Our very own Tim Brooks edited this video for “My Love Is a Bat” by Austin’s HEX DISPENSERS, from their Winchester Mystery House LP on Douchemaster. The video, shot on 16mm film, was written and directed by Jon.

It’s not everyday that you come across a well-produced video zine, let alone a French “video psychedelic punk rock fanzine,” but that’s exactly what we have here, and for the most part, it’s is a fun and worthwhile watch. Les Oreilles Qui Saignent (“Bleeding Ears” in English) features footage from touring bands like GOVERNMENT WARNING, SURRENDER, SHITTY LIMITS, and the WANKYS, as well as homegrown French bands like DAILY O.D., who play catchy, female-fronted punk, rough and crusty hardcore from CHAOS ZZZ, noise-mongers WARNING/WARNING, and dis-core from STATE POISON (who, frustratingly, are filmed playing in front a DESTINO FINAL banner, but there’s no DF footage!) All of this is regularly interspersed with videos of bands from days gone by like the (French) DOGS, FLIPPER, and POISON GIRLS, plus riots, death and destruction, French news reports, commercials, Japanese horror films, and other punk rock stuff. The in-between footage gets a bit tedious at times, and this whole thing would be infinitely more enjoyable if it slimmed down to less than an hour in length. Nonetheless, there was clearly a lot of love and hard work put into this, and it’s a cool document of these bands and this scene, so if any of the above highlights sound appealing (and there’s a lot to choose from), do yourself a favor and check it out. You can download or watch the whole thing here, or order a DVD by contacting bskubich {at} no-log(.)org.

This video from Kuala Lumpur’s PUSHER comes to us via the Malaysian collective Knot Records, which seems to have its heart in the right place. They give this description of the video:

“Radio On Fire!” is essentially about the fall of the corporate music industry which not only exploits the listeners but also destroys the creative freedom for people to create music. Basically ‘Radio’ here is an analogy referred to all these major labels that are threatened by the emerged of lots of D.I.Y labels today, simply proves that anybody could appreciate and enjoy music without conforming to their ways. The revolution of ‘punk rock’ itself since the 70′s, in a way is the main factor that drove almost everybody to be self-empowered enough and go against the corporate game. This is a track from Pusher’s “Our Beloved City Of The Dead” CD released in 2010.

They also had this other video posted, which we liked a lot. Terima kasih!

One of the less-cited-in-lazy-reviews (never in MRR, natch!) ’77 lady singers, Pauline Murray of PENETRATION handles herself here with graceful aplomb, despite the infernal rain of what we can clearly assume to be Newkie Brown being hurled at her by the amoeba-brained goofs in the crowd from this video shot in Manchester.

Here’s one of the greatest punk bands ever, Hüsker Dü, appearing on network TV on what might have been the verge of stardom, if not for the fact that the mainstream would never really be ready for their brand of hard driving pop. And of course the punk scene (or MRR at least) had decided that they were no longer hard enough. For yours truly, however, Warehouse: Songs and Stories has always been a favorite, if maybe a guilty pleasure, and I think that this rendition of “Could You Be the One?” is phenomenal. No matter what you think of them in this period, this video is pretty fascinating…

OK, kids. This video by Vicky Drunk & Thrash has been on my “to post” list for a while, but I’ve been at a loss for anything to write to about it except for, “Whoa, check this out!” It was sent in to us with this complete message: “hardcore punk from indonesia,” and the description on YouTube is pretty cryptic as well:

This band is a Vicky’s solo project, started out in the middle of 2006. Vicky’s first guitarist are Angga Madonna, who was disappeared from late 2007. Hereza, the next guitar player was not appear in this video. Hell with another band, this is all about Vicky anyway.

Who is Vicky? “Disappeared”? Why are there 25 seconds of credits for a 35 second song? Does anyone know the answers? Anyway, without further ado: Whoa, check this out!

Screening at the Frozen Film Festival San Francisco’s Roxie Theatre this Saturday, No Fun City is a documentary about the struggle of underground music venues in Vancouver, BC, Canada. While focusing on legit (read: for profit) venues, it seems to give a fair amount of time to the truly (and literally) underground venues that even a lot of punks don’t seem to know exist nowadays. Go see it and let us know what you think!