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Forty years ago today, R.E.M. released their debut single “Radio Free Europe.” That’s a pretty big deal — the first release by what would become the most important college rock/alternative/indie band of the ’80s — and the band is commemorating the anniversary with appropriate fanfare. They’ve announced a reissue of the original 7″ as released on Hib-Tone Records. The reissue was pressed at Kindercore Vinyl in the band’s hometown of Athens, Georgia, and features the original mixes and Michael Stipe photography from the Hib-Tone release. The B-side from that record, “Sitting Still,” is officially out digitally for the time today.
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R.E.M.: Collapse Into Now Premature Evaluation
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Simply put, R.E.M.’s fifteenth studio album is basically as good as you can expect from the band at this point. It’s not vintage R.E.M., but it is more inspired and natural feeling than the rest of their post Bill Berry material. On 2008’s Accelerate, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe took an appropriate ste...
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R.E.M.: Teenage Fanclub Members To Tribute Big Star
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several of Big Star's most prominent fans are coming together to pay tribute to the group with a performance of their third album
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The Decemberists: – “Cuyahoga” (R.E.M. Cover)
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The band visited the KCRW show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” yesterday to do some songs from The King Is Dead as well as this cover from R.E.M. The original appears on 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant. “Cuyahoga” refers to the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, a river so polluted it’s caught fire over 13 t...
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R.E.M.: Claim New Album Is Their Best Yet
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"This is, song for song, the best thing we've ever done," guitarist Buck told Rolling Stone
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R.E.M.: Remix R.E.M.
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R.E.M. are offering fans the chance to remix their music
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