From The Basement
Mar 08 2009
•2h 10m
•Music, Documentary
First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse production and no filler (no host, no audience, just artist centre stage), From The Basement's eclectic line-up reads like a contemporary alternative who's who; The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Albert Hammond Jr., The Shins, Beck, Damien Rice, José González, Super Furry Animals, Eels, and more.
Cast
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Thom Yorke
Self - Radiohead
Jonny Greenwood
Self - Radiohead
Colin Greenwood
Self - Radiohead
Ed O'Brien
Self - Radiohead
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