REM at SXSW on NPR
It was a trip to the past, or future — however you look at it, when REM played a set at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin as part of the 2008 SXSW festival. The show was streamed and recorded for posterity by NPR.
There has been some noise surrounding the upcoming album by the group, Accelerate. The band is supposedly back to a sound that will again win the hearts of a larger audience. I’ll reserve judgment on that claim.
I’m not really an unbiased listener as I’ve enjoyed much of their post mega-success work, including New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Up and Reveal. And I enjoyed this concert, especially the chance to again hear “Electrolite” and “Walk Unafraid.”