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
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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
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
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 from his recent appearance on the Jo Whiley Music Show here!
“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
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
On September 21, the day R.E.M. announced their amicable split after 31 years of existence, Michael Stipe stepped out onto New York City’s Madison Avenue, found refuge in a cafe, took a deep breath, and thought, “What the f*#@ am I gonna do now?” Sitting down in a bright Warner
Check out Mike’s Q&A with Stereogum here…
EXCERPT BELOW:
It’s kind of hard to comment on the progress of a band that just released a career-capping retrospective and officially broke up. Still, it’s hard to turn down the opportunity to speak with any of the members of R.E.M., one of
It’s the circular piano piece that inspired Michael to write some of the most beautiful lyrics that he’s ever written. It really touched a chord with a lot of people. I have played it with my friend Robert McDuffie and the students at the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer
There’s a fairly autobiographical narrative to this one, and the part about the windshield really happened. that’s exactly how i saw it, i’m pretty sure it was a pickup truck. i know jem cohen loves that line, and he made the most incredible film as a video for this song.
-Michael