Quick Spins: Brian Eno/David Byrne; R.E.M.; Sonic Youth; Johnny Marr/Paul Weller
It didn’t seem to garner much attention, but after so much had been made about Brian Eno not performing with David Byrne on his […]
Tag: R.E.M.
R.E.M. planning ‘Reckoning’ reissue, ‘Dublin Working Rehearsals’ live album
With touring and promotion of 2008’s Accelerate now finished, R.E.M. this year will issue, at a minimum, a pair of archival releases, hitting both ends […]
R.E.M. crashes its own tribute concert, plays surprise song with Patti Smith
This week’s star-studded Carnegie Hall tribute to legendary college-rock grads R.E.M. was capped off with an appearance by the band itself, performing “E-Bow the Letter” […]
In stores Tuesday: U2, Erasure, Revolting Cocks, Marty Willson-Piper
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: U2 ALBUM: No Line on the Horizon FORMAT: CD, LP, […]
Pylon’s Randy Bewley, 1955-2009
This week saw the passing of Randy Bewley, guitarist for Pylon, early-’80s Athens, Ga., post-punk contemporaries of R.E.M. and the B-52’s. Bewley, 53, suffered a […]
