Friday, May 26 2006
Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy! Live in ‘79 [DVD]
Teddy Pendergrass in concert is also Teddy Pendergrass at his best, because he's a performer who simply thrives on audience interaction.
Tuesday, April 25 2006
Recyver Dogs: Live at Tresor Berlin [DVD]
Laypeople may not get much out of this DVD, but techno enthusiasts who have been to Tresor may get misty-eyed.
Monday, April 24 2006
The Velvet Underground: Under Review [DVD]
Yes, it would have been nice if the Velvet Underground had made 10 million dollars, but it's even better that they made music that still influences people today.
Monday, April 10 2006
David Bowie: Serious Moonlight [DVD]
Serious Moonlight captures Bowie at the point where he began to falter. Even worse, it's a testament to the glossy absurdity of the '80s.
Friday, March 24 2006
Waylon Jennings: Live From Austin TX [DVD]
It's hard to go wrong with a DVD comprised of Waylon Jennings playing a healthy collection of his best songs.
Thursday, March 23 2006
GG Allin and the Murder Junkies: Terror in America - Live 1993 [DVD]
GG Allin would have eaten the Pistols for breakfast then shit them out onstage.
Thursday, March 16 2006
Merle Haggard: Live From Austin TX [DVD]
Merle Haggard is still going, and it is on the strength of his timeless country songs. A select cache of numbers is showcased from this memorable '85 date for the legendary PBS program.
Monday, March 13 2006
Mint Condition: Live from the 9:30 Club [DVD]
On DVD, Soul band Mint Condition escapes chains of radio hits and jams like a damn band can.
Friday, March 10 2006
Townes Van Zandt: Be Here to Love Me [DVD]
Belonging to the ragged Texas country tradition with his roots in something deeper and timeless, Townes Van Zandt's poetic narratives and haunting melodies came from the dusty side of the road, from the motels and trailer parks rather than glossy Nashville studios.
Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic Part 2 [CD + DVD]
A literal makeover, Everything Ecstatic Part 2 offers a visual counterpart to Four Tet's latest album.
Tuesday, March 7 2006
Various Artists: Invite Them Up [CD + DVD]
This set finds Comedy Central in the role of a comedy farm system.
Tony Joe White: Live from Austin City Limits [DVD + CD]
Austin, 1980 -- that was another place and another time, but here's evidence of Tony Joe White rocking down the television studio audience.
Monday, March 6 2006
Traffic: The Last Great Traffic Jam [DVD]
Shot more than a decade ago, Traffic returned with one last hurrah. This DVD captures that tour and its well-crafted music, released as a parting gift and dedication from Steve Winwood to the late Jim Capaldi.
Friday, March 3 2006
Bad Religion: Live at the Palladium [DVD]
Bad Religion finally give the fans what they want -- a full-length DVD that captures the band's intensity and musicality in glorious 5.1.
Wednesday, March 1 2006
The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII [DVD]
That these concerts happened was an amazing thing and this is a fitting, worthwhile document.
Tuesday, February 28 2006
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly/A Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral [DVD]
Call it a Portrait of an Artist as a Gentleman, the reissued Love You Madly/A Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral captures the sophisticated grace of Duke Ellington.
Monday, February 27 2006
Andrew W.K.: Who Knows? Live In Concert: 2000-2004 [DVD]
Party hard! Just don't ask too many questions about the man himself.
Friday, February 24 2006
Syd Barrett: Under Review [DVD]
While not authorized by anyone, this documentary features some great interviews on the music that Pink Floyd's stranger/legend/martyr showed in his brief career.
Tori Amos: Fade to Red: Tori Amos Video Collection [DVD]
In an era when entertainment was taking over as the principle medium for the communication of ideas, it would not be a stretch to say that Amos was among the leaders of the last (but presumably not final) wave of feminism.
