I Need That Record!
May 03, 2008 | IMDB 6.5
77 min Watch NowDocumentary, Music
Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
Wire on the Box: 1979
Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
Built To Spill Live at Variety Playhouse
Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
The B-52's: Party at The Capitol Theatre
The Go-Go's
Empire Records
Florence and The Machine: Live at the Hammersmith Apollo
OstPunk! Too much Future
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)
The Show Must Go Off!: Dance Hall Crashers - Live at the House of Blues L.A.
Untitled Modest Mouse Documentary
The Casualties: Made In N.Y.C.
Baraka
MxPx - How to Build a Secret Weapon
Cheap Trick Live at Red Rocks
Please Kill Me
On the Record
Napalm - the sound of the industrial city
SIMILAR MOVIES
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
IMDB 9 | Jan , 1991
A compilation of all the Sub Pop videos from the grunge era. Tracks include Nirvana's 'In Bloom' and Mark Lanegan's 'Ugly Sunday'.Wire on the Box: 1979
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1979
The first-ever official live document from brilliant 70s art-punks Wire is finally released on this CD/DVD set, which captures their 1979 performance on then-West Germany's "Rockpalast" show.Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2011
In 2010, the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was forced to close by unfair laws. Filmed over 7 years, “Persecution Blues” depicts the struggle of more than 20,000 fans – and the bands who inspire them – to preserve their history and protect their future, and puts the audience on the front line of an epic-scale culture war.Built To Spill Live at Variety Playhouse
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2003
The band Built to Spill at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse. Highights include "Carry the Zero", "Randy Described Eternity", "Big Dipper" and "Car".Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2017
In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits, the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler reconnect in a San Francisco recording studio to listen back to their albums, reminisce and even perform together one last time. Follow the band as they retell their "rags to riches to rags" story writhe with inner band turmoil, health issues, and the aftermath of signing to a major label. Featuring interviews with Billy Joe Armstrong, Steve Albini, Jessica Hopper, Graham Elliot, Chris Shifflet, Josh Caterer and more.The B-52's: Party at The Capitol Theatre
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1980
By November of 1980, the B-52’s had two albums under their belt and were two months away from their debut Saturday Night Live performance. The New Wave band were quickly rising to national fame, and they were still touring with the original lineup which consisted of frontman Fred Schneider (who in this set’s liner notes is credited as playing both the glockenspiel and “various toys”), Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, Kate Pierson and Keith Strickland.The Go-Go's
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2021
As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, The Go-Go’s made history. Underpinned by candid testimonies, this film chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of a band born in the LA punk scene who became a pop phenomenon.Empire Records
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1995
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.Florence and The Machine: Live at the Hammersmith Apollo
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2010
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine). This concert showcases the band at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, 2010.OstPunk! Too much Future
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2006
Tells the story of punk in the GDR.Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2023
The film dives into 1970's Britain; the birth of punk and the formation of Crass, with an in-depth look at their art, music and ethos.The Show Must Go Off!: Dance Hall Crashers - Live at the House of Blues L.A.
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2005
Part of the Show Must Go Off series, Live at the House of Blues finds the ska-punk band at their best.Untitled Modest Mouse Documentary
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1997
Documentary about the indie rock band Modest Mouse made around 1997, as they were recording their second album, The Lonseome Crowded WestThe Casualties: Made In N.Y.C.
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2007
Made in NYC is the live album released by the punk rock band The Casualties, recorded live in 2007 at a small NYC club. One listen and it's clear that The Casualties are still the reigning kings of the current street punk movement. DVD featuring a "Welcome Home" show concluding the 'Punx for Life' tour, behind the scenes footage and a tour of NYC punk rock landmarks with band. Listen and watch as The Casualties fight to keep REAL Punk Rock alive in an ever changing New York City landscape.Baraka
IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 1992
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.MxPx - How to Build a Secret Weapon
IMDB 4.2 | Jul , 2007
Join Mike, Tom, and Yuri in the studio as they record their album "Secret Weapon."Cheap Trick Live at Red Rocks
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2016
Since the early ’70s, Cheap Trick has been blending elements of pop, punk, and even metal in a way that is instantly catchy and recognizable. Now well into their fourth decade, the band is among the most active and successful in music history with featured appearances on over 20 movie soundtracks, more than 40 international gold and platinum certifications, a myriad of awards and industry honors, and total record sales in excess of 20 million. Join this historic band with a legendary performance from Red Rocks Amphitheatre.Please Kill Me
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2011
Going backstage and behind closed doors to chronicle the music of sex, drugs, and power struggles that were the fabric of the punk community. Adapted for stage by Mathieu Bauer. The punk era of Television, Richard Hell, Ramones, Iggy Pop...flirting with death, drowning in art, design and a new way of communicating.On the Record
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2020
The haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she grapples with her decision to become one of the first women of color, in the wake of #MeToo, to come forward and publicly accuse hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. A gripping and profound examination of race, gender, intersectionality, and the toll sexual abuse takes on survivors and on society at large.Napalm - the sound of the industrial city
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2013
Directed by journalist Ricardo Alexandre, the documentary tells the story of the Napalm nightclub, responsible for the new wave and post-punk generation in Sao Paulo. Mixing live shows, cutting-edge DJing and videos in its "modern" internal television system, the venue quickly became a meeting point for young people who shaped the grayer side of Brazilian rock in the 80s.