Just as I was making the case that remixers don’t gravitate toward rock bands out comes the R.E.M. remixes. It seems the band released tracks to a handful of DJs have posted the resulting remixes for free download on the web. (Why didn’t they just release the tracks on the web so we could all take a shot?)

I have to say that I’ve never been a fan of R.E.M. (although pretending I liked them was a prenuptual prerequisite in the 80’s and in my case specifically). I never thought the music came close to matching the hype. There are however some very nice remixes in this batch. If the band ever hired one of these folks to produce a whole album I may finally get interested. (Er, I mean again.)