Welcome to the first edition of Liner Notes, your weekly link dump for all things musical. Every Sunday, we’ll collect an array of links to some of the cooler blog posts, interesting stories, or entertaining videos that we’ve scraped up from around the web, and we’ll present them to you, lovingly, in one convenient, easy-to-read package. It’s like we’re doing the heavy lifting for you, people.
One of the bigger music stories over the past couple of weeks has been the sudden and surprising break-up of R.E.M. On September 21st, the band posted a letter to fans expressing gratitude for their three decades of support, and explaining that the split was amicable. If you're looking for more information, click through and you'll be able to read the post for yourself.
I’ll admit that I was never a huge fan of the band. I’ve always felt that “Losing My Religion” is an amazing song, and given that the track was literally everywhere during the summer of 1991, I associate with it as much as any 90's teen would. Still, I have a great deal of respect for the members of R.E.M. and everything they’ve accomplished over an absolutely staggering thirty-one year career. I wish the best to Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills in their future efforts.
GO! has posted a pretty thorough retrospective on R.E.M. by the Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot.
In Brief
On the 20th anniversary of Nevermind’s release, NME reveals that according to a new bio, Dave Grohl apparently quit Nirvana for a short period in 1993. They’ve also posted a pretty great video of various bands talking about their favourite Nirvana songs.
Mastodon have revealed the video for their new song, “Curl of the Burl” from their upcoming disc, The Hunter. The guys have been moving towards a more melodic, song-oriented writing style since 2009’s Crack the Skye and that transition is still very much on display with their new tracks. Good stuff.
Rolling Stone has unveiled the results of their recent reader’s poll to determine the 10 greatest cover songs of all time. It’s not a bad list.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new album out, and Music Radar has some quotes from a recent Guitar World interview with Flea on life after John Frusciante.
Gibson’s website passes along news that Metallica has released a 28-minute documentary on the recent Big Four concert at New York City’s Yankee Stadium. They really, really need to tour that show in North America, by the way.
A recently-auctioned contract for a 1965 concert at Daly City, California’s Cow Palace reveals that the Beatles refused to play for a segregated audience. Good on you, gentlemen.
And, lastly, a 65-year-old man from Missouri has had his name legally changed to Led Zeppelin II. It’s probably a good thing he didn’t choose the album with all the symbols as his inspiration.
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