
Listen to Peter’s Interview with Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster
Here’s a fun interview Peter did recently with Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster during their podcast, The Best Show. Check it out HERE.
Here’s a fun interview Peter did recently with Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster during their podcast, The Best Show. Check it out HERE.
The new Luke Haines/Peter Buck single “Psychedelic Sitar Casual” was released today from the forthcoming second collaboration between Luke and Peter, titled All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out. Hurry on over to Cherry Red Records for a listen and download.
Ultimate Classic Rock is in the midst of exploring the “story” behind every song from the band’s 1987 album, Document, which included R.E.M’s first top ten hit with “The One I Love.” Read UCR’s “story behind” “The One I Love” here.
This Friday, the world’s first EVER commercially available bioplastic record goes on sale – this LIMITED EDITION 12” with Michael Stipe and Beatie Wolfe will be available from the EarthPercent Bandcamp page for pre-order. Visit Earth Percent for more details.All proceeds minus Paypal’s processing fees will be added to EarthPercent’s Grantmaking Fund. So you’ll be … Continued
“The fantastic thing is they landed in this magic intersection of understandable + mysterious, in perfect proportion. You could rock out at a show with the people or listen in your bedroom and feel like only you and they were in the same secret world.” Visit Salon.com to read Annie Zaleski’s outstanding interview with producer … Continued
You can watch Peter perform live with Brazilian legend, Nando Reis, in a special concert in the Metaverse at 10:00 PM on August 31st from Porto Alegre… Tickets for the event will be available at Nando’s site as NFTs. Stay tuned for more details as we get them.
Today is release day for the 40th anniversary reissue of the band’s debut EP Chronic Town, available for the first time ever as a standalone CD with extensive liner notes by original producer, Mitch Easter, as well as on Vinyl Picture Disc and Cassette.Featuring such beloved classics in the band’s repertoire as “Gardening At Night,” “Wolves, … Continued
Peter & Barrett Martin will be joining Brazilian artist Nando Reis for three “special and celebratory” concerts later this month and early September in São Paulo, Porto Alegre & Rio De Janeiro. Barrett says, “Peter and I played on Nando’s breakthrough album 23 years ago (in 1999), which is what these shows are about.” The … Continued
Peter & Barrett Martin will join the Joshua Tree, California band Mojave Lords for a show tomorrow night, August 11, in São Paulo at LA IGLESIA Borratxeria (Rua João Moura, 515, galpão 6, Pinheiros). Ticket info here.
Scott McCaughey and Peter have written and recorded a new song in tribute to “The Voice of Baseball,” Vin Scully, who passed away at the age of 94 earlier this week. Scott says, “In honor of Vin Scully, we decided to release a brand new song […] about the Dodgers legend. You can hear “The … Continued
Chris Slusarenko from the Eyelids reports that “We are creating a raffle with 100% of the proceeds going to The Center For Reproductive Rights. They continue fighting the fight so that everyone has access to abortion.”Here’s how the raffle works: For each $10 increment you put in you will receive one token that will be … Continued
Fans of Beat Poetry for Survivalists, the debut LP, from Peter and ex-Auteurs lead man, Luke Haines, will be excited to learn that the duo is working on a follow-up called All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out, a double album, that will be out October 28 on Cherry Red records. Brooklyn Vegan posted a thorough … Continued
Peter joined The Black Crowes on stage earlier in the week for “The One I Love” during the Atlanta band’s encore at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Amphitheatre in Woodinville, Washington. Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil joined in on the final song of the night, The Velvet Underground’s “Rock & Roll.” Video below: Photo: Chris Hartsonge
Nashville’s Soccer Mommy recently recorded a cool cover version of “Losing My Religion” for a new Deezer covers compilation titled “InVersions 90.” The song compilation is exclusive to Deezer for now, but you can check out some info on the release a hear a snippet here.
This past Saturday night, Peter and Kevn Kinney, along with their band that night, played the last of four shows on a PAC NW swing through Seattle and Portland.