Stream R.E.M.'s Accelerate On iLike

After the other day's big news, that Mike Mills and Peter Buck are in fact heterosexual, we figured the R.E.M. cycle would slow down awhile. Not so. As promised, the band's made Accelerate available for full-album streaming on iLike, which... CONTINUE READING STREAM R.E.M.'S ACCELERATE ON ILIKE»

Posted on March 24, 2008 (7 comments)
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R.E.M. Demonstrates That "Living Well Is The Best Revenge" For La Blogothèque

Michael Stipe is no longer the most obviously but still unofficially gay person in the world music. And we're celebrating that out coming by alerting you to R.E.M.'s filmic collab with Vincent Moon in the back of a car, VMPRWKND... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. DEMONSTRATES THAT "LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE" FOR LA BLOGOTHèQUE»

Posted on March 18, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Peter Bjorn And John | R.E.M. | Super Bowl | Vincent Moon

Michael Stipe No Longer Trapped In The Closet

It's something everyone seemed to already know -- i.e., note the, ok, maybe less-than-tender comments from this thread last week -- but post-SXSW, and on the eve of Accelerate's 4/1 release date, Stipe has finally made those longtime rumors official... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE NO LONGER TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET»

Posted on March 18, 2008 (53 comments)
Tags: Michael Stipe | R.E.M.

Hear New MMJ And R.E.M. Tunes, Plus Stereogum's Friday Party, At NPR

Between all the video we're posting and every other site's A/V archives, this year's trip to Austin's easily and obviously the most archived South By yet. As mentioned, we'll have the rest of our video clips throughout this week, but... CONTINUE READING HEAR NEW MMJ AND R.E.M. TUNES, PLUS STEREOGUM'S FRIDAY PARTY, AT NPR»

At Langerado, Party Like It's 1995

While we were in NYC resting our legs for the upcoming Texan good times, thousands of music lovers went south for Langerado on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. Looks like it was a hot, sweaty fun time down there. It... CONTINUE READING AT LANGERADO, PARTY LIKE IT'S 1995»

Posted on March 11, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Blind Melon | Langerado | R.E.M.

R.E.M. Added You As A Friend On Facebook...

According to Silicon Alley Insider, the Athenians are premiering Accelerate on iLike beginning 3/24. The album doesn't hit the racks until 4/1, so this is a pretty big coup for iLike. Remember, Michael and the boys premiered Around The Sun... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. ADDED YOU AS A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK...»

Posted on March 10, 2008 (8 comments)
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Do R.E.M. In San Francisco, Secret Show In Portland

The idea of a Pavement reunion's in the air, but Stephen Malkmus & his Jicks are everywhere else, including a Take-Away in San Francisco and a secret show in Portland. The Take-Away includes a trio of Real Emotional Trash tunes,... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS DO R.E.M. IN SAN FRANCISCO, SECRET SHOW IN PORTLAND»

Posted on March 6, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Stephen Malkmus

The Cure, R.E.M. Line Up For Sasquatch! 2008

Sure, yes, and fine, having R.E.M., the Cure, the Flaming Lips' U.F.O. show, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the National, the Breeders, Built To Spill, et al puts this year's installment of the earthy Pacific Northwest festival Sasquatch! amongst the lineups to... CONTINUE READING THE CURE, R.E.M. LINE UP FOR SASQUATCH! 2008»

Michael Stipe Does Comedy In NYC

All set to Accelerate, R.E.M.'s been raising their profile downtown of late with that infamous trip to an LES sex shop and subsequent video. Mr. Stipe's latest public outing is decidedly less kinky and possibly more funny: Michael stopped in... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE DOES COMEDY IN NYC»

Posted on February 15, 2008 (2 comments)
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New R.E.M. Video - "Supernatural Superserious"

The Vincent Moon-directed video for Accelerate's first single fits with the filmic, low-tech look of the Vincent Moon-directed promo materials that've come before it. We see the R.E.M. boys standing around pensively, going through the rigors of recording, hopping into... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS"»

Posted on February 13, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
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Premature Evaluation: R.E.M. - Accelerate

Although we usually give our knee jerk reactions to anticipated releases every Friday, there was no waiting 'til the end of the week to share first impressions of this one -- particularly when we have a friend so highly qualified... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: R.E.M. - ACCELERATE»

Posted on February 11, 2008 in Premature Evaluation (36 comments)
Tags: Brian Jonestown Massacre | R.E.M.

