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R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (25th Anniversary Edition) -
It might be news to anyone born after the mid 1980s, but R.E.M. â€" these days grizzled, arena mainstays whose every new album seems to trump its predecessor for blandness â€" were once cerebral guitar music’s great white hopes, their records and live shows investing ‘alternative rock’ (a US...
R.e.m. - Collapse Into Now (2011) -
R.E.M.’s new album Collapse Into Now just breathes where its predecessor was trying to breathe fire. It’s nuanced, whereas Accelerate simply pushed the needle attempting to rock its way back to their early sound.
Accelerate was a fine record, and its sometimes-generic rockers are as good as some of the similar-veined material...
R.E.M. - Collapse into Now -
"I guess a three-legged dog is still a dog," said Michael Stipe when drummer Bill Berry quit R.E.M. in 1997. True, but a three-legged dog never triumphed at Crufts or the racetrack. Even so, the R.E.M. that recorded 1998’s Up (experimental, frequently beautiful), 2001’s Reveal (lush, frequently beautiful)...
R.E.M. -
"We're R.E.M. and this is what we do�when you're not around." This quote from Michael Stipe explains the live experiment of their performance at the Olympia in Dublin, Ireland, which was essentially to allow fans to bear witness to a rehearsal session. It reminds me of a mythical story I...
Michael Stipe Promotes Nothing On Jimmy Fallon -
Well, maybe that's not entirely true. Despite the fact that Fallon mentions Stipe (nice recession beard) is his first guest with "nothing to promote," the R.E.M. frontman shows up with a bronze-cast camera sculpture and the two talk about tonight's R.E.M. tribute at Carnegie Hall with Throwing Muses,...
U2 - No Line On The Horizon (2009) -
It’s been almost half a decade since U2 released their last album and for a band whose humanitarian efforts and social activism often threaten to eclipse their musical output, No Line On The Horizon is a welcome affirmation of artistic relevance. U2 has always noted their social concerns in their...
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