Consequence of Sound has posted a video of Michael and Patti Smith’s walk-in performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on December 19th, the date on which they paid homage to French writer Jean Genet’s 100th birthday: Michael’s is a cover of David
Be sure to check out Studio 360’s piece on Radio Free Europe which was selected to be included on the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress earlier this year as one of their annual recordings to be preserved for all time. There is also a bonus
As we prepare to break for the holidays, we do so with much anticipation for an exciting 2011 and the release of COLLAPSE INTO NOW on March 7th/8th. Peter, Mike, and Michael and all of us here at REMHQ wish you and your family and friends the best for
Michael Stipe reads: ”Postcards from America: X Rays from Hell” by David Wojnarowicz, published for Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, Artists Space,1989.
i decided to read this piece by david wojnarowicz to illuminate and contextualize the frame of mind that prevailed during the very difficult end of the 1980’s; a political regime
Watch the lyric video for “It Happened Today”:
The band’s new record COLLAPSE INTO NOW, due out on March 8th, 2011, is now available for pre-order at iTunes. As an added bonus, if you pre-order the album through iTunes, you will immediately receive a download of the track “It Happened Today.” Click here to pre-order
Watch the trailer for COLLAPSE INTO NOW, featuring snippets of “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter,” “All The Best,” “Mine Smell Like Honey,” “Everyday Is Yours To Win,” “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I,” “Discoverer,” and “It Happened Today”:
If you haven’t already gotten your free download of DISCOVERER from the band’s forthcoming album COLLAPSE INTO NOW, be sure to do so Here. The new record is due out March 8th, 2011 and will be available for iTunes pre-order on December 21.
COLLAPSE INTO NOW tracklisting:
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COLLAPSE INTO NOW, R.E.M.’s new studio record, is set for a Tuesday, March 8th release in the USA on Warner Bros. Records. The album, the band’s 15th, will be released internationally on March 7th. COLLAPSE INTO NOW was produced by R.E.M. and Jacknife Lee and features guest appearances
Check out the official lyric video for DISCOVERER below:
Some recent reviews of the R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX DVD and Fables of the Reconstruction 25th anniversary re- issue from Uncut magazine have been posted at murmurs.com.
We’ve received some fantastic photographs from the two Big Star “Third” shows at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina, this past weekend at which Mike played. For an excellent recap of the first night’s show, be sure to check out Bertis’ “Postcard From Chapel Hill,”
Check out these stunning photos of the band taken by Anton Corbijn while the guys were recording the new record in Nashville…
Mike Mills joined Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, and a band of some serious renown last night for the first of two shows celebrating and paying tribute to Big Star’s “lost album” Third. It was quite a night . . . where to
Indy Week has a great profile on the two Big Star tribute shows taking place in Carrborro, NC, tonight and tomorrow night. Mike will join Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, Jeff Crawford, Will Rigby, and a rotating cast of vocalists as they perform Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers at