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Listening to My Life: Hitchhiking to Bermuda
It occurs to me as I stand here, looking dazed into a sea of semi-familiar faces: I haven’t been in this building since I graduated from high school—20 years ago. Melanoma tagged my father almost a year ago... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesR.E.M.: Accelerate
R.E.M. has already penned “The Finest Work Song.” Now... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsR.E.M. to preview Accelerate on iLike, tour this summer
Alt-rock pioneers R.E.M. will be streaming their new album Accelerate live on social networking application iLike a week ahead of its April 1 release, Billboard.com reports. Faced with a musical landscape where many traditional retailers have seen their sales dwindle as digital music outlets such as iTunes and Rhapsody have risen in popularity, the band’s frontman Michael Stipe told Billboard the band didn’t want to be left behind. “I think you can either go with it or sit back and watch it happen,” he said, “and I would rather be out on the field than in the bleachers.” Accelerate’s 11... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M. adds European tour dates
R.E.M. has added four more dates to the European leg of its 2008 world tour, meaning fans across the Atlantic have exactly 24 chances to catch one of the band's shows this summer. This year is shaping up to be a big one for the band. First, frontman Michael Stipe announced back in December that the band’s latest album, “a great fucking record” in the singer's own words, would be released this year on April Fool's Day. Next, the band announced it would be taking Modest Mouse and The National along on a two-month U.S. tour beginning in May. Then... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M. announces European leg of world tour
Recently, just a little bit of rock 'n' roll hysteria ensued when R.E.M., Modest Mouse and The National announced that this spring, they'd be going on tour...together. Now, R.E.M. has announced a European leg of the tour this summer, which is sure to turn many fans across the Atlantic into shiny, happy people. Unfortunately, R.E.M. won't be bringing The National or Modest Mouse overseas. Everybody hurts sometimes, right? European dates are listed below the following video: EuroTrip: March 24 - UK @ London, Royal Albert Hall July 2 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Westerpark 9 - Nice, France @ Theatre De... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M. reveals “Supernatural Superserious,” video
It has been four years since R.E.M.'s last studio album. Around the Sun posters on den walls across the nation have started to curl and yellow at the corners. And, alas, the sweet face of Michael Stipe is all but a distant memory. But behold! New material is on the horizon. Well, one sweet morsel of a song, anyway. No need to search high and low for it: stream it right here: If that wasn’t enough to appease the longing, check out the new promo video for Accelerate. If nothing else, you will be 58 seconds closer to April 1... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M. confirms Accelerate, schedules shows, releases videos
As we recently reported, R.E.M. has a new album on the way. Warner Brothers will release the Jacknife Lee-produced Accelerate, the band's 14th studio LP, on—no joke—April 1 (March 31 in non-U.S. locales). After a rather busy 2007, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills are keeping the pedal down this year, gearing up for Accelerate's release with festival-headlining gigs at Langerado and South by Southwest. In the meantime, the band commissioned Vincent Moon—director of the maddeningly addictive La Blogothèque Take-Away Shows—to shoot a series of short film clips for an album-release countdown website called Ninety Nights. What makes Ninety... read more
Found in: Music, NewsR.E.M. decides to Accelerate new album process
Almost two weeks ago (despite the fact that it feels like two days ago in holiday time), we told you that R.E.M.'s 14th studio album had been recorded in Ireland with Jacknife Lee and was set for release on April 1. We also told you that Bill Berry would tour with the band, but that particular news nugget turned out to be less than true. (That's a wag of the finger for you and your reputed source, 99X!) Said album now has a name, and that name is Accelerate. And to hear singer Michael Stipe tell it, the release could... read more
Found in: Music, NewsUPDATE: new R.E.M album release date, Berry not touring
This year, in between getting inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame and releasing its first-ever live album, R.E.M. has somehow found time to scoot over to Ireland and record the follow-up to 2004's Around the Sun with producer Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol, Bloc Party). The band has been tightlipped on a release date for its 14th studio effort, but earlier this week at a New York charity auction, frontman Michael Stipe announced, "Let me tell you a secret: we have a great fucking record in the bag. It's a big change. It's coming out on April Fool's Day." CORRECTION:... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNew R.E.M. song to appear on CNN environmental special
In a stunning departure from past declarations, Michael Stipe does not feel fine about the end of the world as we know it. "I’m deeply concerned with global warming and the environment, and how we’re going to pull ourselves out of that," he said in an interview with the Athens Banner-Herald earlier this year. So to help push things along, Stipe's band R.E.M. will contribute a new, unreleased song to the upcoming, Anderson Cooper-hosted special Planet in Peril, which airs on CNN Oct. 23 and 24. Entitled "Until the Day Is Done," the song will receive its official debut on... read more
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