Our friends at the Roma Music Group have just revealed the tracklisting and cover art for their latest TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE ROCK STAR release, LULLABY VERSIONS OF R.E.M . The new collection arrives on iTunes and other digital retailers this Tuesday, May 29, and features a dozen R.E.M. favorites re-worked into 'lush instrumental versions' perfect for relaxation or for yout babies nursery. For more on TTLRS, check out this special page here on The Rock Father, or visit TTLRS.com . REM Lullabies Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star

It sounds like the act of creation in a lot of ways, each individual song tentatively creeping out into the light and then there’s that moment—in each song, mind you—where everything falls together and the song commits to whatever it is with confidence. — Patton Oswalt , on Fables Of The Reconstruction  Fables Of The Reconstruction isn’t my favorite R.E.M. record. I’ve warmed to it a lot in the last few years, but it’s probably the one I’ve played the least from R.E.M.’s “golden” era. But it was Fables —the ...

Avengers ? Whatever. Skinnyhot new Spiderman? Pshaw. If you’re looking for Thrills! Do-goodery! Sweet soundtracks! And Excitement! Well , my fellow inhabitants of the real non-cartoon world, with its blissful lack of dudes flying around in spandex and its sad overabundance of villainy and bad behavior, when you need all-around heroes, look no further than Radiohead and their team. After all, when these guys aren’t making killer, innovative jams, they’re creating Artistic and Political Statements, and just generally saving the Earth through documentaries and good causes. And now, Radiohead Producer Nigel Godrich is striking out on his own with ...

Those really are good records, though. The Onion : TEHRAN —Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told reporters Thursday he was kind of getting back into old R.E.M. again, rediscovering his once-great passion for the alternative rock group’s first six albums. Ahmadinejad, leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s conservative political coalition, confirmed that ever since R.E.M. broke up in September 2011, he had been revisiting the Athens, GA band’s catalog and was once again really digging its earlier stuff. “Listening to some of those early albums they did for [record label] I.R.S. has ...

by Bill Pearis Having worked with Pavement, Beck, R.E.M. and, of course, Radiohead over the last 15 years, we know Nigel Godrich mainly as a producer. But now we get to meet Nigel Godrich the musician. Partnering with singer Laura...

The New York Times reports that the assets of the late downtown New York club CBGB  have been purchased by a group of investors who seek to revive the brand, as well as the club itself. They are planning a four-day summer festival in New York , from July 5-8. According to The Times , the festival will feature approximately 300   bands  across 30 venues , including Webster Hall, Trash Bar, the Living Room, and Central Park Summerstage. One of the investors, a concert promoter named Tim Hayes, said, "We're trying to continue the idea of supporting live music, making a lot ...

“I mean, the thing is, we’re all so in love with being in this band that it was very difficult for us to understand how you could not be.” —Mike Mills The departure of Bill Berry in 1997 is R.E.M. ’s obvious pivot point, splitting the band’s history cleanly into two markedly different parts. This can be measured quantifiably, in terms of record sales: R.E.M. would never again go platinum in Berry’s absence, and in some cases the band sold fewer records than it did on IRS in the ’80s. It can also ...

Kansas blues/metal band The Midnight Ghost Train recently released its album "Buffalo" and is streaming the track "Foxhole" from it. "Buffalo" was produced by David Barbe, whose credits include R.E.M., Drive-By Truckers and Bob Mould. In March, the band joined Barbe at Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, Ga to record the album. The Midnight ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

After directing music videos for Rage Against The Machine, R.E.M. and System Of A Down, left-leaning American author and ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/michael-moore-covers-the-times-they-are-a-changing/65027/

As you might imagine, there's a lot of Adam Yauch memories being shared online today. Here's a quick dip into some of them. Dose.ca points out that he was a Beastie Boys multitasker : With Adam Yauch's passing, the Beastie Boys have lost not one, but two members. Under the name (lederhosen, and fake-beard) of Nathanial Hornblower, the erstwhile MCA shaped the band's visual legacy from the '80s up to the present day. Yauch directed many of the Beasties' best videos -- though his alter-ego wasn't necessarily relegated to behind the camera. (In 1994, for instance ...

[ Latest Updates - Sunday 6PM : Adam Horovitz on MCA, Videos of Barr Brothers, Deer Tick and Juno What and Euforquestra MCA tributes plus additions to "Good Reads" section. Monday 8AM : fun. covers Sabotage, addition to good reads about Yauch as a filmmaker, Santigold pays tribute to MCA and a note from Mike D.] In a crushing blow to the hip-hop community, Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys has passed away after a long battle with cancer according to Global Grind – website of Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons. Yauch was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and was unable to appear ...

Filed under: News Kevin Winter, Getty This is hard to believe, but there was actually a time when people didn't take Radiohead seriously. Shocking, right? But back when their first album was named after a Jerky Boys reference ( Pablo Honey , look it up ) and their first hit was about being a weirdo ("Creep"), it was pretty easy to box Radiohead in as slacker Brit Beck / Pavement wannabes. Who knew then that same band would come out with the Bends (super-genius), OK Computer (slightly overrated), Kid A (intriguing), Amnesiac and those other records (1,000 monkeys playing with keyboards)? Well ...

Brian Vander Ark & Lux Land - Sweetness Follows [R.E.M.] | bx . watch the original

I want to go to there. Dangerous Minds : Peel is revered for his enthusiasm overall, rather than the objects of his enthusiasm. Much as there are faces only a mother could love, runs the suspicion, there are albums, bands, that only a Peel could love. His “wet socialist” (as Peel himself described his political views) kindliness, his love of the underdog, the eccentric, the unheralded and un-listened to, mean that dross and diamonds, like dustman and duke, jostle side by side in this vast index. Well, let us put all that to the test. The first 100 items in his ...

They just played a sold out Ace of Spades show in Sacramento last night, and no comes the full stream of Silversun Pickups new album, "Neck of the Woods." Jacknife Lee who has worked with many artists including R.E.M. and...