In their video for Accelerate track "Man-Sized Wreath," R.E.M. ups the production value from their recent Vincent Moon clips to a computer animated world of heavy-hand political statement -- video game oil men, Tiananmen Square references, and billboard-sized shots of... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "MAN-SIZED WREATH"»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
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R.E.M.'s doing that national tour with the National and Modest Mouse these days. And there has been a rather awesome development of late. We've highlighted some of the rarities spilling from the setlists, but none quite so rare as the... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. "FALL ON ME" IN CHICAGO WITH JOHNNY MARR»
Posted on June 11, 2008 in Video (26 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | R.E.M.
On first blush we all agreed Sasquatch! pulled together one of the lineups to beat of this glutted summer festival season, which is why we're psyched that, despite not having made the trip ourselves, we were able to send photog... CONTINUE READING SASQUATCH 2008 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Concert (22 comments)
Tags: 65 Days Of Static | Beirut | Dead Confederate | Death Cab For Cutie | Dengue Fever | Destroyer | Fleet Foxes | Jamie Lidell | M.I.A. | Mates Of State | Modest Mouse | Okkervil River | R.E.M. | Rogue Wave | Sasquatch! | Tegan And Sara | The Flaming Lips | The Kooks | The Mars Volta | The New Pornographers | The Presidents Of The United States Of America | The Shaky Hands | White Rabbits
R.E.M.'s tour in support of the great Accelerate got under way this past Friday 5/23 in Burnaby (just outside Vancouver), and people are lovin' it. Reader Nick wrote in to tell us about a report he filed for Whitney: Wow,... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. KICK OFF TOUR IN VANCOUVER WITH SOME RARITIES»
Posted on May 27, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
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In 2004, R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen took part in the Vote For Change tour, along with the Dixie Chicks, DMB, Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam, etc., to inspire folks to vote against George W. Bush. It didn't work, obviously, but four... CONTINUE READING STIPE GEEKS OUT AROUND THE BOSS, BUCK LEARNS "BORN TO RUN"»
Posted on April 30, 2008 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | R.E.M.
The skilled animators of Crush are behind this clip from the Athens trio everyone was buzzing about at SXSW. When we asked Matt Fluxblog to prematurely evaluate Accelerate he wrote of the tune: This one has the best fake-out in... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "HOLLOW MAN"»
Posted on April 22, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
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When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great. Brandon worked at... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW IS RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 18, 2008 (32 comments)
Tags: Björk | Black Keys | Built To Spill | Dead Meadow | Death Cab For Cutie | Deerhunter | Grizzly Bear | Interpol | New Pornographers | Prurient | R.E.M. | Regina Spektor | Stephen Malkmus | Tapes 'N Tapes | Vampire Weekend
Great R.E.M. interview? Or the greatest R.E.M. interview? The Athenians' charm offensive is on full throttle between the La Blogs and the happy, sort of bashful turns on the Today show and last night's Colbert, but there was something extra... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN COLBERT USES R.E.M.'S ACCELERATE AS A COD PIECE»
Posted on April 3, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Stephen Colbert
A lot has been made of R.E.M.'s approach to announcing "they're back." Their work with Vincent Moon -- which we've see in official video and Take Away form already -- has been a major basis for the approach, and the... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. BRINGS LA BLOGOTHèQUE TO ATHENS»
Posted on March 31, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
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No longer ambiguous about his sexuality (or that of his bandmates), Michael Stipe can now afford to be ambiguous about his song selections. On Radio 1 Live Lounge recently, Stipe and Co. took on Editors' "Munich." The box percussion, toe... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. COVER EDITORS (AND VICE VERSA)»
Posted on March 28, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Editors | R.E.M.
After the other day's big news, that Mike Mills and Peter Buck are in fact heterosexual, we figured the R.E.M. cycle would slow down awhile. Not so. As promised, the band's made Accelerate available for full-album streaming on iLike, which... CONTINUE READING STREAM R.E.M.'S ACCELERATE ON ILIKE»
Posted on March 24, 2008 (7 comments)
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Michael Stipe is no longer the most obviously but still unofficially gay person in the world music. And we're celebrating that out coming by alerting you to R.E.M.'s filmic collab with Vincent Moon in the back of a car, VMPRWKND... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. DEMONSTRATES THAT "LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE" FOR LA BLOGOTHèQUE»
Posted on March 18, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Vincent Moon
It's something everyone seemed to already know -- i.e., note the, ok, maybe less-than-tender comments from this thread last week -- but post-SXSW, and on the eve of Accelerate's 4/1 release date, Stipe has finally made those longtime rumors official... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE NO LONGER TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET»
Posted on March 18, 2008 (51 comments)
Tags: Michael Stipe | R.E.M.
