R.E.M.

She Will Return: R.E.M.’s Reckoning Turns 35

By Elizabeth Nelson

In General

On April 9, 2019

Over at the Ringer, the film critic (and my friend) Adam Nayman and I endeavored to explain what makes R.E.M.'s Reckoning such a timeless masterpiece, on the occasion of its 35th birthday. With assists from Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, R.E.M. sideman Scott McCaughey...

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