Michael Stipe takes us on a brief studio tour to watch he and R.E.M. work on their forthcoming album with Jacknife Lee. The clips are short, but they give a sense of the sound. (The 31 second mark of clip... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. VLOG LP15»
Posted on November 18, 2009 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | The Fresh And Onlys
They've enlisted the NSA to uncover records detailing how loud music is used as an interrogation tactic. Previously unearthed documents suggest NIN, Drowning Pool (they're flattered), and RHCP were blasted along with the Meow Mix jingle. More here.... CONTINUE READING PEARL JAM, R.E.M., NIN SEEK GUANTANAMO TORTURE PLAYLIST»
Posted on October 23, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Nine Inch Nails | Pearl Jam | R.E.M. | Trent Reznor
The erstwhile R.E.M. drummer made his first public performance since the 2007 R&R HOF induction, last night in Athens. He joined Mike, Peter, and the Minus 5 on "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Hang On Sloopy" and you... CONTINUE READING BILL BERRY REUNITES WITH MIKE MILLS, PETER BUCK AT 40 WATT»
Posted on September 29, 2009 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Bill Berry | Lucky Dragons | Mike Mills | Peter Buck | R.E.M. | The Minus 5
This October R.E.M. will release Live At The Olympia, a double-disc set capturing 39 songs from the band's five-night Dublin stand of "Working Rehearsals" in preparation for their great return to form, Accelerate. The deluxe version includes a DVD film... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE" (LIVE)»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Psychedelic Furs | R.E.M.
The band's just reissued Reckoning and will release R.E.M. Live At The Olympia this fall, so today they're bridging the gap with the four-track tease EP Reckoning Songs From The Olympia. Hear the take on "Harborcoat" at R.E.M. HQ. ... CONTINUE READING R.E.M.'S "HARBORCOAT" FROM A NEW LIVE EP»
Posted on July 7, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
The compilation has an impressive lineup, but the circumstances around it are heartbreaking: Almost a year after his wife Melissa died suddenly, 21 artists have contributed exclusive tracks to Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy to help... CONTINUE READING THOM YORKE, MICHAEL STIPE, DINOSAUR CONTRIBUTE TO CIAO MY SHINING STAR: THE SONGS OF MARK MULCAHY»
Posted on June 25, 2009 (21 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Frank Black | Juliana Hatfield | Mark Mulcahy | Mercury Rev | Miracle Legion | R.E.M. | Radiohead | The National
The final version of R.E.M.'s 2001 LP Reveal featured twelve tracks, however the original master (known as Reveal 1.0) contained two songs that didn't make that final cut: "Free Form Jazz Jam," and the excellently lush ballad "Fascinating" which was... CONTINUE READING FISCHERSPOONER COVER OBSCURE R.E.M. SONG»
Posted on April 24, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: Fischerspooner | R.E.M. | Surfer Blood
If you love R.E.M. and weren't at Carnegie Hall last night, you should probably do a better job at loving R.E.M. The evening was billed as a tribute to the Athenian eye-smilers, which meant career-spanning covers by everyone from Kyp... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. JOINS PATTI SMITH'S R.E.M. TRIBUTE»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in MP3, Video (5 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Glen Hansard | Jeff Mangum | Jimmy Fallon | Michael Stipe | Neutral Milk Hotel | Patti Smith | R.E.M. | The Swell Season
Well, maybe that's not entirely true. Despite the fact that Fallon mentions Stipe (nice recession beard) is his first guest with "nothing to promote," the R.E.M. frontman shows up with a bronze-cast camera sculpture and the two talk about tonight's... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE PROMOTES NOTHING ON JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 11, 2009 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Jimmy Fallon | Julian Plenti | Michael Stipe | R.E.M. | U2
Ryan's unadulterated idolization of the Gallaghers is rubbing off on him in all the wrong ways. Unless you're a hot beef-craving blogger (nullus?) who scours the web for this sort of stuff, in which case nevermind, Ryan you're doing great.... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS DISSES R.E.M., THE KILLERS, NOT OASIS»
Posted on November 19, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (44 comments)
Tags: Oasis | R.E.M. | Ryan Adams | The Killers | Truckasaurus
R.E.M.'s frontman has designed a collector's edition polo for the holidays. The shirt, which depicts a crowd at a stadium concert, comes in three colors and costs 150€ (which converts to LOL in US dollars). Check it out at Lacoste.com... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE FOR LACOSTE»
Posted on November 10, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Michael Stipe | R.E.M. | The Decemberists | The Very Best
In case you didn't hear, Barack Obama won last night. If this came as great news, you likely found yourself laughing at that will.i.am hologram, checking out Fox News to see how depressed they were, and then wandering the East... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. CELEBRATE OBAMA VICTORY»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Amanda Blank | Barack Obama | Passion Pit | R.E.M.
