Pitchfork reports:

After a solid run through the festival circuit in 2011, the Jay Reatard documentary Better Than Something has announced its first official string of screenings throughout the U.S. It premiers Friday, March 2 in Brooklyn, Memphis, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon.

Directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz captured the late punk icon in his native Memphis just months before his tragic and unexpected passing in 2009. The film mixes interviews and concert footage with cinéma vérité.

Additional screenings will be announced, with details posted on Facebook and Twitter. Watch the trailer after the dates:

03-02 – 03-08 Brooklyn, NY – Nitehawk Cinema
03-02 – 03-08 Memphis, TN - Malco Studio on the Square
03-02 – 03-08 Seattle, WA - Grand Illusion Cinema
03-02 – 03-08 Portland, OR - Clinton Street Theater
03-03 – 03-05 Phoenix, AZ - FilmBar
03-08 – 03-11 Los Angeles, CA - Egyptian Theatre at the American Cinematheque
03-09- 03-10 Bellingham, WA - Pickford Film Center
03-15 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
03-26 Austin, TX - Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
04-11 – 04-12 San Francisco, CA - Roxie Theater

Yellow Bird Project created this excellent t-shirt in memory of Jay. Drawn in detail using black pen on A2 paper, this design depicts a Gibson Flying V; one of Jay’s trademark guitars. The brand name has been taken off the headstock and replaced with the intials ‘JR’.

Jay’s father chose to designate the profits from this shirt to the St. Jude’s Research Hospital.

You can order the shirt here.

This was the 1st release from Memphis’ great LOST SOUNDS, with core members Jay Reatard, Alicja Trout, and Rich Crook. Here they’re joined on bass by the mysterious “Steven,” never to be heard from again. Four blasts of primal electro punk, remastered from the original cassette.

Originally released on the Italian label Solid Sex Lovie Doll, notorious for their flimsy, lo-fi aesthetic and ridiculous limited editions. This was their first release and we salute the label and their fearless leader, Fredrico Zanutto, who trekked all the way to Memphis for Gonerfest 1 and released records of many of the finest bands in the world in tiny, unobtainable editions.

Plastic Skin
Don’t Bother Me

What Did I Say?
Lost And Found

Order it from Goner Records here.

Jay’s harsh electro punk project “Terror Visions” has just seen a reissue of their only full length record “World of Shit”, This remastered 180 gram LP collects the entire recorded history of the band including a few previously unreleased tracks. Look for it in stores starting Dec 6th or order it at www.fdhmusic.com

Better Than Something comes to New York City soon for the DOC NYC Festival (you can also connect on Twitter and Facebook). Information on the two screenings (click dates for ticket information):

Friday, November 4 @ Midnight
IFC Center
323 6th Ave @ West 3rd Street

Tuesday, November 8 @ 8:30pm
IFC Center
323 6th Ave @ West 3rd Street

FDH Records are reissuing the only document of Jay’s visceral synth side project, Terror Visions, in expanded form. World of Shit is remastered and will be stamped onto 180g vinyl, along with a picture set and… a contest! Everyone who pre-orders the record will be entered to win the following:

Grand Prize – A 50$ gift certificate for FDH records, and a copy of the Terror Visions test pressing ( test press limited to 10)
Second Prize – A 20$ gift certificate for FDH records, and a copy of the Terror Visions test pressing ( test press limited to 10)
Third Prize – A copy of the Terror Visions test pressing (test press limited to 10)
Fourth Fifth and Sixth Prize – A free copy of any FDH record LP thats still in print (Terror Visions LP exculded), and a Terror Visions magnet (300 made for the original pressing of Terror Visions)
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Prize – A free copy of any FDH records 7″ thats still in print, and a Terror Visions magnet (300 made for the original pressing of Terror Visions)

You can pre-order the record at the FDH Records site.

Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz continue bringing their documentary on Jay to the masses. Here are their upcoming screenings — don’t miss your chance to see the film! You can learn more about the film at their Facebook page.

