Filed under: News , New Music In a Christmas miracle that's set to melt the coldest of hearts, members of R.E.M. 's fanclub have received an early present in the form of the return of erstwhile drummer Bill Berry. As is customary at Yuletide, the band has sent out its annual Christmas single to its fanclub and this year's disc, a cover of Lenny Kaye's 'Crazy Like A Fox,' features the retired drummer behind the kit again. Sadly, the single doesn't represent a full reunion as singer Michael [...]
Visti i recenti video in studio girati proprio da Michael Stipe durante la registrazione del nuovo disco, la notizia potrebbe aprire scenari favolosi per ogni fan dei R.E.M. che si rispetti. La band di Athens, infatti, rilascerà entro la settimana una applicazione per iPhone e iPod Touch con cui sarà possibile seguire ogni attività del gruppo. Dalle news che verranno recapitate in tempo reale, direttamente al vostro device "made in Cupertino", fino alla possibilità di accedere all'intera discografia con dei sample [...]
I was so enamored with The Silent League's second album, Of Stars and Other Somebodies, that I wrote about it twice within several months. I rarely feature an artist more than once in the same year, but the lack of awareness surrounding Justin Russo's project was alarming considering its unlimited potential. Although its focus was [...]
Somehow, the return of Magnapop had passed me by - they'd vanished in 1999 with a contractual obligation to not use the name for seven years hanging over their heads; they'd re-emerged in 2005 and relifted the flag with Mouthfeel - which seems to have never got a UK release. This year, there was another new album, Chase Park , which only got a digital release. I say "only" like the prospect of new material from Magnapop is ever going to be underwhelming, which is, of course, wrong. But this story is getting [...]
La sagoma che vedete in lontananza nella foto è quella di Michael Stipe . Dopo le anticipazioni di Peter Buck i R.E.M. sono di nuovo in studio per registrare il quindicesimo album della loro carriera. Squadra che vince, non si cambia -dicono- così, forte dei successi di Accelerate e il recente Live At The Olympia , torna ai comandi Jacknife Lee , storico produttore della band (e di molti altri). La novità non è solo la voluminosa barba da folksinger che sfoggia ultimamente Stipe, ma anche -e [...]
I still feel terrible about the time some of you watched that shaky video I shot in Austin -- I promise my skills are improving!
Filed under: News , Album , New Music R.E.M. is at work in a Portland, Ore. studio on the follow-up to its 2008 comeback album, 'Accelerate.' Word of the studio activity came cryptically this week when guitarist Peter Buck posted this photo of singer Michael Stipe standing in the company of producer Jacknife Lee, producer/engineer Tom McFall and sound engineer Sam Bell. If Buck's photo wasn't enough of a hint, R.E.M.'s website points to a recent Online Athens [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Movies In the mid-'70s, Barry Manilow wrote the songs that made the whole world swoon. With tunes like 'Looks Like We Made It,' 'Weekend in New England,' 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Ready to Take a Chance Again,' Manilow was a maestro of the make-out session. Now, three decades after his crooning heyday, Manilow is returning to romance at the suggestion of music industry titan Clive Davis . "I'm making [a record] he asked me to [...]
Quelle: flickr.com / User: wheatfields Zur Veröffentlichung seines neuen Buches ließ sich Rankin von Gestalten.com zu einer Kurzdokumentation hinreißen, in der die Beweggründe zu seinem Projekt illustriert werden. Das Werk umfasst eine Sammlung der charakteristischsten Exponate, die Rankin über seine Schaffenszeit hinaus noch zu einem der bedeutendsten Fotografen der letzten Jahrzehnte machen. Statt einer Wiederveröffentlichung der bekannten Aufnahmen bat dieser jedoch die abgebildeten Künstler auf ihre ganz eigene Art und Weise die eigenen Abbilder zu zerstören und neu zusammenzufügen zu einem Gesamtwerk namens Destroy Rankin. Der Erlös aus dem Buchband wird von der Organisation Youth Music [...]
R.E.M. revisits past glories with an inspired 39-song live set that features new material alongside some of the band's deepest, most enduring album cuts from the '80s.
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Today is the day : esce finalmente Live at the Olympia , il nuovo doppio album dei R.E.M. Prodotto da Jacknife Lee, contiene 39 canzoni registrate dalla band durante le 'prove aperte' al famoso Olympia Club di Dublino nel luglio del 2007, quand, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck e Mike Mills hanno suonato le canzoni -allora inedite- per l’album Accelerate . Cinque serate durante le quali i R.E.M. hanno testato il nuovo materiale davanti ad un pubblico di fans provenienti da tutto il mondo, coinvolti in questo esperimento che il chitarrista Peter Buck ha definito [...]
Filed under: News , Holy Hell R.E.M. and Pearl Jam are among a coalition of rockers who want to know if their songs were used by the military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests filed on behalf of the Close Gitmo Now campaign, it appears Stipe and Vedder's songs didn't make the list, but AC/DC , Aerosmith , Bruce Springsteen , Metallica and [...]
Yesterday I mentioned that I'd bought a ticket for This Is Not a Show, a concert film recorded during R.E.M.'s five-night stint in Dublin in 2007. The 60-minute piece includes songs from the band's entire catalog.
Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) R.E.M. | MySpace Music Videos That's right, there shall be visual documentation of the R.E.M. live show. Although, This is Not A Show (Live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland) proclaims it is not a show, the film, directed by French dude Vincent Moon, whose also directed films for the Arcade Fire and the National, captures R.E.M. playing "rehearsal shows" in front of an audience. But, remember, this is not a show! Shot in Moon's distinctly blurry, one-eyed, "I really [...]
(The following is a review of the 21-track physical release of this record. 20 high-quality bonus tracks are available to purchase individually or as part of a deluxe package via iTunes.) "The songs of Mark who?" It's a question that fans of the artists on this tribute record have probably been asking themselves ever since this project was first announced. And if you're equally guilty of being unfamiliar with Mark Mulcahy, join the club or legion as the case may be. Consequence of Sound has long championed Mulcahy's work [...]
MUSIC NEWS - R.E.M .'s upcoming concert documentary This Is Not A Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin. will have some sneak preview screenings ! The 60-minute film, with concert and backstage footage shot at the Irish capital’s Olympia club by French filmmakers Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, will screen in movie theaters, rock clubs, college campuses, and other venues across the country throughout October and early November prior to the dvd release. Current shows are listed below, and the distributor, Cinema Purgatorio is taking your suggestions on more locations to screen the doc. [...]
This weekend finds me back in California, this time for a wedding of a dear friend. She was so kind as to schedule her wedding on the same weekend as the totally free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park (where I just was for this madness ). Not only does this " really cool " festival bring together an amazingly high-quality range of artists (most with rootsy Americana underpinnings), they encourage you to bring your own beer. Really . I checked the website. Athens, Georgia alt-country/folk artist [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Classical musician Christopher O'Riley loves Radiohead so much that he has already recorded two albums of solo piano music, 'True Love Waits' and 'Hold Me to This,' entirely devoted to the British rock band. His interest in rock and pop music doesn't end there, as he has also released albums focusing on the works of Nick Drake and Elliott Smith . On his new work, 'Out of My Hands,' [...]
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