Well, technically, of Montreal covered R.E.M.'s cover of the Clique's "Superman." The Texas group, led by songwriter Gary Zekley, recorded it first in 1969 (a very of Montreal year) and then R.E.M. popularized via Life's Rich Pageant in 1986. Regardless,... CONTINUE READING OF MONTREAL COVER R.E.M.»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | R.E.M. | The Thermals | Wilco
In the post about R.E.M's computer-animated video for "Mansized Wreath" (the one handled heavily by Toronto-based advertising agency Crush, Inc., who also handled "Hollow Man"), I mentioned that when discussing politics, it'd make sense to be a tad more human.... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "UNTIL THE DAY IS DONE"»
Posted on October 23, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: No Age | R.E.M.
When Fluxblog proprietor and Drive XV essayist Matthew Perpetua launched PopSongs 07-08, he gave it the tagline: "I'll write about every R.E.M. song, eventually." And eventually, he did (save Accelerate, which needs time and the 2008 election results for proper... CONTINUE READING IT'S THE END OF POP SONGS 07-08 AS WE KNOW IT»
Posted on September 11, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Absu | Passion Pit | R.E.M. | SXSW
In their video for Accelerate track "Man-Sized Wreath," R.E.M. ups the production value from their recent Vincent Moon clips to a computer animated world of heavy-hand political statement -- video game oil men, Tiananmen Square references, and billboard-sized shots of... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "MAN-SIZED WREATH"»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
R.E.M.'s doing that national tour with the National and Modest Mouse these days. And there has been a rather awesome development of late. We've highlighted some of the rarities spilling from the setlists, but none quite so rare as the... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. "FALL ON ME" IN CHICAGO WITH JOHNNY MARR»
Posted on June 11, 2008 in Video (26 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | R.E.M.
On first blush we all agreed Sasquatch! pulled together one of the lineups to beat of this glutted summer festival season, which is why we're psyched that, despite not having made the trip ourselves, we were able to send photog... CONTINUE READING SASQUATCH 2008 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Concert (22 comments)
Tags: 65 Days Of Static | Beirut | Dead Confederate | Death Cab For Cutie | Dengue Fever | Destroyer | Fleet Foxes | Jamie Lidell | M.I.A. | Mates Of State | Modest Mouse | Okkervil River | R.E.M. | Rogue Wave | Sasquatch! | Tegan And Sara | The Flaming Lips | The Kooks | The Mars Volta | The New Pornographers | The Presidents Of The United States Of America | The Shaky Hands | White Rabbits
R.E.M.'s tour in support of the great Accelerate got under way this past Friday 5/23 in Burnaby (just outside Vancouver), and people are lovin' it. Reader Nick wrote in to tell us about a report he filed for Whitney: Wow,... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. KICK OFF TOUR IN VANCOUVER WITH SOME RARITIES»
Posted on May 27, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
In 2004, R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen took part in the Vote For Change tour, along with the Dixie Chicks, DMB, Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam, etc., to inspire folks to vote against George W. Bush. It didn't work, obviously, but four... CONTINUE READING STIPE GEEKS OUT AROUND THE BOSS, BUCK LEARNS "BORN TO RUN"»
Posted on April 30, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | R.E.M.
The skilled animators of Crush are behind this clip from the Athens trio everyone was buzzing about at SXSW. When we asked Matt Fluxblog to prematurely evaluate Accelerate he wrote of the tune: This one has the best fake-out in... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "HOLLOW MAN"»
Posted on April 22, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great. Brandon worked at... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW IS RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 18, 2008 (34 comments)
Tags: Björk | Built To Spill | Dead Meadow | Death Cab For Cutie | Deerhunter | Grizzly Bear | Interpol | Prurient | R.E.M. | Regina Spektor | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW | Tapes 'N Tapes | The Black Keys | The New Pornographers | Vampire Weekend | Young Widows
Great R.E.M. interview? Or the greatest R.E.M. interview? The Athenians' charm offensive is on full throttle between the La Blogs and the happy, sort of bashful turns on the Today show and last night's Colbert, but there was something extra... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN COLBERT USES R.E.M.'S ACCELERATE AS A COD PIECE»
Posted on April 3, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Stephen Colbert
A lot has been made of R.E.M.'s approach to announcing "they're back." Their work with Vincent Moon -- which we've see in official video and Take Away form already -- has been a major basis for the approach, and the... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. BRINGS LA BLOGOTHèQUE TO ATHENS»
Posted on March 31, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
No longer ambiguous about his sexuality (or that of his bandmates), Michael Stipe can now afford to be ambiguous about his song selections. On Radio 1 Live Lounge recently, Stipe and Co. took on Editors' "Munich." The box percussion, toe... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. COVER EDITORS (AND VICE VERSA)»
Posted on March 28, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Editors | R.E.M. | St. Vincent | Super Bowl | SXSW