Tag: Road Movie

R.E.M.'s "Strange Currencies" gets new video, digital EP thanks to song's use in "The Bear"

R.E.M.’s “Strange Currencies” gets new video, digital EP thanks to song’s use in “The Bear”

R.E.M.’s 1994 single “Strange Currencies” features prominently — and repeatedly — in the new second season of FX’s hit streaming show “The Bear.”

R.E.M.'s 6-disc 'Monster' reissue to feature newly remixed album, unheard demos, live set

R.E.M.’s 6-disc ‘Monster’ reissue to feature newly remixed album, unheard demos, live set

R.E.M. will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its grunge-era return-to-rock Monster this fall with a 6-disc box set that will include previously unheard demos, an unreleased live concert, the “Road Movie” film and a newly remixed version of the album by original producer Scott Litt. See full details, including tracklist, right here.

Milestones: Peter Buck is 54 today; watch R.E.M. play ‘Country Feedback’ in 1995

Anyone who saw the ‘Monster’ tour in 1995 no doubt remembers that ‘Country Feedback,’ off 1991’s not-toured ‘Out of Time,’ was the set’s highlight, capped off each night with a mesmerizing solo from Peter Buck — a guitarist not generally prone to long turns in the spotlight.