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The Bay Area premiere of ‘Directions,’ the 11 video companion to Death Cab for Cutie’s Grammy nominated album, ‘plans,’ featuring a video for each and every song on the record by directors including Paul Brown, Ace Norton, Monkmus, Autumn de Wilde, and Laurent Briet.

Preceded by a new trailer about Girls Rock camp for girls and the Bay Area premiere of a new documentary series, One Week, that follows the band The National on tour.

 Info: http://www.noisepop.com/2006/films.php

Badgeholders *do* get in to Noise Pop Films. All films are walk-up admission, no advance sales.

  In 1979, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted a two-day No/New Wave festival, featuring Devo, the Fleshtones, James Chance and the Contortions, the Monochrome Set, Minneapolis’ own the Suburbs, Judy Nylon with a young Alejandro Escovedo on guitar, and many others, when this music was just beginning. Early black-and-white video imagery captures the lovingly bizarre behavior on display. Produced by Rick Fuller and Chris Strouth.

Preceded by trailers for new films about the Replacements and Mission of Burma.

Info: http://www.noisepop.com/2006/films.php

Badgeholders *do* get into Noise Pop Films, and the walk-up ticket price is

$8 unless otherwise stated for special events.

Oakland’s Cuts are rock and roll traditionalists with releases on Birdman and Lookout.

Jonny X and the Groadies barrel out of Portland, Oregon with a screamo penchant for robotic beats and insane chugga skree. Unlike much anything else out there, seizure inducing black metal-influenced dramatones.
http://www.myspace.com/groadies

Spider and the Webs from Olympia do glowing pop rock with doo wop tendencies.
http://www.myspace.com/spiderandthewebs

Old Haunts.
http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/factsheets/theoldhaunts/