Kevin Barnes

A personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal - whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles with all of those around him, family and bandmates alike, he's forced to reconsider the future of the band, begging the question - is this really worth it?

A collection of indiepop music videos.

While serving as a test subject for a synthetic blood product, Bernard (Kevin Barnes) waits for each of his injections inside a suburban motel room. He develops a friendship with the helpful maid (Jill Carnes), but being a medical guinea pig gradually takes its toll on Bernard's sanity. Soon, he believes he's a mummy whose synthetic blood will grant him eternal life. Chris Jolly directs this indie horror flick shot in minimalist black-and-white.

It's a bizarre celebration when of Montreal tours eleven European cities in twelve nights at the dawn of Obama's presidency. Following the band for eleven days, director and UGA English instructor Spenser Simrill Jr. offers glimpses of Glasgow, Amsterdam, Paris and, most significantly, the landscape of the human body, as the film captures of Montreal's bizarre stage antics and their equally bizarre backstage confessionals and pushup competitions.

The unique inside story of the collective creative evolution behind the sounds of 1990s psychedelic rock bands Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and The Apples in Stereo — the founding groups behind the Elephant 6 collective, as well as a host of other artists — with inspirational resonance for today’s music makers, and music lovers everywhere.