March 8, 2011, marked the release of R.E.M.’s 15th studio album, Collapse Into Now, easily one of the band’s most diverse offerings and undeniably one of their finest. The Independent, UK lauded the record for its “recurrent themes of conclusion, starting over and rebuilding [which] lend
March 8, 2011, marked the release of R.E.M.’s 15th studio album, Collapse Into Now, easily one of the band’s most diverse offerings, and undeniably one of their finest. The Independent, UK lauded the record for its “recurrent themes of conclusion, starting over and rebuilding [which] lend
The band has been named one of Ology.com’s “Musicians of the Year” in the cultural website’s ongoing “Year in Review” rollout:
A lot of great bands called it quits in 2011, but none with the same level of accomplishment, integrity, and influence as Athens, GA’s original alternative rock heroes: R.E.M. Over
Today, three days from the end of the year 2011, I am thinking a lot in threes: three decades of life with R.E.M., three guys at the end, three is a good number. Favorite things are sometimes hard to isolate–threes are easier at least for me:
So . . .three
R.E.M. is on the list of the The New York Times “75 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2011.” Check out the list at nytimes.com.
The Chicago Sun-Times has voted R.E.M.’s final single We All Go Back To Where We Belong one of the eleven best songs of 2011. Visit suntimes.com for the entire poll.
Chris Heath takes a look at the implications of the band’s split in the following essay from GQ.com’s look back at the year in music:
And millions of Americans are surprised to find themselves suddenly remembering, as though awakening from a trance, how much they used to love R.E.M. How simultaneously
Here’s an excerpt from Michael’s recent interview with the NY Times:
NY Times: A member of R.E.M. once said that in the early days you guys drank a lot and took a lot of speed. Listening to the older songs on your new retrospective, “Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part
Spin.com is currently featuring a recap of their Top 20 albums of 1991. The list includes such notables as Nirvana’s Nevermind, Pearl Jam’s Ten, The Pixies Trompe le Monde as well as R.E.M.’s Out Of Time. Check it out at spin.com.
Bids are currently being accepted at artnet.com on a photograph Michael took of Patti Smith in 1995 (the photo was featured in Michael’s book Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston
Check out this weekend’s roundup below with the latest on Peter Buck, Collapse Into Now, “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M. Tributes, and Todos Santos:
PETER BUCK: IN THE NEWS
In honor of Peter’s birthday earlier this week on December 6th, we’ve posted the great photo above of him in Buck Snort, TN.
To honor our veterans on Pearl Harbor day today, please consider making a donation to the Wounded Warrior Album Charity. In return, you will receive an exclusive live version of “Living Well is the Best Revenge” recorded in Atlanta in 2008. You’ll also get 9 additional tracks from
We Three Keanes, a group consisting of producer/engineer/musician and longtime R.E.M. friend John Keane and his 17-year-old daughters Paige and Rachel, have released their debut album, O Christmas, Where Art Thou?, a gorgeously-crafted collection of nine traditional holiday songs rendered in a sparse, folky style, with mostly acoustic instruments and
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/12/rems-peter-buck-to-host-charity-music-festival.html
Peter Buck has been named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” in the magazines current issue.
While there, check out Rolling Stone’s 4.5 star review of “Part Lies” in their album review section.
Fan favorite SWAN SWAN H gets an interesting reading in this