- Link to an early days interview with Peter: http://pitchfork.com/news/35333-peter-buck-talks-new-rem-album/
January 10, 2010: "Q: So, what’s currently happening in R.E.M. land? You guys were down in New Orleans doing some recording. A: We did 3 weeks of work and tracked a bunch of new songs. Michael sang on about half of them, probably. So, we got a really good start on the next record." - Scott McCaughey
- Link to the full interview: http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/2904/1
July 14, 2010: R.E.M. finishes new album in Berlin.
- Link to the Rolling Stone report: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/180871
- Link to an excerpt of Peter's interview with Q magazine about recording in Berlin: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/rem-restrict-recording_1168961
August 4, 2010: Ken Stringfellow listen to the album, and says 1) it's "old school"; 2) has vocals which were mixed super low which he couldn't understand; 3) there's a lot of acoustic and electric guitars, some piano songs but he didn't hear a lot of crazy, freaky keyboards and vintage drum machines in there; 4) has a very live feel.
- Link to Spin's article: http://www.spinner.com/2010/08/04/rem-new-album/
September 4, 2010: Bertis Downs, reporting from Nashville gives some more information about the new REM record. Anton Corbijn has been doing the photo shoot for the new record, and both Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye contributing to the record. The band wraps up recording in Nashville.
October 14, 2010: Bertis reveals new album's title:
"Collapse into now"
