Articles tagged "r.e.m."

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R.E.M. - Live at the Olympia (new album / video)

by Katharine Wray

[27.Aug.09] :. R.E.M. Live at the Olympia (Warner Bros.) Releasing: 27 October “Living Well is the Best Revenge”, R.E.M.‘s first video off Live at the Olympia is a great dose...

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R.E.M. - “Exhuming McCarthy” (stream)

by Sean Murphy

[10.Jun.09] :. Another instance of awful people inspiring excellent art.

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All Things Reconsidered Feature

It Starts with an Earthquake: R.E.M.‘s Monster

by Ben Schumer

[26.Feb.09] :. I have spent half my life being an R.E.M. fan, and I’ve consumed just about every album in their catalogue. So, at this point, I feel confident saying that Monster is unfairly maligned, and truly stands as one of their best.

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Sound Affects

The Day I Broke Up with R.E.M.

by Michael Edler

[6.Feb.09] :. R.E.M. is a vital band, but is their legacy as one of America's great bands becoming tarnished by sub standard rock.

Sound Affects

Film DVD Review

Slacker Uprising

by Anthony Henriques

[28.Oct.08] :. With substandard picture quality and a lack of true eye-opening material, this will be regarded as a minor work in an otherwise impressive film canon.

Recent DVD reviews

R.E.M. gains momentum with ‘Accelerate’

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[10.Jun.08] :. Now it can be told: In 2004, during the recording and release of the “Around the Sun” (Warner Bros.) album, R.E.M. was on the ropes. “It’s really hard to make a record...

R.E.M.: Accelerate

by Michael Metivier

[31.Mar.08] :. It’s up in the air whether or not Accelerate will reclaim any lost prestige after a disappointing decade for R.E.M.. But it’s hard to imagine what more the band could have done to revive itself than this terse, exceptional set of engaging rock.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre, R.E.M., Atmosphere…

by PopMatters Staff

[21.Mar.08] :. The Brian Jonestown Massacre (songs from My Bloody Underground out on 17 March) Yeah - Yeah [MP3]       Black Hole Symphony...

Big names Van Morrison, R.E.M. mix in with indie bands’ showcases at SXSW

by Timothy Finn [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[17.Mar.08] :. AUSTIN, Texas - This town’s annual music festival long ago stopped being a place where unsigned bands can get discovered. That loss of mission has been made official this year by the festival...

U2, R.E.M., Green Day and more cover Lennon for charity

by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[21.May.07] :. I’m not entirely sure what good Avril Lavigne singing “Imagine” will do for the afflicted people of Darfur. Seems like 10 seconds of that could drive plenty of people here stark...

R.E.M.

by Hank Kalet

[16.Nov.04] :. reaffirms relevance.

R.E.M.: Life’s Rich Pageant

by Tim O'Neil

[26.Oct.04] :. If history is a river, than the lives we lead are cracks in the sandstone foundation. Eddies and raindrops wear down the rock until great canyons form. Millions of years pass in a heartbeat, the...

R.E.M.: Around the Sun

by Michael Metivier

[18.Oct.04] :. Kick me out of the cult. To be a true-blue, diehard member of a rock band’s cult following there are certain unspoken rules. Perhaps the most sacred of which is to maintain that even the...

R.E.M.

by Jennifer Bendery

[11.Nov.03] :. S E T    L I S T Finest WorksongBegin the BeginImitation of LifeDriveAnimalWorld Leader PretendBad DayThe One I LoveThe Great BeyondDon’t Go Back to...

R.E.M.

by Hank Kalet

[21.Oct.03] :. S E T    L I S T Begin the BeginSo Fast So NumbThe Wake Up BombDriveAnimalSitting StillExhuming McCarthyBad DayThe One I LoveStrange CurrenciesMaps and...

R.E.M.: Document [DVD Audio]

by Brian James

[23.Apr.03] :. When R.E.M. finally broke through to mainstream success with 1987’s Document, they did it the way musicians dream of. After loading up with critical accolades and rounding up a sizable...

    R.E.M.: Reveal

by Dave Heaton

[14.May.01] :. Musically, Reveal follows Up‘s lead but pushes even further in that direction. Guitarist Peter Buck has traded his electric in for an acoustic, and then allowed guitars to...