I Need That Record!

In celebration of Record Store Day a documentary dvd has been released today. The documentary "I Need That Record!: The Death (Or Possible Survival) Of The Independent Record Store is a film by filmmaker Brendan Toller which speaks to 3000 independent record stores that have closed across the U.S. in the past decade.




The film features Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist and author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt (and music legend of my home town San Pedro, CA) of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club and many more. The film also speaks with independent stores across the U.S.


I Need That Record! - Trailer

To purchase the dvd go to http://www.ineedthatrecord.com.

The film can been seen for free during this week only at Pitchfork.