Saccharine Trust : "A Good Night's Bleeding" Smart Went Crazy : "Song of the Dodo" Charles Mingus : "Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces" Sun Ra and His Arkestra (featuring Pharaoh Sanders and Black Harold ) Glenn Branca : "Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar" Joseph Loduca : "Ash's Dream / Dancing Game / Dance of the Dead" Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Melvins A Walk with Love & Death Ipecac Recordings Released: 7.7.17 No Ripcord  review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

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If you've been reading Letters From A Tapehead for a while, you know that I've contributed reviews to a few other online music entities over the years, MusicFilmWeb being one of them.  MusicFilmWeb is my favorite (and very likely, the best) source for information and reviews of music documentaries and I've enjoyed the privilege of reviewing films for the site.  Today, I found out that MFW has officially expanded into MusicFilmWeb.tv , where you can find and watch documentaries. Please check out the information below, which was provided by MVD Entertainment Group. MusicFilmWeb.tv Launches With More Than Forty Music Films, Concerts, and Documentaries For the "Music Obsessed" Fans Can Choose To Download or Rent From Curated Selection MusicFilmWeb, the online curator for music documentaries and concert films, has launched MusicFilmWeb.tv, a new home where the most passionate music fans can find and view music documentaries and concert films. MusicFilmWe...

A live tribute to the late and amazing Ron Asheton will be released on DVD April 9th.  Ron Asheton Tribute Concert with Iggy & The Stooges + Special Guests was recorded almost two years ago to the date of the film's release and features Henry Rollins and Radio Birdman 's Deniz Tek as a guest guitarist. All info was provided by MVD Entertainment Group. Ron Asheton Tribute Concert with Iggy & the Stooges + Special Guests   Coming to DVD on April 9 Live concert tribute to brother Ron Asheton featuring the Stooges, Henry Rollins and more! Recorded live at the Michigan Theater, this heartfelt tribute/celebration of Stooge guitarist Ron Asheton's life and music featured Iggy and the Stooges, Henry Rollins, and guest guitarist Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman). Includes a string section on a few Stooges classics! All profits from the sale of the DVD go to the Ron Asheton Foundation which supports animal welfare and music. Gary Graff of BILLBOARD writes: ...

The Beatles ' animated psychedelic fairytale, Yellow Submarine , will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray this May as its 1999 incarnation has gone out of print.  Having been restored by hand, (a detail I lifted from the press release below), the new version of the film will be released with a lot of geek fodder like cels, drawings and interviews.  Also, the movie's 1999 companion release, Yellow Submarine Songtrack , will be reissued as well, (though the actual Yellow Submarine album is all you really need.) All information is brought to you courtesy of EMI.  THE BEATLES’ YELLOW SUBMARINE FEATURE FILM RESTORED FOR MAY RELEASE ON DVD AND BLU-RAY; FILM’S SONGTRACK ALBUM TO BE REISSUED Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland… London – March 20, 2012 – The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine , has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release on May 28 (May 29 in North America). The film’s songtr...

I mentioned in July that Fantômas was releasing a DVD of a performance of their brilliant Director’s Cut album. Well, the DVD is out and some trailers have surfaced: Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehea

Blackjazz was one of the most abrasive, ridiculous and brilliantly crafted records to come out of 2010 in my often too-humble opinion.  Norway's Shining has taken their live act and committed it to DVD, Live Blackjazz being the result.  The band recently released a trailer for the DVD.  All info comes courtesy of Indie Recordings . You can read my review of Shining's Blackjazz at No Ripcord. SEE THE FIRST CLIP FROM LIVE BLACKJAZZ For the first time ever, the raw energy of their legendary live performances has been captured on tape in a setting organized solely by the band itself. Produced by the multi-talented front-man Munkeby , and backed by the same mixing and mastering team as on their previous Blackjazz studio album, we could not get a truer version of what Blackjazz is meant to be. Straight from the horse’s mouth, this is the new standard that bands will strive to match for the next 10 or 20 years to come. See the first clip from the DVD here: ...

I was very excited to finally score an opportunity to see 1991: The Year Punk Broke, which is now reissued on DVD in a 20th anniversary package.  This concert film featuring Sonic Youth and a still obscure Nirvana had been out of print for a long time.   Check out issue #11 of Kicking Against The Pricks. 1991: The Year Punk Broke (20th Anniversary Edition) Dave Markey We Got Power Films Originally Released: 1992 Reissued: 2011   Kicking Against The Pricks review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Dave Markey 's long out-of-print concert documentary, 1991: The Year Punk Broke , is being reissued on DVD.  Sort of a grunge-era Woodstock , 1991: The Year Punk Broke features Sonic Youth , Nirvana , Dinosaur Jr. , Babes In Toyland , Gumball and The Ramones during a two-week festival run just before alternative music peaked and breached the confines of the underground. A trailer for the documentary was recently made available. A review will (hopefully) be featured at Kicking Against The Pricks. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

TV On The Radio ’s Nine Types Of Light is out today (4.12) and, obviously, it’s a big deal. As a companion piece to the album, TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe directed a film which, according to YouTube’s write-up, “is meant to be a visual re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album.” In cynical corporatized MTV-addled post- Reagan era speak, (or, how I read it), “visual re-imagining” means grab bag for video marketers to exploit with potential for single saturation. This is sort of like their Moonwalker , though TVOTR do their best to unite art and commerce with self-important interviews, psychedelically colorful cut paper animation, amateurishly shot dance parties and band members embroiled in antiquated virtual reality apparatus. I recognize a cast member from the Parenthood TV show. The film’s pretension and potential marketability notwithstanding, Nine Types Of Light (the music version) sounds like it’s worth a listen or two. I’m enjoying...

