Michael Stipe celebrated his 60th birthday Saturday with the release of “Drive to the Ocean,” the former R.E.M. singer’s second new song in three months following a long musical dormancy. Stipe also shared the video he directed for his second-ever solo single. Like his previous track “Your Capricious Soul,” Stipe …
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R.E.M.have unveiled an extended and not-safe-for-work version of the video for their 1993 single “Nightswimming.” The so-called “R version” of the clip will see release on the 25th-anniversary reissue of Automatic for the People, out November 10th via Craft Recordings. The “R version” of “Nightswimming” features an extended intro in …
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By the dawn of the Nineties, R.E.M. had become that rarest of musical breeds: a globally famous rock band with integrity to match. During the course of the previous decade they parlayed their success as relentlessly gigging college-radio darlings into something far bigger, selling out stadiums while simultaneously avoiding the …
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