Founded by Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance in 1989, North Carolina’s Merge Records quickly grew to become one of America’s essential indie labels. From supporting their fertile local indie rock scene to launching international stars, for 25 years Merge has carved out uncompromising success by staying true to its independent roots. Google Play is proud to celebrate 25 years of Merge Records with this exclusive documentary and series of covers of Merge classics by Merge acts including Superchunk, the Mountain Goats, Telekinesis and more.
Founded by Superchunk's Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance in 1989, North Carolina’s Merge Records quickly grew to become one of America’s essential indie labels. From supporting their fertile local indie rock scene to launching international stars, for 25 years Merge has carved out uncompromising success by staying true to its independent roots. Google Play is proud to celebrate 25 years of Merge Records with this exclusive documentary and series of covers of Merge classics by Merge acts including Superchunk, the Mountain Goats, Telekinesis and more.
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Featuring nearly two hours of never before seen footage. 20+ songs from various live shows, behind the scenes footage from 1987 to 1992.
Live show of the Punk Rock band Uncommonmenfrommars that took place in 2004 at Ris Orangis (France). Recorded by David Basso. Mixed by Ryan Greene.
A 12-song music video collection from Scotland's The Jesus and Mary Chain, spanning their studio catalog up to 1989's Automatic. Seminal and important.
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
A short Doc/Music Collage of the DIY shows at Taqueria El Picante. Featuring bands from all around DFW, Houston, Chicago, and Canada too. During editing, it became a story about Alli, Pat, and good ass music.
A documentary about portuguese punk/hardcore scene in Portugal.
Tim Landers, a prolific songwriter and founding member of the emo/pop-punk band TRANSIT, struggled. He fought battles, often privately, with substance misuse and his own mental health needs. "Don’t Forget To Leave" paints a poignant portrait of Landers, from his early success up until the posthumous release of Weathervane by his band Cold Collective. His story is chronicled through archival footage and interviews with members of A Loss For Words, The Story So Far, Frank Turner, Man Overboard, Transit and Cold Collective, family members and mental health professionals.
On August 23, 2018, Beach House performed a stunning, career-spanning set at Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theatre. Performing music from their latest album '7' and stretching back through 2010’s 'Devotion', Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally brought their moody and mysterious dream pop to life, backed by state-of-the-art visuals, in a venue as grand and majestic as their music.
Recorded for Canal+ TV's La Musicale series in France, Riverside, California's BellRays rip through four songs promoting the 2006 album, Have A Little Faith. Tracks: "Third Time's the Charm", "Tell the Lie", "Everyday I Think of You", and "Detroit Breakdown".
The Cure bring their magisterial, slow-burn masterpiece Disintegration to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for four shows to mark the 30th anniversary of their career-defining epic. This is the world premiere of these 30th anniversary performances, and their only Australian engagement. Setlist: Delirious Night, Fear of Ghosts, No Heart, Esten, 2 Late, Out of Mind, Babble, Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, Lovesong, Last Dance, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain, The Same Deep Water as You, Disintegration, Homesick, Untitled, Burn, Three Imaginary Boys, Pirate Ship
After a Parkinson's diagnosis a classically trained pianist embarks on a path of self discovery leading him to a punk band. Their rebellious lifestyle and music provide a distraction to his troubles and a sharp contrast to his old life.
In the early 1980's, The Cardiac Kidz became one of the most famous local San Diego punk bands ever. This is their story.
A documentary about punk and subculture scene of Pula, Croatia from 1978 to 1991, the city that gave birth to one of the most vivid punk and alternative rock scenes in former Yugoslavia, despite having population of just over 60,000 residents.
Guillermo Gómez Álvarez explores the identity politics of Puerto Rico via archival footage from various sources that clash with nine original songs from local independent musicians and a thematic analysis from a psychoanalyst and a historian. From the juxtaposition the absurd becomes coherent and the coherent becomes absurd as Puerto Rican identity is defined and rejected almost simultaneously.
Recorded live at the Camden Palace for the UK TV show "Live From London" which is advertised in the beginning segment of the video.
Documentary on the punk scene in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Six songs recorded live at the BBC as a bonus disc to The Life Pursuit CD. Tracks include: "Another Sunny Day", "Dress Up in You", "To Be Myself Completely", "Mornington Crescent", "Funny Little Frog" and "White Collar Boy".
Stop wasting energy following the plot. Who cares if your socks don't match? This is the mental vacation you needed. So sit down, relax and enjoy the best that a mercantile society can offer us: Fake remedies, seizure-inducing lights and the tenderness of opening your heart to a bandit. Classic songs with new faces and new songs that promise to be pool aerobics classics.
"Dope, Hookers and Pavement" is a lively and unfiltered account of the early days of the Detroit hardcore punk scene, circa 1981-82, in the notorious Cass Corridor, arguably one of the worst neighbourhoods in the city at the time. Featuring over 70 in-depth interviews — including John Brannon (Negative Approach), Tesco Vee (Meatmen, Touch and Go), Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Dischord Records), pro skater Bill Danforth, scene kids, and members of the Necros, The Fix, Violent Apathy and Bored Youth — and never-before-seen Super8 footage of the Freezer, "Dope, Hookers and Pavement" is both hilarious and reflective, and an overdue record of a nearly invisible but magic little moment in the long history of Detroit rock'n'roll.