. Z*L - “Steev Millar
    [ from the forthcoming self-titled debut LP, out 4/23 on Midriff Records ]
    33. Yo La Tengo – “Cornelia and Jane
    [ from the "Fade" LP ]
    34. Rose Melberg – “Tonight You Belong To Me” (Patience & Prudence cover)
    [ from her "September" covers cassette, available via Lost Sound Tapes ]

    Next up for NMN: Thursday, May 30th. When winter will be well behind us. Right?

    [Almanac Live Archive Project] Volume Two

    Posted on | March 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

    old school nacUnsurprisingly, the second installment of my Almanac Live Archive project is a bit later than I’d planned. I was shooting for weekly, resigned myself to monthly, and ended up hitting the 6 week mark. Ah well. The third won’t be as long a wait, I promise (ok, not really).

    In the first volume, I re-shared live songs & sets from Chisel in 1994, The Church in 1988, Fugazi in ’95, Ida at MFABoston in 2005, The Karl Hendricks Trio from 2004, Versus in 2000, Low & Pedro the Lion in 2005, Ted Leo in 2004, (nearly) the entire 1992 Sub Pop Vermonstress Fest, and a London set from The Wedding Present in ’92.

    This time I’ve re-posted and zipped up old Almanac sets from The National, Nada Surf, Rilo Kiley, Crayon, the Softies, The Lucksmiths, Ladybug Transistor, & Pipas. Go on and grab ‘em, and check back for the third installment in the series sometime… soon… ish….

    The National – Cambridge, MA 6/4/2005
    15 song set from TT the Bears
    [MP3] The National – “Abel”

    Rilo Kiley & Nada Surf – South Burlington, VT 5/21/2005
    Sets from both bands at Higher Ground
    [MP3] Nada Surf – “The Way You Wear Your Head”
    [MP3] Rilo Kiley – “Paint’s Peeling”

    Crayon – Burlington, VT 7/2/1994
    9 songs at 242 Main, transferred from an old VHS tape
    [MP3] Crayon – “Knee-High Susan”

    The Softies – Burlington, Vermont 7/2/1994
    7 songs at 242 Main, transferred from an old VHS tape
    [MP3] The Softies – “Goodbye

    The Lucksmiths, Ladybug Transistor, & Pipas – Somerville, MA 5/7/2005
    35 songs from a special night at PA’s Lounge
    [MP3] The Lucksmiths – “Camera Shy
    [MP3] Ladybug Transistor – “Splendor In The Grass
    [MP3] Pipas – “Book Launch

    The Wedding Present – Cambridge, MA 4/28/2005
    21 songs live at the Middle East Downstairs
    [MP3] The Wedding Present – “Dalliance

    [Almanac Live Archive Project] Volume One

    Posted on | January 28, 2013 | 1 Comment

    old school nacAs you may or may not have noticed, after a dozen years on the Blogger platform, I’ve recently migrated ye olde Almanac over to WordPress. While working out the kinks, and fixing up the links, I’ve been going through many old ‘Nac posts and cleaning ‘em up a bit. Doing so has got me thinking…

    Before server space became cheap as dirt, I’d post recordings for a short time only, then pull them down to make room for the new. With that limitation long-since-gone, it’s high time I took advantage of the extra gigs. With extra gigs. Yeah, I’ve decided to re-up just about every live recording I’ve ever shared, one by one. This is no small task, but should ultimately prove to be a pretty satisfying undertaking. Well, maybe more for you than for me, but still.

    I’ll be sharing the re-ups in batches of 10 or so, repairing broken links and images, uploading .zip files to make things easier to grab, and in some cases, adding live songs when I originally only shared partial sets.

