CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VOTES “WE ALL GO BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG” ONE OF YEAR’S BEST
The Chicago Sun-Times has voted R.E.M.’s final single We All Go Back To Where We Belong one of the eleven best songs of 2011. Visit suntimes.com for the entire poll.
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GQ.COM WEIGHS IN ON R.E.M.’S SPLIT IN “THE YEAR IN MUSIC”
Chris Heath takes a look at the implications of the band’s split in the following essay from GQ.com’s look back at the year in music:
And millions of Americans are surprised to find themselves suddenly remembering, as though awakening from a trance, how much they used to love R.E.M. How simultaneously
NY TIMES FEATURE: “MICHAEL STIPE IS NOT GRUMPY”
Here’s an excerpt from Michael’s recent interview with the NY Times:
NY Times: A member of R.E.M. once said that in the early days you guys drank a lot and took a lot of speed. Listening to the older songs on your new retrospective, “Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part
SPIN LOOKS BACK AT OUT OF TIME
Spin.com is currently featuring a recap of their Top 20 albums of 1991. The list includes such notables as Nirvana’s Nevermind, Pearl Jam’s Ten, The Pixies Trompe le Monde as well as R.E.M.’s Out Of Time. Check it out at spin.com.
BID ON MICHAEL’S PHOTO OF PATTI SMITH TO BENEFIT PRC BOSTON
Bids are currently being accepted at artnet.com on a photograph Michael took of Patti Smith in 1995 (the photo was featured in Michael’s book Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston
WEEKEND ROUNDUP: PETER BUCK, COLLAPSE INTO NOW & OTHER ODDS AND ENDS
Check out this weekend’s roundup below with the latest on Peter Buck, Collapse Into Now, “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M. Tributes, and Todos Santos:
PETER BUCK: IN THE NEWS
In honor of Peter’s birthday earlier this week on December 6th, we’ve posted the great photo above of him in Buck Snort, TN.
ATHENS MUSICIANS JOIN FORCES TO BENEFIT DISABLED VETERANS AND WOUNDED WARRIORS
To honor our veterans on Pearl Harbor day today, please consider making a donation to the Wounded Warrior Album Charity. In return, you will receive an exclusive live version of “Living Well is the Best Revenge” recorded in Atlanta in 2008. You’ll also get 9 additional tracks from
PETER’S CHARITY EVENT
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/12/rems-peter-buck-to-host-charity-music-festival.html
WE THREE KEANES RELEASE CHRISTMAS ALBUM
We Three Keanes, a group consisting of producer/engineer/musician and longtime R.E.M. friend John Keane and his 17-year-old daughters Paige and Rachel, have released their debut album, O Christmas, Where Art Thou?, a gorgeously-crafted collection of nine traditional holiday songs rendered in a sparse, folky style, with mostly acoustic instruments and
MONTREAL SAYS HELLO TO R.E.M. TONIGHT
Don’t miss the R.E.M. tribute show at Divan Orange in Montreal tonight at 9PM featuring the following acts:
CREATURE
JASON BAJADA
ELEPHANT STONE
LIGHTS OFF
SCAPEGOAT SAILBOAT
ROCKHARD
DJ TIM FLETCHER
Check out the event’s facebook page for more information.
Vendredi 2 décembre/ 9PM
DIVAN ORANGE
4234 Boulevard Saint-Laurent Montréal, QC H2W 1Z3
(514) 840-9090
Tickets:
8$ (tous les profits de
BIG WEEKEND ROUNDUP: PETER BUCK, PART LIES, SWAN SWAN H, R.E.M. TRIBUTE SHOW, WE THREE KEANES
Peter Buck has been named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” in the magazines current issue.
While there, check out Rolling Stone’s 4.5 star review of “Part Lies” in their album review section.
Fan favorite SWAN SWAN H gets an interesting reading in this
WATCH MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH JO WHILEY
Watch Michael’s interview with Jo Whiley from his recent appearance on the Jo Whiley Music Show here!
ROLLING STONE INTERVIEWS MICHAEL
“This is my last day of work,” Michael Stipe says cheerfully, strolling through the Rolling Stone offices after giving one of his final interviews as the singer of R.E.M. Theoretically, he is promoting the two-CD compilation Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011, a thorough primer on the
MIKE TALKS TO THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
MOST bands split up. The reasons may vary from death or drug-fuelled ridiculousness to arguments over money or creative bankruptcy, but the end result is generally the same.
What’s unusual is a group going their separate ways and claiming everything’s just fine. The Beautiful South cited “musical similarities” when they called
