Scott McCaughey says: “The Baseball Project is on the roam. Come see us play our songs of joy and misery about the “National Pastime”. There will likely be a few nuggets from the Minus 5, Steve Wynn & Miracle 3, Dream Syndicate, etc.”
New album VOLUME TWO: HIGH
NPR’s Will Hermes says, “By my math, Collapse Into Now is R.E.M.’s best record in about 16 1/2 years. It does everything that the group has ever done well, even the thing that first defined it: making profoundly moving rock ‘n’ roll out of singing that, strictly speaking, is unintelligible.”
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Thursday at 1:00pmUK/ 8:00amEastern, Dazed Digital will premiere two new films from Collapse Into Now:
Walk It Back-directed by Sophie Calle, and
Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter-directed by Lance Bangs.
Immediately following the premieres, Dazed Digital will host a live online chat with Michael Stipe.
See the premieres of both films and join
Today is the official release day for COLLAPSE INTO NOW, R.E.M.’s 15th studio record which was produced by Jacknife Lee and the band with guest appearances by Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder, Peaches, Lenny Kaye, and Joel Gibb.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the listening party at the
Jem Cohen’s film for Collapse Into Now track “Oh My Heart” is premiering at IFC.com today. Jem, who has directed numerous videos for the band in the past (“Country Feedback,” “Nightswimming,” and “Talk About the Passion”) shot the music film for “Oh My Heart” in Vienna, Austria.
Mike Ragogna of the Huffington Post recently caught up with Mike about R.E.M.’s new record which is out as of today. Read the interview here
NPR will review COLLAPSE INTO NOW tonight on All Things Considered. You can read their preview here.
Michael was on ABC Nightline on Friday night when he sat down and discussed his personal playlist. Check out the interview here:
The listening party for COLLAPSE INTO NOW will be held tonight at the 40 Watt Club on West Washington St. in downtown Athens. The event begins at 7:00 P.M. and will feature a live and silent auction in addition to the new record being played through twice.
Here are all
Michael talks to Dazed and Confused about the band’s new record–which he describes as “Present, chaotic and discovering”–in an interview posted dazeddigital.com. Here’s a snippet in which Michael discusses the meaning of the record’s title:
COLLAPSE INTO NOW is based on an understanding that certain ideas, attitudes, sometimes
from david at hq: michael thought this interview with the guardian was (in his words): “overall sweet and accurate, if a bit off here and there. the interview was fun and the photo shoot was fun too.” Enjoy it.
Michael was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night where he talked about the band’s new record, playing at Carnegie Hall, and getting to hold an Oscar! Check it out here.
Last night, Michael performed at the Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York City along with a great cast of artists that included Patti Smith, the Flaming Lips, Phillip Glass, The Roots, James McCartney, Angelique Kidjo, and Taj Mahal. Michael sang two R.E.M.songs: “Saturn Return”
This weekend on 1019.RXP check out “R.E.M.’s on RXP” where they’ll be playing 2-songs blocks of R.E.M throughout the weekend starting Friday night. Listeners will be able to Text ‘REM’ to 95902 to win a download of Collapse Into No. Also, Sunday night at 8pm
We’re now just a few days away from the release of the band’s new record and with that comes the requisite reviews, opinions, etc. We’ve rounded up a few that have shown up online over the past couple of weeks and will be adding to them as the weekend