Yesterday, the Beastie Boys posted the completed "Make Some Noise" track from the upcoming Hot Sauce Committe Part Two . Today, a trailer : Per the press release: As my esteemed colleague, Mr. MCA mentioned, the very explicit and exclusive trailer is up. World Premier y'all on: beastieboys.com If all of this very explicit activity is exciting you to the point of desperate and insatiable shopping need, then please by all means proceed to  beastieboys.com where you can pre order 4 different combo packs and what not. Enjoy yourself, and please proceed with hip hop supervision only. The management   Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

My first music documentary review.  Kicking Against The Pricks was in need of some content for their music documentary section, so I volunteered a few hundred words or more for Kill Your Idols .  I'd seen this documentary not that long ago, and I figured I'd give it another viewing.  No Wave has remained an excruciatingly under-exposed era of punk rock's development, but also one of its more influential and interesting.  Also, being that the era's earliest contributors wind up opining about the bands that have followed in their footsteps, history is followed by some very caustic commentary.  It's worth a look.  In the meantime, check out the review and the latest issue of Kicking Against The Pricks. Issue #6 is up for perusal: http://kickingagainstthepricks.org/#home Kill Your Idols Scott Crary Palm Pictures Released: 7.7.06 Kicking Against The Pricks review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Kicking Against The Pricks is now accessible via Twitter and Facebook , so become a follower or fan and check out my article on the soundtrack for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World . Lately, I've been having some trouble linking my KATP reviews, but you can still view the issue.  If troubles present themselves, I'll just post the article. Issue #5 is up for perusal: http://kickingagainstthepricks.org/#home Various Artists Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Universal/ABKCO Released: 8.10.10   Kicking Against The Pricks review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

In hipster/movie news, Dan Deacon will be working with the unhip Coppola , ( Francis Ford ), providing his upcoming movie, Twixt Now and Sunrise , with its score.  Information is below via Force Field PR. I'm sure Sofia pushed her dad in this direction. Dan Deacon - Wet Wings by forcefieldpr Dan Deacon set to score new Francis Ford Coppola film, Twixt Now and Sunrise Dan Deacon has been tapped by Francis Ford Coppola to score his next film, Twixt Now and Sunrise , due later this year. The gothic romance stars Val Kilmer , Bruce Dern , Ben Chaplin & Elle Fanning . In addition to scoring the film, Mr. Coppola and Mr. Deacon are collaborating on a larger level, details of which will be announced soon. The announcement comes on the cusp of Deacon's concert of new music for So Percussion on Jan. 20th at the Merkin Concert Hall in NYC and his first performance of new orchestral work Feb 3rd and 4th with the Kitchner-Waterloo Symphony in Kitchner, Ontario. ...

Via Earsplit PR : BORIS To Release First Official DVD This January Japan’s rock experimentalists BORIS are well-known not only for their epic discography – as they’ve unleashed multiple releases to the public every year in countless formats since their formation in the early 90s — but also for their captivating live performances they’re constantly booking, playing live throughout every habitable continent on the planet over the past decade and a half. The next official release from the band will bring fans a bit of both worlds, in the form of the band’s first official domestic live DVD from the band! Set for release via Southern Lord on January 18, 2011, the Live In Japan DVD captures the intriguing power, majesty and unique psychedelia that only BORIS can deliver, and will bring the band’s incredible stage act to fans who have never witnessed the band live, as well as diehards who venture out to see the act every chance they get. The footage on this official DVD release was...

Thrill Jockey just released a trailer for the upcoming 77 Boa Drum DVD, the large scale 77 drum performance piece by the Boredoms . Give it a look. 77 BOA DRUM trailer from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Coming off the release of the Dum Dum Girls ’ I Will Be , drummer Frankie Rose (also a former Vivian Girl and Crystal Stilt ) is releasing the self-titled debut of her newest vehicle, Frankie Rose and the Outs . The first single from her upcoming release, “Little Brown Haired Girls,” is what you’ve come to expect from Rose, Spector -ized 60s girl groove with garage punch. ”Little Brown Haired Girls” The album will be out September 21st on Slumberland Records . A review of I Will Be by the Dum Dum Girls can be found at No Ripcord . ....................................................................................... Thrill Jockey is releasing a DVD performance of “77 Boa Drum” by Boredoms . Via Thrill Jockey: On July 7th, 2007 at 7:07 PM, Japanese group Boredoms, orchestrated a performance by 77 drummers at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, NY. Nearly three years later, the experience is finally making its way to DVD. 77 Boa Drum is the official live performance...

Filmmaker, Paul Rachman , and writer, Steve Blush , the guys that brought American Hardcore to the masses, are working on a new documentary called, LOST ROCKERS . LOST ROCKERS basically exposes the unexposed, examining forgotten or overlooked musicians that, somehow, got lost in the “star-maker” shuffle. Rachman and Blush are in the process of making this film, four interviews with Gloria Jones , Jake Holmes , David Peel and Dr. Israel in the can, and they need outside support to fund the project. They need $15,000 by May 19th. You can find out more at Kickstarter.com . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

The History Channel will be premiering a new Beatles documentary entitled, The Beatles On Record , which follows the Fab Four as they evolve in the studio. Having already been broadcast by the BBC earlier this year, it will air on Wednesday, November 25th for U.S. audiences. While the amazing Beatles Anthology docu-series perfectly captured The Beatles from their beginning to the end, a documentary solely devoted to the band in the studio is something I’d love to check out. Inasmuch as the new Beatles reissues better-demonstrate the truth to their sound, this documentary should explain exactly how groundbreaking they were, confirming their fully-integrated importance to the musicscape that’s followed. ©2009 A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead