The Decemberists have covered R.E.M’s “Cuyahoga” for KCRW and we must say, Colin Meloy’s voice is a perfect substitution for Michael Stipes’.
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In August, R.E.M. debuted a clip for ‘Living Well Is The Best Revenge’.
MP3: R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Enjoy ‘Living Well…’ below. Live At The Olympia will see daylight shortly.
Live At The Olympia will see daylight on 10/26. It includes:
1 Living Well Is The Best Revenge
2 Second Guessing
3 Letter Never Sent
4 Staring Down The Barrel Of The Middle Distance
5 Disturbance At The Heron House
6 Mr. Richards
7 Houston
8 New Test Leper
9 Cuyahoga
10 Electrolite
11 Man-Sized Wreath
12 So. Central Rain
13 On The Fly
14 Maps & Legends
15 Sitting Still
16 Driver 8
17 Horse To Water
18 I’m Gonna DJ
19 Circus Envy
20 These Days
21 Drive
22 Feeling Gravity’s Pull
23 Until The Day Is Done
24 Accelerate
25 Auctioneer
26 Little America
27 1,000,000
28 Disguised
29 The Worst Joke Ever
30 Welcome To The Occupation
31 Carnival Of Sorts
32 Harborcoat
33 Wolves, Lower
34 I’ve Been High
35 Kohoutek
36 West Of The Fields
37 Pretty Persuasion
38 Romance
39 Gardening At Night
Visit R.E.M. at their official site.
Enjoy last night’s rendition of ‘E-Bow The Letter’ (at Carnegie Hall) below.
Watch the celebratory announcement & performance from Santiago below.
Another day, another drama. Peter Buck’s Rickenbacker 360 has sadly disappeared. The band’s official spokesperson declares: *This instrument means a great deal to Peter and to R.E.M. It is our sincere hope that whoever is responsible for the loss, or whoever has information which can help recover the guitar, will come forward to receive a generous reward, no questions asked.* R.E.M. MP3 at bottom.
Visit R.E.M. at their official site.
R.E.M. – Munich
Watch a video of the magnificent Editors cover here.
MP3: R.E.M. – Munich [alt link]
Earlier this week the band appeared on The Today Show. Here’s last night’s performance:
Watch ‘Losing My Religion’ below. View all dates with Modest Mouse & The National here.
