Documentaries. All the cool kids are making them. Didn’t you know? The Hold Steady is releasing A Positive Rage, a documentary DVD and the band’s first-ever live album, through Vagrant Records on April 7.

The documentary kicks off with the band’s first performance in London in 2006 and features never-before-seen live footage, backstage interviews, fan commentary and original audio. The film follows them back to the U.S. for a 24-date tour, ending with a performance at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007, on the second night of a two-night sold-out showing at the Metro in Chicago. The album includes 17 songs from that night, as well as five bonus tracks, including two that were previously unreleased: “Spectres” and “40 Bucks.” Check out the full tracklisting, and The Hold Steady’s spring world tour dates, below.

A Positive Rage track listing
01 Intro
02 Stuck Between Stations
03 The Swish
04 Chips Ahoy!
05 Massive Nights
06 Ask Her For Adderall
07 Barfruit Blues
08 Same Kooks
09 You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)
10 Lord, I’m Discouraged
11 You Can Make Him Like You
12 Your Little Hoodrat Friend
13 Southtown Girls
14 Citrus
15 First Night
16 Girls Like Status
17 Killer Parities

The Hold Steady world tour dates
02.04.09 – Sydney, Australia (The Metro Theatre)
02.06.09 – Perth, Australia (Laneway Festival)
02.07.09 – Adelaide, Australia (Laneway Festival)
02.08.09 – Sydney, Australia (Laneway Festival)
03.31.09 – Albany, NY (Valentine’s)
04.01.09 – Buffalo, NY (Tralf Music Hall)
04.02.09 – Grand Rapids, Mich. (Calvin College Fine Arts Center)
04.03.09 – Urbana, Ill. (Illini Courtyard Café)
04.04.09 – Bloomington, Ind. (Jake’s Nightclub)
04.06.09 – St. Louis, Mo. (Gargoyle)
04.07.09 – Iowa City, Iowa (The Picador)
04.08.09 – Omaha, Neb. (Slowdown)
04.10.09 – Boulder, Colo. (Fox Theatre)
04.11.09 – Salt Lake City, Utah (The Urban Lounge)
04.13.09 – Las Vegas, Nev. (Beauty Bar)
04.14.09 – Stateline, Nev. (Harrah’s Tahoe South Shore Room)
04.15.09 – Sacramento, Calif. (Harlow’s)
04.17.09 – Indio, Calif. (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival)
05.10.09 – Glasgow, UK (SECC) #
05.11.09 – Manchester, UK (Manchester Evening News Arena) #
05.13.09 – Birmingham, UK (NIA) #
05.14.09 – London, UK (Wembley Arena) #
05.16.09 – Cardiff, UK (Cardiff Arena) #
05.18.09 – Bournemouth, UK (BIC) #
05.19.09 – Nottingham, UK (Royal Centre) #
05.21.09 – Brixton, UK (Academy) #
05.30.09 – Hunter Mountain, NY (Mountain Jam)
# – supporting Counting Crows