Back around the release of the band’s 40-song retrospective Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011, Mike was interviewed by Consequence of Sound and discussed a number of topics relevant to the collection: the new material, working with producers Mitch Easter and Joe Boyd during the band’s early
Mike is among a sterling cast of Athens musicians who have teamed with Drive-By Truckers front man Patterson Hood to record a song in an effort to fight big box development in Downtown Athens, Georgia. Hood, backed by the Downtown 13 collective, sings the elegiac line “Who needs
Check out Mike’s interview with Jimmy Roberts and Gary Williams on Golf Channel’s “Morning Drive” from earlier this week. Mike discusses his favorite golf moment, who he would love to play golf with, and his favorite R.E.M. song here.
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On this edition of Audiography, Len Comaratta spoke with Mike Mills, bassist for recently disbanded R.E.M., as he promoted the band’s final release, greatest hits compilation Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982—2011. For the first time in the band’s history, they’ve put together a collection with music
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Excitement, exhilaration, exhaustion, these three words pretty much sum up how we all feel following 3 weeks of the first ever Todos Santos Music Festival. What started out as a small idea quickly sprouted into something that was so special we filled the entire town plaza of Todos Santos.
Be sure to tune into the Golf Channel on Tuesday morning as Mike will be a guest on “Morning Drive.” The program, which airs at 7AM ET, has a special guest host this week: Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Jimmy Roberts of NBC. Mike is expected to catch
THE TODOS SANTOS MUSIC FESTIVAL, HOSTED BY PETER BUCK, ALONG WITH SPONSORS PACIFICO AND THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA, IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL, JANUARY 21ST, WILL BE HELD IN THE TOWN PLAZA WITH HEADLINERS THE MINUS 5 AND MANY ADDITIONAL GUEST STARS INCLUDING KEVN KINNEY, THE
Peter, Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin, Robyn Hitchcock, and Steve Wynn made an afternoon visit to the Palapa Society this weekend and sent us some great photos. Check it out!
This report in from Chloe Johnson:
It was a VERY special afternoon. About 25 of the Palapa Society students from the
All this winter, All Things Considered has been asking for winter songs — and the stories they evoke.
One tough winter in Rhode Island, NPR listener and novelist Thomas Mullen experienced financial ruin with his family. The song that got him through it was R.E.M.’s “Sweetness Follows.”
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“R.E.M. at the BBC” will air this Friday, January 13th, on BBC4 (digital channel) at 9.30pm. The program will run again on Saturday at 1:45AM and Monday at 12 Midnight.
The hour-long show will feature a selection of archive performances from throughout the band’s career, originally recorded for BBC
It was another amazing night at the Todos Santos Music Festival with a blistering set that lasted almost three hours long–a fitting finish to four incredible nights of music. It was as though the band had decided to never leave the stage again.
Some highlights from the final
The Atlantic has a great feature article on the band titled America’s Rock Band. Read it here.
I am here for the first night of Peter’s Todos Santos Music Festival at the excellent Hotel California:
The town is buzzing with excitement and so many friends and fans have traveled from all over to be here. Leading off is The Baseball Project. Steve
Happy Birthday wishes go out to Michael today!