New R.E.M. - "Supernatural Superserious" And Accelerate Promo Video

At this point, we're pretty sure you're aware that Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe are getting closer to the release of their 14th studio album, produced by Jackknife Lee. What you might not have heard, though, is a... Accelerate Promo Video'">CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. - "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS" AND ACCELERATE PROMO VIDEO»

Posted on February 6, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
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Camp R.E.M. Talk "Supernatural Superserious," Unveil Accelerate Album Art, Tour With The National & Modest Mouse

Well shit how's that for a post title. Let's just take it in order: We poked our heads into the wine shop on the LES that R.E.M. invaded while filming their "Supernatural Superserious" with La Blogothèque field general Vincent Moon;... Accelerate Album Art, Tour With The National & Modest Mouse'">CONTINUE READING CAMP R.E.M. TALK "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS," UNVEIL ACCELERATE ALBUM ART, TOUR WITH THE NATIONAL & MODEST MOUSE»

Posted on January 28, 2008 in Album Art, Tour Dates (7 comments)
Tags: Modest Mouse | R.E.M. | The National

A Preview Of R.E.M.'s "Supernatural Superserious," From A Wine Shop

Continuing on our campaign to stalk R.E.M. around our neighborhood (virtually, 'cause it is too cold out there to gawk effectively), we present a sort of Take Away video of a Take Away video (as you know, La Blogothèque maestro... CONTINUE READING A PREVIEW OF R.E.M.'S "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS," FROM A WINE SHOP»

Posted on January 25, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
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R.E.M. Visit The LES, Unveil Accelerate Tracklist

To film a video! At a sex shop. Brooklyn Vegan points us to a blog post put up by the toys in Babeland:It's not every day that you can call up your friends and say "So I was working at... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. VISIT THE LES, UNVEIL ACCELERATE TRACKLIST»

Posted on January 24, 2008 (1 comments)
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Patterson Hood On "Demanding" Records, And His Fave Classic Rock LPs

In a letter dated 1/22, which was sent to fans in celebration of Brighter Than Creation's Dark's official release, Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood opens by explaining "my record" is now "our record" before moving onto the crux of his missive.... CONTINUE READING PATTERSON HOOD ON "DEMANDING" RECORDS, AND HIS FAVE CLASSIC ROCK LPS»

Posted on January 23, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Drive-By Truckers | R.E.M.

R.E.M.'s SXSW Appearance Set For Stubb's

Their one and only appearance while in Austin: March 12th, at the place you figured they'd play. Wonder if they'll cover Drive XV.

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Posted on January 14, 2008 (2 comments)

R.E.M. To Play SXSW

It's January and you know what that means: just two months 'til everybody packs up and subsists on tacos, margs, and indie rock for a week. And we'd been hearing a murmur here and there about this particular possibility, but... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. TO PLAY SXSW»

Posted on January 4, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | SXSW

R.E.M.'s New Album Gets Title, Website

We saw and heard a lot from R.E.M. in '07 -- between their Live videos and our homage, it seemed like Stipe & Co. were never far from our thoughts. On this first official blogging day of '08, seems like... CONTINUE READING R.E.M.'S NEW ALBUM GETS TITLE, WEBSITE»

Posted on January 2, 2008 (11 comments)
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New R.E.M. - "Merry Xmas Everybody"

As the news cycle turns a candy-cane colored shade of molasses, it's clearly time to look back at the year that was. And around here anyway, Stipe & Co. were inescapable during said year that was. Let us count the... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. - "MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY"»

Posted on December 18, 2007 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Slade

The 'Gum Drop Volume XV: Hear New White Williams, Win Nirvana And R.E.M. Swag

This week's Drop brought some previously unreleased White Williams straight to your inbox. We have oodles of of love for the one-time BTW and recent Andrew W.K. party school grad, so we were super happy when Williams delivered us "Luke... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XV: HEAR NEW WHITE WILLIAMS, WIN NIRVANA AND R.E.M. SWAG»

Posted on December 5, 2007 in Giveaway, MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: Nirvana | Ol' Dirty Bastard | R.E.M. | The Hood Internet | White Williams

Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever

In the December issue of Blender, the magazine's editors have compiled what they see as the "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever," opening with this little graph:Mumbled lyrics, couldn't-care-less strumming, white dudes in sweaters--what's not to love about indie rock?... CONTINUE READING BLENDER'S 100 GREATEST INDIE-ROCK ALBUMS EVER»

Everybody Covers Everybody Hurts

Thought we'd end our Automatic For The People tribute run with a bang. In Matthew's eloquent essay, he wrote "a majority [of the Drive XV artists are] young enough that their earliest exposure to the [Automatic] songs came during their... CONTINUE READING EVERYBODY COVERS EVERYBODY HURTS»

Posted on October 12, 2007 (0 comments)
Tags: Bodies Of Water | Elk City | Frida Hyvönen | R.E.M.

Jana Hunter Covers "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1"

For the penultimate Drive XV bonus track post, we turn to one of our favorite folkies (and top-flight pizza expert) Jana Hunter who, like Figurines, bent the titular rules on Automatic track "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1." But where the... CONTINUE READING JANA HUNTER COVERS "NEW ORLEANS INSTRUMENTAL NO. 1"»

Posted on October 11, 2007 in MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: Arturo O'Farrill | Cassettes Won't Listen | Jana Hunter | M. Ward | R.E.M.

New R.E.M. - "Until The Day Is Done"

So who took the bait and watched Anderson Cooper 360º last night to check the debut of R.E.M.'s new tune? Funny, we were busy too. And we also knew the internets would have it for us at some point today.... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. - "UNTIL THE DAY IS DONE"»

Posted on October 11, 2007 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: Anderson Cooper | R.E.M.