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As the first week of the release of the Fables reissue comes to a close, the album reviews are beginning to roll in and we’ve compiled a shortlist of a few noteworthy ones below:.

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Lots of Tired Pony happenings this week with the release of their debut album The Place We Ran From on Monday, a highly-anticipated sold-out performance tonight at the Forum in London, press rounds with radio and TV appearances all week, and a new single, Dead American Writers all

The band has completed the third phase of recording their next record at Hansa Studio in Berlin with Jacknife Lee and will now set about mixing it at some point this Fall. Though we don’t have a definitive date, all signs are pointing towards a Spring 2011 release of

On Tuesday, July 13th, two radio stations, Atlanta’s Dave FM and Chicago’s WXRT, will host their own “Fables of the Reconstruction Day” in celebration of next week’s release of R.E.M.’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Fables. Dave FM asks listeners to listen all day Tuesday for

Listen to a stream of Throw Those Trolls Away, one of the 14 tracks on the Bonus CD (“The Athens Demos”) of the forthcoming Fables Of The Reconstruction 25th Anniversary Edition reissue by clicking here. The Fables anniversary edition hits stores and online outlets outside the USA

In honor of the 25th anniversary release of Fables of the Reconstruction on July 13, 2010, Cine, the Athens art-house cinema, will screen a special showing of a 25-song concert that the band performed in Germany on October 2, 1985 for the Rockpalast live German television music show. The concert

Really great to be here on many levels– one of the world’s great cities and only being here a little while (like anywhere) really lets one get a sense of what the town is really like– neighborhoods, people, customs and traditions, how people live and work and play here, not

As we get ready to head into the Independence Day weekend here in the States, we wanted to wish all of you who celebrate it a happy 4th of July.

Now the news…

BERLIN NEWS

The band continues to record in Berlin with Jacknife Lee and by all accounts, things are

Peter and Bill pic by Michael; back stage at Pearl Jam, the Berlin influence finds itself settling in

Peter and Scott McCaughey joined Pearl Jam at Wuhlheide Park for a rousing take on the motor city classic, “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 tonight. Photos by Dewitt Burton.

. . . . a city where we have always enjoyed whistle-stopping through, and now we’re here long enough to work on R.E.M.’s next record. Berlin is a pulsing, exciting city with so many varied and distinctive neighborhoods, iconic history all around, great food at all levels and

Earlier in June, Peter joined the Decemberists for a day’s work in a converted barn outside Portland, Oregon. Peter appeared on three songs, which are slated to appear on the group’s next Capitol album, due in February. Singer-songwriter Colin Meloy acknowledged R.E.M. as being an inspiration

ATHFEST kicks off in Athens this weekend with a full slate of great bands and activities scheduled. The music, arts, and film festival, located in downtown Athens, will run from June 23-27. You can read more about the full schedule of events, including special activities for