Thurston Moore

This feature length documentary chronicles the ground breaking, early 80's punk rock band from their humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to their tragic and untimely demise when lead signer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van accident in December of 1985. (Rocket Fuel Films)

A compilation of twenty four music videos by Sonic Youth ranging from 1990 to 2002.

Imperiled by the rise of downloadable music and the chaotic state of the record industry, the American independent record store is fast becoming a dying breed, as chronicled in Brendan Toller's shout-out to these beloved spaces. The documentary captures visits to indie record stores across the country, and includes interviews with Dischord Records founder Ian Mackaye, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, philosopher Noam Chomsky and many others. (Netflix)

Christian Marclay was one of the first artists to mix and manipulate records in order to create a new music. Several years before the first DJs, he developed the art of deejaying in New York. His experimental style full of creativity and imagination was immediately noticed. Record Player is a documentary about the musical work of Marclay. Through scenes shot at his home, it shows and explains his work and techniques as well as his reflections about his art. (intermezzofilms.ch)

The worldview of Michael Gira, through his life as a globetrotter and his four decades leading Swans, a group that he founded in the noisy and iconoclastic New York underground of the early '80s and that keeps reinventing itself today. (imdb)

A documentary film about local legends Mark E. Smith and The Fall. Film explores the band's work and its influence on modern music. The title is a quote from bandleader Mark E. Smith regarding his work ethic and refusal to change his music for the sake of it. The film features interviews with Smith himself as he gives his own take on the band's long and storied history. And also exclusive interviews with Thurston Moore, Stephen Malkmus, Henry Rollins and Dee Dee Ramone. (manchesterwire.co.uk

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary. (imdb)

Homage of one of the most influential bands on the American East Coast, which inspired the rock scene - an emotional, tragically funny and sometimes noisy roller-coaster ride by a dysfunctional family - Dinosaur Jr.