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Kill Your Idols

A People’s History of No-Wave

“IT WAS ABOUT making music that reminded you of nothing else,” says Lydia Lunch in Kill Your Idols, a 70-minute documentary on the birth, death, and multiple reincarnations of no-wave music. The film begins in 1972 and microscopes on the New York scene, past to present. “We weren’t just trying to make music—we were trying […]

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