Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- R.E.M. has revealed plans to release a live music digital EP, called Reckoning Songs From The Olympia, through all digital service providers on July 7th, 2009. The live EP will feature versions of four songs from the band's... more info

Altsounds — “‘Reckoning’ confirms R.E.M. as one of the most beautifully exciting groups on the planet,” wrote NME in 1984. Twenty-five years later, ‘Reckoning’ remains a fan favourite for capturing R.E.M. dur... more info

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Here Comes The Flood — Washington DC trio Secret Pop Band are into brisk riffs. With little over half an hour worth of post-punk tunes Pardon the Solar Interruption has a very late eighties sound - a mix of The Pixies and REM. They name the Apples in Stereo as an influen... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Reckoning was a chance to turn up the volume, tear up the rule book, and instead capture R.E.M.’s on-stage mojo.” - Don Dixon (producer, Reckoning) My relationship with Reckoning began roughly twenty years ago via a dubbed cassette copy I... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Lori Baily backstage shenanigans at the Bell House On Thursday [June 11th] I saw Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 - R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Bill Rieflin and Scott McCaughey - at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Ken Stringfellow... more info

Live Daily — With a European festival run set to kick off next week, Snow Patrol [ tickets ] has announced a headlining tour of North America this fall behind last year's "A Hundred Million Suns." The UK alt-rockers will return to the States for a 22-city outi... more info

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Yesterday's Oasis concert in Slane passed off with little trouble, gardaí said today.Ten people were arrested on public order offences throughout the day, with two people detain on suspicion of drink driving.A garda spokesman said those arrested a... more info

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