r.e.m. Archive
12 Sep 2025
Take Five: Early R.E.M. Songs You Should Know
R.E.M. was one of the most important musical acts of their era. Groundbreaking in establishing alternative rock (or college rock, or post-punk, or whatever critics might label it), the Athens, […]
22 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: R.E.M.
As I’ve written about before, R.E.M. was a “local” group for me. Growing up in Atlanta, I was able to observe the Athens, Georgia’s well-deserved rise from bar band to […]
11 Mar 2025
Five Guest Spots by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe
R.E.M. was one of the most influential groups of their time. The quartet from Athens, Georgia helped define alternative rock, paving the way for a new breed of artists who […]
10 Oct 2024
Book Review: ‘Euphoric Recall’ by Peter Jesperson
Along with the other ways in which they can function, memoirs often serve as score-settling endeavors. A memoir can represent an opportunity for its author to say I-told-you-so, run a […]
03 Apr 2024
Album Review – R.E.M. – Up
As I’ve noted previously, while I was a major fan of R.E.M. in the band’s early (I.R.S. era) days, by the CD era, I began to tune out. Again, it […]
29 Feb 2024
Preview: Music Movie Monday — Athens, GA: Inside/Out
A time capsule of an epicenter of the 1980s alternative music scene, Athens, GA: Inside/Out is a critically acclaimed documentary featuring both great and unknown artists. A special March 11 […]
13 Oct 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. – Accelerate
Continuing on with my modern-day takes on late-period RE.M. albums – an endeavor inspired by 2023 vinyl reissues of those records – I’ll be less self-indulgent and only provide just […]
26 Jul 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. — Collapse Into Now
After the mixed reception that greeted 2004’s Around the Sun, R.E.M. seemed to rally with its studio followup, Accelerate, released four years later. Both critical response and sales figures seemed […]
25 Jul 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. — Around the Sun (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Picking up after my last post’s lengthy contextualization, here’s my look at Around the Sun, newly reissued as a 2LP set. “Leaving New York” certainly comes […]
24 Jul 2023
Album Review: R.E.M. — Around the Sun (Part 1 of 2)
Artists evolve; that’s what they do. Unless they’re outliers (Oasis inevitably comes to mind as the exception that proves the rule), the music they make at the start of their […]
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