As the Village Voice reports, Mike will be part of an all-star cast paying tribute to Big Star in New York City on March 26th. The show, similar in scope to the December 2010 performance of Big Star’s Third at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, will be
The Remix Project for IT HAPPENED TODAY which kicked off earlier this week has been a rousing success with over 100 remixed versions of the song posted at Soundcloud.com. If you would like to try your own hand at it, go just below to grab all the
Thus far, the response to the “It Happened Today” Remix Project has been fantastic. Over thirty mixes have been posted at Soundcloud.com, and while the results are tremendously varied [and even occasionally bizarre (in the most complimentary sense)], they’re all uniformly impressive. It’s been fun for
Fire up your laptops and get ready to remix your own version of “It Happened Today.” Jacknife Lee has just delivered all the multi-track files and we are posting them here for you to download, remix, reimagine, remake. They are in AIFF and Garageband formats, so pick
David Fricke of Rolling Stone takes a look at the band’s forthcoming album and speaks to Peter and Mike in an article called “R.E.M. Roar Back With Collapse Into Now” at rollingstone.com.
For a limited time, Amazon.com is offering a free MP3 download of Oh My Heart from the band’s upcoming record. Download here!
Earlier this week, the video for “Mine Smell Like Honey,” filmed and directed by Dominic DeJoseph, premiered at spinner.com. The film was shot in Berlin at Hansa Studios where the band recorded a portion of their new record; Michael had this to say about it:
everyone will have seen, or
Today Rollingstone.com premiered the new video for “Discoverer.” The video was filmed at Hansa Studio in Berlin and features the band performing an explosive live version of the lead track from their forthcoming record, COLLAPSE INTO NOW. Go here to watch.
Stereogum.com has posted a live video of the band performing Oh My Heart at Hansa Studio in Berlin. Click here to listen to Michael describe the song and to watch the performance.
R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Pre-release Listening Party in Athens, GA
Benefiting Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection / Communities in Schools of Athens / Whatever It Takes
Monday, March 7, 2010
Doors at 6:30 p.m. (event begins promptly at 7 p.m.)
40 Watt Club
285 West Washington Street
Athens, GA 30601
All ages
Tickets: $10 advance
Advance
Earlier this week Mike did an interview with Rich McLaughlin in which he discusses the making of the new record and a few other topics.
Please click here to read the interview.
The lyric video for ÃÅberlin has been posted at the R.E.M. You Tube channel. Enjoy the ride on the U-Bahn…
The lyric video for ÃÅberlin, R.E.M.’s first International single from Collapse Into Now, has been posted at Huffingtonpost.com. The lyric video, which features a subway map with the lyrics marked as destination points, is also accompanied by producer Jacknife Lee’s thoughtful commentary (above the clip) on the track.
BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce Show will play the world exclusive of ÃÅberlin on Monday, January 24th between the hours of 9:00AM and Noon. Listeners should tune into the Ken Bruce Show here.
Irish listeners can catch ÃÅberlin on the Colm Hayes Show Monday just after
Check out the amazing lyric video for Mine Smell Like Honey just below: