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This Week's Interesting Music Releases - July 13, 2010

5719 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — The 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction is in stores tomorrow. The album has been digitally remastered and includes a bonus disc of demos (including "Bandwagon, which I wrote about earlier this month). Along with the... more info

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R.E.M. – “Throw Those Trolls Away”

5719 days ago

Stereogum — R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction 25th Anniversary album comes out today outside the U.S., and stateside tomorrow. The band put up “Throw Those Trolls Away,” an early pre-album-recording demo (you can hear a mid-song “turn the guitar up a... more info

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Tired Pony: The Place We Ran From | CD review

5721 days ago

Guardian Music — (Fiction)This first offering from Tired Pony, a country-rock supergroup including members of REM and Belle & Sebastian, is in thrall to tempestuous love affairs and the concept of flight. It's tempting, in its preoccupation with trading dull stabilit... more info

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GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Sony Remakes Its Music Company Act

5727 days ago

All About Jazz — At an outdoor theater in Berlin that has played host to U2, R.E.M. and the Rolling Stones, Sony Music Entertainment plans to stage a very different kind of show next month. Before an expected sellout crowd of 22,000, three men, dressed in red, white... more info

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The Voice Project Premieres Billy Bragg Covering Joanna Newsom's "On A Good Day"

5728 days ago

Altsounds — This one's kind of a great story; the ladies in Uganda had covered Joe Purdy's "Suitcase," then Joe covered REM, and then Mike Mills did Billy's "Sing Their Souls Back Home." Shortly afterwards Mike saw Billy at SXSW, told him he had covered his ... more info

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Stream "Bandwagon" from the 25th Anniversary Edition of R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction

5729 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — On July 13th, Capitol is releasing a 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.'s album, Fables of the Reconstruction. Along with the remastered album, a 14-track CD of bonus material is included as well, with demo recordings of the album's 11... more info

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Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Summer 2010

5729 days ago

Pitchfork — Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! Four times a year, we round up a big ol' list of albums, singles, EPs, and DVDs set to be unleashed over the coming months, hoping to get y... more info

The Chap Kelis Kylie Minogue Thieves Like Us Danger Mouse Sparklehorse Kula Shaker Melvins Isis M.I.A. Panda Bear R.E.M. Sun Kil Moon Torche

REM - Fables Of The Reconstruction - EXCLUSIVE ALTSOUNDS.COM STREAM

5730 days ago

Altsounds — *In celebration of this upcoming 25th Anniversary 2 CD Re-issue of "Fables Of The Reconstruction" 25 sites have been chosen to exclusively stream one track from the album. Altsounds.com is exclusively streaming "Good Advices". To check it out now c... more info

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