Upsizing the Ante

Old Settlers Bluegrass & Acoustic Festival

"...pretty well," says Aengus. "I don't care if it's R.E.M. or Shawn Colvin -- you can hear the string..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Deep Six

"...of X, is already completed. Was hopes to enlist R.E.M., Pearl Jam, and various others in the project, which..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Column

South By Memories

Austin filmmakers recall some of their most memorable moments at the hometown festival

"...which is this all-star group includes some members of R.E.M. off and on, was coming to SXSW. They had..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound's Musical Top 10s of 2020

Eleven lists of Austin's best releases, theme songs, livestreams, creative pivots and more.

"...10) "Exhuming McCarthy (R.E.M. cover)" ft. Royal Forest, A. Sinclair, Jana Horn, Pocket..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...videos void of excess and theatrics. When bands like R.E.M., the Replacements, and Husker Dü became kings of an..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Why I Left Austin

Alejandro Escovedo's first-person account of leaving Austin last year after 35 years

"...We came home. I lost Jon Landau's management. My..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Bellfuries

"...all accomplished with a hint of Smiths melody and R.E.M. jangle allows Workingman's Bellfuries to straddle eras...."

Nov. 20, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Michelle Malone: Connected to Dirt

Georgia sound comes to the Saxon Pub on Saturday

"...when punk rock exploded, spinning out the B-52s and R.E.M. By the end of the Eighties, her musical peers..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton

"...concluding with a life-affirming tribute at Antone's that featured R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, M. Ward, Chuck Prophet, and the Meat..."

March 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Big Star Tribute

SXSW Music 2010

"...a Chris Bell composition for those keeping score), and R.E.M.'s Mike Mills ("Jesus Christ"). Among the most powerful performances..."

March 26, 2010 Music Review by Dan Oko

The Soft Pack

Thursday

"...of catalyzing call that births scenes, so its early R.E.M. and Lou Reed seems appropriate even as the quartet..."

March 19, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

DVDnds

"...shame delivering "Man on the Moon" out front of R.E.M. with Eddie Vedder...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

David Garza maps The Road to ACL, inside Ghostland Observatory's new crash pad, and other strange insights into this weekend's festival

"...• Noted Roky Erickson acolyte Peter Buck of R.E.M. hits a grand slam tonight, Thursday, Oct. 1, at..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...No one sat down for even a second during R.E.M.'s historic Austin City Limits taping on Thursday and not..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It

What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?

"...Stax Records, whose recent resurgence for its 50th anniversary..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa

"...performance. Rumored special guests include ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, and..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

"...leadoff hitters U2, reliably anthemic on "Instant Karma," and R.E.M., returning to form on "#9 Dream," its artists and..."

June 29, 2007 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and has lived the dream as the singer for R.E.M. That really skewed my thinking. That must be a..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column

TCB

Rocktober dawns with some troublesome cartoons, another round of Hall of Fame voting, and the Black Angels' delicious drone

"...Division/New Order, and Thin Lizzy weren't listed. At least R.E.M. should be on there next year...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Old Grey Whistle Test

DVDisc

"...Bored." A one-two-three finale from the Ramones, U2, and R.E.M., whose "Pretty Persuasion" is as scary good as Michael..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...THE PILOT SHIPS: Two members of Austin's Monroe Mustang..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...refined tunes that waver between Automatic for the People-era R.E.M. and slightly tweaked Beatles-influenced pop. (Park Ave, 11pm) --..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Fish Out of Water

Seasick and Solitary on the Sandy Beaches Cruise

"...water, I developed a sudden, almost violent affection for R.E.M.'s "Don't Go Back to Rockville," even writing out the..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Rock & Roll Books

Any Old Way You Choose It

"...rock icons, such as the aforementioned Love and Cobain, R.E.M., U2, the Smiths, Sonic Youth, and PJ Harvey --..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

Barton Springs Eternal

"...Call it the Ball-Breaker Tour: Internet news service Allstar..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bright Lights, Little City

"...And the same movies. And guess what? They bought R.E.M. They bought Nirvana. So I have faith in what's..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

New Wave Schtick of the `90s

Just Can't Enough

"...while still claiming to be moving forward; bands like R.E.M. pulled the sounds of the Byrds into their songs..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Roger's Right Hand

The Byrds' Legacy

"...through virtually anything by Tom Petty, and anyone from R.E.M. to the Dream Syndicate would be unthinkable without the..."

June 27, 1997 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...Do you believe in magic? Silly question. You're human...."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Supersizing the Scene

From Rest Stop to Tour Stop

"...Pearl Jam show (and possibly including summer stopovers from R.E.M., Vince Gill, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Lollapalooza). South..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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