R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia
Extended live lap through rarities and new ephemera Measured in raw commercial reach, R.E.M.’s appeal may be getting more “selective,” as the euphemism goes, but on this new live double-disc their edge feels recently sharpened. Staged across five nights in Dublin in advance of Accelerate, the set reels off sketches from the then-forthcoming album, including some that never ultimately made the cut. Juxtaposed with a subtle cherry-picking of their earlier work, it’s a coy but endearing alternative history of the band, who seem thoughtful curators. “New Test Leper,” “Cuyahoga” and “Electrolite” flow by as a gorgeous triplet, while the finale... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsListen to R.E.M.'s Live at the Olympia Album
From June 30 to July 5, 2007, R.E.M. played a series of shows in Dublin’s Olympia Theater, which was then intended as a test-run for new material that would appear on their 2008 release, Accelerate, according to NPR.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTen Killer Rock 'n' Roll Photographs
On Oct. 22, you can purchase the new book Who Shot Rock & Roll, which compiles iconic music photographs from 1955 to the present. On Oct. 30, if you're in the New York area, you can see some of these images in an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that runs through Jan. 31, 2010. And right this very moment, you can see 10 of our favorites from the collection, complete with notes from the book's editor Gail Buckland, written exclusively for Paste.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayBarry Manilow and Michael Stipe Team Up for Romantic Comedy
Michael Stipe has paired with one of music's shiniest, happiest people to create a...romantic comedy? The project, Variety reports, will be co-developed by Stipe using Manilow's tunes as both the soundtrack and focus. The plot will center on a crew of Manilow fans converging on Las Vegas one fateful weekend for a Manilow concert. ... read more
Found in: Music, News16 Albums To Look Forward To This Fall
We've already shared 25 Indie Films we're looking forward to this fall, but here are 16 albums coming out between now and the end of October that we think you should track down. They range from a little-known (in the U.S.) singer/songwriter named Frank Turner who releases a record today, to R.E.M., who has a live double-album coming out Oct. 26. At least three of these will likely end up among my 10 favorites of 2009, including my current Album of the Year.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayR.E.M. Live at The Olympia Set for Oct. 26 Release
In the late days of June 2007, R.E.M. hunkered down at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. For the week that followed they performed a series of shows (dubbed the "experiment in terror") featuring some entirely new songs that would eventually be released on Accelerate. The fruits of these sessions have given birth to R.E.M. Live at The Olympia, a 2-CD, 39-song live album just announced for an Oct. 26 release.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 20 Best R.E.M. Songs of All Time
If there was a single band that shaped my teenage ears, that shook me from the confines of classic rock radio and awakened me to quirky, adventuresome college rock, it was R.E.M. Soon after discovering Document, I had worked my way back through every cassette in their catalog. And when that was exhausted, I started looking for other bands that just sounded something like R.E.M. I felt sheltered, even betrayed, learning that all this music had been made during my adolescence—just up the road in Athens—while I was mowing the lawn to Foreigner 4.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThirteen Surprisingly Enjoyable Songs About the End of the World
Elvis Perkins in Dearland's "Doomsday" (and last night's fireworks) got us thinking about other surprisingly enjoyable songs about the end of the world. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayR.E.M. Works on New Album, Shares In-Studio Photos
R.E.M. is working on a new album! Now, before you get too excited... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M.'s Reckoning Gets Reissue Treatment
On June 23 (thanks/apologies, commenters!), The Athens, Ga. royalty of R.E.M. are celebrating their 25th anniversary in style and reissuing a two-CD deluxe edition of their second album, Reckoning, with a bonus live disc from their famed 1984 Chicago Aragon Ballroom concert.... read more
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