REMHQ MID-FEBRUARY ROUNDUP


Here are a few items of special interest we’ve rounded up for the mid-point of February:

PATTERSON HOOD

Check out this nice piece on our friend Patterson Hood at No Depression.

And speaking of Patterson, he will be on NPR’s venerable program Mountain Stage in the very near future. He’s

THE LONG PLAYERS TO PERFORM MURMUR ON MARCH 23RD


Nashville’s The Long Players are set to perform R.E.M.’s debut album Murmur in its entirety on Friday, March 23rd, at 9:30PM at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 2004, The Long Players began packing Nashville clubs and theaters with faithful front-to-back renditions of classic albums. The combination of

MIKE AND MICHAEL ON NPR’S TECH NATION THIS WEEKEND


Tune into your local NPR affiliate this weekend for an interview Mike and Michael did with Tech Nation host Dr. Moira Gunn. The pair will discuss the use of technology and how it was incorporated into their craft over the course of their 30 years as a band.

VIDEO SPECIAL: “AFTER IT’S GONE” LIVE AT WUXTRY


Patterson Hood and members of the Downtown 13 gathered on the balcony above Wuxtry Records yesterday at noon to play “After It’s Gone,” a song Hood wrote to protest the building of a mixed-use development anchored by a 94,000 sq. ft. store in downtown Athens, GA.