REMIX IT TODAY!


Fire up your laptops and get ready to remix your own version of “It Happened Today.” Jacknife Lee has just delivered all the multi-track files and we are posting them here for you to download, remix, reimagine, remake. They are in AIFF and Garageband formats, so pick

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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: COLLAPSE INTO NOW VIDEOS, PRE-ORDER NEWS, AND MORE


Earlier this week, the video for “Mine Smell Like Honey,” filmed and directed by Dominic DeJoseph, premiered at spinner.com. The film was shot in Berlin at Hansa Studios where the band recorded a portion of their new record; Michael had this to say about it:

everyone will have seen, or

ME FALLING UPSTAIRS in MINE SMELL LIKE HONEY by MICHAEL


everyone will have seen, or will soon see our first film for COLLAPSE INTO NOW, directed by DOMINIC DEJOSEPH, for the song MINE SMELL LIKE HONEY. it was shot last summer in Berlin at Hansa Studio, in the stairwell that connects the recording studio to the big room several

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LIVE CLIP OF OH MY HEART AT STEREOGUM


Stereogum.com has posted a live video of the band performing Oh My Heart at Hansa Studio in Berlin. Click here to listen to Michael describe the song and to watch the performance.

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW PRE-LISTENING PARTY SLATED FOR MARCH 7TH IN ATHENS


R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Pre-release Listening Party in Athens, GA

Benefiting Community Connection of Northeast Georgia & Family Connection / Communities in Schools of Athens / Whatever It Takes

Monday, March 7, 2010

Doors at 6:30 p.m. (event begins promptly at 7 p.m.)

40 Watt Club

285 West Washington Street

Athens, GA 30601

All ages

Tickets: $10 advance

Advance

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MIKE TALKS ABOUT COLLAPSE INTO NOW


Earlier this week Mike did an interview with Rich McLaughlin in which he discusses the making of the new record and a few other topics.

Please click here to read the interview.

UBERLIN LYRIC VIDEO AT HUFFINGTON POST


The lyric video for Ãœberlin, R.E.M.’s first International single from Collapse Into Now, has been posted at Huffingtonpost.com. The lyric video, which features a subway map with the lyrics marked as destination points, is also accompanied by producer Jacknife Lee’s thoughtful commentary (above the clip) on the track.

UBERLIN WORLD PREMIERE MONDAY JANUARY 24TH


BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce Show will play the world exclusive of Ãœberlin on Monday, January 24th between the hours of 9:00AM and Noon. Listeners should tune into the Ken Bruce Show here.

Irish listeners can catch Ãœberlin on the Colm Hayes Show Monday just after

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW 4-SONG SAMPLER


We’ve posted a 4-song sampler from COLLAPSE INTO NOW in the HQTV player which you can access by clicking on the “Listen Now” banner at the top of the right-hand side of the banner column. Songs included are “Mine Smell Like Honey,” “Discoverer,” “It Happened Today,” and “Oh My