COLLAPSE INTO NOW TRAILER


Watch the trailer for COLLAPSE INTO NOW, featuring snippets of “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter,” “All The Best,” “Mine Smell Like Honey,” “Everyday Is Yours To Win,” “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I,” “Discoverer,” and “It Happened Today”:

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GET YOUR DISCOVERER DOWNLOAD


If you haven’t already gotten your free download of DISCOVERER from the band’s forthcoming album COLLAPSE INTO NOW, be sure to do so Here. The new record is due out March 8th, 2011 and will be available for iTunes pre-order on December 21.

COLLAPSE INTO NOW tracklisting:

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW RELEASE DATE SET FOR MARCH 8


COLLAPSE INTO NOW, R.E.M.’s new studio record, is set for a Tuesday, March 8th release in the USA on Warner Bros. Records. The album, the band’s 15th, will be released internationally on March 7th. COLLAPSE INTO NOW was produced by R.E.M. and Jacknife Lee and features guest appearances

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REVIEW ROUNDUP


Some recent reviews of the R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX DVD and Fables of the Reconstruction 25th anniversary re- issue from Uncut magazine have been posted at murmurs.com.

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BIG STAR WEEKEND RECAP & PHOTOS


We’ve received some fantastic photographs from the two Big Star “Third” shows at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina, this past weekend at which Mike played. For an excellent recap of the first night’s show, be sure to check out Bertis’ “Postcard From Chapel Hill,”

BIG STAR THIRD/SISTER LOVERS SHOW PROFILED


Indy Week has a great profile on the two Big Star tribute shows taking place in Carrborro, NC, tonight and tomorrow night. Mike will join Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, Jeff Crawford, Will Rigby, and a rotating cast of vocalists as they perform Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers at

MIKE TO PLAY BIG STAR TRIBUTE IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK


As we reported here back in the fall, Mike will be in Carrborro, North Carolina, on December 9th and 10th along with an all-star cast of musicians to pay tribute to Big Star’s third album, Sister Lovers, at the Cat’s Cradle.

Sister Lovers will be performed in its entirety

COLLAPSE INTO NOW TRACKLISTING


The tracklisting for R.E.M.’s forthcoming release, COLLAPSE INTO NOW, was revealed in the latest Fan Club newsletter earlier this week. Here it is:

Collapse Into Now

01. Discoverer

02. All The Best

03. Uberlin

04. Oh My Heart

05. It Happened Today

06. Every Day Is Yours To Win

07. Mine Smell Like Honey

08. Walk It

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MUSICIANS URGE WHITE HOUSE TO RESTORE THE GULF


A total of 90 bands and musicians, including R.E.M., Ozzy Osbourne, My Morning Jacket, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, OK Go, Rise Against, Tab Benoit, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the New Orleans Bingo! Show, Galactic and more, added their support to a letter sent to the White House that urged the

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TO AIR ENCORE OF R.E.M. PERFORMANCE ON 11-27


On March 13, 2008, R.E.M. made their first-ever appearance on the venerable and much-beloved PBS program, Austin City Limits, which currently holds the distinction of being the longest-running show on television. The band’s performance featured a number of rockers from their fourteenth studio album, Accelerate, released later