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You Weren't There:
A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84

Band:Subverts
Song: TV Personality
Album: Independent Study E.P.
Year: 1981
Label: Clandestine
Format: 7"

Frownland

"Frownland is like a shriek for help. It centers on an extraordinary performance that plays like an unceasing panic attack. To call it uncompromising is to wish for a better word."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

1001 Nights
Damon & Naomi

“Like real water in a world of soda pop.”
- Robert Wyatt

Featuring: Michio Kurihara, The Clientele, Ghost, Richard Youngs, Rheinallt H. Rowlands, Thom Revolver, Bhob Rainey, Masaki Batoh, Helena Espvall

You Weren't There
A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984

"A smart and well-crafted look at the Second City’s punk scene from its birth until the Orwellian year of 1984."
- Jerry Connolly, Big Takeover

Featuring: Effigies, Naked Raygun, Strike Under, Articles of Faith, Silver Abuse, DA, The Subverts, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element, Rights of the Accused

High School Record

“Nothing like Napoleon Dynamite, but instead comes off more like Penelope Spheeris’ 1984 punk rock classic Suburbia. There’s a raw authenticity here.”
- Eric Campos, Film Threat

Starring: Members of No Age, Mika Miko, Lavender Diamond and Minutemen

Songs for Cassavetes

"the film looks the way the music sounds: raw, pure, intense"
- Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia City Paper

Featuring: Sleater-Kinney, Unwound, Tullycraft, Henry's Dress, The Peechees, Some Velvet Sidewalk, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Further, The Hi-Fives and The Make-UP

All the Way from Michigan Not Mars

"Rosie is not carrying my baby."
- Sufjan Stevens

Featuring: Rosie Thomas, Sufjan Stevens, Denison Witmer, Damien Jurado and Sheila Saputo

Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

“Rarely has the relationship between sound and image been so deeply explored.”
– Chicago Tribune

Acoustic Mainlines: Live at Union Chapel
Spiritualized

"When it comes to rock'n'roll music, there's still no one who does it better."
- James Oldham, NME

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