LCD Soundsystem - Shut Up and Play the Hits
A new clip from the forthcoming LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits has appeared online. Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace’s new film charts the 48 hours surrounding the band’s final show at Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2011.
Shut Up and Play the Hits premiered at Sundance in January and will screen at SXSW this month.
Marley Documentary Trailer & Poster
Here’s the trailer for the new Kevin MacDonald-directed Bob Marley documentary. The film is due for release on April 20.
For more, head here.
Sound City (Trailer)
The trailer for Dave Grohl’s new documentary, Sound City, has appeared online. The film is set to tell the story of the legendary L.A. recording studios and will feature interviews with Tom Petty, Josh Homme, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor and several other artists who recorded at the Van Nuys facility. Sound City opened for business in 1969 and played host to the sessions for Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush, Nirvana’s Nevermind and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (to name but a few). The studio closed in 2011.
Speaking to Rolling Stone earlier this year, Grohl said: “When Sound City closed last year, it was a very sad day. I decided to make a film about that feeling you get when you put five guys in a room, hit “record,” and the hair on the back of your neck stands up.”
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Now (Trailer)
Nothing Can Hurt Me Now is a new feature-length film looking back at the music of cult Memphis legends, Big Star. A ‘Work In Progress’ version of the documentary is set to premiere at SXSW 2012 in March.
Check out the trailer above.
Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes
Sonny Rollins, bona fide saxophone legend and one the world’s greatest purveyors of jazz, will be the focus of a new Arena documentary to be broadcast on BBC Four on February 17.
Charles Bradley: The Soul Of America (Trailer)
Charles Bradley, the man they call the ‘The Screaming Eagle Of Soul’, is the subject of a new documentary set to chart his incredible late-in-life rise that saw him release his amazing debut album, No Time For Dreaming, in 2011 at the age of 62.
Charles Bradley: The Soul Of America will premiere in March at SXSW 2012.
It Was 50 Years Ago Today…
On January 24, 1962, The Beatles signed a five-year management contract with local businessman, Brian Epstein. What a fine day at work that must have been.
Here’s 1998’s great Arena: Brian Epstein Story documentary in its entirety:
Paul Simon: Under African Skies, a new documentary chronicling the making of Simon’s 1986 multi-million-selling Graceland, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22.
Director Joe Berlinger - the man behind Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster - follows Simon as he returns to South Africa to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Graceland recording sessions. Under African Skies also features interviews with key anti-apartheid activists of the time and a host of musical luminaries such as Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel.
The documentary will also be included on the 25th anniversary deluxe editions of the album, due for release later this year.
LCD Soundsystem - Shut Up And Play The Hits (Trailer)
Here’s the trailer for the new LCD Soundsystem documentary. Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace’s new film charts the 48 hours surrounding the band’s final show at Madison Square Garden on April 2, 2011.
The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22.
“If it’s a funeral… let’s have the best funeral ever.”
For more, head over to shutupandplaythehits.com
Queen - Days Of Our Lives (Blu-ray/DVD trailer, 2011)
Here’s a disappointingly low-res trailer for a brilliant new documentary charting the tumultuous 20-year saga of Queen. If you didn’t catch it on television earlier this year, it’s definitely worth a watch.
Days Of Our Lives is out on Blu-ray and DVD on November 28, 2011.
