R.E.M. news - yay

album of the year?

when I heard this my first thought was 'but don't they have an album that is coming out pretty soon?" and then I remembered that it already came out, and I listened to it, and didn't remember anything about it. so I guess that says it all.

it's good, i find myself whistling the beginning of "it happened today" quite a lot

hearing "blue" now as their "riders on the storm." what a great band

do we think they knew it'd be the last album so threw their all into 'Collapse...' to go out with some dignity? i mean you know even the title suggests it.

http://r-e-m-cycle.blogspot.com/

http://www.uncut.co.uk/rem/rems-peter-buck-working-on-solo-album-news

Spotify is crazy comprehensive on these guys now; all the recent IRS years 2 disc remasters are there and even UP which was weirdly missing on there for years.

I don't which REM thread to put it on so I am putting a link to this nice live version of "Harborcoat" here
http://open.spotify.com/track/3xRaBjpIWB444tvpxAeP87

Although this one is good too
http://open.spotify.com/track/3HvhvwCvKUbuIlxPNgUXfv

except for the harmonica solo

whoa

http://www.remhq.com/news/r-e-m-at-the-bbc-coming-october-19th-read-press-release/

Looks 99% shit, unfortunately. One good show from 85, and the rest is garbage mid 90s / 2000s.

99% great, you mean.

It'll be great to have an official release of Milton Keynes '95 and that Jools special performance is where I heard the Up tracks for the first time prior to getting the album. It was so good it put all my fears of them continuing without Berry to rest.

rest is garbage mid 90s / 2000s.

― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:35 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a seven minute "country feedback" from 1998 is not going to suck

they never really stopped being an incredible live band imo. live versions of "walk unafraid" really cook, they're the reason its still one of my favorite r.e.m. songs

Clearly it was of interest to a lot of people or it wouldn't have been compiled and released. Unfortunately for me, I don't care to hear anything live from REM after 1991. Country Feedback being the exception, so good shout on that 7min version. I am very happy others are excited. It's good to be excited.

I could do without a couple of the Around the Sun tracks, but that's about it. Live versions of the 1998-2004 stuff have generally been better versions.

a seven minute "country feedback" from 1998 is not going to suck

Is it the Neil Young one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CERhzm6t7I

https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/michael-stipe-new-songs-webster-hall-video-performance/

The fact that he's doing something is brilliant news. It'd be a shame if he'd let that great voice of his go to waste.

Producer Marc Urselli posted this seven weeks ago on his Instagram account:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwhxx9GHL2U/?hl=en

I love my musical life: yesterday I was in Oslo listening to extreme metal today I’m in New York City recording the mesmerizing #BillFrisell @billfrisellsmusic at @eastsidesoundstudios with the revolutionary producer @willnerh #HalWillner doing to overdubs for #MichaelStipe of #REM

No more info though...

Up vinyl preorders are presumably coming this week (maybe even Tuesday morning). FINALLY