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R.E.M. balances bombastic guitars with pensive side on 'Collapse Into Now'

5728 days ago
Topix — R.E.M. continues its return to form on "Collapse Into Now." Eric R. Danton SOUNDCHECK: Music News & Views , March 8, 2011 hc-cd-review-collapse-into-now-by-rem-20110308 For a while there, R.E.M. lost its way, as if the band bought into the hype the b... more info

Michael Stipe - R.E.M. Won't Tour With New Album

5729 days ago
ContactMusic — R. E. M. guitarist Peter Buck doesn't believe the band should have to tour to sell their new album. The musician revealed that the 'Losing My Religion' hitmakers have no plans to play a series of concerts to promote their latest album 'Co... more info

THE DAY JOHN DENVER WENT TO IBIZA....

5729 days ago
The Vinyl Villain — It was Comrade Colin's musings about New Order the other week that got me thinking about this track from the LP Technique:-mp3 : New Order - Run I was surprised to find that I had never on TVV talked about or mentioned the fascinating story behind th... more info

The 11 Best Songs By R.E.M. of the 80s

5729 days ago
The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I won't explain why I break a band like R.E.M.'s career into decades.  If you must know...go look though the blog history.  Here's a history of R.E.M. according to me. In 1983, I remember first hearing Murmur being played by a neighbor's house whe... more info

Album review: R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now'

5729 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Why be a band? In 2011, the answer isn’t often “to make the best music.” Synth-powered duos, bedroom soloists and artistically polyamorous collectives define innovative rock now; that’s how young artists step up to the challenges posed by hip... more info

Album review: R. E. M., Collapse Into Now

5729 days ago
Scotsman.com — **** Warner 9362496271, £12.99 more info

Popdose Flashback ’91: R.E.M., “Out of Time”

5730 days ago
Popdose — It’s not often that a band releases two solid albums in the same week — twenty years apart. But such a gesture is just all in a day’s work for R.E.M. Tomorrow, the Athens, Georgia, rockers release the excellent Collapse Into Now, their fifteent... more info

REM's Michael Stipe is “80” per cent gay.

5730 days ago
Unreality Music — Michael Stipe says he’s “80” per cent gay. The REM frontman has enjoyed relationships with both men and women in the past but says it wasn’t until meeting his current boyfriend that he realised he preferred men. He said: “On a sliding scale... more info

R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

5730 days ago
The Music Fix — Do R.E.M. stand tall or collapse on their 15th album? more info

Shorties (DeVotchKa, Tea Obreht, and more)

5731 days ago
LargeHeartedBoy — American Songwriter interviews DeVotchKa frontman Nick Urata. Tea Obreht talks to Weekend Edition about her new novel, The Tiger's Wife. An excerpt is also presented. Space.com recommends a playlist of wakeup songs for the space shuttle's final missi... more info

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