I’m sitting here very bitter, sad & frustrated as I try to bang out this REM obit. Bitter about the idiots who took the time to post on Facebook how happy they were that REM had called it a day, sad because I’ll never see them in concert again, frustrated because I really didn’t care for them for the most part for the past 10 years, and now they’re gone. I always explained my love affair with REM this way: […]
Posts tagged "Mike Mills"
The Viewfinder: R.E.M.’s “Mine Smell Like Honey”
So it seems like R.E.M. has really gotten a second wind, huh? Their new album, Collapse Into Now (which arrives next month) has gotten some solid advance notice. Even though Stipe, Buck and Mills aren’t reinventing the wheel anymore (after 30 years, who’d expect it?), it appears that they’ve settled into a certain consistency after a few years in the wilderness. The album’s first video, for “Mine Smells Like Honey”, is bizarre in typical R.E.M. fashion. Interestingly, the video stars […]
Hear Here!: “Discoverer” by R.E.M.
2008’s Accelerate marked a comeback of sorts for R.E.M. It was the most well-received album that Athens, GA’s favorite sons had turned in since drummer Bill Berry’s departure nearly a decade and a half prior. As Michael, Mike and Peter head into their fourth decade of recording, they hope to keep the goodwill going with their forthcoming album Collapse Into Now. The new album’s first track, “Discoverer”, surfaced on the interwebs earlier this week. I don’t mind it (which is […]