Tickets are still available for Rock 4 Relief, the benefit concert Mike is playing this Sunday, January 13th, at Los Angeles’ Theatre at Ace Hotel. Proceeds from the show will benefit the victims, fire fighters and first responders of the CA Wildfires. Mike says everyone can look forward to a lot of great music to … Continued
Arthur Buck Fans: Peter and Joe have added a second show at the Todos Santos Inn (Saturday, January 12, at 8pm) with proceeds to benefit the The Palapa Society of Todos Santos, A.C. Here’s footage from show #1 this past weekend to give you a taste of what’s in store: “Crying Like a Man” with Joseph … Continued
We just got off the phone with Peter, and he wanted us to let everyone know that he and Joseph Arthur will be playing a set at theTodos Santos Inn on Saturday night with proceeds to benefit the Palapa Society of Todos Santos. Stay tuned for photos and video footage.
We send out our birthday wishes today to Michael who was born on January 4, 1960.
In the R.E.M. world, this is definitely one of the oddest things ever— look what it is from— a band from 1983 (the year of Murmur on IRS Records): http://bit.ly/2RfLCpS From Youtube— in a very weird way, not bad, given that it is 35 years and about 15 years before the band got a website, … Continued
uDiscover Music is exclusively hosting the final part in our podcast series based around R.E.M.’s Live At The BBC collection. The show features further selections from performances for the BBC in their later years together and, in another exclusive, archive interview material with Michael Stipe and Peter Buck. Both discuss the group’s songwriting process, while Buck also … Continued
Check out part two of the “R.E.M. At The BBC” podcast series at NME https://rem.lnk.to/podcast2 If you missed part one, have a listen at Pop Matters
From PopMatters.com: Recently PopMatters reviewed R.E.M.’s live recordings from the BBC, which Craft Recordings gathered together in a glorious set that made our list of the 21 Best Album Re-Issues of 2018. Kevin Korber wrote, “what’s striking is how the collection shows an appreciation for R.E.M.’s unheralded later material, which had a more receptive audience in Europe than … Continued
Hey this is Peter. I’m in the studio with one of my favorite bands, Eyelids. As you might remember I produced their last record, “Or.” This recording is a super exciting experience because the lyricist is Larry Beckett who is not only a published poet but co-writer of many of Tim Buckley’s greatest songs. He’s written … Continued
Birthday wishes to the one and only Peter Buck!
HELLO EVERYONE and happy end of 2018!!! Below you will find a link to a photographic print that I have made, in an edition of 25, to support the great work of PARTICIPANT INC, a not-for-profit gallery in NYC. Each print is stamped on the front with the name of the gallery, and signed verso. … Continued
“Hello all, here is a really cool song from my friend Bethia; I sing on it and play guitar and percussion.” ~Mike Watch it here
Today is the 10th anniversary of the band’s last-ever live performance. On this night, the guys performed 26 songs at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. The clip we’ve shared here features the entire encore from the conclusion of the 2008 Accelerate Tour: “Supernatural Superserious,” “Losing My Religion,” “I Believe,” “Country Feedback,” “LIfe And How … Continued
A year from #Monster25 but the anniversary of that period’s already started for me and my memory bank— right about 25 years ago, we went down to Mexico to have the inevitable discussion we had to have— tour next record (which didn’t exist yet but some songs were in the works)? …Warners, for whom the … Continued
Mike and Robert McDuffie are in Buffalo this weekend for concerto performances Friday and Saturday with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Visit this link for show info, tickets, and other details. http://bit.ly/millmcbuffalo