Michael and director and friend, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Uberlin video director) spoke to GPB’s Kristi York-Wooten about portrait making and their working relationship as multi-disciplinary artists. Listen here.
The band has shared a live performance of “The Great Beyond,” previewing The Black Sessions Revealed, a 17-song live recording arriving November 20 as part of the band’s Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition). Recorded for Radio France in Paris on May 7, 2001, the performance revisits one of R.E.M.’s biggest international hits, originally released on the soundtrack … Continued
R.E.M.’s “Supernatural Superserious”, as featured in and visualized by Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. First released on the band’s 2008 album Accelerate. “With Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Schoenbrun has somehow made the funniest, deepest and most transgressive film of the year. On par with Being John Malkovich.” — … Continued
Michael joined Aaron and Bryce Dessner on stage last night in Biarritz, France where he sang “E-Bow The Letter” with Matt Berninger and “No Time For Love Like Now.” The appearance was part of AB100, a two-day festival celebrating the Dessners’ 50th birthday. Read more about it and watch a video clip here. Photo … Continued
Michael and Andrew Watt are interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in this piece in which they discuss working together on “I Played the Fool,” the Rooster theme song and new tracks for Michael’s solo album. Photo by Ebru Yildiz / For The Times
