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R.E.M.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Top 10 Songs No One Cares That You Know the Lyrics To

    ​You know who you are. You're that guy who starts bellowing in the middle of the bar while your friends pretend not to be with you. You're that girl who gets over-excited in the middle of Urban Outfitters and starts singing along to the song playing just loudly enough that everyone has to hear you ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    ​You know who you are. You're that guy who starts bellowing in the middle of the bar while your friends pretend not to be with you. You're that girl who gets over-excited in the middle of Urban Outfitters and starts singing along to the song playing just loudly enough that everyone has to hear you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    First Listens: Blink-182's Neighborhoods

    ​ Any energy-based band returning to the fray after eight years -- especially one whose calling card was its immaturity -- will be a nervous prospect. Yet here is Blink-182, out today with Neighborhoods. Let's see how it goes. Stream the album on Blink-182's website here. Ghost on the Dance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    R.I.P. R.E.M., Masters of a Beautiful, Eclectic Rock 'n' Roll

    Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    "A Record Store in Space" Is Back -- with Swarming Copies of R.E.M.'s Monster

    ​ You will remember A Record Store in Space -- the video comedy project of a few mischievous San Francisco record store employees. We brought you the first chapter of this homemade space opera last year, and now, the crew has finished Chapter 2. Among other things, it features an "irrational d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Mick Jagger Forms Supergroup "Super Heavy," We're Super Embarrassed

    ​ Mick Jagger threw his name into the running for what may become the biggest supergroup of 2011, joining Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, and A.R. Rahman, composer of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for what promises to be an eclectic (and hopefully not too terr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2011

    PB&J

    ​ Mick Jagger threw his name into the running for what may become the biggest supergroup of 2011, joining Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, and A.R. Rahman, composer of the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, for what promises to be an eclectic (and hopefully not too terr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Garage A Trois Play Saturday, Offer 12 Last-Minute Entries in the SF Indie Film Festival

    Michael Weintrob​Pan-American postskronkjazzcore supergroup Garage A Trois's new album is a stone-cold killer: It'll lure you in with sultry saxophone wails and vibraphone licks, root you to the spot with a lurching organ drone here and a cop-drama suspense motif there, and finally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Thao and Mirah Perform at Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Benefit This Friday

    Future Thaos and Mirahs?​You may not know Chixx Mixx or Poison Apple Pie by name, but they're bands formed by Bay Area tween and teen girls, and they don't sound like what you might be picturing. As much as we all would like to think gender divides do not exist, it's the sad and simple truth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    R.E.M., The Roots, and a Bunch of Waffles Tell Feds To Preserve Net Neutrality

    R.E.M. loves net neutrality! ​A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Lunar Eclipse

    R.E.M. loves net neutrality! ​A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Concert preview: Roky Erickson & Okkervil River

    R.E.M. loves net neutrality! ​A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Songs We Think Could Inspire Local Restaurant Dishes

    We scooped this off Flavorpill early this week: Eat to the Beat, an occasionally amusing rundown of theoretical restaurants and dishes with concepts drawn from songs by prominent bands and artists both current and vintage, along with the ad campaigns they've soundtracked. From Hank Williams' "Hey, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Last Night: Noisettes at the Rickshaw Stop

    ​Noisettes Rickshaw Stop July 28, 2009 Better than: Any show I've seen in a long time. America hasn't yet fallen under the spell of London trio Noisettes, but it's gonna happen soon. They are well known in their homeland, and their latest single, "Never Forget You," leaps out of my speakers whe ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Fischerspooner

    ​Noisettes Rickshaw Stop July 28, 2009 Better than: Any show I've seen in a long time. America hasn't yet fallen under the spell of London trio Noisettes, but it's gonna happen soon. They are well known in their homeland, and their latest single, "Never Forget You," leaps out of my speakers whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Track of the Day: Fischerspooner's R.E.M. Cover

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2008

    Lost albums that should remain lost

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    Hitchcock's Dreams Come to Life

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: DJ Jamie Jams

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2008

    Last Night: R.E.M. at The Greek Theater

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2008

    Iron Maiden and R.E.M. battle to transport fans back in time

    To help stoke the publicity fires before its May tour (which hits S.F. May 22 at the Fillmore), New York's arty glam-electro heads Fischerspooner announced they'd been given an unreleased R.E.M. song to cover. The tune, "Fascinating," was apparently written by Michael Stipe but never put on an R.E. ... More >>

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    R.E.M.

    Accelerate (Warner Brothers)

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    R.E.M. and Modest Mouse Perform in Berkeley 5/31

    Accelerate (Warner Brothers)

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Smart Pop Loop

    Accelerate (Warner Brothers)

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Pigeon John, Marc Broussard, Bowling For Soup -- ASD's Live Music Picks for Thursday, August 16

    Accelerate (Warner Brothers)

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Official(!) Review: Interpol, Our Love to Admire

    Accelerate (Warner Brothers)

  • Music

    May 2, 2007

    The Dying Californian

    Coarsegold (Turn Records)

  • Culture

    April 25, 2007

    World Leader Pretend

    Coarsegold (Turn Records)

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    It Was a Year Of ...

    Well, lots of things, actually

  • Music

    August 30, 2006

    Radio Birdman

    Zeno Beach

  • Music

    July 12, 2006

    Awol One 2MEX and Life Rexall

    The War of Art ... Are $martyr

  • Music

    July 6, 2005

    Hear This

    The Pop Crush Festival, hi-NRG mechanical violence, and the return of astro-rock band Zolar X

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Marrying the Mainstream

    White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

  • Music

    October 27, 2004

    Various

    Left of the Dial: Dispatches From the '80s Underground

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Songs of Freedom

    Perhaps the candidates running in the 2004 election could use some help selecting their campaign music

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Reagan-Era Road Trip Tapes

    Community Thrift

  • Film

    March 17, 2004

    Punk Monk

    Paul Bettany gets medieval in The Reckoning

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    Various Artists

    Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music

  • Music

    December 3, 2003

    Hear This

    Calling all submissives: Jucifer's Amber Valentine has some boots that need shining

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Radiohead

    Hail to the Thief

  • Music

    April 2, 2003

    War, What Is It Good For?

    Absolutely nothing -- unless you're Clear Channel Communications

  • Culture

    December 5, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    Young Fresh Fellows vs. The Minus 5; Soft Boys

    Because We Hate You / Let The War Against Music Begin (Mammoth); Underwater Moonlight (Matador)

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    Noise Pop Tip Sheet

    Noise Pop Festival; Pound-SF club opening

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Unextended Play

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1998

    The Fellows Who Love Music

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

  • Music

    February 11, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

  • Music

    November 12, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

  • Music

    May 7, 1997

    Recordings

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

  • Music

    February 12, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Putting the compact back in compact disc

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