Steve Albini Movies
- 2019
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
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In May 1997, Tim Taylor, creative force behind the beloved Dayton, Ohio rock weirdos BRAINIAC, was on the verge of his band signing to a major record...
- 2018
Rock vs. Cancer
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A musician with terminal cancer spends his last days recording a rock album with legendary music producer Steve Albini.
- 2003
Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
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Documentary about the late Chicago artist and musician Wesley Willis. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows Willis throughout the Chicago area, riding the b...
- 2006
Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)
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"Danielson: a Family movie" is a documentary about unbridled creativity vs. accessibility, Christian faith vs. popular culture, underground music vs....
- 2012
Reel Old School
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Reel Old School is a documentary made by college students John Cotton and Brady Effler. It investigates the transition in the music recording world fr...
- 2021
Records
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Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with ne...
- 1997
Out of the Loop
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A feature-length documentary on the 1990s Chicago rock scene.
- 2014
Breadcrumb Trail
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Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.
- 2021
Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)
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This is a film about touring musicians who don't care about making it in the music business and all of the hardships they face without the fame.
- 2024
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
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Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
- 2013
Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust7.22013HD
Form small beginnings on a Victorian farm to globetrotting punk rock icons, the Cosmic Psychos became one of Australia's most influential bands. Now a...
- 1992
Big Black - Pig Pile
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Big Black recorded live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, London - UK, in the summer of 1987.
- 1987
Big Black - The Last Blast
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Big Black's final show, at the Georgetown Steamplant in Seattle, August 9, 1987.
- 2024
Uzeda - Do It Yourself
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- 2011
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
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Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the Seattle Sound, within the context of the undergr...
- 2007
You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984
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You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Th...
- 2007
The Dirty Three
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The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawn...
- 2008
Guyville Redux
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Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in th...
- 2017
Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker82017HD
In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits, the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Ba...
- 2017
Hot Doug’s: The Movie
Hot Doug’s: The Movie82017HD
Hot Doug’s: the Movie is a portrait of the restaurant, its owner, and its fans. It’s a window into the closing of a cult-favorite hot-dog stand in Chi...