R.E.M. has a new album, Collapse Into Now, coming out tomorrow, March 8th.  The reviews I’ve seen uniformly call it the best album by the band in 14 years (which, if you do the math, makes the last critically appreciated REM album New Adventures in Hi-Fi).  NPR is offering you the chance to listen to Collapse Into Now today only in its entirety or on a track by track basis; all you need do is to go here and click the appropriate link near the top of the page.

Over at Now I’ve Heard Everything, nine more shows for March have been posted; five by Julia Haltigan, two by Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds and one each by Li’l Mo and The Monicats and Lelia Broussard.  See those additions here.  The entire Now I’ve Heard Everything March Calendar is here.

–Eliot Wagner