At long last, Michael Stipe is offering answers to questions that have long plagued R.E.M. fans: What the hell is he actually saying on “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”? The single from R.E.M.’s 1987 album Document is a masterpiece of rock …
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R.E.M. will re-release their classic debut single “Radio Free Europe” to help raise funds for the actual Radio Free Europe, which has recently been targeted by the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). The five-track, limited-edition 10″ orange vinyl Radio Free Europe EP …
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R.E.M. just keep reuniting. Thursday night, Feb. 27, the band that has repeatedly insisted they’ll never do a full-fledged reunion, took the stage at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia to perform with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s R.E.M. cover band. Near the end of the gig in R.E.M.’s …
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In the beginning, R.E.M. would play anywhere that would have them, from pizza parlors to gay bars to frat parties. For all the arty elusiveness of their early music, the band that would end up setting the template for the Nineties alt-rock boom was hungrier and more strategic than it …
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Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy stopped by The Tonight Show to showcase a dynamic cover of R.E.M.‘s 1985 song “Driver 8.” The performance previews the duo’s forthcoming tour that will showcase the rock band’s third studio LP, Fables Of The Reconstruction. Shannon and Narducy previously toured R.E.M.’s iconic debut album,Murmur,in …
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Al Green delivers a stirring take on R.E.M.’s classic 1992 ballad “Everybody Hurts” for his latest single. Green leans into the original’s swaying soul groove, adding a booming choir and allowing the strings to reach the heights necessary to match his still potent vocals as he sings: “Don’t throw your …
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R.E.M. have released a new lyric video for their 1986 song “I Believe” to encourage fans to vote in the presidential election. The video was created by longtime R.E.M. art directorChris Billheimer. It draws inspiration from the handmade designs frontman Michael Stipe used to create for himself during theFables of …
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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has been busy campaigning around the country on behalf of wife Kamala Harris in the most dude’s rock way possible: Digging through the crates at record stores and hanging out with Michael Stipe. Emhoff spoke about how he’s incorporated record stores into the campaign trail during …
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Pairing classic movies with modern soundtracks is always fun—like playingThe Dark Side of the MoonandThe Wizard of Ozat the same time—and it works especially well with silent films. When one of Buster Keaton’s masterpieces,Sherlock Jr., is re-released in theaters in February, the music will come from R.E.M.‘s Monster and New …
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Unreleased recordings by R.E.M., MJ Lenderman, the War on Drugs, Feist, Waxahatchee, and more than 100 other artists make up a newly released benefit compilation, Cardinals at the Window. Proceeds from the megacomp, available on Bandcamp, will help provide aid to victims of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina. Other …
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