R.E.M.

Band of the Day (10.27.09): RICHARD HAWLEY

source: MOG

His collaborations are to die for. Hawley has also done tremendous session work. His collaborations include R.E.M., the Arctic Monkeys, Nancy Sinatra, and Elbow. There was almost one with Morrissey's live band too, for which Hawley auditioned as a guitarist, but was rejected after he starte...

Published Tue, Oct 27

Album Review : Reckoning (Deluxe Edition)

source: Rolling Stone

Artist: R.E.M. Album: Reckoning (Deluxe Edition) Review: "Murmur" is the more inventive of R.E.M.'s early albums, but their second disc, the powerful Reckoning, established the band as bona fide leaders of the new American indie-rock underground. Drummer Bill Berry shines here, propellin...

Published Mon, Jun 8

What Are The Ingredients In This Nasty Soup We Call “Modern Rock”?

source: Idolator

Key bands: R.E.M., The Replacements, XTC, The Pixies By the time Billboard began publishing a Modern Rock singles chart in 1988, there was already a clutch of American bands getting consistent radio play. And for the first few years of the chart, jangle ruled the roost.

Published Fri, Apr 24

“Pepper” Reminds Me Of Getting Into Bands Past Their Prime

source: Idolator

Do people ever get into a band later in their careers?  R.E.M. is a good example, as they seemed to attract waves of new fans at different points in their discography, and those new fans were not always interested in the releases that predated their discovery of the band.  And evergreen artists...

Published Mon, Apr 20

Indie Rock, Baseball, and Dock Ellis

source: MOG

Of all the major team sports, baseball is the one with a long literary tradition that any indie rocker could appreciate. Fer instance, last year, Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Gutterball) and Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M.), put out an album as the Baseball Project with help from Peter B...

Published Mon, Mar 30

All That R.E.M. Can't Leave Behind

source: NYT > R.E.M.

Members of band REM reflect on 14-year collaboration that has won popularity among young listeners while holding on to original fans; newest album is In Time: Best of REM. 1988-2003; photos

Published Thu, Mar 19

How To: Guitar lesson Losing My Religion by R.E.M. - cover chords beginner lessons tutorial

source: YouTube

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Published Fri, Mar 6

Hitchcock And Venus 3 Say Goodnight To Oslo

source: Chart Attack

Goodnight Oslo follows 2006's excellent Ole! Tarantula and features the return of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck (guitar), Scott McCaughey (bass) and Bill Rieflin (drums) as Hitchcock's backing band. Feb. 13 Bury, England @ The Met Feb. 16 Brighton, England @ Komedia

Published Tue, Jan 6