I Need That Record (2008)

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD THE DEATH OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE an elegy for a vanishing subculturea lively bittersweet film that examines with caustic humor brutal candor and ultimately great affection why roughly 3000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade Johnathan Perry Boston Globe A tourdeforce tale of greed media consolidation homogenized radio big box stores downloading and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews crestfallen record store owners startling statistics and eyepopping animation Fat cats or our favorite record stores You decide Featuring IAN MACKAYE NOAM CHOMSKY MIKE WATT THURSTON MOORE LENNY KAYE Patti Smith CHRIS FRANTZ Talking Heads GLENN BRANCA PATTERSON HOOD Drive By Truckers PAT CARNEY Black Keys LEGS MCNEIL BOB GRUEN BP HELIUM and many indie record stores across the US