The band has teamed with Capitol/I.R.S. for the July 13 release of an expanded 25th Anniversary 2CD and digital edition of the band’s 1985 album, Fables Of The Reconstruction. The new edition features the digitally remastered original album, plus 14 previously unreleased demo recordings, cut prior to the album’s studio
As we reported last week, Mike will play at the Alex Chilton memorial show at Levitt Bandshell in Overton Park, Memphis Saturday, May 15th. The show is a tribute to the late Big Star frontman whose untimely passing from a heart attack on March 17th left a
BBC News has posted details on the forthcoming release by Tired Pony, the Gary Lightbody-helmed “country concept” project which features an all-star lineup comprised of Peter Buck, Jacknife Lee, Scott McCaughey, Iain Archer, Richard Colburn of Belle and Sebastian, & Troy Stewart. In an interview with Lightbody
Scott McCaughey checked in with us a day or two ago and brought us up to speed on the Baseball Project’s latest happenings. Seeing how it’s always more fun to let Scott say it himself, here’s the lowdown from the horse’s mouth: “Hey all, it’s May and
The band just wrapped up the recording session for their next record in New Orleans at the Music Shed. Up next: more recording this summer, and then… we’ll keep you posted on developments. If you haven’t already seen Michael’s tribute to five years of You Tube (which
Mike will play at the upcoming Alex Chilton memorial show at Levitt Bandshell in Overton Park, Memphis, May 15. The show is a tribute to Chilton who passed away from a heart attack on March 17th. Ken Stringfellow, a member of Big Star since 1993
Here’s a photo of Mike and Scott with legendary New Orleans Queen of Soul Irma Thomas last night prior to her show at The Precinct. Scott says, “Amazing show!!! And the boiled shrimp was good too…”
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Mary Winzig
Check out Michael’s TRIBUTE TO YOUTUBE 5 YEARS, a cool series of clips shot in New Orleans.
(A tip of the HQ hat to murmurs.com for their early post…)
photos: Bob Whittaker
Michael and Peter joined Patti Smith onstage last night at her show in New Orleans at Tipitina’s for a handful of songs. Peter came out first and played guitar on The Seeds “Pushin Too Hard.” Later on, Peter and Scott McCaughey jumped on stage for a cover of
Today is Record Store Day. If you have a favorite independent record store in your town, please stop by and support them. As we reported last week, a limited edition and individually numbered, blue vinyl 12″ re-issue of R.E.M.’s long out of print debut e.p., Chronic Town,
Lots going on leading into the weekend as R.E.M. finishes up week one of their 2010 return to the studio. Stay tuned for a report from the studio later today. In the meantime, here are some of the various things of note we’ve rounded up
Peter, Mike, and Michael are back in the studio this week and have resumed work on their next record with Jacknife Lee and his team. As we reported back in November 2009, the band recorded demos with Lee in New Orleans in the Fall for what will
Athensmusicjunkie has a nice recap of the recent five-hour R.E.M. radio marathon put together by WUOG at the University of Georgia in celebration of the band’s 30th anniversary. The station has also posted the playlist from the April 5th show.
REM @ 30
All the best
A limited edition and individually numbered, blue vinyl 12″ re-issue of R.E.M.’s long out of print debut e.p., Chronic Town, will be available at select independent record stores on Record Store Day, April 17th. Click on the link just below for a list of participating stores:
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Colin Meloy of the Decemberists reported via Twitter recently that Peter played alongside the Portland-based band at one of their recent recording sessions: “First official day of #6 practice; made Peter Buck play my fake-REM riffs and he didn’t seem perturbed. Nor litigious.” Read more about the