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Six part REM DVD collection 'REMTV' set for release

4012 days ago
NMEThe collection will feature a new documentary about the band, who split in 2011 more info

Michael Stipe has artist and scholar residency at NYU, behind NEW SIGHTS, NEW NOISE exhibition

4012 days ago
Brooklyn VeganFormer REM frontman Michael Stipe dropped out of the University of Georgia (he was an art major) when R.E.M. took off, but has been focusing once again on art since the band split in 2011. He's back at a... more info

Line & Circle – “Wounded Desire” (Stereogum Premiere)

4013 days ago
StereogumLine & Circle have always attracted comparisons to early R.E.M. “Wounded Desire,” from the LA band’s new self-titled EP, affirms those comparisons not just in terms of style but quality. On the other hand, There’s a certain point where a band... more info

R.E.M. Announce 6-DVD REMTV Culled From MTV Networks Archives

4025 days ago
StereogumThis has been a great year for R.E.M. super-fans, as the band has begun to really clear their vault of material. We’ve already gotten the vinyl set cataloging both of their MTV Unplugged performances, as well as a massive rarities release, and now ... more info

Monster Turns 20

4025 days ago
StereogumThere aren’t a lot of bands that have a trajectory remotely like R.E.M.’s. After years of crafting perhaps the purest embodiment of ’80s college rock and developing a fervent cult following, they found breakthrough commercial success as that de... more info

Shorties (An Excerpt from Haruki Murakami's Forthcoming Illustrated Book, R.E.M.'s Best Cover Songs, and more)

4032 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyThe Guardian shared a preview of Haruki Murakami's illustrated The Strange Library. Stereogum listed the best cover songs performed by R.E.M. The Book Report is a new literary video series featuring Michael Schaub and Janet Potter. Treble listed esse... more info

R.E.M.’s 10 Best Cover Songs

4033 days ago
StereogumFrom the looks of the R.E.M. setlist site remtimeline.com, early R.E.M. gigs were glorified bar-band hootenannies. Before they’d written Murmur and Chronic Town, the band cut their teeth seemingly as philistines, playing sloppy, drunken versions of... more info

Counting Crows, Somewhere Under Wonderland, review: 'nineties nostalgia'

4038 days ago
The TelegraphCounting Crows channel Lynyrd Skynyrd and REM in their best collection of songs since their debut, says Helen Brown more info

Elvis Costello & Weird Al join The Who, R.E.M., Aerosmith, James Brown, Tom Jones & others as Simpsons action figures

4040 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe ongoing Simpsons "Greatest Guest Stars" action figure line is adding Aerosmith, Tom Jones, Weird Al Yankovic, Elvis Costello, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the growing collection. This "fourth wave" of characters will be available in October, and ... more info

Michael Stipe Writes Editorial About 9/11, American Attitudes

4040 days ago
StereogumEver since R.E.M. broke up a few years ago, Michael Stipe has had some free time, and he’s become something of a man-about-town in New York: showing up on Colbert, making speeches at awards ceremonies, writing music for films. For his latest endeav... more info

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