IFC has worked Before The Music Dies, Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen's 2006 documentary about the state of the music business, into their monthly rotation. If you've ever engaged in a discussion about the sorry state of the music industry, the debilitating corporate mindset that pervades it and how we managed to get to this point, this documentary was made for you. The film pulls back the curtain on the ease with which a gorgeous, tone deaf model can be transformed into a video star through technology, decries the Clear Channel-ification of commercial radio, explores the industry's failure to timely appreciate the importance of the Internet all while illustrating the adage that "art is art; commerce is commerce."

If you have any type of concern for the state of the music industry and its future, you will be both irate and frightened by parts of the film. However, the doc isn't a 90 minute eulogy and ends by looking forward with an upbeat sense of optimism. Beware though, the scene with two high school girls at an Ashlee Simpson concert who have no clue who Bob Dylan is will make you want to hurl something heavy at the screen.