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R.E.M. has been in New York City for the past few days doing press and photography for the new record. Earlier in the week, the band got together with the fantastic, super-talented director Vincent Moon (ninetynights, Takeaway Shows) to shoot a video for “Supernatural Superserious.” Bertis was on

As previously announced, R.E.M. will be playing this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin. We can now confirm that the band’s show will take place at Stubbs Bar-B-Q on March 12. More details to follow.

Click on the links below to read recent press on ninetynights.com and Accelerate:

Pitchfork

Blogotheque

les inrockuptibles

20 Minutes

Stereogum

Local rockers The Drive By Truckers will be playing a benefit concert Thursday, January 10, at the 40 Watt in support of Nuçi’s Space, a resource space set up for Athens’ musicians whose mission is to promote the emotional, physical and occupational well-being of the music community.

Anton Corbijn’s feature film, CONTROL, the acclaimed biopic of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, opens at Athens lovely art house cinema, Ciné on January 11 and runs through Thursday, January 17 (showtimes: 4:15p 7:15p 9:45p). Local record shop Wuxtry will have a

It’s time again for a quick look at what’s happening in the music press. Here, we have rounded up some of the most recent articles from the UK media. Click on the links below to read what Q, Uncut, the Sun, and the Times have to say in

…Or self-deprecating. And it’s Ferguson, not Kilborn. And Pennsylvania is hardly the heartlands.

Michael had a fun and now controversial conversation with Jane Pratt on her Sirius radio show on his birthday [Jan. 4th], and it was picked up by Reuters and now is

Murmurs.com (compliments of Lucy) has posted an interview with Michael from the latest Uncut magazine in which he discusses R.E.M.’s forthcoming record Accelerate (due out April 1 in North America and March 31 elsewhere), the recording process, and the Dublin working rehearsals.

Be sure to check out

As the new year rolls in, be sure to check out remring.com’s 20 Most Noteworthy R.E.M. Events of 2007. From Stereogum’s tribute to Automatic For The People to the Athens Historical Society’s outstanding retrospective on the band’s historical connection to the city of Athens, there is sure to be

Some plane reading for a holiday news cycle:

Two interesting items of potential interest:

Seattle Times Op-Ed by longtime friend/colleague on freedom of expression in the digital age:

Click here to read.

I liked the piece because it made the brouhaha over the smoldering issue of Network Neutrality pretty vivid and real;

In addition to the report by the DCist we posted earlier this week, please click here to read the Future of Music Coalition’s report on Hope For Home which took place on December 3rd, featuring a performance by Mike Mills.

Michael joins David Byrne, U2, Laurie Anderson, Cat Power, Antony & the Johnsons, Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Danger Mouse and a host of other musicians and artists who are part of Visionaire 53. SOUND, consisting of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with images (picture discs), containing approximately

Visit DCist.com for an outstanding article on Mike’s performance at “Hope for Home” in Washington, DC earlier this week. Mike performed “Wendell Gee,” “Love is All Around,” “Hope for the Fathers,” a song Mike wrote in honor of baseball legend Roberto Clemente, and “Rockville” as part of

Michael hosted the Food Bank For New York City’s Annual Lunchbox Live Auction last night in Manhattan. Over 150 artists, actors, musicians, and personalities have decorated lunchboxes for the fundraiser which will continue through December 21st online.

Michael’s lunchbox went for a whopping $35,000 at the event last