Between all the video we're posting and every other site's A/V archives, this year's trip to Austin's easily and obviously the most archived South By yet. As mentioned, we'll have the rest of our video clips throughout this week, but... CONTINUE READING HEAR NEW MMJ AND R.E.M. TUNES, PLUS STEREOGUM'S FRIDAY PARTY, AT NPR»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in Concert (2 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Liam Finn | My Morning Jacket | R.E.M. | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | SXSW | The Weakerthans | The Whigs
While we were in NYC resting our legs for the upcoming Texan good times, thousands of music lovers went south for Langerado on the Big Cypress Indian Reservation. Looks like it was a hot, sweaty fun time down there. It... CONTINUE READING AT LANGERADO, PARTY LIKE IT'S 1995»
Posted on March 11, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Blind Melon | Langerado | R.E.M.
According to Silicon Alley Insider, the Athenians are premiering Accelerate on iLike beginning 3/24. The album doesn't hit the racks until 4/1, so this is a pretty big coup for iLike. Remember, Michael and the boys premiered Around The Sun... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. ADDED YOU AS A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK...»
Posted on March 10, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
The idea of a Pavement reunion's in the air, but Stephen Malkmus & his Jicks are everywhere else, including a Take-Away in San Francisco and a secret show in Portland. The Take-Away includes a trio of Real Emotional Trash tunes,... CONTINUE READING STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS DO R.E.M. IN SAN FRANCISCO, SECRET SHOW IN PORTLAND»
Posted on March 6, 2008 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Stephen Malkmus
Sure, yes, and fine, having R.E.M., the Cure, the Flaming Lips' U.F.O. show, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, the National, the Breeders, Built To Spill, et al puts this year's installment of the earthy Pacific Northwest festival Sasquatch! amongst the lineups to... CONTINUE READING THE CURE, R.E.M. LINE UP FOR SASQUATCH! 2008»
Posted on February 25, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: M.I.A. | R.E.M. | Sasquatch | The Breeders | The Cure | The Flaming Lips
All set to Accelerate, R.E.M.'s been raising their profile downtown of late with that infamous trip to an LES sex shop and subsequent video. Mr. Stipe's latest public outing is decidedly less kinky and possibly more funny: Michael stopped in... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE DOES COMEDY IN NYC»
Posted on February 15, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
The Vincent Moon-directed video for Accelerate's first single fits with the filmic, low-tech look of the Vincent Moon-directed promo materials that've come before it. We see the R.E.M. boys standing around pensively, going through the rigors of recording, hopping into... CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. VIDEO - "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS"»
Posted on February 13, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
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Although we usually give our knee jerk reactions to anticipated releases every Friday, there was no waiting 'til the end of the week to share first impressions of this one -- particularly when we have a friend so highly qualified... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: R.E.M. - ACCELERATE»
Posted on February 11, 2008 in Premature Evaluation (35 comments)
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At this point, we're pretty sure you're aware that Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe are getting closer to the release of their 14th studio album, produced by Jackknife Lee. What you might not have heard, though, is a... Accelerate Promo Video'">CONTINUE READING NEW R.E.M. - "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS" AND ACCELERATE PROMO VIDEO»
Posted on February 6, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
Well shit how's that for a post title. Let's just take it in order: We poked our heads into the wine shop on the LES that R.E.M. invaded while filming their "Supernatural Superserious" with La Blogothèque field general Vincent Moon;... Accelerate Album Art, Tour With The National & Modest Mouse'">CONTINUE READING CAMP R.E.M. TALK "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS," UNVEIL ACCELERATE ALBUM ART, TOUR WITH THE NATIONAL & MODEST MOUSE»
Posted on January 28, 2008 in Album Art, Tour Dates (7 comments)
Tags: Modest Mouse | R.E.M. | The National
Continuing on our campaign to stalk R.E.M. around our neighborhood (virtually, 'cause it is too cold out there to gawk effectively), we present a sort of Take Away video of a Take Away video (as you know, La Blogothèque maestro... CONTINUE READING A PREVIEW OF R.E.M.'S "SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS," FROM A WINE SHOP»
Posted on January 25, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
To film a video! At a sex shop. Brooklyn Vegan points us to a blog post put up by the toys in Babeland:It's not every day that you can call up your friends and say "So I was working at... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. VISIT THE LES, UNVEIL ACCELERATE TRACKLIST»
Posted on January 24, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: R.E.M.
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