Artist name: R.E.M.
Album name: Accelerate
Label: Warner Bros
Gender: Rock/Alternative
Release date: April 1, 2008
ZMErating: 9/10
Website: www.remhq.com
I used to love R.E.M.! Despite the fact that I never bought that ‘best band in the whole world’ crap, they were good; they were more than good, they were fantastic! They just brought this positive energy that was just captivating. Then [...]

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Last week was great, with a lot of great new music to listen to, but this week’s even better. First up are the Athenians from R.E.M. and their highly anticipated new record Accelerate, which from the few samples we were privileged to listen to, sounds great and will undoubtedly erase the bad memories from their [...]

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R.E.M. fans everywhere rejoice, for your favorite three piece band just released the video for Supernatural Superserious, the first single from the highly anticipated “Accelerate“. According to Michael Stipe, frontman, the single is a “geek anthem” about “terrifying, humiliating things that happened to us in our teenage years that follow us through life”, but the [...]

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A lot of hype’s been revolving around the Athenian trio of late and with good reasons too, after all a new R.E.M. album is always a good motive to celebrate, especially when their previous record was a total slump. Seems like I find reasons to post about R.E.M. week after week (just barely got over [...]

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The 14th record, from the Athenian trio of R.E.M., is closing in fast and after we’ve posted Accelerate’s tracklist, it’s now time for a first glimpse on how the album sounds, by sampling its first single “Supernatural Superserious.” How’s it like? Well let me start by saying it’s a heck of improvement, compared to their [...]

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The iconic alternative rock band R.E.M., has just revealed the tracklist for its 14th record, Automatic, as reported by Billboard Magazine. Accelerate is due April 1 via Warner Bros, spanning across a 11-track set, which gets in and out in a lightning-quick 34 minutes and change, is led by the single “Supernatural Superserious.” For the [...]

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The legendary Athenian alt-rock trio of R.E.M. have recently announced the title and release date of their forthcoming 14th LP. According to Billboard the album, recorded in Vancouver and Dublin and produced by Jacknife Lee, will be titled “Accelerate“, and should be out on April 1. Those of you who may still feel the [...]

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R.E.M. is the kind of band which could bring people together. Their music has this weird and lovely ability to transform the plainest feelings and moods into poetry; they make music for the heart and mind. But they there are people who stopped listening to their music since Stipe made lyrics about politic. That is [...]

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Arizona alt legends Jimmy Eat World are back with a new LP in the form of their sixth record Chase This Light. Elsewhere R.E.M. releases their firs long awaited live DVD, titled R.E.M. Live, that features some of the band’s greats hits, recorded on a live performance in Dublin, back in 2005. Your favorite pussycat [...]

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One of the best selling rock band in history, and one of my personal all time favorite, R.E.M. is set to release their first live double CD/DVD, in their 27 years existence, in the middle of October. The footage captures singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills doing what they do best [...]

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