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"As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people’s lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In The Future Is Unwritten, from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe’s life, Julien Temple’s film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.” The film premiered at Sundance and opens to the public on November 2nd, 2007. Visit the movie site or check out the trailer on IFC’s Virb page.

"Based on more than 25 hours of never-before-heard audiotaped interviews conducted by noted journalist Michael Azerrad, the movie Kurt Cobain About a Son is an intimate and moving portrait of the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, told entirely in his own voice—without celebrity soundbites, news clips, sensational or tabloid angles. It’s who he was from the man himself, with cinematic imagery shot on film of the three cities in Washington State that played a major role in his life (Aberdeen, Olympia and Seattle).” The soundtrack is by Northwest musician and producer Steve Fisk and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard, as well as the music of “more than 20 artists who influenced or touched Cobain during his life.” The movie opens in select cities in October. The soundtrack is out now on Barsuk Records or you can see the trailer on their Virb page.

While cruising through Virb, we came across The New Young Pony Club, a five person Alternative / Electronica / New Wave band from London.  They’ve got a definite New Wave sound and singer Tahita Bulmer’s voice has an edge that pleasantly reminds us of Romeo Void.  Their debut album, Fantastic Playroom, just came out in the US on August 28. You can hear it on their Virb page, but if you like it, buy it here for only $9.99.

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