Accelerate is about what I expected...no great shakes. I however do agree that it's their best in awhile, since
New Adventures in Hi-Fi maybe; then again, I liked
Reveal okay too.
BigOzine has an '08 FM to download. It's very nice.
R.E.M.
Royal Albert Hall 2008 [no label 1CD]
Live at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, March 24, 2008.
http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARr.../ARremrah.html
There's also a video torrent going around of their interview and performance of "Supernatural Superserious" from their The Colbert Report segment earlier this month.
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-d....php?id=192510
You can watch the interview portion of their appearance here:
http://showhype.com/video/r_e_m_inte...port_4_2_2008/
Here's a link to a short clip (1:24) from behind-the-scenes at the
"Supernatural Superserious" video shoot:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=prbkejIRRJ0&feature=related