Murmur is a foundational work that's only gotten better with age. ❤️

the-silent-discographer.simplecast.com/episodes/rem...

Murmur, the band’s debut studio album, was released 43 years ago on April 12, 1983. Produced by Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, Murmur remains, according to music journalist Tim Peacock, “one of the most compelling and otherworldly debut albums in rock history.” Share your Murmur memories in the comments.

We haven't set a record date yet for our Collapse Into Now episode, but it's comin' eventually. 2/3 of us just moved, lotta life goin' on.

R.E.M.’s best

Thank you. My @silentdiscographer.com cohosts are horrible idiots and history will recount them as villains.

white people be like where the streets have no name where the streets have no name we're still building and burning down love burning down love and when I go there I go there with you it's all I can do

THESE BASTARDS STOLE THEIR POWER FROM THE VICTIMS OF THE US V THEM YEARS WRECKING ALL THINGS VIRTUOUS AND TRUE THE UNDERMINING SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC DOWNWARD SLIDE INTO ABYSMAL LOST LAMB OFF THE PRECIPICE INTO THE TRICKLE DOWN RUNOFF POOL THEY HYPNOTIZED THE SUMMER 1979 MARCHED INTO THE CAPITAL BROODING

I know that this vitriol
No solution, spleen-venting
But I feel better having screamed, don’t you?

World leader pretend, for now anyway…. No Kings 3 in your town today.

A Zojirushi guide to using a rice cooker titled, “Know Your Rice…and the Right Way to Cook It!”

I’m gonna write a book, it will be called “Rice and How to Cook It”

Anyway, while Michael takes a big bite out of an old book, feel free to join us over at @silentdiscographer.com, where we have just about finished covering R.E.M.'s entire discography. One album left!

It's only three letters, how do you misspell REM??

Have you ever wanted to listen to me talk about late period REM and the brief period in 2008-2009 when we all believed that Obama had defeated neoconservatism forever for almost two hours? I am extremely pleased to let you know that your alarmingly specific wishes have been granted.

Meaning: listen to REM.

@kaye.zone the people of Ohio possess an ancient power unknowable

Hold tight your babies and your guns, The Silent Discographer is BACK!

Join us as we explore R.E.M.'s loudest, shortest, and second-to-last studio record, ACCELERATE (2008) with special guest @emotion-engine.bsky.social!!

A Discord message from Adam that says “It pisses me off how good Uberlin is. I didn’t think these fuckers could do this to me one more time. God dammit”

Accelerate, live at the Olympia, and Austin city limits

Belief has not failed me, and so I am put to the test. Finally recording!!

Get ready to drown a horse with us as we Accelerate into 2008!

If you've got thoughts or memories to share about Accelerate or Live At The Olympia, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

I swear to God we are recording a new episode soon

maynard keenan working at microsoft in 2010 pulling the big lever that turns off original xbox live be like:

not to pull your halo down,

for fans of Reckoning and Lifes Rich Pageant

Shout out to the good people of the great state of Ohio, and their ability to light a river on fire in defiance of God and science.

*shifts ur statues for harboring ghosts*

Thanks again!! 🙏

It was very fun to guest on this -- this was such a uniquely difficult, extremely VH1 circa 2004 album to parse, and I loved going through why

also the fact that it existed at the same time as american apparel and a mere month before Movement By LCD Soundsystem was released blows my mind

belated Valentine's Day post:

This one goes out to
The one I love:
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

R.E.M. - Around The Sun (ft. DV-i) | The Silent Discographer We dive into R.E.M.'s 13th studio LP, Around The Sun, with special guest Valerie, aka DV-i!

Take another trip AROUND THE SUN with us and special guest @dvi-socialmode.bsky.social as we unpack the identity crisis of R.E.M.'s weird 13th LP, art & cultural response in the wake of another invasion of Iraq, and how Y2K revivalism formed and categorized across digital borders in the late 2010s.

train are the worst band in human history right like it’s not close

I have this BBC set and it's extremely good

Schedule update! We've had to push back our Accelerate recording because life happens, and Around The Sun is the only one I've got left in the bank, so I'm gonna postpone the release of that episode by a week as well since we're accidentally on an every-3-weeks pace anyway this season lol.