Minneapolis: Sound Unseen Festival, October 13, 7PM

Montreal: Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema / Pop Montreal, October 19 9:00PM

Barcelona: In-Edit Music Documentary Festival, October 30, 4:30PM & November 1, 8:30PM

Charlottesville: The Virginia Film Festival, November 3, 10PM

New York: DOC NYC Festival, November 4, Midnight & November 8, 8:30PM

JAY REATARD’S FIRST ALBUM ‘TEENAGE HATE’ GETS DELUXE REISSUE MAY 31 ON GONER RECORDS, INCLUDES F*CK ELVIS HERE’S THE REATARDS TRACKS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON CASSETTE ONLY

Pre-order HERE.

Jay Reatard’s first full-length LP Teenage Hate, first released in 1998, is set for a deluxe reissue on May 31 on Goner Records. This Jay Reatard posthumous double album will include early tracks (Fuck Elvis Here’s the Reatards) recorded by Jay on 4-track and only previously released on cassette. Some songs feature Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound, Oblivians) on drums. The double album features Reatards covers of Fear, The Dead Boys, Lil Bunnies, Buddy Holly, Johnny Vomit & The Dry Heaves, and The Beatles. Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis Here’s the Reatards offers a glimpse into the punk energy and rapidly developing raw talent of a teenage Jay Reatard.

There will be a limited pressing on clear vinyl available directly from Goner Records and also available on May 31 at select independent record stores.  Pre-order it HERE.

The final pieces of the Jay Reatard Shattered Club are in manufacture and will be ready to be shipped in 2-4 weeks.

We had promised an original 7″ exclusively for Shattered Club members. Two days before Jay passed away he recorded two songs at home: “You Get No Love” and “I Am Growing.” They were to be his final recordings. They have never been heard before now. We have pressed these songs onto a 7″ and it will be available only to you. It will not be for sale in any shops, not given to blogs for free download, and will not available digitally. Inside the 7″ you’ll find a personal note written by Jeffrey Novak.

We had promised a live 7″ exclusively for Shattered Club members. Instead we are sending you a full live album from an incredible set at the Golden Plains Festival in Australia in 2008. This is a full-length 14-song LP, again only for Shattered Club members.

We had promised a t-shirt exclusively for Shattered Club members. Nicholas Gazin, the artist who created the images for Jay’s final tour – The Shattered Records Tour – has painted a watercolor that we are printing on t-shirts. This will only be available to Shattered members.

Shattered Club members have also received Watch Me Fall on CD or LP, and MP3s of Watch Me Fall, the 25-song Greatest Messes: The Shattered Club Edition, The Reatards’ Teenage Hate, Jeffrey Novak’s “Home Sweet Home” and Hunx & His Punx’s “Teardrops On My Telephone.” We will also be sending  MP3s of the final Shattered Records 7″ from Useless Eaters entitled “Hear/See.”

Expect more goodies at random in these packages, including test pressings, Shattered Tour t-shirts, and other items we have been saving up.

In 2011 there will be a full slate of Jay releases, including a feature-length documentary film, Reatards and Lost Sounds reissues, and a definitive greatest hits record.

Thursday is first anniversary of Jay’s passing.

If you are interested in signing up for the Shattered Club to receive all of the above, click the button below.

Buy $75.00

Shattered Records Family Showcase
In Loving Memory of Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr.

Thursday, March 18
1pm – 6pm
Beerland, Austin
21+, FREE

1:00 – 1:30pm Mickey
1:45 – 2:15pm Shannon & The Clams
2:30 – 3:00pm Hunx & His Punx
3:15 – 3:45pm Wizzard Sleeve
4:00 – 4:30pm Digital Leather
4:45 – 5:15pm River City Tanlines
5:30 – 6:00pm Cheap Time
6:00 – 6:30pm special guests (Matador Records)