    Here’s Volume One of what I’ve dubbed The Almanac Live Archive Project, with a link to each original post and a sample track from each set. Keep in mind, a few of the early recordings I’ve shared are from other sources, and vary wildly in quality. The fidelity should even out in future installments. Enjoy. And if you find any broken links, let me know…

    Chisel – Burlington, VT 4/16/1994
    9 song set from the 1st Burlingtonitus fest
    [MP3] Sunburn” (live)

    The Church – NYC 6/9/1988
    8 song set at the Ritz
    [MP3] Tantalized” (live)

    Fugazi – Burlington, Vermont 4/9/1995
    Full 22 song set at Memorial Auditorium
    [MP3] Bed For The Scraping” (live)

    Ida – MFA Boston 2/20/2005
    Full set from the MFA Boston’s Remis Auditorium
    [MP3] Late Blues” (live)

    The Karl Hendricks Trio – Boston 11/11/2004
    5 songs from a set at Great Scott in Allston
    [MP3] Overweight Lovers” (live)

    Low & Pedro the Lion – Somerville, MA 2/7/2005
    Full sets from the Somerville Theatre
    [MP3] Low – “Sunflower” (live)
    [MP3] Pedro the Lion – “Revolution Blues” (live)
    (Neil Young cover with Low’s Alan Sparhawk on guitar)

    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Cambridge, MA 12/9/2004
    Full set at the Middle East Downstairs
    [MP3] The High Party” (live)

    Vermonstress – A Sub Pop Music Festival
    14 bands in Burlington, Vermont in October 1992
    [MP3] Drop Nineteens – “My Aquarium” (live)
    [MP3] Pond – “Perfect Four” (live)
    [MP3] Six Finger Satellite – “Sex Transistor” (live)
    [MP3] Green Magnet School – “Penance” (live)

    Versus – Chicago 10/26/2000
    4 songs from a set at the Empty Bottle
    [MP3] “Blade of Grass” (live)

    The Wedding Present – London 7/7/1992 (Part 1) / (Part 2)
    At the Astoria Theater
    [MP3] Dare” (live)

    [Future Faves?] Anticipated 2013 Music Releases

    Posted on | January 15, 2013 | 2 Comments

    First post of 2013, and it’s a doozy…

    (Last updated: January 27th, 2013 @ 10am)

    Every January brings the expected avalanche of new music release announcements, and this year it feels like they’re flowing faster and more frequently than ever. Not sure if there’s really more music coming or just more ways to find out, probably both. I could delay this post another day and add another half-dozen albums, but I figure I’ll just get my annual “upcoming releases” list out there and update as needed.

    Sure, there were more than a few solid collections of songs put out in 2012, but I’m ready to call it now: 2013 is gonna trump its predecessor. It might be wishful thinking, but there are lots of longtime faves with albums on the way, alongside newer bands I’m particularly psyched about.

    This isn’t meant to be a complete list, just the stuff that strikes me. Something missing? Well, it was either by intention, ignorance, or absent-mindedness. If you’re extra psyched for an upcoming release, and feel its omission is a glaring error, speak up, either here in the comments, over on the Almanac Facebook page (which has become a bit more active lately), or hell, just tweet at me.

    A few notes first…

    • I’ve included preview MP3s if they’ve been shared by the band/label, and links to streams when possible.
    • Label names link to purchase/pre-order pages if available.
    • The second half of January is NUTS with new releases. Seriously. Just look at the 22nd & 29th.
    • There are some truly special new collaborations in the works this year: Overseas (Pedro the Lion’s David Bazan, Centro-matic’s Will Johnson, and the Kadane Brothers from Bedhead & the New Year), Outros (Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh, Pond’s Chris Brady, and 50 Foot Wave’s Rob Ahlers), and the unexpected pairing of The Church’s Steve Kilbey with Greg Dulli from The Afghan Whigs. The Overseas album is done and on the way, Outros is in the relatively early stages, and the Dulli/Kilbey team-up is only plans at this point. But some of my favorite musicians intermingling for new music? I’m practically giddy.
    • Download all 17 legally-available MP3s below in one big ol’ .ZIP file.

    Alright, here are your personal soundtrack possibilities for the next few months…

    Almanac Anticipated 2013 Album Releases…

    January

    February

    March

    April

    May

    • Come – “11:11″ [double LP/CD reissue] (5/7 on Matador)

    Coming in 2013, but with no exact date yet…

    Full-lengths in progress?

    It’d be nice to see…

    So how about you? What are you most looking forward to? Lay it on me.

    keep looking »
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    Wil Wheaton vs.
    Paul and Storm
    @ Hard Rock Cafe, Boston

    Friday, October 25th
    Tory Y Moi
    The Sea and Cake
    @ House of Blues

    Saturday, November 2nd
    Zappa plays Zappa
    @ House of Blues